The Marting Family

The Marting Family met me for their outdoor session on a rather chilly day. But you wouldn't know it by the photos! The four little girls in this family were troopers...as were mom & dad of course!

Four girls...ages 9, 6, 6 and 4...yes, there are twins in the mix! But all the girls had their own individual look, including the twins. They were all adorable.

Meet Noa...



One of the twins, Ella...



And the other half, Emma...



And then there's Hanna...



Four lovely girls, who thought it was so funny that their parents were kissing. Notice Noah rolling her eyes, ha!...



You have a lovely family, Martings. Enjoy your sneak peek! Many more images to come.

The Fare Family: 2010

The Fares were one of the very first official family sessions I ever had as a portrait photographer. You may recognize them from the blog header above. It's amazing to see how much a family grows and changes in just over a year.

When I first photographed the Fare Family five, they had recently adopted their two youngest kiddos, Zach and Makayla. And now, a year later, it's as if they've always been there. I can't imagine the Fares without those two!

Makayla in particular has a special place in my heart. First of all, she's told me on more than one occasion that she thinks I'm beautiful. Score one for Makayla, ha! And she and my son, Cooper, who are in the same kindergarten class, have a special little friendship. Ok, they actually have a prearranged marriage, right Sarah?!? ;)

Enjoy your sneak peek Fare Family. It was a pleasure and I am privileged to have you as friends.

Newborn Ava

It's no secret that I love babies. I'd better, right...I do have four of my own! I was privileged to be able to take photos of my new cousin, Ava. She was born six weeks early, just a little peanut. But oh so beautiful. Ava's parents were recently able to take her home, where I was happy to take photos of her. She gave us quite a challenge, peeing, etc., all over the place...on the bed, on the props, on the floor, on mom and dad. But those are the things that memories are made of, right!?!

Alexa and Payton, I am so happy for you two! The Lord has surely blessed you with Ava, and she is equally blessed to have parents such as yourselves. Enjoy her! Before you know it, she'll be walking and talking....hopefully not talking as much as her big cousin, Chloe ;)

Three generations of Sanders

This is a special sneak peek, because it is my own family! My in-laws have a local pumpkin farm, and thought it'd be great to have some photos with their grandkids during pumpkin season. So, we gathered up our four kids and headed over to grandpa and grandma's farm for a photo shoot. We even got in a few shots, thanks to the timer. If you happened to have been at the pumpkin farm on this particular evening, I'm sure you were well entertained watching us run back and forth from the camera to the field, trying to get a shot where Winnie {the farm's resident pooch} wasn't jumping through the shot or licking one of the kids. Ha! It was hilarious. And made me realize how much I would appreciate a remote timer {hint, hint...Christmas present idea!}

But I digress.

We did finally get some family shots with the timer...



And one of just Grandparents and grandkids in the field...



Then we moved on to another scene. I set up hay bales and fall produce in the back of their old 74' International pick-up truck. Love how these turned out!









Grandpa and the grandkids with their Converse tennis shoes...



Here's our barrel full of monkeys...



Grandpa and Grandma with the kids, but where's Gavin...


He was much happier chewing on the pumpkin vines...


Hope you enjoyed your preview Dwight and Bonnie! I'm so happy that we were able to capture these memories. The kids do really love spending time with you both on the farm in the fall, and are so blessed to have you so close!

The Dudley Family

After two reschedules, we finally were able to successfully schedule and execute a photo shoot with a friend's family. Yay! And what a beautiful family they have...



I have to say, I just love these three boys...



They all have such great personalities, and really have some genuine fun with each other, both on the four wheeler and dirt bikes...



and off...



The youngest, Jake, is in my daughter's preschool class...



...and Chloe has come home from preschool before talking about how funny he is. Can you see why...



This kiddo has so many funny faces, he cracked me up!

And the other two boys, Will and Charlie, were such little gentlemen, one of which said, 'ladies first,' as we walked out of their house. Needless to say he won me over a bit with that comment ;)





What a fun family! Thank you so much Ben & Nikki for allowing me to capture some great memories for you. So many more images to come!

Gift Certificates

Give the gift of memories this Christmas! Sanders Photography & Design is again offering gift certificates for all the special people in your life. Our gift certificates, available in any dollar amount, make the perfect gift for Christmas. And it's good for one year, so if winter snow isn't your idea of the perfect photo session, you can choose to wait and book a spring, summer or fall session. To order contact us through the website, www.SandersPhotographyAndDesign.com, or directly at JaSanders@fmtcs.com.

The Newton Family

This beautiful mom of two lovely daughters is an old high school classmate of mine. Well, not old. We're not old, are we Kim ;)

When she asked me to take photos of her family, I was thrilled. I mean, they couldn't be any cuter...





Not only are they adorable, but they are a family that has so much fun together. You can truly feel the love they share...





And these little girls were a pleasure. So nice and kind to each other, and didn't seem to mind having their picture taken one bit...







There are so many wonderful photos from this session that it was hard to choose which ones to preview. Kim & Chad, you two have a beautiful family. Thank you for allowing me the privilege to capture some memories for you! Hope you love them!