Danielle Mahoney Photography

Merissa is my niece Luci’s ballet teacher. She has the sweetest family, and is so easy going! We had a great time running around downtown… in her puffy cloud ballet skirt! It rocked!!

Pearl.

Could you just squeeze her! I LOVE her name!!

My favorite family pictures are the unexpected ones where everyone is sort of doing their own thing, and not everyone is looking. You really start to get a sense of their personality’s that way.

Tommy with Mom

Tying Pearl’s dress

Tommy with Dad

They have the BEST tire swings in their backyard!

Robbie. So cool! Bubbling with energy and personality.

Duque is a wonderful member of the family. So sweet, laid back.

Now for some fun shots of Merissa, ballet teacher extraordinaire…

These are her toe shoes, hanging on a laundry line with the tire swing in the back. I love the contrast!

Pearl with Mommy

Thanks guys!! I had a great time!!

Going through this family’s pictures made me smile all over again! There were so many fun pictures to choose from, and, they were the first competitors in the Thumb Wrestling Championship. Zak took the title, but I feared the photos of his “Victory Dance” might make him hate me! That is, unless fluttering around like Tinkerbell is the rage on the teenage boy circuit… I guess I just never know these things… (sorry Zak!)

I adore freckles! Awesome!

The family that jumps together…. I don’t know. What? Someone fill in the blank for me…

Ohhhh, sun flare again! Yay!

You guys were so much fun to hang out with! Thanks!!

Besides being stunning, this family is so loving and happy and fun!

Hailey was rockin’ an arm splint after crushing her elbow the weekend before, and, I just have to say that Deb came up with the best idea to end our shoot with. There are no pictures here (I have to save something to send them), but I have three words: whip. cream. fight.

With a side of strawberries.

Oh yeah!

Sister Sandwich!!

Max & Deb

I asked to Deb to look at Max for a little bit. I LOVE the way she looks at him. Completely happy and relaxed.

Solomon-I want to go swimming in your eyeballs. Seriously.

Backgammon in the park.

I love this picture. Solomon could not possibly be any cuter if he tried.

I had so much fun with this family! Gabe is the SWEETEST big brother to his two little sisters! Hanging out with these guys made my belly hurt, we laughed so much!

Love Izzie’s wonderment when she was watching the bubbles!

Playing with siblings isn’t playing until you have stick sword fights! (and a cracker…)

(All of that juicy texture behind Emma is called bokeh. And I think I want to marry it and love it forever.)

Love this squishy moment between Mom and Emma. It makes me get all teary eyed.

(Although I might cheat on my bokeh with this sun flare. I can’t decide which I love more.)

Thanks guys!