You know how you try really hard not to have a favorite kid but secretly, deep down inside, one of them is your favorite?



The same thing happens at photo shoots. Sometimes one of the kids in a family just captivates me and I find my camera going to that child over and over and over.



Especially when she's so dang cute. And posey. And sweet. And fun.



She might make you have conversations with your husband that go like this.

"Da-ave! Look how cute she is! I want one!"
"What?"
"An Ethiopian baby. Can I have one? Please?" *bats eyes*
"What?"
"Look!"
"Oh, she is cute." *walks away*.....*comes back later* "Tell you what. If we feel like we're supposed to have more kids, AND you can't get pregnant, AND we can afford it, we'll adopt from Ethiopia."

I won, right? Pretty sure he agreed somewhere in there.



She does have siblings. That's her brother up there helping her show me how old she is.

He's cute too. He liked the rocks.



She has two darling sisters.





Parents, too.



Aren't they just about the cutest family ever?







But then she stole the show again.

Ja'Nette and Ryan are two of my very favorite people to photograph! I was at their wedding, their sealing, and everything in between and after, including new baby pictures for their cute girls.

This time Ja'Nette's family was in town for the baby's blessing so we did family pictures.

Miss Mia is at the age where it's more fun to run away from the photographer, but I managed to woo her anyway.



We did the group, the generational and every other combo we could think of.







Ja'Nette's sister and her husband are both in the military and heading oversees soon.



Ja'Nette's brother just got back from Afghanistan.



and Grandma was a riot!



Thanks for the fun shoot, everyone!

This family won a shoot at an auction at my kids' school. They were great sports about the cold weather and we had a lot of fun!!

I got to take pictures of an old friend and her family while I was in Walla Walla for the weekend. She's got the cutest twin boys that are almost 4 and they were a riot! They interacted so well with each other that I got some great shots.



We tried to get the little guy on the left to hug his dad's leg but he wasn't having it. I still love the shot.


This one is my favorite from the shoot.


When they were at the end of their ropes with pictures I told them to tackle their dad and we got some more great ones.

Had a fun shoot the other evening with my friend Hilary and her super cute family. Doesn't she have great style?

See the whole shoot here. http://mistydawnphotos.com/gallery/Glad

Some favorites.