I met Lindsey a few weeks ago when I volunteered to photograph a few kids for the Missouri Heart Gallery, she was a social worker for a set of siblings that I photographed. I could tell right away that she and I shared the same heart for these kids. I love it when I get to meet the people who are in the front lines of social justice.

We met last night at the beautiful Ironwood’s park in Leawood and it was such a perfect night for photos! The sun was out and it was just warm enough to feel like Spring had arrived. Little Norah was such a doll and the Radcliff’s were such a kind and loving family!

The Schmidt family drove up from Kansas to meet me in the beautiful area of Weston, Missouri for their daughter’s four month photo shoot. Elise is such a beautiful baby! She has the most gorgeous, glassy blue eyes and such a darling smile. Her parents are just nuts about her and they were just some of the most joyful people I’ve been around in a long time.

I met Cheryl at a women’s church group about 5 weeks ago and we instantly connected. She is hilarious, loud, quirky, humble and completely honest. That’s my kind of friend material! When she told me that she lived in a tiny town, and homeschooled her 5 children and owned over 5 pets I knew this would be a great family to photograph! I met them in their home town of Plattsburg, Missouri and we drove along the outskirts of town, went “downtown” and then found a riverbank for their Dr. Who gas mask photos. They are big fans of the show and had purchased some gas masks from an army surplus store, which of course they had to bring to the session. I just love this family and know that we will be great friends for a long, long time!

Meet the Garren family! These beautiful people contacted me because of my lovely photographer and friend, Rebecca Peters, who is out on maternity leave and needed a session for their daughter’s one year photos. Emily, Ryan and Keira met me at Loose Park, the most beautiful and famous park in the heart of Kansas City last weekend and it was such a warm, beautiful day! Keira is such a beauty, I just can’t get over how blue her eyes are! We toddled around the park and then got to the best part, the cake smash. Kiera sat on the sidewalk and just happily ate that vanilla cake, she probably would have polished it off if her mom didn’t remove her from it! I had so much fun with these people!