I had the pleasure earlier this month of attending and photographing the TWall Foundation’s annual golf outing to raise money for special needs children in the area. What a fun day. The weather was gorgeous and the foundation kids seemed to have a blast. Thanks Tom for another fun event!

Hard to believe I used to babysit this girl and french braid her hair and now she’s going to be a mama! (What’s funny is now SHE does my hair. There is a lot of it, and she does it well!!) She was up for anything I asked her to do during the shoot. Even balanced that belly on 3″ heels and train tracks! Her husband could be the nicest person I’ve ever met and is sure to be a sweet daddy. This bump is one lucky baby!!

I had the privilege of being invited to the Twall foundation Victor’s day event to photograph the fun of the day. It is a morning set aside for special needs students from around the area to meet and mingle with University of Michigan student athletes in Crisler Arena. Both the students and the athletes (and myself!) had a great time. DJ Chris Clark spun tunes to get the festivities started and then the kids met and played sports with the athletes. Along with U-M’s Best Buddies program, the Twall foundation put on a great event! Thank you, Tom, for allowing me to join in on the fun!

Here are just a few photos from the morning. You can read more about it on AnnArbor.com

I’ll let the pictures say it all from this shoot. Just plain goofiness and fun. And cuteness, oh, the cuteness!

Some days Mother Nature doesn’t care that you have a shoot. So you work with what you’ve got. The home owners in this session were wonderful letting me rearrange two rooms in their home to get a group photo on a cold, rainy, wet, December day.

What I love about preschool kids a) the funny things that come out of their mouths and b) they prefer to dress themselves. Many times that turns out comical. Like a tutu with cowboy boots. Not this little fashionista. She perfectly matched her polka-dot bow with her polka dot dress. Which only adds to the adorableness of this sweet face. Now her brother obviously didn’t dress himself. The dapper little man was on. the. move! and could have cared less that his shirt came untucked. Good thing I was focused on their gorgeous faces.

The older of these two boys is the sweetest, silliest, ladykilling little guy i’ve ever met. He was a great model for me…until I pushed it a wee too far and he fell off the stool I had him on. Lucky for me it was the end of the shoot and I’d gotten some great images before the tumble. And the younger? A trooper. He wasn’t feeling 100% and was rapidly heading toward nap time. Its all about timing people. And how many windows you have in your house in the dead cold of Michigan weather for available light. Note to self: when remodeling, get the bigger window.

I met this couple on a vacation in New Zealand and instantly hit it off. They were the younger, thinner version of my husband and I. A blonde and a bald meathead. I had the opportunity to take some belly shots for them when we had a little reunion at their house.

I’m chomping at the bit to get my lens on the gorgeous little girl that now holds that bunny. The photos mom sends out are adorable, her smile would light up any room.

This summer I tortured this wonderful group by asking them to melt outside on the hottest, most humid day of the year. They were troopers and we got some great family portraits to celebrate the anniversary of Grandma & Grandpa.

This summer I was able to meet my friend and her family at Hidden Lake Gardens and walk around with them to get some fun photos.