My sister's awesome family...

While I was in Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday, I was able to do a family session for my sister in addition to her maternity pictures. (ah the beauty of having a photographer for a sister :-) And even though she's about to have a baby any time now, she was so understanding when I told her that I forgot about them! Yes, I hate to admit it, but with getting ready for Christmas and filling client orders to make sure they had their albums and prints for the holidays and then leaving for Nashville for Imaging USA and then getting ready for a bridal show, do you see where I'm going with this? What a horrible sister! I'm so sorry Melissa, at least I got them to you before the baby came! :-)

Even though I feel like the worst sister in the world putting her on hold like that, I have to say that I'm a little glad that I forgot. This gave me an opportunity to check off something on my 101/1001 list that I've really been wanting to do for a long time, which is streamlining and documenting my workflow. It feels so good to have accomplished this. And thanks to Kevin Kubota for his awesome Lightroom Workflow tutorial! I've been using Lightroom for over 2 years now and I learned so much watching his video, I was amazed! More on my 101/1001 later, for now come meet my sister again and her awesome family. Words cannot describe how cool Shawn and Courtney are. I'm so glad that my sister found someone like Shawn to share her life with! I love you guys!

Such a beautiful family! With looks like these, you know this baby is going to be adorable!

Definitely my favorite of the day.

Oh yeah, love this one too. I think this baby is going to have a killer smile!

So sweet...

Court really is an amazing soul with the most beautiful smile and laugh. She does it with her entire heart. And she's truly wise beyond her years. With a style of her own, I love how she's not afraid to be herself, really we could all learn a lot from her and I predict amazing things for her future...

Court is super excited for the baby too and I know she's going to be a great sister.

She's also your typical teenager texting nonstop, so I thought I'd have a little fun with it.

Shawn and Courtney have a special bond, and you can tell how much love they have for each other.

And another favorite of the session. I love the tranquil feeling this image gives me.

I love you guys and can't wait to see you again when we meet the baby!

And a quick shout out to everyone that stopped to visit me today at Maniaci's Bridal Show, it was great talking with all of you!

And if you want, here's the rest of the images from our session...