Schmidt Family | {Delightful and Entertaining}

I recently had a chance to not only catch up with some long time family friends, but also to photograph them for their family photos. Although we live in the same town, we rarely see them…guess that is what happens when kids and life get in our way of seeing family and friends sometimes. And, it just dawned on me that I have a “late” gift for them from my mom from last Christmas that I yet “again” forgot to give them…drats, I can’t believe I forgot it! Anyway, Kevin, the dad, grew up in Spokane and his mom is my god mother, our mothers grew up together and our grandmothers were great friends…so to me they are like family. Kevin and Dianna were living in Puyallup when we moved here over 16 years ago and Cameron, the oldest was born within the first year….I can recall visiting them and seeing this adorable little baby and now, he’s in high school, learning to drive and a very bright young man…where has the time gone?! It’s been fun over the years to visit and watch the boys grow, but the day of our session was especially nice for myself (and my amazing assistant and husband!) to spend some time with them, catching up and getting to know the boys better. Karsten, the younger is a a great kid as well and had us laughing most of the time. Trying to get him to be serious was more the challenge, but it was wonderful…and seeing them all together was truly delightful! I throughly enjoyed my session and hope that they enjoy this preview from what I captured on this lovely fall afternoon!

Cameron is a very bright and interesting individual and I enjoyed having a few minutes to chat with just him while taking his photos. He’s anxious to get his driver’s license next spring, so he won’t have to take the bus to Emerald Ridge H.S. He also is a great tennis player and very involved in music…he’s got so much going and I know will be a very successful person in whatever he does in life!!

Karsten…love his smile and he was so darn cute about his glasses…they have photo grey in them and so we had to “store” them and pull them out occasionally for some of the photos so they wouldn’t be too dark…he was happy when we pulled them out, but I think he’s adorable with and without his glasses! He’s also musically inclined and a good student…and his sense of humor was so entertaining…it was great to get to know him better on this afternoon!

Kevin and Dianna are such amazing parents…they have raised some very polite and respectful boys who are great kids and were a delight to spend some time with!

Couldn’t resist grabbing a couple shots of Kevin and Dianna alone…besides being friends, they are really nice people! I must say that Kevin was not as comfortable being alone in front of the camera as the rest of the family and given that he’s fairly tall, I had him sit down…so I didn’t feel like I needed to stand on my tippy toes when photographing him! Dianna is beautiful and as a mother of two boys, she stands strong and said she is very happy being the only female in the family, given that she had two brothers, she said it was what she knew….I really admire her…she’s a neat woman!

I love these photos of Dianna with her boys…they obviously both love their mom and you can see how close they are…

The boys….I tried to get them all to be serious…it didn’t work too well, they were either laughing or looked mad….so we went with “middle of the road!”

Proud parents and some nice boys who definitely made my day on this afternoon…thank you, Kevin and Dianna for entrusting me to capture some memories for your family!