chester seriously has a fascination for being upside down. bungee jump instructor as a future occupation?

wanna play with my camera?

brenham, texas - family session

not only have i had the honor of shooting sarka and chester last summer, i’ve also had the incredible opportunity to photography tom and sarka’s business posey capital management (they are excited for a new website to launch soon). so i was excited when they asked if i would travel out to their brenham ranch. “think blue bonnets and cows.”, is how sarka described the area. i describe it as colorful, quiet, and GORGEOUS. in just under a  year, chester has grown so much. it’s so awesome to revisit clients and see what’s been going on their world since the time we’ve seen each other last. and while i may not be able to survive the ranch for the mere fact that there isn’t any wifi (pathetic, aren’t i?), i do love the fact that sarka and tom made the executive decision of not having any phone, tv, or computers on their ranch. it’s a place to hang out with the family and relax. sounds awesome right?

sweet fancy nancy.

nancy and eric = super chill bride and groom.

nancy quote: ” i’m generally awkward.” (um, nope- i don’t think so!)

my favorite.

i fell in love with them at the sandwich shop.

they LOVE each other.

eric and nancy got married at what use to be the sam houston hotel located behind them. (it’s now the swanky alden hotel). what i really love is”why” her hair was so wind blown. (see last picture)

houston texas - wedding

again, i profess my love for small intimate weddings. nancy and eric had a gorgeous wedding on the veranda at the alden hotel. not only gorgeous, but the sun lit room was filled with their close family and friends to witness such a sweet wedding. i’ll also profess my love for bride and grooms seeing each other before their ceremony. eric, nancy, and I (along with the talented lindsay perry) hit the streets of downtown houston and had a whole hour to just have fun taking photos. there will be more photos from their wedding posted, but i wanted to share all the sweet amazing shots of these two and make them a blog post in their own.

thank you eric and nancy for inviting me to be a part of your wedding day.

right before the black and white image (2 above) a bus very closly zoomed by and created this little gust of wind. i happen to like the image with the bus too!

christian.

 (a very quick moving) gabriel.

eva + frank

i love this picture.

christian, you really are a handsome little man.

i love when my kids do this to me. i call it “smoosh-face” . i’d make a smilicon “smoosh face” if i could.

handsome

he was so proud when he read the sign. so were we.

i feel it’s worth mentioning that frank is a fireman.

favorite.of.the.day.

and some virtual high fives if you can name the president statues.

houston, texas - family session

i had the JOY of meeting eva, frank, christian, and gabriel. most of the time on family sessions - i usually stick to one location. but something about eva gave me an idea that she could tackle a couple locations– so we did it and i LOVE the images from her session. what a SWEET family. i loved hearing about their family and admired frank for being a fireman + a sahd (stay at home dad). how awesome for eva to persue her career while being an incredible mother to two boys! (you make it look a little too easy!)  i enjoyed meeting you guys- you have one incredible family!

come to find out: brett loves photos around trees.

just sweet.

you two are TOO cute.

this one is my favorite of christian. you can tell how much he loves brett by the way he looks at her.

hello beautiful.

i love it.

brett’s pizazz makes me smile.

brett & christian

houston, tx - engagement session

yes, we had as much fun as it looks. brett and christian are an AMAZING couple– and i love how comfortable they are with each other. brett and christian seem to balance each other pretty dang perfectly. and oh, i love how real they are. yes, i know… i take photos of real human beings… but these two are just REAL. and i love that quality in people. it was so hard to narrow down their images so here is fine sampling of what our evening was like. i’m SO very excited for their wedding this fall and simply can’t wait for the va-va-va-voom bridals coming up with the beautiful brett.

 and with us joined ringo star and john lennon.

 not going to lie- flaky baby skin is my favorite thing about newborn sessions!

sweet sleepy sullivan.

big brother harrison — deciding.

 you may recognize this scarf from HERE.

and HERE.

kelly, and the new man in her life.

 league city, tx - newborn session

 Just recently I got to post the an amazing maternity session with kelly.  i anxiously awaited the news of baby sullivan’s arrival and was so excited to meet the little man behind the belly. what a sweet baby- all he did was sleep. (so dear kelly, i hope he is still a great little sleeper!)

i’ll get to see this little guy, along with his brother harrison in just a few months and eagerly wait to see how much they grow!

jarrod and lindsay - the SLIDESHOW. <—- click there

the last installment of my wedding journey with lindsay and jarrod. it was a pleasure being with you guys from your bridal session all the way to your day after. xoxo, r-lr

i somehow became notoriously bad at cooking once i met my husband. i became instantly intimidated on simple “let me help” tasks like cutting carrots. because now cutting carrots with a huge henckel was much scarier.

i’m not horrendous (well, i guess that really depends on the entree) but basic baking, assembling, and mixing can usually be conquered. however, i am also known to burn microwave burritos so for time sake you may just have to take my word for it. my one culinary goal though (if i have to make one) is to make sure my kids *think* their mom can cook. whatever illusion i’ve created has worked– but perhaps making pancakes all week can make one appear as betty crocker herself. anyway- true to form, i once again humor myself in the kitchen.