The DeJong Family

How fun would it be to spend a week staying on Lake Michigan with your entire family?! (Not to mention waking up to scenes worthy of a Pure Michigan ad every day.) I loved getting to capture a few memories for this bunch while they vacationed together. You want to know what's also great? Dutch bingo, because everyone in West Michigan is somehow connected (and that is the best).

Elijah | One

I'm giving you fair warning that this post is a long one. I've been friends with Kim and Al for over ten years, all the way back to high school dinner theater. They moved up north a few years ago for a job, which is both terrible (since I only see them a few times a year) and pretty okay (since they let me come and stay with them for the best long weekends). Two became three last year with the birth of their son Elijah, who is the happiest little stinker I've ever had the joy of chasing around. I'm already looking forward to hanging out with this bunch again.

Baby Grace

It's time for a #TBT up on the blog! These photographs are from a few months back when this little sweetheart turned six months old. It's so fun to watch her personality develop and skills improve (guess who can sit up without any help now?!). I have a sneaking suspicion that she'll be all grown up before we know it, but at least we have enduring proof of those delightfully chubby thighs.