Kristen Thomas Photography » Northern Virginia Portrait & Wedding Photographer

We love this family so much!  Sandie has been a dear friend for over seven years….  We traveled together for overseas missions, she was one of my bridesmaids, I was there for the birth of little Taylor, and they also opened up their home to me and John during our whirlwind Summer of waiting to purchase our own home.

For their family session, we specifically wanted to wait until the Fall, when Taylor would be 6 months old and able to sit up and interact more with big brother Payton.  Not only is Taylor sitting, but also starting to crawl, and able to stand while holding onto things!  They’re both growing so fast!  And Payton is just cute as can be and now calls me “Auntie Christmas.”  True, I can see where Christmas and Kristen can sound similar, but that’s definitely a new nickname for me!  I was thrilled with how their photos turned out and I can’t wait to show off their wall displays and Christmas cards that just arrived!

This past summer, John and I had the pleasure of living with the Hines family when we were in between homes.  We are so thankful for them as they opened up their home to us and were so generous!  When we were living with them, the boys quickly learned that I did not share the same expertise of geography that they did, so they would wait until John got home from work to quiz him about his knowledge.  These boys are seriously some of the smartest kids I know!  So during their family session at Willowcroft Farm Vineyards it was only fitting to use geography questions as the way to make them smile.  I’m sure the workers at Willowcroft were a little confused as to why these little boys were shouting, “Turkey!”  and “Kosovo!” 🙂  We had a wonderful time!