My "ADOPTED" daughter - Josie! Utah Portrait Photographer

This is my life saver,

my teenager that loves me and hopefully always will,

my "oldest daughter"

my kids favorite playmate & sitter!

This is Josie and some of her friends.

She turned 14 so we decided to do a shoot

with the girls!!!

It was fun, I love this age, so care free and happy!

This day and age is so hard, especially for girls.

So much pressure to be popular,

to be skinny,

to wear all the name brand clothes.

None of that matters.

We are all different, special and unique in our own ways,

that's what makes us who WE are.

We need to own it, own our individuality.

I hope and wish for all of these girls to know they are loved,

to know they are beautiful,

inside and out,

and to know that life is always better with friends,

and being happy with ourselves.

Love you girls and I'll be any of your second mom's anyday!!!

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!

I know, I know it has been so long since I've posted any shoots. Well this is how it's been. I was supposed to take all of December off but people kept calling and it's soooooo hard for me to say no. So of course I took a "few" more shoots than I was planning on and put blogging on the back burner so I could enjoy the holidays with my family and my kiddos who were so fun to watch on Christmas this year.

Anyway...

I am going to try to catch up and post a few from about the last 10 or so shoots that I've done and haven't posted. Hopefully in the next few days I'll get some up on here.

So why not start out the new year with some crazy girls that could pull some great faces, serious, funny, top model, you name it, they did it. One is my adorable niece Paige (the one in the purple pants, blue shirt, and green sweater. I guess if I want to be in style still, I need to try to NOT match my clothes when I get dressed in the morning, right Paige??? love ya girlie!)

It was a super fun shoot, one of the 3 I did the week of Christmas. Why can't I say no to people, I'm going to work on that this year because my kids and my husband need to come first this year! They really put up with a lot this past year.

Happy New Year, a few days late. Let's all start fresh and keep those goals and resolutions going, it's only the 2nd week so we can't give up yet! I guess I better get mine started.