I promised the kids that our shoot would take ten minutes.

When your aunt is a photographer, it’s kind of required that you put up with her picture taking about once a year.

What I did NOT expect was how much they would love it.

But you can’t really tell that from the photos…. can you? :)

Mel and José - it’s our perfect photo shoot! Please tell your kiddos thanks for indulging me on all 21 minutes. Love you!! :)

Sometimes we do terribly silly things in our shoots.

Like kiss sweaty foreheads, or touch noses.

Or make farting jokes while we wait for mom to groan.

Or have daddy make crazy faces…

Or guess how many spiders we could fit in our mouths.

The most important part, though, is that we act and feel really ridiculous. It’s basically a requirement.

Kael and Jillian - thank you so much for enduring the hottest day of the year (so far!) and doing it all while being silly and looking fabulous! I know I had you do ridiculous things, but you look amazing while doing all of them! Enjoy all your photos!!