I just love documenting this little family. Two years ago Ruby was a baby & Lawson was a four year old with dreams of being a cowboy. It’s amazing how much things can change for small people in that amount of time. 🙂
Little Halle slept like a little angel for pretty much our entire session (just to make a liar out of her parents who informed me that she was normally VERY awake at this time). And after an entirely overcast day the sun made up for lost time with some amazing light shining down on their little family.
This is normally where I’d rave about how awesome & relaxed these guys were but instead I have stolen their seven year old daughter’s reading because it pretty much sums up everything about everything, EVER, L.
Hi, my name’s Roxy. Most people think you keep learning for your whole life… but I think they’re wrong, because everything I needed to know, I learnt in kindergarten.
All of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learnt in Kindergarten. Wisdom is not gained from a long life lived, but rather  from the sandpit in primary school.
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These are the things I learnt:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don’t hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
Say sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Give them to someone who feels sad.
Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing some, and dance and play and work every day.
Take a nap every afternoon.
Be aware of wonder.
Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, that when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Play fair.
Don’t hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
Say sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Give them to someone who feels sad.
Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing some, and dance and play and work every day.
Take a nap every afternoon.
Be aware of wonder.
Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, that when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
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(Adapted from a reading by Robert Fulgham)
Leah these look amazing!! As usual of course. I’m loving everything about this wedding, the dress, the hair, the styling, the flowers, the location – everything
These guys came all the way from Canada & due to a week of horrible rain & cold we had to reschedule their shoot about three times. Good thing we did because we were rewarded with this absolutely magic afternoon on Sawtell Beach.
I love these guys & watching their family grow only makes me love them more. After all why should they get to sleep when I don’t? 😉 This post is comprised of two parts; Before Oaklan & After Oaklan. A little story about four becoming five, Lxo
Congratulations Kate. Your family are gorgeous and Leah, beautiful photos as always
Aaaaw this is so lovely!
Wow Kate! I SO enjoyed looking at your beautiful family and your journey together over the past few years. I can’t believe that Jessie is now that big …and you have TWO more. It really doesn’t feel like that long ago we were celebrating her naming day! Love to you and Duane. Stunning photography as always Leah