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I am so behind blogging – ack! In a perfect world I have a session. Edit. Blog my favorites. Finish. Slideshow. Burn to disc and deliver. In a ridiculously busy world Brad is on the computer every night helping me finish up sessions and the only time I can blog is during the day. HAA! One word. I’ll give you a hint. He’s 3. Dane.

So meet the Hefner family. The whole shebang. Two sisters and a brother make up the bunch with their spouses and 2 kiddos each because they weren’t courageous and crazy enough to have 4. Just kidding. What I should really say is that they are all of higher intelligence.  Anyway, I was contacted by Lara to primarily take pics of the grandkids. I was all over that. Even though the harsh ridiculous sun wasn’t my friend that night and I looked like an idiot searching in remote corners for shade next to bathrooms – I had a great time. Great family. Good kids.

First shot – grandpa with the kids.

I can’t imagine being close and liking my cousins growing up. I’m thinking really hard right now if any of my cousins read my blog……:). I liked them. Good people but different planets. We certainly would never have our pictures taken every year and jump and roll around and touch each other.

Hunter, Drew, Jake, Will, Kaylee and Audrey

Love both these shots of the girls.

This is the Shepherd family. I had to know what Kelly (the dad) did. I knew he didn’t sit behind a desk and sure enough he was in road construction. So I opened my big mouth and said something like “you need to get some of your buddies together and we’ll make a calendar”. I don’t even know why I say things like that. Trying to be funny I guess. I’m not even one of those girls that ever once had a calendar with men throughout. But for some reason whenever I’m around big guys or heaven forbid a fireman I say the stupidest things. Well next thing you know (because we had some little ears listening when I said that), Cathy (me) wants to shoot Kelly naked with a few of his friends for a calendar. NICE. Very funny though.

Next up the Grone family. Look very closely at the dad. When I was editing it made me do a quick petite little scream and call Brad (husband) to come look. I’m sure Mike is OVER it, but he has one blue eye and one brown eye and if I ever take his picture again I am going to think of something creative to do because that is super cool:) Great family. Fun kids.

Last but not least the Hefner family. Will did not love me but Jake did. Jake would do anything I asked him to do. Loved getting his picture taken. Silly. Now Will. He needed to turn his frown upside down, lol. He was game but not happy about it. While I was taking his alone shot his dad was behind me with his arms crossed going “smile Will, Will smile, smile, Will smile, smile Will” over and over again in this monotone voice until he finally cracked Will and made him smile. It was very funny. Great strategy dad:)

Some more grandkid shots….

And I have to put in my favorite outtake. I love catching kids acting like kids. One of my favorite parts about my job is catching the shots you remember in your head forever but would never enlarge and put on your wall. Do you know how funny this shot is going to be in 20 years?

Thank you Hefner family. Hopefully this can become an annual tradition:)