I had so much fun yesterday with one of my favorite families– The Dixons! I shot Mandee and Doug’s wedding back in April (view their wedding slideshow here) and I was so happy when Mandee contacted me to shoot their family portrait for their Christmas card this year. Mandee and Doug are such sweet people, and their kids Kirsten and Chase are two of the greatest kids on the planet. They are so sweet and fun– I could hang out with them at the park all day!

Here are some of my favorite photos from our session!

We started out the session by feeding the ducks. This is such a nice park in Palm Desert– and the weather was GORGEOUS!

I love this one. These two kids are the best!

I think this one might be my favorite. You can tell how much fun this family has together.

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A little swing action. Swings were definitely my favorite playground attraction when I was little.

These just make me smile. Swings are awesome!

Another favorite…

A fun series with two of the greatest kids. Did I mention I love these kids??

They brought their bikes along for the shoot so they could burn off some of that crazy kid energy between shots. One of their favorite things was to ride their bikes down this grass hill. They got some serious speed!

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Simply a nice family portrait.

To the Dixon family. Thanks for a wonderful Sunday afternoon! It was so fun to hang out with you guys. Can’t wait for our next session!

If you would like more information about a family or children’s portrait session, email me at heather@heatherkincaid.com.

I had such a great holiday weekend! It was filled with hanging out with family and friends, eating food, talking, singing karaoke, watching football and movies and otherwise relaxing at home. It was the perfect, long holiday weekend– I hope you all had as great of a time as I did!

Part of that great weekend was spent at my cousin Maribeth’s bridal shower which took place at my aunt’s house in Tehachapi, a small town up in the mountains of SoCal. Maribeth currently lives in Hawaii and her sister is going to school in Alabama, so we all don’t get the chance to get together very often. It was so much fun to see them and celebrate Maribeth’s upcoming wedding, which I will be shooting in Tehachapi a couple days after Christmas! Since the wedding will be taking place in that same small mountain town in late December, I’m hoping for snow because I think the photos would just be fantastic! The bride, however, will be wearing a strapless dress and therefore isn’t on the same page with me about the snow.

I took a bunch of photos of my cousins, which I hope to post soon. Until then, here’s the gorgeous bride-to-be!

This setting was absolutely stunning and the light was amazing. I have to give credit to my mom for making the girls and I hike over to this swing for the photo op– she was the only one motivated enough to make us go over there and I’m so glad she did.

Maribeth could be a model and she is going to look so gorgeous on her wedding day.

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