My favorites

I love this time of year.
I love the sand & ocean as the sun sets.
I love the sounds of deep belly laughs, as the water chases my kids back up the shore.
I love rolled up sweat pants & jeans.
I love that rolled up sweat pants & jeans will still get soaked, no matter how high they are rolled up.
I love beach hair & sandy smiles
and
I love converse without feet in them.

Even more, I love the people whose feet go in them.

Baby Liam: 5 days old

This is sweet baby Liam.  He has the most wonderful first time mommy & daddy.  They simply glow.  He was just 5 days old the first time I got to meet him and he was nothing but pure, brand new, amazingness!  We had a perfect time together, except when he went pee-pee on his mommy.  If you are a mommy of a son, you know what I am talking about!  Nicole handled it in stride.
Meet this fresh gift from God.

Liam's Daddy loves motorcycles.  We had to give the helmet a try. This was his first picture.

This last one reminds me of a fun photo booth photo.  It makes me smile.

Liam Elijah from Lindsay Willmer Photography on Vimeo.


Elijah & Nicole you are wonderful!  Your teamwork, relaxed approach, and deep love for Liam make him a very blessed little man.  God hand-picked you from before the earth was formed to love and raise this little guy!  You are off to an amazing start.  I loved our time together-it was precious to me to get to hold a newborn again (and not get peed on, b/c he saved that for his mommy).

The Phillips Family

Meet the Phillips family.  I meet the Phillips family when we moved into our fixer-upper home last year.  Tom & Beth would go on walks in the evening and encourage our progress:  the new roof, the growing grass, the paint job, the driveway and the list goes on.  We were thankful for their friendliness being new in the neighborhood.
Tom & Beth just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.  I love sessions that include families with older children.  I told them they had to be on their best behavior, because I didn't bring any Tinkerbell or Star Wars fruit snacks along with me to bribe them with :)  They were bummed, but jumped right into taking photos.  We met up early in the morning, around 8am on Daylight Savings morning. 8am for college kids, is like 4 am for the rest of us :)
They didn't miss a beat, were full of energy, laughter, and smiles!

I love being with families like the Phillips family.  They are fun, easy to be around, and willing to pose like the Charlies Angels...definitely my kind of people.  Congratulations Tom & Beth, on 25 years of marriage and for raising 3 truly kind and fun children.

Thank you for the fun memories and for the chance to get to know you and your children better!  

I can't imagine a better early morning photo shoot.

See you soon, walking down the sidewalk.  I just painted our front door orange...take a peek :)