Jensen Family Portraits

You know that older sibling or neighbor who you really look up to when you're a kid? The one that in total admiration you said "So-and-so is so cool!" Well, that is my older cousin Curtis. He's maybe 6 or 7 years older than me and I just thought he was the greatest. He would swing from the door frames, and knew all the best games. He even made a potato gun one Christmas vacation. Now that he's in his 30's and has 2 kids, I still think he's the coolest. I'm glad that Curt and Alaina asked me to photograph their family portraits this year.

He's such handsome cousin! Look and that classic Jensen face! (Jensen is my maiden name, by the way.)

And, Wow, did he get himself a gorgeous wife! So naturally they make beautiful children.

Georgia and Levi are twins and just a few months older than my 4 year son.

"That family is so cool!"

Senior Portraits: Brooklyn

Love how this shoot came together! Brooklyn is such a great, happy, unique person! So cute with her freckled face.

Brooklyn is a bit of farm girl, so she of course wanted her picture taken on the farm.

Sorensen Family Portraits

Almost everyone wants to get their family portraits taken during this season so that they can get that picture for their Christmas card. The Sorensens are a family of 10! Count them - 1, 2, 3, 4,...10.

The Sorensen girls, aren't they cute!

I did not think of doing the pyramid, they just started putting it together. They are the best- so much fun!

Three of the Sorensen progeny are in the military. So we did a few in their  Class A Uniforms.

Portrait Palooza - Help Baby Savannah!

November should be a month for being grateful. There is so much in my life that I feel blessed with. My cup truly runneth over. What better way can we show our appreciation than by helping those in need.

I want to tell you about little baby Savannah. She was born September 19th, 2010 with a severe brain injury to Suzi and Terrance Lighten, fellow wedding photographers here in Las Vegas. We need to raise $10,000 for a special therapy treatment that will help give Savannah a fighting chance. To raise this money we having Portrait Palooza! Get your family portrait just in time for the holidays and 100% of your $100 sitting fee goes directly to help baby Savannah. Portrait Palooza will take place Nov. 19th, 20th, 21st at Sunset Park with several wonderful photographers. I'll be there at Sunset Park from 10am to 2pm on Saturday the 20th. 
Please come help this beautiful new baby girl hope for the future.
 You can find out more information and schedule your session at http://www.portraitpalooza.com/
If you'd like to help even more there will be a golf and dinner fund raiser at The Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort Thursday Nov. 18th. More info on that  at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171796502837185

Family Time

This past summer has been nuts! I was out-of-town more than I was in it. I felt just plain tired. So with the wedding season over I took a break for almost the whole month of October. Mostly my brain just shut down. I didn't do anything but play with my kid and watch TV. But we did manage to throw in some fun family activities.

My dad and I kayaked down the Colorado river for about 10 miles. (Boy, did my arms hurt.)

My Dad- isn't he a handsome fellow!

The weather was perfect, beautiful birds were out and we had the river almost all to ourselves. Great day!

One of the other things we did was have a Halloween party. My 4-year-old son, Pirate, really wanted to have a Halloween party so we pacified him. 

Pirate also insisted on being Darth Vader, so I decided on being Princess Leia to compliment him. (I wanted my husband to be Han Solo but I couldn't get him to commit to the Halloween spirit.)

Well, back to reality! (With all this laziness, I think I've gained like 5 lbs!)