Al Iesa Family

We had such a fun time running around the Al Iesa's yard for pictures! Capturing a "traditional" family portrait in which everyone was looking at the camera AND smiling turned out to be quite a task, but we sure had a great time trying!
Tarique and Cortney were some of the first people we met in Dubai, and we are eternally grateful to them for introducing us to Al Reef's heavenly cheesy bread! Mmmmmm... =) Cort and Tarique have two of the cutest kiddos we have ever met- just one look at these pictures and you'll quickly agree! Omar is such a happy little guy, and I am convinced he is the snuggliest baby in the world. The highlight of my day was when he cuddled up and fell asleep on my chest at the end of the session... he just melts my heart every time I see him! Little Jada is so full of spunk and personality. Watch out world- not even 3, and this little girl has her own mind and agenda! We had to use some clever strategies (finding pretty flowers, and playing in the fuzzy bushes) to convince Jada that our cameras weren't all that bad. We spent a lot of time with our cameras in her face, and as her patience waned, bribery became the name of the game... "Jada, just a few more pictures and we can get some green ice cream." That brought out the smiles, BIG time! It was so fun to follow Jada around and hear her sweet little voice. So what if her favorite word right now is "NO!" She is so darn cute when says it, especially when she gets that coy little smirk on her face. Girl's got her own little sense of humor too!
After the photo session we all walked down to a yummy pizza place for dinner, and then had green ice cream (oh yes, B&R mint chocolate chip) for dessert! What a fun way to spend an afternoon! Thanks so much, guys! Hope you enjoy the photos of your beautiful family!!!
























See that cute little smirk? I'm pretty sure she had just told us "No!" =)

I couldn't resist...

We spent a fun windy afternoon with these 4 beautiful girls and their fantastic parents... more to come soon!

More to come soon...

...from these fun sessions!

Henderson Brothers

Ladies, ages 12-18 will want to pay particularly close attention to this blog post, as it involves three young stud-muffins! I must preface that this is Jenni writing this post. Isaac would NEVER EVER even think to call someone a stud-muffin, let alone in label them as such in writing! Ha! As I was saying, we spent a few hours with the Henderson brothers one afternoon last week. These stellar young men came together to have some pictures taken for their lovely mother. See ladies, can't you tell they are catches already?!
We began the session with a stop at one of THE GREATEST places in the world- Al Reef Lebanese Bakery. Oh my goodness, just typing the name of that incredible place makes my mouth start watering! It is here that you can feast on perhaps the world's greatest culinary masterpiece- cheesebread. I know what you're thinking. This girl's nuts! Cheesebread? Masterpiece? But let me tell you. There are simply not powerful enough words in the English language to describe this ooey, gooey, salty, doughy, melt-in-your-mouth goodness! Mmmmmmm might be the best descriptor. It's a celebration for your taste buds (what it does to your waistline, however, is a completely different story!) Cheesebread (or Cheesy Labanesy, as we affectionately refer to it) will be, without a doubt, the thing I miss most about Dubai when we move on. So, as I was saying before I began professing my love for the awesome cheesebread... we started our photo session at Al Reef (drool!) to get some fun informal shots. All of the bakery employees were very curious about what we were doing and kept peeking out the window at us. They even had me come inside to take a picture of a guitar cake they had made.
After Al Reef, we headed to the beach to climb around on some rocks and take advantage of the sherbety sunset. They guys were such great sports for the whole event, as I'm sure having us follow them with our cameras was not high on their lists of how to spend an evening! It was so fun to watch them interact with each other and their mom. All sorts of funny family stories came out... and truly, this family is SO wonderful! These well-spoken brothers are talented scholars, driven athletes, and have such great hearts. One is even growing out his killer red hair to donate to Locks for Love! I am BEYOND impressed!!! Come to think of it though, spend just five minutes with their incredibly kind and thoughtful parents and you'll know exactly how these boys came to be who they are. We are completely and totally inspired by the Henderson's love and camaraderie. My fingers are crossed that we will raise such a close and fun family someday... Denise and Jerry, we'll be coming to you for tips!














































p.s. We finally got around to creating a little logo stamp. I'm so excited about it! Don't you think it makes everything look more professional? It's all about the little things, people... =)

William

Our friends, James and Teryl, welcomed William Joseph into the world on March 2nd. What a precious little guy! I got a good hour of snuggle time in with him the day he came home from the hospital, and I didn't want to give him back to his parents- he is just too cute!
When I took William's photos last weekend he was such a little trooper. He was wide awake and very alert- scowling seriously in an attempt to make sense of the rapidly clicking shutter and the strange lady in his face! William loved to stretch out and kick his little legs, and just about every antic he made caused us to "ooh" and "ahh" like crazy. Oh, the life of a baby... pretty sweet!
Congratulations, James and Teryl! William is amazing, you are the cutest parents already, and we couldn't be happier for you!



























And because we are in Dubai...



Gotta rock the ghutrah!