the Spencer family

Stuart and Miranda's little girl, Audrey, is such a cutie. I think she looks a lot like Stuart. :)

I met up with Miranda and Stuart last fall for some maternity portraits at Walnut Street Park in Cary, and this year, they wanted to take some family pictures together at the same park. I thought it was a fabulous idea and we had a such a fun afternoon together.

This picture is certainly one of my favorites. I love how Audrey is clasping her hands and laughing and Stuart's making a big smile to encourage Audrey, and Miranda's glance towards me behind the camera is absolutely perfect. Excellent job guys!


These next few pictures are some really cute ones of the whole fam together.

I've known Stuart since our college days at NC State, so I couldn't resist posting this one. I think Audrey is pointing towards a little cow stuffed animal Miranda and I were playing peek-a-boo with and Stuart's face is absolutely hilarious! The funny faces we make to energize and entertain our kids are priceless.
I know Stuart and Miranda aren't looking at the camera, but I always love these pictures with the parents looking at or playing with their children, and not focusing on me. This one is super awesome because of Audrey's slick little grin up towards me. :)

You know you've got a good mom on hand when she brings along a planter for her daughter to play in. Miranda said Audrey pulls out this planter all the time and loves climbing around in it, so she brought it along for our portraits. Just as mom predicted, Audrey definitely had some fun inside the planter!

This final picture is a great one to close out the post with. Audrey + Mom and Dad all giving great smiles for the camera. :)

the Linke family

I met up with the Linke family at Crowder Park in Apex earlier this month and we had a great afternoon taking pictures together. :)

This is my fourth year taking pictures for Lauren and Andreas and their adorable youngin's...but of course, this is only year two with little Miles. Alaina is turning into a pro now as her 4th year in front of my camera and each year she does such a great job for her pictures.

It's so much fun getting to see the Linkes each autumn and watching the kids already start to grow up!

These first pictures are my favorites of the whole family together. Miles is enjoying his new found freedom of walking, so he didn't want to stay together much for group pictures with the family! haha...I thought these were super cute. Friends of mine joke around that I stick my tongue out when my picture is taken (to be funny, of course) so I thought it just seemed right to post this first picture. :)


These next pictures were adorable pictures of just Miles and Alaina. Miles is already lookin' like a stud on the baseball field. :)


I like to mix it up and get pictures of Alaina and Miles each with Lauren and Andreas. These are my favorites of that series. It's so funny how Miles and Andreas have the same expression on their faces in their picture together.


After playing on the ball field, we made our way to the playground and enjoyed some time on the slides. Miles and Alaina had a blast!


We finished our afternoon with some pictures of just Lauren and Andreas together. This first one is my favorite of the parents snuggling in close. :)


And you know how I love taking pictures of goofing around. Lauren and Andreas were very willing to goof around themselves with their strike-a-pose! Such a classic. :)