thompson fam.

 If my memory serves me correctly,

my first official family session as a photographer was for the Thompsons in 2009.

I thought they were brave to hire me.

As it turned out, had a marvelous time and captured some sweet images like this one...

So while the perfectionist in me looks back at images from those early sessions as a photographer

and notices so many marks of my own inexperience,

I also see families marked by love.

 

All to say, yesterday's session was a treat for me.

While I have a couple projects to finish up this fall,

this was the last full session for 2014.

And it was a great way to close out the year.

 

The Thompsons are a spectacular family...

you could see it in their 2009 pictures,

and you'll see it in these.

engle girls.

 Caroline and Anneka came to their fall session ready to smile.

It's a good thing because it was c-c-c-c-cold.

We got their pictures done in record time with little coaxing.

They are as sweet as ever!

We did ask Anneka to sit on the stairs like her sister,

but she was more interested in climbing them!