Family Maternity Love

My friend Sierra is one of my favorite humans. If you are familiar with my blog, you've seen her face a lot. I shot her engagements (four times, for variety), her first maternity session, newborns for her daughter, family pictures in between all of this, and now her second pregnancy. Aside from my husband, this woman is absolutely my favorite friend. I am so grateful that our lives collided. Her baby boy is coming at the end of May and I'm excited there's going to be more of this lady's DNA in the world. We need it. 

Roadtrip!!

I don't often get to travel for weddings. Having two littles at home makes it hard to travel as a guest, let alone for the work. Last time I traveled (for my cousin Molly's wedding), it only worked because my husband came too, and my parents put in a lot of quality grandparent time. This time, however, I was resolved to make wedding travel work: if I could fit it all into one day, my husband wouldn't miss any work and would only be alone with the kids for a manageable amount of time (side note: I'm not implying that my husband can't handle time alone with the kids. I'm saying that being the only adult with two children who are at the age and level of neediness as ours is hard, and prolonged single exposure is hard for anyone, me included). So, armed with my audio copy of Gone Girl, I left home at 3am and returned home at 1am. It was a long day, but it was well worth it. I love this sweet girl and her family, and being a part of this wedding was so special.

Two Rounds of Bridal Portraits

Oh, Utah. Only in Utah can we be covered in a foot of snow at the beginning of the week, only to arrive at a photo location selected for its snowscape to find it grassy by the end of the week! One of our shooting spots was still closed from the blizzard we had had days before. *Face palm* Luckily, this couple (see their GORGEOUS engagement shoot here: (click me!)) is comprised of the two most easy going people I know. So even when the first location was closed (we snuck in for a few minutes anyway before being kicked out), and the second had no snow, and the wind was blowing the veil out of the bride's hair, and the cold air zapped the life out of my battery waaaaaaay faster than expected, and then we met up on another day and followed some vague instructions to the top of a mountain, they were all smiles! I love them and I loved taking their pictures.