Our family had the big bi-annual Ashby reunion this summer and when I saw the location, I just about gasped!  A private lake, all to ourselves, complete with two little islands in the middle of the lake.  When I saw the rowboat, I decided to ask my sister-in-law, Beth, if she and her hubby would be interested in ’letting me’ take pictures of them with it.  Doing a session on a lake with a row boat has been a long time dream of mine, so I wasn’t ready to pass up the opportunity!  They are SO adorable together, and we had an awesome time doing their session (luckily, I carefully cropped out my husband on the Sea Doo in the background! LOL!).  Here are a bunch of faves… 

I couldn’t decide if I liked this next picture in color or black and white.  So I posted both!  ;)

Thanks, Beth & Brian, for being such willing and gorgeous participants!!





I had such a great time taking Olivia’s first birthday pictures last year, so I was thrilled when her mom contacted me to take pictures for her upcoming second birthday!  Olivia is such a cutie pie, and we had tons of fun exploring Old Sacramento together.  Here are a few favorites from her session…