I feel like this week has been one giant sigh….you know those kind of weeks. Here’s an example from this morning. About 15 minutes after cleaning and vacuuming our playroom/soon to be office, it looked like this. ***INSERT MAJOR SIGH*** A sigh is so totally necessary in this case so one doesn’t go insane, and...
I feel your sigh. xo
Jess: from another mother of four – been there, done that and bought the T-shirt! Just know that it WILL get better and you will look back at this picture with fond memories. Cherish each day and know that your children love to play and create. Life and these “sigh” moments all pass so quickly. Love you!
I gotta tell you, it makes me smile that I am NOT ALONE! LOL my office is in our loft and is currently surrounded by craft projects and puzzles, and our downstairs playroom looks exactly like yours!
Loving the cheesetastic face, at least you aren’t getting the “photographers kid” face that mine give me, LOL!
I feel so much better now that I see this photo! I feel like we’re always in this mix of toys/office space. And can I just say that Zane would die at the amount of train track you guys have!!! 
[...] the sigh. [...]
A couple weekends ago, Brett and I had the pleasure of going out to the Southern California area for some photo sessions! We had such a great (but quick) few days there, and this was our first session that weekend. Random side note****If you follow us on Twitter, you may remember me loosing my phone...
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i commented first for once!
great shots! come back!!!!!!
So beautiful!
HOLY SMOKES dollface, this session ROCKS MY FACE OFF!!!! Seriously.
WOW.
Love and Miss you guys!!!!
PS I’m tagging along on your next LA trip. Just so you know. ; )
these are awesome!! i love the last one of mom and dad…stunning!
what a beautiful family!
This is so fun!!! I love the pics of the kids hugging!
Love the first pics! This little girl is so cute!!!!
The pictures of Jaxson and Bella together on the beach (both the shot of them running and then hugging) completely melted my heart, and they’re not even my kids. So I can imagine the parents must be absolutely in love with those shots!
Very cool session. So real and lovely in every way.
Jess & Brett … thank you so much for your time + work. The pics are wonderful and we cant wait to see the rest! Jess… your persistent patience with Jax paid off. I really love your creative eye. You both really know how to capture it all!!!
pink tutu + tennis shoes = so completely priceless
LoveLoveLove the beach shots. Beautiful family, Great photographers, does it get any better?
Oh my goodness she is a doll!!! The fam photos with just the kids and their parents legs in the shot = two fab canvases on their wall.
Snap! Those are great photos. Going to be in Kansas any time soon?
oh man, i LOVE this family shoot! and that little girl’s animated shots…so adorable!!! i heart studio3z + california.
What absolutely wonderful pictures! I really enjoyed looking at them.
The cutest family ever!!! Love the Tutu on the little girl…what a personality!!!!
The kids were having snack. I walked by to see Gabe making some kind of creation. I heard him singing to himself, and the closer I got I heard: “happy birf-day to Gabie, haapy birf-day to GABIE” The kids and I all joined in the singing….which seemed to shock him a bit. But then he...
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HAPPY BIRF-DAY GABIE!!!!!! 
Sooo stinkin’ cute This post made my day… thank you.
what a precious moment with your kiddies!
adorable to the max!
This makes my heart smile!
#46 really lights up my face. Your babies are SO cute!
So precious!!! I’m smiling a big smile!!!!
So precious!!!!!! Love that you had your camera ready to capture it!
Wow! How great is it that you captured this with photos. Things like this happen often, but we don’t always remember them- unless- you catch and preserve them with photos. Glad you took the opportunity to run for your camera. <3
i would be nothing if it weren’t for my girls;)
let us never forget that!
beautiful post jess.
sooo cute!!!
Oh I also noticed your official website page is similar to mine 
(www.alexandrahodges.blogspot.com) Have a wonderful weekend with your munchkins!…and your hubby, of course.
That is just adorable!!! I love kids imaginations!
The wedding of Maggie and Nathan was a direct reflection of who these two are- sincere, simple, loving, and intimate. I first “met” Maggie via email over a year ago. She wrote me out of the blue telling me how she wasn’t engaged yet, but when it happened she knew she wanted us. Since then...
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THE most perfect portraits EVER! And that bride? HOT TAMALE!!! Oh, and yes yes yes… groom = stunner My favorite is the one above the black and white laying down shot… RIDIC!!!!!! You so rock
Amazzzzzzzzzing!!!! Breathtaking photos!!!! Your guys are soooo good at what you do!
Holy hotness!!! these are stunning!!! You did a fantastic job! my fave is the one from the tree looking down! yowzers!!
