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I am so glad that I was able to sqeeze these guys in! My sleep deprivation may not be so happy in the next week or so with all the “extra” sessions I have done. But after doing them, they are all so well worth it!

Mr. H (the bigger boy) was super shy at first, something I have not encountered yet, but once I got him talking and telling me about his ranch in New Mexico, we became good friends and went exploring, mowing (the big huge branch is a mower, in case you didn’t know), and even some more bobble top weed whipping (on me this time :) ). By the time we were done, I was sad to see him go, and wanted to go play on his ranch with him.

If you haven’t noticed yet, I love the details of childhood. The simple things like dirty paint filled finger nails, stinky dirty toes from walking about, ginormous branches that are magic mowers, or even the trinket filled shoes they refuse to do without. They are the things as a mom that I wish I could immortalize for my own children. A day will come when they will wash their hands, they wouldn’t dare go without shoes (especially wear trinket filled crocs) and the big huge branch that was the day saving mower, just won’t mow anymore. So I have made it my task to be sure to help immortalize the moments as much as I can. This little guy reminded me of that, and I am so thankful to him, that he did. I hope his mom and dad are thankful, that I saved them for her.

First, I am sorry this is a little late. I have had so many sessions in the last two weeks, it has got the better part of my time.

Now for the actual post. Is it possible to fall in love with someone else’s kids? These boys were so cool, super polite (seriously, even reached out to shake my hand at the end of the session, thanked me, etc), fun, willing, and just too cute for words. I was a little hesitant going into this session. Two teen and pre-teen boys, it could have gone a completely other way than it did. They could have thought I was insane (probably did), and not wanted to be there. But once I got them going and realized that they didn’t think I was from Mars, I realized I could get them to do anything. The more goofy and funny, the more fun we had. Lets see, what all did we do. First my normal field shot (you know I love some fields). Then some wicked bobble top weed sword fighting (well that turned into whipping :) ). After that we were off to some open ground for some jumping that turned into about 20 takes of Belly Bumping…lol. They were so funny, and more than willing. Down the trail, we were back to business for some “real” shots. And just as they were so goofy, they were serious and gorgeous on command (loved these boys). As you can see…it was not ALL business. Oh, and of course I had to force mommy to do some images on her own too! Just stunning.

Thank you, all 3 of you for being such good sports, and so much fun. It was well worth the reschedule for some sun!