Betsy Marie

This family bought a gift certificate for a session with me at an auction held by my sister’s amazing organization (http://www.aasthafoundationforkids.org/).   We rescheduled once due to rain— then on the 2nd date it POURED down rain ALL morning– but the sun came out, and it was gorgeous.  The two boys were troopers as we dragged them all over the zoo– and they couldn’t even really enjoy the animals until after we were done.  The lollipops… oh… the lollipops… I brought my regular gigantic, bright colored lollis with me to Chicago.  Unfortunately, most of them broke in my suitcase on the trip there.  I found these at a local boutique right before their session– and they were a big hit!  I love how the blue stands out on their faces!  :)  I hope their Mama does too!

Two beautiful boys– and two sets of gorgeous eyes!!  Thanks for supporting the Aastha Foundation!!  

ENJOY:

First, to my husband— who is the best father ever to Ryan & Ella.  Second, to my own Dad (i.e Papa)… “I love you a lot more bigger than the whole wide world” (what I used to say when I was little)… and to my father-in-law (i.e. Abuelo) who’s birthday is also the day after Father’s Day.  All of you are such great examples for Ryan… and also for Ella to see what dads/husbands/men are supposed to be like.  Thank you.

And… to everyone out there– Happy Father’s Day to you too.

Here are a few recent pics of the dads in our lives!

ENJOY:

My husband, his father and my twins:

And my parents with Ryan… now that my dad has the better version of MY camera… he is rarely available to be in pictures!!!:

I met these twins in Chicago on another drizzly and yucky day… but they were as happy as can be.  They are about a week different in age from my twins, so I could relate a lot to everything about them.  They were so cute and sweet.  Their house is right by a big park, so we took pictures on their steps and then walked on over.  

Sorry this post is later than I promised…. it’s been a crazy week (especially with no air-conditioning working at our house– and yes, it is close to 100 every day!)  I hope the father of these twins has a great Father’s Day tomorrow and loves all of these pictures!

ENJOY:

If any of you have seen my business cards, little Miss Ruby is the model on them.  I took her pictures over a year ago— and since then she has become a big sister.  I was so excited to have a mini-session with them in one of my favorite parks.  It wasn’t ideal weather (as usual this spring), but nobody seemed to notice the light misting or the wind— especially Ruby & Frances.  How adorable are these girls?  

ENJOY:

These two beauties are my nieces.  Not biologically related, but almost as dear to me as my own children.  Part of our trip to Chicago included staying with them… They are 5 1/2 year old twins (yes, my best friend also has twins)– and the most beautiful girls.  They are so sweet to my kids and they put up with my camera in their face for a whole week.  Here is just a glimpse of what I captured… I can’t wait to show their Mama them all (although, with how busy I am… not sure that will be anytime soon!)

ENJOY:

Their Mama is SUPER hip…. and dresses them like the urban-goddesses that they are… so this picture is just perfect to me:

This face was because Mama wanted a few pictures without her headband on…. how can you resist those lips???

And finally… the whole family.  The funny part of this picture is that at 6pm we decided to run down to the lake and take some family shots… This took a LOT of effort– we had to get clean, changed, fed and then load 4 kids in the car, plus 3 adults and rush downtown.  We got there and it was AT LEAST 20 degrees colder– and extremely windy.  We suffered through some pics… and managed to get some keepers, but it wasn’t ideal.  The very first picture I posted is from that mini-session… and so is this family shot.  See where the girls get their good looks?