family photos

Tea Party

August 11, 2016 by Rebecca Whitehead

The only way we could coerce the girls into taking more pictures was with the promise of more cookies via a tea party. Samantha, Amelia and Meredith had a grand time while Aunt Sarah and Grammy played the set and camera crew.

Care for a cup of tea?

Amelia was loving the edible props in this photo shoot.

Can’t leave Meredith out on the action.

More family photos, while we were at it, this time in blue.

Everyone always wants to take photos with Daddy, but then they refuse with me!

Sammy wanted her very own special picture with Daddy.

Poor Meredith was really hoping she could be back at that tea party by this time.

Funny candid shot.

Bandit snuck in for a photo, but quickly disappeared to bark/protect us from the scary mountain bikers on the trail.

Such a sad face, Meredith!

Loving the deer in the headlights looks from the girls!

The girls concurred that every future photo shoot should include a tea party and/or cookies. Agreed. Thank you, Aunt Sarah!

Lots of love,

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: family photos, July 2016, Meredith 5 months, tea party, Utah

Summer Family Photo Shoot

August 7, 2016 by Rebecca Whitehead

While in Utah, Aunt Sarah was generous enough to do a family photo shoot for us at the awesome photo studio in Salt Lake she’s able to access. Our timing was off since Meredith was awake for the drive up to Salt Lake and, hence, was tired out pretty quickly during the actual shoot, but Aunt Sarah worked her magic and captured some photo gold!

Lady Amelia.

Goofball Samantha.

Samantha with her hero.

There were more silly faces from Samantha than genuine smiles but oh well.

Amelia with Daddy and then Mommy.

The twins unscripted.

I’m ready for my close up!

I could just squeeze that chunk!

Flying!

Peekaboo.

Meredith was so confused… what is all the noise going on behind me?

Watch out! The twins are coming!

Smooch.

I love me some fur blanket.

Attempting to be lady-like.

Lots of misplaced accessories during the shoot.

More goofing off.

Tea party time!

Samantha had waited all morning for this cookie.

Where’s MY food?

Sharing their tea and cookies with little sis.

At this point, Meredith was utterly exhausted, and she took a cat nap on the nice blanket while we continued.

It’s amazing she slept with all the chaos!

The studio had some Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble playing the whole time, so we danced while Meredith lounged in the background.

Moment of reflection. Thanks to Grammy and Aunt Sarah for thinking to bring the chair from home, as well as the tea party set-up and pictures of Great Grandma Darlene and family. It made for a cute vintage look!

And more silliness from Samantha.

The Thinker Amelia.

It was fun to have so many different areas to shoot in at the studio, as well as bubbles, flower petals and other props for the girls to use.

Flashback to Aunt Sarah’s wedding!

Dazed and confused, but finally awake.

What did I miss, guys?

Meredith wasn’t quite sitting up on her own yet, so Aunt Sarah had to snap the pictures quickly. Timber!

Our family, July 2016.

Thank you, Aunt Sarah and the Photo Collective, for letting us invade the studio and for capturing the craziness that is our family in fantastic detail!

Lots of love,

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amelia 3.5, aunt sarah, family photos, Meredith 5 months, photo studio, Samantha 3.5, Summer 2016, twins 3.5

Whitehead, Party of Five

March 8, 2016 by Rebecca Whitehead

Our first photos taken all together as a party of five, just a few days shy of Meredith’s two week birthday! All photos by Sarah Arnoff.

Typical family photo: two of us looking at the camera = success.

Oops.. I guess not all the photos were taken by Sarah. I had to get one of the photographer and her subjects!

A few other family members while we’re at it. Grandma and Meredith.

Great Grandpa and Meredith.

I love the prints I found on Etsy for Meredith’s nursery: Close to the heart, we’ll always be. Friends from the start, my sisters and me.

Once Meredith was born, it was striking how big the twins seemed to me all of a sudden. And not just physically… compared to the baby, the girls seemed incredibly independent!