Clovis NM Portrait Photographer.Bonestroo Family

*uPDATED:Tara and Gage Bonestroo were married 2 years ago and I was so blessed to be their wedding photographer in San Diego. Look at their beautiful growing family below. The words that comes to my mind when I see Tara in these images is "one hot mama!" I know you must agree :) I loved the location of their session and "General Lee" dune buggy style.

Clovis Nm Portrait Photographer.Zarikta Family

Yesterday I head out with my family to photograph the Zarikta family. Julia Zarikta is the fabulous hair stylist that worked her magic on my Alice in Wonderland Project. She has also styled many of my clients hair and makeup too! She's very talented. And now it was her turn to get glammed up with her family.She took pictures of my family too. I'll post those later.

Clovis NM Portrait Photographer.Reed Family

The Reed family came in from Austin this week for a family session, and we did their session at the fair. It was so awesome and so fun to see their older daughter get so excited about the rides, especially the ferris wheel. I've photographed her since she was 5 months old. Now she's FOUR!!Oh my goodness time flies.

Clovis NM Portrait Photographer.Boys will Be Boys

Tuesday I had a session with a sweet 3 yr old boy. He was full of energy, had the cutest smile, and gave me hugs. I instantly fell in love with him, because he reminded me so much of my little Benson.I got three HUGE mosquito bites during this session too. If you live in this area, I am warning you the mosquitoes want to eat you alive so spray yourself with OFF. And I mean spray your entire body, because those little dudes got me in places I never thought they would :)

Here are my some favorites...

Clovis NM Portrait Photographer.The Burgin Family

We were trying to decide where to go for there session, and Holly mentioned her parents house out in the country. As she described the surroundings where they lived I thought it was the perfect place. I knew we were going to the country, but not sure how far so I didn't bother to fill up my car with gas even when the low-light came on. Well, we drove about 25 miles or so (might be wrong on that) to her parents house and I was getting very nervous. I didn't think I would make it back and thanks to her sweet dad, he filled my car up with gas he had for his farm equipment. Thank you thank you thank you!! Maybe I should carry a gallon of gas around with me just in case. Or I could fill my car up next time I take an adventure out in the country :)On to the session... Holly and Jeremy scheduled there session with me months ago, so this session has been something I've looked forward to for a while. They are expecting child number 2 in August also so we did maternity shots as well as family.  The first image was a favorite, because they all have great smiles.  Real smiles. And  Holly has a gorgeous smile that I think she should be famous for.  I LOVE the last one of Jeremy playing with their little girl, and Holly looking on, again with that smile.   It was a total accident that he was in focus, too. I'm not gonna lie. Thankfully I just panned with his movement and got a great shot of the action filled evening with their 2 1/2 year old daughter. I think she and Benson would have lots of fun. Thanks Burgin family for a lovely evening.

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day! I hope all of you who are moms have a wonderful, fabulous, and beautiful Mothers Day.Below are a small number of some of the moms I've had the privilege of photographing, and I want to say a big Happy Mothers Day to all of my clients who are moms. You are wonderful and your family is so blessed to have you.

Lubbock, Texas Portrait Photographer and New Mexico Portrait Photographer

Saturday I hung out with the McWilliams family. This is a super sweet family I met at Byron and Lindsay's wedding back in August.  Lauren (below) is Byron's sister.  It was nice seeing Lindsay and Sassy too!McWilliams family Lubbock Texas, portrait session

Let me just say if I looked like this when I was a senior, or even now, then I would be living on cloud 9.  I would first have to get a tan though :)  This beautiful girl is drop dead gorgeous.  And ya know what she told me?  She said she wasn't very photogenic!  Say what!!  I am gonna strongly disagree with that one.Clovis NM 2010 senior

New Mexico Photographer.Jacob

Jacob is one stylish boy, thanks to his sweet and beautiful momma. This sweet family drove in from Hereford, Texas for his one year birthday pictures. We of course had crazy wind, but because Jacob is so awesome he didn't seem to care. He has grown quite a bit too from the last time I photographed him.

