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So guys, we did a thing.  We bought a HOUSE!  In WINE COUNTRY!  And MOVED last weekend, in the middle of that windstorm!  That last part?  Totally not advised.  But the house part?  We are loving it!  We’ve been renting since we moved back up here from California, and last month we found the perfect […]

Blush and Chambray what to wear family photo session at champoeg in Newberg | Hillsboro Family Photographer

I sat down to write this and checked my calendar—Christmas is FOUR DAYS AWAY!  WHAAAT??  Thank God for Amazon Prime.  I’m pretty sure Christmas morning would happen in January at our house if Amazon Prime didn’t exist. I love the end of December in my business.  Sessions are all complete for the year and it’s […]

Family photos on a bridge in Bethany | Hillsboro family photographer

It’s been a crazy fall family portrait season over here, especially as our family adjusts to life with a newborn!  I’ve TOTALLY fallen behind on my blogging, but as we wind down into December, I’m hoping to catch back up!  I wanted to share this epically Pacific Northwest fall session with you from last month […]

Fall family photos at Jenkins Estate in Beaverton | Hillsboro Family Photographer

Oh boy, I LOVE it when old clients come back to me to update their family photos.  And it’s even MORE exciting when their family has GROWN since I saw them last!!  Their two girls are about as far apart as my kiddos are, but they’ve made it through the newborn phase while I’m still […]

fall leaves family photos in Bethany | Hillsboro Family Photographer

I loved meeting up with this sweet family to update their family photos in time for holiday cards!  We had a fabulous fall day at the Jenkins Estate exploring the botanical garden!

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of summer–the hardest part of my move from Sacramento to Hillsboro was adjusting to the much longer rainy season!  So last week’s unexpected sunny weather for this family photo session made my day!  A sunlit, glowing field with an adorable family to photograph is pretty much my […]

This sweet family met up with me on a hot & humid evening for some updated family photos!  We decided to use a little park near my home that I LOVE to shoot at because it gets such pretty light!  (And check out that cool bridge: it’s my three-year-old’s favorite place to pretend to be […]

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