oh mama...

my friend lydia
is an awesome photographer.
my chandelier friends
are awesome mamas.
the chandelier kiddos
are numerous & awesome.
& about a month ago we put
all of that together
& the world did not explode...
in fact
some pretty great stuff happened...


22 kids in all (with one on the way)
seriously
that's a lot of kiddos!


Q & E, his buddy since birth...


brea & her girlies
i love the treatment lydia gave this one...
& they are too cute!


janna & sweet a :)


dawn & her posse
(ages 10 months-19 years...she's incredible!)

emily h & her little elves
(& one on the way! she's got energy to burn...
though she probably wouldn't say so :)


& michele & her eight (8!) beauties
she is amazing
& all of her kiddos are so cool...


then it was the mamas turn...
cute mamas...




hot mamas...



happy mamas...this shoot was so fun
& such a great way to do it...
we were all there together
so when lydia was shooting each mama
everyone else was watching the kids...
& i think when she was shooting the kids
they were more relaxed too
because they were just playing with their friends
& then looking at the camera...

if you are an oregon mama
i would highly recommend contacting lydia
& talking to her about doing this with your friends...
(her email is on her site)
the pictures were done specifically for father's day
(a surprise!)
but they ended up being so much more than that...
gifts to ourselves
(when was the last time you had a professional picture taken
just of you?)
gifts to our kids
(in their natural state :)
it was just awesome...

check lydia's site
& you can see the rest of the pictures
from our shoot
in this album...

& think about doing it...
really.
you won't be sorry...

:)