Last month (yes, LAST MONTH) I photographed the Eyring family.  Mr. Eyring let me know ahead of time that he was in no hurry to receive the photos and gave the me the o.k. to put their photos on the backburner, since he knew how busy I was with weddings, etc…how nice!  So here they are, finally   John, Jenny and their SEVEN adorable kids!

I had such a great time capturing Jolie’s Bat Mitzvah!  It was the first Bat Mitzvah I had ever shot, and I didn’t know what to expect.  I truly enjoyed every minute of the experience!  Thanks again to Maria and Sonya for putting together a fabulous event and to Fanny for doing such great job with the execution at Trail Creek.  To see her amazing slideshow, set to the song “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, click here. To see a few photos, see below:

The ceremony was held at St. Thomas Episcopal in Sun Valley:

Jolie and her fabulous family:

The party was held at Trail Creek Cabin:

Upon entry, each guest had their photo taken by my fabulous second-shooter Vanessa, and the image was then printed and placed in scrapbook pages for the guest to sign.  What a great idea!

The coctail hour was full of fun!  There were hoola-hoop games and airbrush tattooing:

How fabulous looking are Jolie’s friends?!

The tent was amazingly decorated:

Each guest was given a LED belt buckle with their name already programmed in!

Last week I had the great pleasure to capture the baby bump of my good friend Laura.  She and her husband are glowing parents-to be, and we had a great time playing around in the park!  Below are a few photos from the session:

Isn’t she just beautiful?!

Her Bassett Hound, William is VERY protective of his mom and his little brother!

To get Chris to “pose” for photos, we had to make it fun!  Here’s Laura tipping the “scale”

For this shot, Chris did his best to stick out his “beer belly” often imitaded, the maternity belly can’t be duplicated!

Meet Greer, Eliza and Henry!

These three REALLY love their grandparents’ hammock!

Yesterday I photographed the fabulous Bat Mitzvah party for miss Jolie!  The event was hosted by her parents and the details and party were put together by the fabulous Table Toppers duo, Sonya Wilander and Maria Gerhardt.  The party took place at Trail Creek Cabin and went off without a hitch thanks to the ever-wonderful Fanny Horn and crew!  Below are a few sneak peek photos from the event:

The most impressive decorations I have seen in the Trail Creek Cabin party tent, to date~

Jolie’s friends’ place settings were identified by their individual gifts: An LCD-screen belt, with their names pre-programmed for display!

Miss Jolie during the Hora dance!  Mazel Tov!

DJ Timbo and friends were flown in from L.A to provide entertainment for the night.  They were AMAZING!!!

That’s it for now!  Stay tuned for more photos to be posted soon…

This afternoon I met Jennifer and her brother Michael for a brother-sister photo shoot!  They wanted to get some nice photos for their parents for their Christmas present. What a great idea!  Here’s a quick look at today’s shoot:

Oh…my…gosh!  I was downloading this weekend’s photos tonight (I shot a family Friday, a wedding Saturday then a kid shoot today) and as I was downloading Alison’s photos this shot caught my eye:

These three were a HOOT to shoot!  We had sooo much fun at Alison’s in-law’s backyard.  Thank you Alison and family for letting me sit in and photograph your incredibly beautiful and well behaved children (ages 2, 5 and 7)!!!  I can’t wait to post more photos from this fun afternoon!

I LOVE this trio!  Mary, if you couldn’t tell, is the mother of two beautiful young ladies, Sage and Morgan.  I have been friends with this awesome group of women for a few years now, and it is always a pleasure to photograph them.  For this shoot we headed down to another friend of ours, Shannon Shields’ farm, southeast of Bellevue, Idaho.  Below are a few photos from the shoot!

I recently had the opportunity to photograph Stacy and her fabulous family!  They came from locations near and far to meet up for their annual family reunion here in Sun Valley!  We shot on the day that Sara Evans was playing a concert at the Sun Valley Pavillion and were shooting during her rehearsal!  Awesome time with an awesome family!  Here’s a few of my favorite shots: