The Kroegers.

These crazies invited me back to Tampa do a senior and their fam session again. This time Amy said, I’ll bring your WHOLE fam to Florida for spring break with you this time! So we said say no more!!

We got to do lots of fun stuff but for pics, Mya suggested this adorable little beach town, Dunedin.

Some of us need a little more hands on to get us focused. BAHAH. Also!! He sacrificed his 7th bday evening for the sake of this session. But he happily enjoyed his pizza and ice cream after we finished!

Horns are covered by the hair. 😉

Unfortunately they lost Amy’s mom last Fall but we were still happy to have Grandpa join us again!

Delly was crying and jumping towards them. They invited her in and she sprint and jumped up on them so quickly!

I found a mural opposite this wall and as I was setting them up I turned towards this to find my spot to shoot, looked up and was like, what the what!?!? Is that actually a mural of Grandpa?! So obvs had to capture life imitating art!! (All three of my boys saw me working on these yesterday and at different times they each asked to see how this image turned out. They couldn’t get over how much it looked like him. “LOOK EVEN THE WHITE HAIR OVER HIS EARS! And the little pieces of hair separated on his forehead!!”

Apparently Dunedin has this cool thing where you submit your dogs portrait and they’ll paint them on these long walls!! Delly is the best girl and came with us. She deserved her close up with her Mama too!

Have y’all become used to the palms? I feel like I’d never stop loving them!

When you find a pretty pole to hang on, everyone wants to play!

Love this!!

We had an absolute blast all week! Thanks so much for bringing us down and hosting all week!! My kids have continued to talk about it non stop since we got home! You’ve reached the easy window of shooting now too! So long as TJ doesn’t become a too cool teen, you’re set for years to come! So much less stress, Tim!! 😉 Hope you guys are enjoying your own business trip in a much quieter hotel than the loudness of 8 kids and a dog in your home! Enjoy!! Heart, Melanie

ps. Ava’s session coming soon!