Family Pictures

It had been waaaaaay too long since we had some family pictures taken, and I was thrilled that this past October we were finally able to get some done! I had admired a local photographer for quite some time and really felt like our styles would collide in the best way. I was so excited when she had an opening available close to Hudson's first birthday, in late October. 

I told her that we have lots of little ones and that I honestly would rather capture the true essence of our family at this stage of our life rather than go for the "everyone look here and smile" type of family photo. No posing. Okay, maybe one or two for the grandparents - but other wise, I told her to expect go get wet and dirty and be quick on her feet to capture our crew at one of our favorite local hangs. Picking outfits is the hardest part of planning family pictures, in my opinion. I decided to go all out and handmade the girls' linen dresses because I really wanted a touch of mustard yellow and couldn't find anything I loved. Of course, that added a bit of pressure, but I finished them a couple days ahead of time and was pretty pleased with how they turned out. The boys were easy. 

She was everything I could have hoped for and did an outstanding job. She was totally game for getting wet and dirty, and probably got a bit of a workout chasing our children around Bull Creek District Park. She called our session a "natural family session" and the photographer in me could tell she was giddy about this type of session. She loves to capture people as they are, in their natural element, and she is wonderful at doing just that. Here is a sampling of some of our favorites from our session with Lisa Woods. I totally recommend her if you're in the market for a stellar photographer in the Austin area ;)

So, here we are. Sawyer 7, Aspen 5, Hazel 3, and Hudson a week away from his first birthday. We couldn't love our little crew any more if we tried - they really are what makes our world go round. 

Love them so...