Brighton Family Portraits, Brandi and Brad

One of the things I love, LOVE, about my job is seeing families year after year. I have done Brandi and Brad's family pictures for the past 3 years and it was very exciting to see them again this year! I love their kids so much! They are incredibly fun, entertaining and very loving toward each other (I'm sure their parents may disagree with me on the loving-ness, but when I'm around they are fabulous!) This was the first year that Brad's mom came along, she was so very sweet and so very cold. They were all such troopers for staying out in the cold and wind so long!

Riley is such a joy and does just about everything I ask and then comes up with her own poses (as do her brothers...)

This was all Riley, I didn't tell her what to do! She is so awesome!

Here was Gavin's idea of a good pose. He cracks me up!

And Andrew's idea of a good pose. I love it!

Every year we do an image of them walking away from the camera, this year Riley is almost as tall as her mom! I can't wait to see the time when Gavin and Andrew are on the ends and taller than their dad!

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