Family Pictures in the Forest {2013}

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I love having beautiful images of my adorable family and I'm spoiled and SO lucky to have a good friend, Jen of Jen CYK Photography to take amazing pictures for us. The girls grow so fast and time flies by so it's so important for me as a mom to have photos like these... Of course, it's not easy photographing kids... moodiness, hunger, boredom, and eventually exhaustion set in quickly this time around but it was all worth it!

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You may have seen last year's tea party family pictures {here} that turned out so colorful and fun! This year, I knew I wanted to bring in lots of color in a new way... and I wanted to "style" the shoot with things that are meaningful to us as a family. So I thought about how much my girls and I love flowers. And I knew I wanted to a location in the midst of nature (Vivi's favorite thing!) I chose all white for our clothing and picked super bright colored flowers that looked like what you would find growing wild in a meadow. I also brought along a bold, bright floral print quilt for us to sit on and some containers to hold the flowers.

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I love how it all turned out... the gorgeous natural setting, the neutral and casual feel to our clothes, the pops of color from the florals... and best of all, the sweet smiling faces of my favorite people in the world!

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Jen CYK Photography

Family Picture Time!

{Moore Family Tea Party + Photoshoot}

June, 2012

 

Family photo time- here are some images from our tea party in the lemon groves taken by Jen Cyk Photography. I thought it would be fun to make our family photoshoot more of an activity instead of just saying "smile at the camera." I brought a ton of props from home- cozy, bright-colored pillows, a blanket, a suitcase full of jewelry for getting fancified, and of course a mini tea party set for the girls to enjoy playing with!  I wanted the photos to be colorful as well as reflect things we love! Thank you, Jen- for taking beautiful pictures of my family- it was a fun and memorable night for us!

More Tea Party pics here.

Hostess with the Mostess - a super amazing and inspiring party planning website published our tea party photoshoot (thanks to Jen for submitting the images and writing a great post to go along with it)! Check out how adorable the post turned out & recommend browsing their site- they have so many great ideas for any party theme you can imagine as well as lots of great ideas for DIY projects!!! 

Anthropologie Inspired Tea Party Photo Shoot + Tips for a DIY Family Photo Session

 

Mugs made by my sister {Jennifer Swingle}. An awesome Christmas gift inspired by the Anthropologie monogrammed mugs! Love them- and they look great as decoration in my kitchen!