Dominique - Saguaro High School Senior!

This is the lovely Dominique, with a natural, effortless beauty that matches her totally awesome name.  I had to do hardly any skin correction on this girl, that is all her!  Thanks for such a fun time, Dominique, it was a great evening!

See? A natural model :)

Well hello, delicious light!

This totally reminds me of the beach.  Its the middle of the desert.  But beachy nonetheless, right?

Her super cute boyfriend snuck in for a few.

Carrie + Will = Engaged!

Meet Carrie + Will, a super-cute couple with a wedding coming up in October!  These two know each other from way back, but just recently got re-acquainted and fell in love!  Their first date was in downtown Tempe, so we revisited some of their favorite hang-outs for a fun, personalized shoot!  I had such a great time with you guys and I can't wait for the wedding!!

The Green/Alyea Family

This is a special family to us.  Janis is the wonderful person that takes great care of our little man a few mornings a week while I'm at work.  Her daughter, Leslie and her husband Will are friends of our family through church.  So, this was definitely a fun family session!  Definitely lots of energy!

#35 - Check!

#35:  Plant a vegetable garden.

Another one checked off the list!  I am really excited about this one because I have been wanting to do this for a long time (like since we moved into our house almost 3 years ago).  Last weekend, I planted 2 tomato plants and 3 different kinds of peppers.  I have herbs and spinach on the way.  It is definitely going to be a bright spot in our yard!  Can't wait til I have juicy red tomatoes to eat!

#27 - Check!

#27:  Upgrade my camera.

Woo hoo!!  I am very excited that this list item is complete!!  (for now...)  For those of you who know camera stuff, I have been using a Canon Rebel xTi for the last 2.5 years.  There is nothing wrong with this camera.  It is awesome to start with.  But, I've been frustrated with it lately because I am just not getting the quality that I want.  Plus, its 3 years old.  So, I really really wanted the Canon 5D Mark II, but that just isn't quite in the budget right now.  Instead of waiting for who knows how long, continuing to get images that are lesser quality than I know I should be getting, I decided to take the plunge and get the Canon 50D.  Its a beautiful camera and takes GREAT images that are lightyears ahead of what I was producing.  I am definitely happy about this upgrade and I can't wait to shoot more with it!

Emilie & Katelyn - Buddy Session - Mesquite & Williams Field Highs

These two beauties are Emilie and Katelyn and they wanted their sessions together so they could get buddy shots too!  I have known these two since they were freshmen, and its tough to believe they are already graduating!  They are both such beautiful girls, on the inside and the outside.  I loved our fun evening together!

Meet sweet Emilie...

and Katelyn...

and them together!  So fun!