Our Beautiful Mess » outdoors http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:33:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 dan + jennie + ben + ? http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2010/09/danjennieben/ http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2010/09/danjennieben/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:09:12 +0000 lindsey http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/?p=369 meet the steele family!  dan and jennie, along with their little cutie, ben, are anticipating the arrival of their baby girl sometime the beginning of october.  last sunday we met at the back bay and took advantage of the california beauty there by capturing just a glimpse of the miracle of pregnancy.  it truly is one of those everyday miracles!  there is a little person inside that cute round belly – a person with emotions and a soul and tiny fingernails!  it’s just wild, if you really think about it!  

]]> http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2010/09/danjennieben/feed/ 4 Brooke Goodman + ? http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2010/03/brooke-goodman/ http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2010/03/brooke-goodman/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:31:55 +0000 lindsey http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/?p=231 on sunday, i had the honor of taking some maternity pictures for my good friend brooke!  we knew each other from youth group back in high school, but we became true friends when we were in a couples bible study several years back.  she’s now pregnant with her 3rd.  we went to a beautiful park in laguna niguel and snapped these shots. her baby boy is due the beginning of april and i am so excited because she invited me to come and photograph her birth!  i can’t wait to meet little baby boy goodman!  thanks brooke for giving me the opportunity to capture a bit of your beauty, for the chocolate chip banana pancakes, and for the mommy encouragement!

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]]> http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2010/03/brooke-goodman/feed/ 5 the sandovals! http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2009/11/the-sandovals/ http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/2009/11/the-sandovals/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:06:07 +0000 lindsey http://www.ourbeautifulmess.com/?p=136 So, many of you may know that I come from a family with 7 kids.  Yep, 7!  6 of us are girls and the 2nd to last is a boy.  Well, my one and only bro PJ and his adorably cute wife, Jackie, asked me to take a shot at their family christmas picture.  Well, with 2 active kiddos (Jeremiah & Ava Jane), the shoot didn’t last very long, but I believe we were able to capture a bit of what this family is all about – being together, loving each other, and supporting one another.  Check out some of my favorites from the shoot…

I LOVE this one!  I think the kids look just like themselves!  I can just see Jeremiah’s energy here.

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What a cutie pie!!!  She truly is this sweet!

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What a good lookin’ fam!

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I love that you can kind of see Jackie’s little baby bump!  What a beauty you are Jackie!

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Father and son together, doing guy stuff!

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This might be my absolute favorite!  I love the interaction between PJ and Ava Jane, and Jackie’s and Jeremiah’s are too sweet!  (and the baby bump is visible!!)

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does this kid love his dad, or what?!

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more guy time!

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such a wonderful family!

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PJ & Jackie, I love that we are friends as well as family!  Thanks for giving me the opportunity to take a stab at your Christmas card pic!

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