The Swenson's

This family is packed with love! I got to know them while Andrew was just a month or so old. it is rare to have a still moment in the Swenson house. Caroline loves to read, dance, bake, and has a super great contagious laugh! Anna loves to dress-up in anything pink, she looks up to her older sister and is totally in love with her aunt Lexi's little dog, Paco. While William is not trying to keep up with his sisters, he will most likely be talking about a tractor, wanting to draw one, or thinking about the next time he gets to ride in one. He loves trains just about as much and he is one fantastic fort builder. Little Andrew watches his sisters and brother with wide-eyes, and I am sure that is where he gets his love for music, dressing up, reading books, trains, playing in forts, and dancing-- and he does have some amazing moves!

Anna prepared well! She's got talent!

Coulter Bear--to find him like this is rare.

okay... that is, to find him not moving around, just sitting here still as can be. Sweet Coco.

Wild Fans

I met the Sharps a couple years ago through good friends of mine, the Bomier's. This family had recently moved to their neighborhood and needed someone to help out with the kids. Getting to know the kids, they quickly found out my love for photography. They were my 'models' way back when, and they would soon ask to have photo shoots! We've done beach shots, fall shots, homecoming dance and just a girlfriends shoot. I have seen some of the first [very large] enlargements of my photographs that they had printed on canvas. This time around, it was a shoot for the whole family! We met at the Burwell House in Minnetonka, one of my favorite shooting locations. We made it just before the sun went down. oh ya...Go WILD!

The Hovland boys

Last year, I was able to do a fall session with this family. I met up with them again this fall, one year later and captured the little guys in the leaves. Breck and Cade are so cute! Can't believe how they've grown!

Baby Wyatt

I met Wyatt's mom and dad through my sister Stacey. See, Stacey taught for a little while down in Luverne where she moved after she got married. She met Sara, another teacher, and they soon became friends. Her husband Jason actually built Stace and Tom's new house! While we were all on a ski trip last spring in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I heard Sara became pregnant. Well...here he is, just 5 weeks old!

The Vincelli's

Meet Ryan, Emily and little Owen. I remember the day when Stacey called me to tell me about the play-date she set up with her 'new friend' she met at the [new] Dunn Bros in Sioux Falls. Well, over a year and many play-dates later, this is the family she was talking about! So fun to meet you all this time around...again, just over the border in Brandon, SD.