The idea came in from Erin ....we loved the way she pitched it, so we thought we'd share it with you .....

"Mom in 50's style type dress and apron rolling her eyes with a martini in hand - and four kids around kitchen floor - one is covered in flour, one is a chocolate mess, one with a huge spill of milk on the ground with a milk mustache and one crying and running...

How stinkin' adorable are these girls!!! 

Their outfits aren't too shabby either. LOVE THEM!

It's so funny what clothes can do for a session. I feel like it just brings everything home. 

We photographed this session at their lake home.....I totally dig the feel of it. Very summer-ish. ;) Fantastically fabulous family to work with. 

Beautiful family, gorgeous kids....totally planned on this session being a dead ringer. 

I thought we would play, have fun, run, be silly and enjoy the sunshine. Well, the boys had a different idea....we'll just say it wasn't much of anything I thought it would be. The parents were awesome about it, but I just knew they had to be thinking we totally wasted our time. They seemed semi-encouraged when we left, but no really big expectations. 

I always want a really, really, really fun photo shoot experience, but when it doesn't happen, I LOVE when this (below) does!

I love the colors this family chose for their session. I think they work wonderfully together alone, then put them in this beautiful rustic setting and they just make me want to jump around, jump around, jump up, jump up and get and down. 

This family is hilarious. We arrived at our location, walked to where we were going to start, I took the first image and the dad says something to effect of, "Ok! That's a wrap!". hahaahaaa.....funny stuff.