Cristy Cross Photography [website]

Today while Benson has been sleeping, I have gone through some of my family, kids, babies, and maternity sessions to update my portrait website.Go check it out! You might be on there if I've done a session for you!

www.cristycross.com

And yesterday I had a session with one of the sweetest little boys.  He would hug on me and climb up in my lap while I was taking his pictures.  Such a sweet heart.  He reminded me of my little BB.

Jacob.Texas Baby. New Mexico Photographer

The thing about a small town is you realize that everyone is related. Jacob is cousins with the Douma's and the other Tuls family.  So fun! And not only that, but I took pictures of all three families in the same weekend. Totally not planned either :)Here is sweet Jacob, a sweet 9 month old baby whom I might add is very stylish thanks to his beautiful mom.

GQ for kids. New Mexico Photographer

Baby Cruz turned one back in October, but we finally got his one year birthday session in November. And while we were at it, did some Christmas shots with his bro Caden. Two good looking little fellas...

Blessed by Seven.New Mexico Photographer

From Thursday to Sunday I had seven sessions. All were wonderful and not one the same, which I love. Gotta keep it different for my viewers ya know.This is a quick post. I will post more of each of these sessions this month. Newborn Session...Kylen.  Such a beautiful face. es_8502cblog Actkinson Family...the stylish bunch ra_8634cblog The Osburn Family...our adorable neighbors so_9003cblog The Douma's...my entertainment for the morning :) (thanks to Bryce-well you can't tell in this picture, but he is a funny little dude) ad_9309cblog Jacob at 9 months...Mr. Happy Baby (this image was taken towards the end of the session.  He was being cuddly and I loved it) rt_9606cblog Maternity session for Mecca...gorgeous momma md_9674cblog The Tul's...stud muffin bunch and one hot momma tt_9851blog

I enjoyed each and every one of my sessions this week. Thanks for the new friendships and for an awesome time. I am so blessed to have clients and friends like all of you.

Carrie and Barrett.maids and men

Introducing the maids and men from Carrie and Barrett's wedding and the little flower girl and ring bearer that were too adorable for words.weddingpartycollagelittlekids Flower gilrs outfit was all from Etsy. Hair piece, dress and shoes. All handmade for this sweet little princess. Also, Carrie and her family handmade the pillow, boutonnieres and bouquets.

My little Batman

batmanandsunglasses I can just hear him laughing in excitement when he pulled the glasses from his sweet brownish, grayish, bluish eyes.

Benson loves his sunglasses his grandma pepmeyer gave him and loves to play peek-a-boo with them.  The thing I love about this little guy is he is so playful full of laughter and smiles and is compassionate and sensitive.  He is all of these things and still has a boys side.  He loves to throw things, anything he can get his hands on.  The ball, golf clubs, shoes, water bottles...whatever.  When he plays with kids his age, he pushes them to say, "lets go play."  I have to remind him to be gentle and not push over the sweet little girls.  He is a rough player, but a sweet little lover.  I love his slobbery kisses and how he pokes my eyes out and picks my nose and gives wet willies to my ear as he learns about different body parts.  Our little guys brain is growing and learning so much all the time and it makes our hearts smile and laugh in excitement.  We want him to grow and learn, and then again we want him to stay our little 18 month old boy.  He is now 30 lbs people!! Did you read that as the big 3-0!! Ya I think I pulled a muscle in my back this week actually.  He is almost three feet tall too.   Benson is spending this weekend in Lubbock with my parents, so that we can do a wedding here in Clovis.  I don't know what to do with myself.  I find that I have free time to do what ever I want, but I somehow can't seem to get Benson out of my head.  So after I did some headshots for Women's Medical Center, and prepwork for Christina and Jeff's wedding  I edited pictures I took of BB yesterday.  But I think tonight Ben and I might go to a movie! Whoo hoo!

Hailey Girls.kids.New Mexico Photographer

I love watching my clients grow. The Hailey family has been coming to me for three years now. I first took their pictures when the middle girl was only 6 months old. I enjoy seeing this family every year. They live in Vermont, but have family in Clovis. I feel so blessed that they make a point to get pictures of their girls by me every year. Here are some favorites from our session yesterday...