In July we had our first family photo shoot as a family of 6. A friend of mine, Brooke, has recently started her own photography business, so I hired her to take them. It was so fun to catch up with an old friend and to have our pictures taken. She did a fantastic job! She spent so much time with us and tried to meet all my crazy demands. She was so flexible and easy to work with too. Thank you so much Brooke!
I was really hoping for an orchard setting, so Brooke suggested Apple Works which is close to where I grew up. It was a bit of a drive for us, but it was fun to be back in my hometown and see how things have changed.

It ended up being a super hot day unfortunately, so Evy was pretty grumpy.
In the past, our family has usually done pictures in the fall, so I wanted to change things up a bit. I didn't really think about how incredibly hot it would be though! We were pretty sweaty by the end of the day.
I felt bad that I dragged everyone out on such a sticky hot day so we ended up abandoning the orchard backdrop for some shade.
Apple Works has some lovely gardens and sitting areas that are shady and worked out nicely for our pictures.
Kyler
Tayden
Ady
Evy
All in all I am really pleased with how the day turned out. We had a lot of fun and have some wonderful pictures to put up. Thank you so much, Brooke, for humoring me :)









































