40 years of marriage

40 years ago today, they said "I do." Their daughter (a friend of mine) called me to see if I could do a special photo shoot for her parents anniversary. It was my pleasure to meet this sweet couple and photograph them on such a special day. We did their photos at the mormon temple in downtown Mesa. Although I am not LDS, I seem to have some practice taking pictures at the temple. I photographed two mormon families at this location before Christmas so this was my third photo shoot there. This location was very special to this couple as they were married here 40 years ago almost to the exact time that we were doing their photo shoot. What I loved most about this photo shoot was seeing the love these two share after 40 years of marriage.

my camera has had a lot of practice....

....with this family. Engagement photos, senior pictures, bridal shower, headshots, just to name a few. Not only is this family close friends of ours, they also happen to be our neighbors. We are so thankful for such great nieghbors and friends, they are the kind of neighbors that you can't live without. We are truly blessed to have them living next door to us. I have enjoyed the many photographs I have taken of their family but today was a first when I got to take pictures of their entire family all at the same time. Mom and dad, 4 kids, and one son-in-law who is married to their oldest daughter.  And the youngest daughter is our kids babysitter and they all think she is one of the coolest people on earth.

a trade, and a good one at that

I was so excited to trade services with this family. This is my hair dresser who I love, she cuts our hair and does a mighty fine job of it! I asked her before our last haircuts if she would be interested in doing free cuts and in return I would give her family a free photo shoot. She agreed and had actually been thinking the same thing. Isn't it fun when things work out like that. So here are a few snapshots from their photo session.