LE Portraits ~ the blog: Owasso Oklahoma photography

I was excited to get to have a session with my aunt, uncle, and cousins this weekend. The whole family was back in town so we took advantage and had a fun time exploring downtown Broken Arrow. I hadn’t been back to BA for quite a while and it has changed so much! We saw my cousins’ old school, so took a picture there, and then visited a couple of parks on Main Street too. Keep in mind that we ARE in Oklahoma, where they wind comes sweepin’ down the plains ;o) I am purposely not showing the best group picture since they will be for Christmas cards and I don’t want to give any surprises away, but wanted to post one of the group ones so you can see the whole fam Love you guys! Enjoy your time together this weekend!

Baby D is already 8 months old and such a happy baby. He was so sweet and tolerated FOUR outfit changes in about 40 minutes with a smile on his face. Amazing! I love getting to see how much he has grown and changed at each of our sessions. He is a little doll. Thanks, guys! Talk to you soon

It was a nice, hot evening for our portrait party on Saturday, but I am so glad that so many toughed it out and showed up for the party! We had a great time and got some beautiful pictures. Here are a few from our evening….

My youngest is growing up way too fast! I won a contest from keeperofthehome.org a few weeks ago. It was a huge surprise and I loved all the fabrics they have. I was looking for fabric for some new curtains so thrilled with this win. They also make little girl skirts and my daughter got to pick out her own fabrics and they made it into this adorable little skirt for her. While we were up at Will Rogers Birthplace, I got a few pictures of her too.

Well, really, that isn’t totally true My sister and her family were here in Owasso visiting and we finally made time to do a family shoot for them. It seems that our visits are always so rushed (or the weather is bad) so we never get to do pictures. This time, we made time to go up to Oologah to Will Rogers Birthplace and had a great time making some memories. They left Oklahoma this morning and we are missing them already!

And one more of her kids and mine (who weren’t dressed for pictures so don’t match…but I still like it!).

It is so beautiful up at Will Rogers Birthplace and quite a bit cooler than it is here because of the lake, shade, and breeze. Let me know if you would like to meet there for a session

I was so excited to get to meet this little princess. Her family moved to Texas a couple of years ago and it was fun to catch up with them. They were in town for her 1st birthday and we were able to schedule a session this morning. She is a doll…those curls…those eyes. Just beautiful! Here is a quick sneak peek….and a bonus of her and her brother

And she is just as cute as ever. When I do my baby sessions, it really emphasizes how fast time flies. It seems like just yesterday that I was doing Miss T’s newborn, then 3 month and 6 month sessions and now she is already 9 months old. I always enjoy visiting with this family during our sessions and was sorry to miss seeing big brother T last night. I am looking forward to his 3 year pics soon so we can play

Little T was so smiley and having a blast while I was setting up the lights….then I brought out the camera and she made us work for even the hint of a smile. We tried a few outside…but it was TOO hot so we just played around indoors and ended up getting so cute pictures. Here is a sneak peek:

When I saw her dress, I knew the perfect backdrop – I love this picture!

Wearing Mommy’s hat…

I loved how she was always playing with her little toes

And then I think she was tired of me….haha…

OK, really, she was blowing raspberries at me…but it turned out funny Thanks, guys!

This family was so sweet to meet me last night when it was crazy hot out. We were very thankful for some shade at Gilcrease and enjoyed having the entire place to ourselves (I guess the temp scared everyone else away!). We got some beautiful pictures that I hope they will treasure forever! Here are a few sneak peeks

You can tell how much these two loved each other. I asked little sister to give big brother a kiss and this is what I snapped. Love it!!

This little baby was referred to me by the family I posted right before her. They didn’t know they were getting back to back sessions though Baby B was so precious and had me wrapped around her finger at first sight. She was so snuggly and happy and she was such a great little model too – she posed awake and asleep and was such a trooper as we moved her all around.  Thank you guys so much for letting me take her pictures. I am so excited for you guys and can’t wait to watch her grow up. Get ready to ohhhh and ahhhhh….she is a doll!

I love when several generations of family get together and invite me to come take pictures.  There are 4 generations in this picture – wow. What a great memory for these young girls to have their parents, grandparents, and great-grandmother all together in a portrait. We met for about 45 minutes, just before sunset, and got such beautiful warm lighting.  Thanks guys for letting me be a part of your weekend.