After we shot family portraits for the Cummins/Mecham family a few weekends ago, April asked if we’d come make another attempt to get some portraits of just her and the kids.  So last Saturday we made the trek out to their home in Queen Creek to shoot part II.  For the first attempt, we were shooting at Val Vista Lakes so their were lots of distractions for Dylan and Ashton (four and two years of age) and seven month old Avery.  We always recommend an in home shoot when photographing small children - kids are much more likely to be themselves at home, especially at such a young age.

Even at home, there’s only so much posing that kids will stand for!  Here are my favorites of the whole family:

Both of the boys expressions in this next one crack me up!  Boys will be boys :-)

Since the sitting option only lasted so long, we asked them all to walk together . . .

. . . which turned into a race and then ended with this :-)  Hilarious!

Ryan and I had lots of fun just following the kids around and watching them play.  Last time, Ashton was a little shy around us, but he sure showed his photogenic side this time!

He looks deceptively worn out in this shot, but believe me he was outside on the trampoline a few minutes later!

Dylan was super excited to show off his room – he gave us a tour of the whole house :-)

Dylan and cute little Avery.

How cute is she?  So pretty in pink!

Ashton loves basketball – check out this game face!  Could there be an NBA career in his future . . . 

And of course, we couldn’t help but join the boys on the trampoline :-)

So much fun!  It was really great spending a few hours in their world.  Once it got dark, we headed home, our feet in desperate need of a good scrubbing and only a little exhausted :-)  Thanks to April, Dylan, Ashton and Avery for a fun afternoon!