On Saturday, we spent the day hangin’ out with the family and took advantage of the time to get some more recent shots of our adorable niece Makena.  They turned out SOOOO cute I just had to share a few!

She has grown up so much in these last few months.  As you can see from the above photo, she’s got teeth coming in.  She’s crawling like crazy and standing up on her own.  We were making bets on how long it will be before she’s walking and poor Amy is chasing her around the house.  You just know she’s gonna be TROUBLE!

She’s looking more and more like Amy every day, but there’s still a lot of my bro-in-law Jim in her too.  Exhibit A: the pouty face :-) ha ha ha!

Peek-a-boo!

My absolute favorite :-)  Does it get any sweeter than this face?  I think not . . . love it!!!!

On Saturday, we got up nice and early to meet the Combs family at Freestone Park in Gilbert.  Afton and Jake contacted us a few weeks back about doing some photos of their little boy Merrick who had just turned one.  Since the whole family was available to come along, we decided to get the whole bunch involved!  It was a lot of fun getting to know all of them and playing with the kiddos.  Here are a few of our favorites from their session:

We found out pretty quickly that 6 year old Zia was quite the ham :-)  Check out the pose as she hugs her little bro . . .

And Merrick was such a cutie pie!

He REALLY wanted to go for a swim with the ducks in the lake, but Mom and Dad had a little different plan in mind :-)  He looks pretty determined though doesn’t he?

Zia was rockin’ her favorite sunglasses.  Afton told us that she never leaves the house with out them.  (Sounds like someone else I know . . . uhm, let me see . . . RYAN!  Ha ha ha!)

Merrick looked like he wasn’t quite sure he wanted to try out the swings with his sister, but he warmed up to the idea pretty fast.

Kids and swings – endless hours of entertainment!

The swings were fun, but I think Merrick could have sat and played in the sand all day!

We did manage to pull him away for a few minutes to hang out with his big sister on the slide.

Did I mention Zia was a bit of a ham?  This shot cracks me up!

A few more of the little man:

He seemed to be having a pretty good time hanging out with his Mom & Dad :-)

Grandma & Grandpa came along to help out and got in on a little photo fun too!

Thanks to the Afton & Jake for getting up so early to spend a lovely Saturday morning with us!  We had a great time with you guys and really enjoyed capturing your sweet family.

On Monday afternoon we headed back up to Sedona!  We met up with Laura and Justin at a mexican food restaurant. It was the first time meeting them so we decided to get to know each other over tacos and enchiladas before we started shooting their engagement session.  They are planning a very intimate wedding with only a few guests up at the  North Rim of the Grand Canyon in July.

The session began with Laura and Justin taking us on a small hike up to Cathedral Rock where Justin had proposed to Laura back in April.  Here’s a quick look at Cathedral Rock posing as the backdrop for the lovely couple.

Next, we headed down to Oak Creek.  FACT:  Laura and Justin have a little Pug at home named Dwight K. Schrute!  :-) Right on!  They are huge fans of  The Office just like us!  They quoted the show several times throughout day. Awesome!

“Women are like wolves. If you want a wolf, you have to trap it.  Snare it.  Then to keep it happy, you have to tame it, feed it, care for it, lovingly.  The way an animal deserves.  And my animal deserves a lot of loving.” – Dwight

I love this one!  They were so cute together :-)  I think they forgot we were there during this moment.  Perfect!

At Buddha Beach getting our “cool” on.

After the park and a quick wardrobe change, we drove around until we found a place to pull over for some shots with Justin’s beloved black Chevy.

Okay so Justin’s obviously a big Chevy truck guy right?  Well, Laura is more of a Jeep wrangler girl herself.  I’m going to have to give love to Justin on this one though.  My very first car ever was a PURPLE Chevy S-10.

This is one of my favorites of the day.  Love the pose Laura!

Fence love!

A little relax time at the end of the day.

Another one of my favs.

Thanks Laura and Justin for an awesome day!  You guys ROCK and were so fun and easy to shoot!

If anyone has anymore favorite Office quotes feel free to leave a comment or just leave some blog love.

Don’t forget to click on the slideshow button below to view more photos from the day!