This family has been faithful friends and clients for so many years!  We have done ministry alongside each other, celebrated together, mourned together and enjoyed friendship for years and I am so thankful!  At the time of this session we were trying to add up how many times they have been behind my camera and we came up with 7-8 times!  How amazing is that?!  Thank you for your loyalty Concilios.

This time I got the added blessing of meeting James’ side of the family!  What a big, fun group of people.

If you REALLY want to get a good look at family dynamics, get them all set up and tell them to relax because you are testing your lighting.  You just might get a gem like this one!  Sorry guys, but I had to include this one.  It was too good to leave out of the blog!

These mother-daughter shots are some of my favorite.  Aren’t these so sweet?  The oldest mother-daughter duo and the youngest mother-daughter duo.

Ellen and Joe picked this photo for a giant canvas for above their fireplace.  Every day they get to gaze upon their beautiful family!

Sisters.  These ladies look a lot alike…..but not sure you can guess which ones are the twins….or which one is the in-law.

Look at these beautiful grandkids.  Ellen and Joe, you guys are lucky!

Of course we had to get one with Aunt Rebecca because she sure loves her nieces and nephews.

They made me laugh a LOT and we had the best time exploring the Littleton Museum.

We even got the dog in one of the pictures.  If that isn’t a miracle, I don’t know what is!

There was a little bit of concern that the kids were going to have a hard time.  Some of them are from out of town, some of them are a bit shy and we did these just a day or two before Christmas so it was a crazy time of year.  But I won them over and the whole session was a huge success!  Everyone was calm, happy and had great attitudes which made the pictures easy and fun (with great results).

We even coaxed a smile out of little Oliver!  Isn’t he the sweetest (and I will forever oh and ah over baby boys in suspenders and bowties)?

Congratulations Ellen and Joe on your beautiful and fun-loving family.  It was a joy to get to know all of you!

Want to see more big extended family pictures?  Check out the Flowers Family or the Gundlach Family.