Sometimes life throws you those curve balls that no one sees coming.   Being widowed at a young age and raising two young children on her own  epitomizes  those challenges.    Jaime, with the help of friends and family,  has found an inner strength and moved forward in life spreading her warmth and love all around her.   I felt totally honored, when I was asked by Jaime to capture these moments of fun at a local park.

Jaime, you are a woman to be admired and I am truly happy to see you doing so well for  yourself and your little family.

A new little life has arrived and her name is Finley Claire.  You may recognize the faces from a previous post.  It was such a fun time capturing these images.  Finley did a fine job sleeping and her mom was the perfect photographer’s assistant.

Thank you Megan for all your help!

Every 3 months I have had the privilege to spend some time with Kara and Rob’s family to document their little boy’s changes throughout his first year.   Kara and Rob are always so much fun, they seem to take things in stride and just go with the flow.  One never knows what to expect with young children and sometimes the unexpected and unplanned moments turn out to be the best for capturing those natural and candid images I love.   After arriving at DuBois Park in Jupiter and deciding where to best  begin our photo session, the moments for perfect family images in dry clothes vanished (who wants those anyway, right?).   Just as a moth is drawn to light, the kids made a beeline to the water and were wet in less than 5 minutes.  As the awesome parents they are, Kara and Rob just smiled and allowed the little ones to enjoy themselves as I waded into the water with them to take photos of pure kid-meets-water enthusiasm.  I think everyone had a wonderful time (except perhaps, the person that got stuck with the task of cleaning the minivan after the wet and sandy passengers got out).