It really is like a breath of fresh air whenever I photograph a family after a longer period of just doing engagement shoots. Don’t get me wrong- I love me a beautiful couple so madly in love with each other it’s hard to see straight. Oh no no no, I love those. But there’s just something about going through images of a family that just gets me. The way the Daddy can play so hard with his kid, but then turn around and hug them so tenderly. How Mom seems to make just everything right. This session was no exception at all. I have known the Northrops for quite some time, so when they asked me take their family’s christmas card photos I absolutely jumped at the opportunity. We spent the afternoon chasing the sunlight and dancing to Yo gabba gabba- a mighty fine combo if you ask me. Preston and Mae, I hope you are blessed by these photos of you and your little Scarlet and that as the years go on these will help you remember the time when she was so little and so incredibly sassy (although, I’m not sure if that quality is going anywhere anytime soon :p). And now onto the photos:

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