I was watching my kids, thinking how cute they looked eating their watermelon. Then my next thought was, wow how can they be sooooo messy! But oh, how cute they look messy.

Heaven help any photographer who tries to photograph their own kids. This is the best I got. Yes, I will take it, tongue and all. Lily is crying in the next picture because Lucas has just thrown a lump of sand in her face. Why do I torture myself and try to get the perfect picture, when these are the true moments of my life. I had to get Lucas's hair wet so that the picture wouldn't show the bad hair cut I gave him two days prior. Ahhhh, what an adventure!
We went up to Connecticut last week and spent time with some friends at a sweet little beach house in Old Lyme. So quiet and peaceful. It was hard to come back home.

You have to just laugh at this photograph of the big brothers mauling their baby sister.


OK, so we are living on long Island now, so I have tried to do what Long Islanders do.....beach shots. What a new adventure, beach shots, in direct sunlight, something I never thought I would be doing 4 months ago. I loved it! Could it get any better then the beach & kids. I had so much fun with this shoot today that I can't wait for the next beach shoot.

What beautiful smiles they all had! What a great family. It was a joy to photograph them.