As I post this I wonder if you will laugh like I do when I look at these. While sitting in my office I was literally LAUGHING OUT LOUD at some of these images. But then again, most of my laughing was in re-living the fun we had. That AND because I just love this family so much, and these pictures are SO THEM to me. I mean it SOOO THEM. Let me tell you a bit:

One of my favorite facts about Jeff is that he loves theme parks. I mean….LOVES THEM. I am not a big theme park person, so this is hard for me to wrap my head around to be honest, but when you see Jeff even JUST TALK about theme parks, his joy is overflowing, spilling out, and you can’t help but absorb some of his joy about it. So of course I was not at all surprised when I found out that Jeff used to work at one as a character at a theme park, and he LOVED HIS JOB. Who loves working in those hot, heavy, suits? Jeff. “It is not just that,” he will tell you, “it is everything about theme parks…”

When you first meet Kristy, I think the word that will come to you will be “sweet”. She is. Truly. Inside and out. But when you get to know Kristy, you get to see the FUN come out. And she is SO FUN! She loves to laugh and be silly like no other girl I know. And I love that about her! Her laugh in infectious. And she loves to laugh and be silly with Jeff. And with her girls.

Kristy is just the most perfect compliment to Jeff. And Jeff the most perfect compliment to Kristy. Truly. And then God gave them two little girls that are simply the most perfect compliment to their family.  Tabby is sweet.  She laughs and is silly, but really she is incredibly thoughtful and sweet.  And Charlotte.  Charlotte is FUN. That little girl makes me laugh out loud every time I see her.

And the best part….Tabby and Charlotte both love rides and theme parks.

As you can imagine, when Kristy came to me with the idea of going to Belmont Park and riding rides and doing everything fun, I was completely on board and over the moon with excitement.  This is SOOOOO THEM and it was SOOO FUN.

I hope you will get a little chuckle when you see these…..or maybe even a laugh out loud too.

Enough standing around…let’s go have fun!

This is a fun family portrait….

…but to me this one is even BETTER!
This is what “hug your sister” looks like:

And when you have had enough games at Belmont Park…go for the rides!

Doesn’t Tabby look elated?  I love that this girl loves to ride!

That ride worked up an appetite!

[As a quick side note...I have to give a shout out to the guy who ran this stand, "Little Dipper Fun Food".  He was AMAZINGLY NICE.  I mean, SOOOOO nice.  Let us sit at his stand forever, and we made a HUGE mess, and he didn't even blink at it.  When I offered to clean it up, he said, "don't worry about it!" Really, he was the sweetest vendor I have ever encountered on a photo shoot! Thanks Little Dipper Foods man!!]

Back to the pictures….YUMMY!

Every couple has to take time in their marriage to have a food fight. It keeps things fun and fresh and happy.

Although, beware, someone else might want to sit in on the fun….

After the food fights…we found the MAGIC LIGHT!  Oooo…MAN…this light was incredible!  I didn’t want to stop taking pictures (so we didn’t!)

Good light + beautiful couple + lots of love =

One of my favorite family portraits of all time!!
At last the light said good night.  One last shot to snag.  I don’t know what it is about the “last shots” at each session, but I am loving them more and more each time!  These are my last two shots of the evening….

The adorable Tabby:

Jeff, Kristy, Tabby and Charlotte, I had SO much fun with you all! I had so much trouble picking “favorites” to post here and can’t wait to share the rest with you! Thanks so much for being amazing clients once again.