While in LA I had the pleasure of meeting Jenilee of www.TurtleDovePhotography.NET for a family session. I am a huge fan of her work (have been for a couple years now) so you can imagine my excitiment when the day came that I was not only going to meet her in person finally but also her family. Lucky for me she traveled about an hour to meet at my mom’s house so we can take photos of each other’s families.

Being a photographer its rare that we are ever in front of the camera, for that matter with our family so this was a huge treat for the both of us. With 3 kids of our own it near impossible to get everyone to stay still for the camera, never mind that most children of photographers run away when they see momma with the camera LOL

If only I could show you the madness that took place just to get these photos. I am sure everyone would be laughing. Toddlers and heat don’t mix. Add to that a cool backyard with fun stuff to play with and you have complete madness. Still I had a lot of fun.

Here is my favorite of Jen and her beautiful baby girl. By this time she was getting fussy and was so done but momma looks so beautiful and happy

Here is the oh so awesome shot Jen got of my family. I am shocked that everyone is looking at the camera and my middle girl is even smiling.