The Collins Family

These awesome people used to be my neighbors! I miss them a ton!!!! {Kelly are you feeling bad yet??} lol They really are such wonderful people and mom is one if my really good friends. But in all seriousness I LOVE their new home and I can't wait to visit again. ;}

Mr. Jack {AKA big brother} is one crazy little man that has loads of energy that I wish I could bottle up and use once and a while! {by crazy I mean always going like the energizer bunny - you know} Little Lucy had some sort of beef with me for a while {not sure why} and really wanted nothing to do with me. But now I think we have sorted things out and have become buddies again... I got to babysit her and I just want to cuddle her all day long!! 

xoxo Kari

Beautiful Leila | 1 Year Old

You are one beautiful, busy little girl that loves her teddy bear! Look at all of that beautiful dark curly hair and those sweet brown eyes... Awesome. Mom and dad are pretty darn good looking too!!

I was so excited to see you again and I am so happy that you got to smash a cake... you did smash it pretty good! 

xoxo Kari

Oh Oliver! | One Year Old

I love this sweet family. Seriously. They make my job easy and we have such a blast! 

Little Oliver learns so much from his Mom and Dad! They both love to teach him all about the world. Mom travels for her job and speaks Portuguese and it is so awesome that she teaching him another language! {hence the cute little farming book in the photos} Mom and Dad also met when they were handing out encyclopedias and that big book that Oliver is sitting and reading is a very large encyclopedia! How sweet right!? We also got to use the same book at his newborn session... its kind of a staple item for his photos. :}

xoxo Kari

Little Khloe | 6 Months Old

I know I know I have been really slacking on the blogging part of my job, like SIX WHOLE MONTHS BEHIND slacking.... but I am going to start *trying* to catch up... 

Starting with this adorable little girl!! I had so much fun with little Khloe and her Mom and Grandma too!

As you can see she did not know what to do with the tutu... its always funny when they look at you like "what is this thing?!?" Miss K is SO sweet too and I just love how much she loves her momma!

I can't wait to see you SOON for your ONE year session!!! Bring your cake smashing attitude girl ;}

 

xoxo Kari

Cakes By Tamra | MY Cake Lady

I know I have mentioned my friend Tamra before, but check out these cute little cakes for one of my one year olds that came to see me the other day!! She made the smash cake, a tiny one for her to smash at her birthday party and one for the guests at her party!! Adorable right?? If you ever need a cake lady... Let me know!!!

xoxo Kari

The Thormodson's | Family of Four

I love these people. They live two houses away from me and I have loved seeing their girls grown. Miss Molly {big sister} does NOT like to stand in the grass... hence the chair. I can't believe this beautiful and smart little girl is a first grader this year... Time just needs to stop for a while. And then there is little Miss Hailey. What a cute little stinker! I mean that in the cutest and sweetest way ever though... like I would give her just about anything she wants when she gives me that adorable smile and even her pouty face is too cute. Mom and dad are pretty fun too...

A little tid bit about the awesome relationship we have with our neighbors... Cyndee {Mrs. T} and my hubby always joke that they will have a "10-key off" and who is the better accountant... that is yet to happen, but I sure need to document the occasion if it ever does! 

Really, Can her pout BE any cuter??

xoxo Kari

Sienna & Sidney | Family

These two crack me up! They remind me a lot of my girls {being twins and all} and just because they look really similar does not mean they are at all the same. They couldn't be more different! I love it. Mom and dad are AWESOME too and we had some crazy fun with them. You'll see ;}

xoxo Kari

The Merging Of Mr & Mrs Donahue | The Tale Of An Epic Medora, ND Wedding

The Fink's & Donahue's Unite!!

I will start out by saying that the reason this wedding rocked was because Marshall and MaKayla are SO in LOVE! At weddings everyone is emotional and things don't always go as planned, but these two planned everything SO well so there was never anything to worry about. They radiate love and the wedding was nothing but classy and BEAUTIFUL. I couldn't have picked out a better location than this for these two sweet people. When MaKayla asked me to photograph their wedding I was like heck YA! THEN she told me where it would be.... I was JUMPING with excitement!!!!! I luuurve Medora, like alot.

I know I can go on and on about how wonderful these two are and how amazing this wedding was, but instead I will share what I captured from Marshall and MaKayla tying the knot.... 

I was lucky enough to be able to be there for the rehearsal too.... LOVE!!!

Another little tid bit about the wedding - It was held in Medora, North Dakota which is where President Theodore Roosevelt lived for a period of time and where the term "Teddy" bear came from. Hence the adorable little teddy they had in each room at the Rough Riders Hotel....

That special moment when they get to see each other for the first time that day. PURE JOY.

Dad got his "first look" too.... SO incredibly sweet.

The wedding party. Awesome people.

The bride is absolutely STUNNING. And the groom? SO dapper.

I told you they are awesome!!!

The ceremony site could NOT have been any more breathtaking.... 

CELEBRATE!

An idea from the bride... I LOVED being able to make this happen....

And then everyone got jiggy with it. 

A HUGE thank you to all the friends and family that were so great to me while I was there!!!

PS I actually got to stay and get jiggy too.

xoxo Kari

Mr. Lucas | 9 Months & So Handsome

Oh you guys, I mean look at those beautiful blue eyes and adorable two bottom teeth and that HANDSOME SMILE!!! He is just too sweet and kind of a little flirt ;}

I sooo want a little boy... they are just too fun and not to mention I just can't help but LOVE the little clothes they make now for boys. 

Thanks Mr. L for your sweet self and your Mom for such a fun time!!!

xoxo Kari