Hornor Babies

I've always been lucky enough to have a second family, the Hornors. The Hornor family is connected with my family in so many ways -- I grew up with Bekah Hornor, one of my best friends in the world. Bekah and I went to pre-school through college together, played volleyball together through college, lived together for two years, and she was a bridesmaid in my wedding. She is seriously a sister to me! And her older sister, Sara, grew up with my sister, Lindsay, and they are still great friends. Susan (the Hornor mama) taught and still teaches at the elementary school I went to, and she was like my second mom through the years and years of volleyball. Rick (the Hornor papa) is a professor at Whitworth, and he was the leader of the London trip I went on for Jan-term my sophomore year of college. This family means the world to me!

Oh, and did I mention there are nine people total in the Hornor family?! :)

Susan and Rick asked me a couple months ago to take some photos of their new grandchildren over Thanksgiving at their downtown loft. They have three new grandbabies! Rachel, the oldest daughter who lives in San Diego, had fraternal twin boys in the spring, Noah and Jesse. Neil, one of the three Hornor sons, and his wife had a baby girl a few months ago named Nadia.

All of these babies are ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL... see for yourself! The pictures were a little challenging since they were all inside, but I love how intimate they turned out because they were done at the Hornors' home. Here are some of my favorites of the Hornor babies, starting with Noah. Look at those amazing blue eyes!

The picture below absolutely kills me -- it is SUCH a Hornor look, I can't even handle it!! :)

Here are some of my faves of Jesse, who looks so much like his Dad...

I love twins!!!

Mama Rachel and Jesse... so sweet!

Papa David and Jesse...

The Barach Family...

Now for sweet Nadia... isn't she gorgeous?!

Neil and his two beautiful girls...

I had a blast taking these pictures with the Hornors! I was telling Susan I just felt like I was hanging out with the fam rather than photographing them. :)

I would love to hear if you have any favorites, as always!

Danielson Sisters

My good friend, Natalie, asked me to do some pictures of her and her two sisters, Megan and Amy, for their parents for Christmas. Natalie and I played volleyball together at Whitworth and we also shared the same major so we spent a LOT of time together. She is seriously one of the most fun people I have ever met, and not to mention she is beautiful, smart, and an All-American volleyball player! Natalie was a bridesmaid in my wedding, and she is one of those friends who I can always count on to make me laugh. We have the same humor, although she is WAY funnier than I am. :)

Anyway, here are some of my faves from the shoot with the Danielson sisters (pictured from left to right in the photo below: Amy, Megan, and Natalie.) Oh, did I mention that Natalie's sisters are also gorgeous?!

Remember you can click on any of the pictures to see them bigger if you want.

Halfway through the shoot, I realized it would have been way more valuable to have a video camera instead of taking pictures -- these girls have so much fun together and are absolutely HILARIOUS!

Love, love, LOVE this one of the three of them below...

I told you they have a sense of humor... :)

Another random jumping shot that turned out kind of cool against the sunny sky (did I mention I think mid-air jumping pictures are awesome?!)

You'll probably recognize this location from my pictures with Amy and Rico, but I just love it! Although it was super cold, windy, and sunny (which I'm convinced are the worst conditions to take pictures in), they were troopers.

I was at the tail-end of editing all these pictures, and I decided to do a funny Christmas picture at the very end because I knew Natalie and her sisters would get a good laugh out of it. :)

Thanks, Danielson ladies! I had a blast with you guys... even though it was freezing cold! :)

P.S. Jordan starts his crazy two weeks of law school finals today, so if you think about it, say a quick prayer for him or send him a little note on Facebook or something. These two weeks are super stressful and crazy for him, and I know he'd appreciate it... and so would his wife! :)

Amy + Rico

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do my first ever 'mom and dog' shoot. :) My friend, Amy Newton, wanted some photos done for Christmas of her and her dog, Rico. Amy is a year younger than me and we played volleyball together at Whitworth. Amy is an AMAZING artist; she had artwork displayed right next to mine at Terrain, the art show I did in October... only, she is a REAL artist. :)

I love Amy because she is one of the most eclectic people I know -- she triple-majored in art, Spanish, and pre-med (and now she's getting her Masters in Business before she goes to med school), she has traveled all over the world, she has more shoes than anyone I know, she loves food as much as I do, and she spoils her dog rotten, which I think is awesome. :) I was so excited to do pictures for Amy because I knew she'd be down for anything, so we got to go to a couple of locations I've really wanted to try out for pictures and she ROCKED IT! We had such a blast!! Here are a few of my faves from the shoot with Amy and Rico...

I have to say, I'm not a big fan of black and white pictures where only certain parts of the picture are left in color, but I thought this one below was artsy and unique so I went for it!

Did I mention it was FREEZING outside?! And did you notice Amy was wearing a dress? She didn't complain once (I'm pretty sure I was the one complaining and I was all bundled up.) Thanks, Amy, for being such a rock star! And thanks to Rico too. :)

Any favorites???