Gorgeous friends, beautiful weather, a little wine in dixie cups, what more could you ask for?

They made me laugh the whole time!

Cheers!

I love how big Daddy’s hands are.

Proud Daddy. I was very impressed with Dad. He got pooped on and never missed a step. He also was there to take care of any need that Mommy had. He says that this is Miss C’s favorite snuggle spot.

And look how stunning Mommy is!

I could have taken pictures of this family all day!!! They were a dream to work with! Gorgeous family, adorable baby girl, I love my job! Thank you N family!

Daddy playing around between shots.

Mom and Dad just got engaged a few weeks ago. I was lucky enough to have been there and yes….he did get down on one knee!

I love how Miss M is posing in this one.

She is just so cute!

Whenever someone said “Hello” to get Miss M’s attention, she put her hand up to her ear like she was answering the phone. A very smart one year old!

She was an angel during the whole shoot.  I had a lot of fun with her and she is a cutie.

Just look at this adorable face!

When she was done playing with something or was just not interested in it, she would just throw it! I love her diva attitude!

I love this expression. “OK, I am teething and I am ready for my nap!  Are we done yet?”

I am looking forward to seeing them again in a few days for some outdoor family portraits.

Little Miss R had her own ideas of how this session would go. She is 2 and was totally in charge!! I had to stop and laugh a few times because I remember my daughter being exactly the same way.

Right now she is in “Mommy Only” mode. I told her Daddy not to worry because around 3, my daughter switched to “Everything Daddy Do.”

Adorable Miss R.

This was the last shot of the day and we were all hot and tired. I thought adding this “Hazy Sunshine” photo effect was appropriate.

Now he is 6 months old. With his beautiful eyes and adorable smile, I could take pictures of him all day, and I almost did! Here are just a few of this cutie.

He is teething and he spent most of the time chewing on the tie but I did capture a few shots without it in his mouth. No critiquing how the tie is tied. My husband was out of town and I had to google how to tie one!

He was so focused on tasting the cereal, I don’t think he really cared that he was sitting in a bowl. He is always such an easy baby to work with.

I took these at Eagle Ridge Golf Club.

http://www.playateagleridge.com/er-golf.cfm

After a very busy week, I finally found time to do this shoot on a Friday, 3pm, Father’s Day weekend. I just knew they would be way too busy to allow me to get on the course. The guys in the pro shop were so nice and accommodating. They were having a tournament but they suggested a few places that I could take a my pictures. They even offered me a golf cart! Since it was so very hot, I opted to just to stay at the clubhouse and use the first and 9th hole for a quick session.

We still need to work on her grip.

It was very hot and she was looking into the sun but she did great.

My cutie is is ready for her tee time!

I can’t wait to see this storyboard up in his office.

Last weekend we were so busy that he did not get to have his lazy weekend so he gets to be lazy this weekend.

Happy Father’s Day Honey!

The Cavalier Motel started in 1949. It is the classic 50’s type motel with the “U” shape building layout with the pool in the middle of the parking lot. There are no key cards here but real keys with the classic big, plastic, diamond keychain. I forgot to take a picture of that for y’all.

The oceanfront rooms are ON the beach as you can see in the last picture in the collage below. They also have a great playground.  We had breakfast on the porch each morning and you can’t beat the view from those chairs.  You take 4 steps off the porch and your toes are in the sand.  I told you that the rooms were ON the beach!

We were able to watch dolphins everyday and I did catch one picture of flipping out of the water and onto his back. I was on the porch so I was not too close to the water but I wanted to share it anyway.

My daughter LOVED the water as you can see from these pics.

This motel is family owned, friendly and clean but it is very old school! From the wood grain walls to the paper bath mat, so much of it is still just as it was in the 60’s but we love it. (Yes I said “paper” bath mat with a map pf NC places to see on it. I have not seen those since I was little! We now take our own bath mat just to make it feel a little more like home.)

http://cavaliermotel.net/

Check it out if you are planning a trip to the Outer Banks. Make sure you look at the tour/history section of the website. The last and only color picture is from the 60’s and it looks like what you will see today.

I love cooking and there is so much inspiration to be found.

I love the colors, smells and textures of everything.

These will be used to make a Strawberry Trifle for a family reunion this weekend.

On this trip we were there to get some fruit, some freshly made salsa, a few flowers and Kathryn really wanted a cactus.

After looking for about 10 minutes, she finally picked the winning cactus.

Go out and support your local farmers!!!

Something we do quite often is go to Marbles.  I took a lot of snapshots in an attempt to show y’all what this museum is all about!

http://www.marbleskidsmuseum.org/

They have a lot of interactive activities to do in the “town.” A grocery store, kitchen, cafe, fire station, post office, hospital, farmer’s market and a garden. It is just so wonderful for their creative minds!

Cooking in the kitchen.

I love this chess board. She just likes moving the pieces around.

Some of the other fun things that Kat and her friend did that day. There is so much to do, you could stay all day and the kids would bever get board.

Shopping, yoga and painting.

Argggh!

She was being a fish in the aquarium room.

This surfboard was in the revolving exhibit, Power2Play World Tour.  It was her favorite!  I was amazed how quickly she found her balance.

As you can see, Marbles is a must do for locals and visitors. And the best part, it only cost $5 per person for the whole day.