I’ve been struggling with what to say about this post… My good friend Rasa contacted me a few weeks ago about getting family pictures taken of her husband Jim, their daughter Sophia, and the rest of Jim’s family.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t just going to be about getting holiday card pictures.  The family had just found out that Jim’s dad had been diagnosed with cancer, and they thought that was the perfect reason to all get together to have some family shots taken.  My heart broke when I read the email, and I knew how special this session was going to be.  It was a powerful reminder on how important family is, and how the time we get to spend with them should never be taken for granted.

I’ve known Jim and Rasa for 12+ years, and we have had many, many, many fun times together.  My goal was to capture Jim’s family as the happy, fun, loving family they are, and I think we accomplished that  🙂  We met up on Saturday at the Edmonds Library.  I had NO idea how beautiful it was there, but they have this amazing garden around the library.

I will just say that when there are smaller children involved, they are usually the ones that dictate where/when/how the pictures are going to go.  It started off a little rocky when both Sophia and Mia decided that pictures were NOT a good idea.  I felt a little like the bad aunt who enables the bad behavior by taking these first two, but c’mon….pretty cute huh?

So, we decided to show them just how fun taking pictures could be!  So sweet…

Jim and his brother Matt with their dad…

There may have been a suggestion to grab the person’s behind that was next to you… It looks like Jim is the only one that took me up on it  🙂  Sorry Michele!

Zoe was such a sweetie.  Her eyes are the most AMAZING green.  She is going to break a few boys hearts when she grows up!

Well, thankfully the pouting didn’t last long.  Are you kidding me with these next two???!  A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E!!

Matt is so cute with Mia and Zoe…

It also just happened to be Rasa and Jim’s 6 year anniversary.  I cannot believe how fast time flies.  Happy Anniversary to you both!!

Sophia’s pouting didn’t last long either!

Love this one…

The men just watching the girls dance and play.  Again…was there EVER pouting??  Hard to believe!

I will end with these three, because they are just so sweet…

Thank you all for letting me share in such a special time.