With bright and vivid imagination, the tall grasses were bouquets and the cannons were mountains to be scaled.

Maddox turns 1! It seems like just yesterday that we were doing an engagement shoot, but this little guy is already celebrating his 12th month.

Happy second birthday to this little guy! Luke turned two and time sure does move quickly. He’s now running around and learning all sorts of new words, including “Anakin” and “Darth Vader”.

Oh, to have boys. I took a stroll around the neighborhood with James, Joanna, and their two young sons and had the bright idea of incorporating something that they love into the shoot: riding their bikes!

Their lovely little one was celebrating his first Christmas and was really curious to investigate those twinkling lights! When in doubt, put in mouth!

Elaine and Allen’s young daughter is a bottle of rambunctious energy once the initial shyness is overcome.

Grace and Young’s family was gracious enough to skip the Sunday football games and spend some time with me out in the Bull Run Mountains Conservancy. The kids played catch with a faux, air football and ran around up and down the train tracks.

Mason got his hands into some delicious cake and then popped into the tub for some fun and suds.