The Beachy family are LONG time clients and some of my absolute favorites! They are a family I can honestly say I’ve watched grow up over the years! And Amy, who should win mother of the year, was my saving grace three years ago. Three years ago when I was pregnant with Grayson, unexpectedly of course, and was scared out of my mind to have three kids under three years old. But then I met Amy, on her first photo shoot, with her three that had once been all under three years, and when she broke out the perfectly packed picnic snack I knew it was possible! She gave me HOPE!

Now, of course, my life looks nothing like hers. We don’t throw amazing parties or make our own cheese, I don’t sew clothes or bake my own designer cakes. But we survived that first year of HARD AS NAILS parenting and I honestly have her to thank for a lot of it! And Mountain Dew of course.

So her youngest, who is just a bit older than my oldest, turned SIX recently and we met up for Reagan’s birthday session. Take into account it was like 20 degrees that day because Reagan was so great despite the FREEZING temps! I’ll show you a few and then I’ll end with my FAVORITE series ever…

Reagan loves to read and when Amy and I were planning her session we decided it would be perfect to have her be reading in some of the shots… so her family can remember her as she is TODAY. At six. Reading. And I just adore these next shots…

Thanks Dale, Amy, Reagan, Luke and Carsyn for letting me capture your family for so many years! As always, it was a huge pleasure!