Everyone asks me who does my portraits? I always answer, "I have to comission a professional photographer too." :o)
This occasion was no different. We decided that since my husband's family was going to be together over the weekend it would be a good time to update our family portrait. Especially since we had a new addition in the family. (I'm the proud new sister-in-law to Lauren who married my husband's younger brother. I'll try to post some pictures of their wedding in Georgia on the blog soon.)
Since we were in Kentucky we made plans for our session with Tami, a professional photographer and long time friend of mine. She packed up her equipment and made the 2 hour treck to come and photograph our session. I was so excited. Not only would I get to visit with her, I got to test out her new camera too. :o)
This is Tami hanging out in the picture above while we get ready.
There was one thing I overlooked. :o) The mud. When we scouted out the location the day before the ground was soft but not muddy. The day of the session the more we got into photographing the more it was brought to my attention how muddy it was. Since I had been there the day before and everything was fine, I was a little suprised to find the conditions to be the way they were. Needless to say, on the drive home from the weekend it dawned on me - it had rained the night before our session. As you can tell.....it made for some interesting memories. You can tell by their feet in the picture above, the kids loved it. They were excited to be in their sunday clothes with permission to get dirty. :o) But I suppose Mimi, my mother in-law, said it best.....most people go to the salon and pay big money for mud masks, we got great portraits, lasting memories and a mud mask pedicure all rolled into one."
Tami is almost knee deep out in the water ready to take the pictures of my sister in-law's family. (You can see them in the background watching.) I decided to go out and join Tami in the water so I could test out her camera again. One wrong slip and I'm soaked. :o) 
I just had to share this with everyone. This candid picture was taken while everyone was getting ready for the next pose. My nephew just absolutely cracked me up. You can tell he's having a blast out there giving his football touchdown peace signs on his toes.