OH MY GOODNESS, I love them. Thank you two SO much for capturing so many special memories. I can’t wait to see the rest of them!!! AHHHHHH…I’m freaking out
This might be you all’s best work yet! My goodness they are really beautiful! I can’t even pick a favorite!
I LOVE that the bride took her hair out and those last shots are just to die for! AWESOME!
BEAUTIFUL WORK guys! Awesome.
STUNNING! That field is a total photographic gold mine. Love, love, love all of these x 100.
brett and jess, these are some of theeee most beautiful images ever!!! the time you two took after the ceremony was so completely worth it…just LOOK at what you captured for them;)
breathtaking, really!
I cried. You captured it as perfectly as it was. I love your work!
SO SO SOOOOOOO beautiful! My favorites are the ring shot (gotta give Brett some credit for that one!) and the shot right above it – straight outta a magazine girl!!!! What a STUNNING couple!
I read your blog regularly and these are my favorite pics of yours ever!!! Love them all!
this bride and groom are gorgeous. love her dress! these are amazing shots you guys took!
Fabulous. These are some of the most beautiful wedding images I have seen!!
So sweet and wonderful! Love it. Stunning work, as always!
These are amazing! Such beautiful photos. I love them all!
These photos honestly made me tear up. I randomly came across your blog because I have an obsession with photography and related blogs. I love your work and just might be one of those girls who asks you to photograph my wedding (if i ever get married) !
HOLY SMOKES!!! AMAZZZZINGLY PERFECCT! My favorite wedding of yours!!!! STUNNING!!!!
Absolutely stunning! I love Maggie’s sweet expression during the vows. Great job capturing so many beautiful (and fun) moments!
brilliant work.
Wowzer!!! These portraits are stunning!!!!! You guys knocked this out!
i just found your site today and thank goodness i did!!! your work is absolutely amazing!! i’m in blown away…jaw on the ground.
i’m so excited to follow your work and watch what you do! amazing!!!
Completely fantastically stunningly beautifully breathtakingly sublimely [run out of adjectives here] AMAZING. Wow, these photos are absolutely gorgeous.
These are so BEAUTIFUL! Each picture is better than the next!
you guys rocked the camera…again! such a beautiful couple. such a sweet wedding. this shoot looks so organic in the midst of tradition. love it.
Definetly one of the greatest shots you´ve taken so far! Great portraits, awesoe details and perfect capturing of emotions! Best from Germany, Alex
They are incredible photos, Jessica (and Brett ) My favorite are the ones Brett took from the tree. She is way prettier than both stars you mentioned. Extremely photogenic. The photos are amazing considering they were taken at her parents home – you’d never really know it. You did a great job hiding things in the background. Wish you all would post daily. Go shoot some more so you can!
These images are spectacular! I love that she let her hair down after the ceremony. Sooo beautiful. These photos are just gorgeous!
THIS WEDDING SHOOT IS FREAKING AMAZING. What a beautiful couple!
I never, ever comment on other photographer’s blogs…but WOW. This particular set of photos… who seriously couldn’t comment and tell you how incredible they are?! BEAUTIFUL!
These wedding photos are just gorgeous!!!!! They have a “Anthropologie” feel to them. Love it and LOVE her dress!! Great job again guys
rad. so glad she took her hair down for some shots! it was stunning up, but DANG beeeautiful down!! i agree with bobbi. that shot is perfect. though the kissing with the grass in the foreground…makes me feel warm and fuzzy. well down folks!! way to be hot, bride and groom!
Your best wedding every – ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!
absolutely gorgeous! and she so does look like natalie portman…i couldn’t think of who she looked like until i saw your comment
Too capture these kind of moments … on such a special day … almost (Ok I said almost) makes me want to say “I do” all over again. If this isn’t inspired motivation to start pointing & clicking again …then nothing is! Thanks Jess + Brett !!!
Love this wedding. So beautiful and innocent. I love how she just let her hair down after the ceremony. Absolutely stunning!
Gorgeous bride, gorgeous groom, gorgeous wedding and gorgeous photos. Just stunning.
As the mother of the groom, I am so amazed that you captured not only the event with such detail, but the emotions of the entire day as well! I still tear up looking at these shots… and I look at them often! Looking at these photo’s I can re-live each second of the day with such happiness. Thank you for sharing that day with us and doing such a fantastic job!
I…CAN’T…BELIEVE IT! These shots completely one-upped even MY wedding photos. (which I never thought could be possible) HOW BEAUTIFUL!
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