The Michaels Family

please meet the gorgeous & uber sweet Michaels family!! at the beginning of January, Eric & Jenny welcomed me into their home to document their beautiful family. Kate (who will be four in just about a month & a half now!) & Ryan (who was 15 months at the time of our shoot) were soo much fun to be around & play with. their smiles & super cute character just melted my heart on the spot (just wait until you check out the images below... you will know exactly what I mean!!). all in all, it was a great afternoon filled with lots of mini adventures! be sure to check out the slideshow at the end of this post to see even more of the images captured from our fun session !

Jenny, Eric, Kate & Ryan! thank you for being so incredibly warm & welcoming. i have had such a great time throughout this entire process and am SO eager & happy to finally share with you some of my top fav's from that afternoon. i hope you enjoy it!! we definitely caught some awesome moments . more to come soon!!

please meet the super cute Ryan :

& his big sister, the beautiful Kate :

just love everything about this one :

& this one I officially title "happy" :

Kate with her Dad -- too fun!

they both have the most amazing eyes & smile :

i mean, seriously now -- how cute is he?!

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a great moment with Kate & her Dad :

we had Ryan try on a bunch of his Dad's hats -- he had a ton of fun with it!

ahhh, family portrait time! not always easy with youngsters but definitely a lot of fun capturing them at their respective ages... which is why i like this one -- not so typical, but real to the moment :

love the feel & movement in this one :

Eric helping Kate with her jacket... time to go outside for a bit!

Mom & Ryan :

some fun snapshots :

as always, i love the vintage feel to this one :

yay! a happy family portrait!

Jenny & Eric -- aren't they gorgeous!? you definitely know where Kate & Ryan get their good looks from!!

Ryan & Kate taking a well-needed break with Barney on the tube

ryan with mom & dad; kate with mom & dad!

& last but not least, a more spontaneous family portrait -- their expressions are priceless to me!

ooooh! & one more that I almost forgot... i just loved that they were all barefoot! this was captured earlier but i think a great way to end the post!!

PLEASE NOTE! : to view even more photographs, view the slideshow : ***CLICK HERE!!!*** : ) (the song is called "Somewhere over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole & you can purchase it on iTunes!) enjoy!