Jenny Spires Photography

Jaime & Jeff // Maternity

They are from Michigan. 

Check. 

They are hockey fans. 

Check. 

Better yet, Red Wing fans. 

Check. 

They've hung out and played board games with us. 

Check. 

They have a boat.

Double check.

Er...uh, I mean, we are TOTALLY not using them for their boat, of course not! :) But really, I adore this couple. We met them through church when I was big and pregnant with Maya and we were destined to be friends. I mean, look at all those checks. We connected on so many levels when we first met and have had so much fun getting to know these two over the last couple of years. You could not meet a more down to Earth couple. 

A couple of weeks before our shoot Jaime and Jeff took us out on their boat and I felt like I was back home. I moved around quite a bit as a kid and was always around the water, whether it be the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River or the many lakes and creeks that were always around my home. A long while ago, I promised myself that one day I would own a boat and a cabin on a lake somewhere. After living in Arizona the past six and a half years, however, this dream has faded away as there is not near the amount of water in the desert. 

I knew the instant we pulled up to the lake with our dear friends that we had to do our photo shoot here. It was beautiful.

This is my friend Jaime and she is full to the brim with that little baby :). Any day now!

We didn't have canyons in our lakes back home. This place is gorgeous! 

Don't they just look like fun people? 

Boy or girl? We will find out soon enough!

I might also have to mention here that we had to drift on a tube to get to land. I'm sure it was quite a site and I had to think through my insurance coverage on my camera ;). We all made it though!

Jaime, you are radiant.

This makes me want to dip my toes right in. Another boat ride please?

There were the most beautiful little pull offs around the lake full of trees and green grass (we don't have much green grass in the desert, so any time us Phoenicians find it, we tend to do things like frolick and roll in it if we can... ;)). 

Jack, their dog, is probably one of the most well behaved dogs I've met. His little world is gonna be so turned upside down soon!

I LOVE this photo. It seriously takes me there. 

I love that when I suggested that Jaime bring bright orange rafts that she didn't even question me and showed up with two!!! I adore these photos!!

I'm pretty sure there isn't much more that a pregnant woman can ask for when she's nearing the end of her term. Weightless feels so good. 

I love this! Our last ounce of sun before it went over the mountains. And the little boat in the back. And don't worry, right after this shot I jumped in too! 

Check out the rest of their photos in their slideshow here!  

Side note: Derrick told me that the second song was a little out there for his taste, but I still like it. It's about a Mama who will always be there for her child even in hard times. I liked it anyway :). 

The Stone Family // Baby Makes Three

I have had the joy to once again photograph dear friends of mine. I've been taking their pictures since Jaclyn was a tiny baby and I couldn't wait to get my camera on these blonde little beauties again, let alone their gorgeous-and-about-to-pop-any-day mama, Kristi. Ok, ok, and Ryan, you're pretty good lookin' yourself. I'm totally digging the longer hair, by the way, totally studly. 

I made these guys dig out their jogging shoes to trek their way back into my favoritest spot to get these pictures. I could come here over and over again..I might even do my own family photos here soon. We'll see. 

I can't believe how big this beautiful girl is getting. I love that she can talk to me all day long about each and every Disney princess there is out there and that she was up for any little pose that my heart desired. 

I love every little detail in this photo. It's all little girl (which my heart has a very big place for since I have one of my own). 

And this handsome little man could've knocked me over with those sparkly blues. Every little girls heart should be still. As much as his sister could twirl her socks off with girliness, Brayden was every bit of boy playing with rocks and beind amazed at every cool (well..gross) bug his dad could find. 

Just the two of them for just a few more days!

And Baby number three. Kristi and Ryan always wait to find out what they are having. They also wait to tell everyone what they are naming their baby. All of this said, it drives me nutty! I cannot WAIT to see what it is, but I'm sure it will have hair that is blonde and probably some blue eyes to go with it. 

Kristi, I cannot get over how gorgeous you are right now. Every woman in America would die to look like this right before they have their third child. You are stunning. 

May I please order a small field filled with (dead) grass surrounded by trees please? Oh, thank you. 

I just like these two. And I just like that 15 seconds before this amazing shot, Ryan was making super goofy faces to make us all laugh. And I really like sticking people in trees for a photo. Hmm. 

More Mama-Daughter pictures. Yep, I took a lot. 

Ok, ok, we'll get some with both kiddos in there. Mama's like taking pictures with their little boys, too. 

See? 

Thanks Stone Family for hanging out with me! 

Any guesses on what they are having???