the trai family

A little backstory here to set the scene so to speak. Dean and I were friends way back in high school and lost touch after that (although we were both in Florida for college, just different schools). We reconnected on Facebook (of course) and I guess he’s been following my blog. When he saw that I was going to be down in S. Florida in December/January he asked if I would be willing to come over to his ‘side’ of the state and do a shoot in Sanibel/Captiva. And although it was my vacation after a craaaazy few months I thought it would be so fun to do. Besides, I had never been to the west coast (sad but true, even after living in Fla for 5 years!) and we made a family trip out of it.

Met Dean’s lovely wife and two gorgeous daughters. And it was so great seeing him after all these years, too.

When the first picture of the shoot is the one on the left (look at that yummy light!) you know it’s gonna be all good.

The girls were sweet and so gorgeous. Could’ve taken their pictures ALL day but we were racing the sunset, so there was limited time.

The little one is such a pip. We went out to dinner after the shoot and all she did was walk up to me at the table and smile. Of course when I asked her to smile (or did silly things to get her to smile) it was like pulling teeth. Stinker!

The older daughter is so SO smart. And beautiful and sweet. Great combination. She also rides horses (quite well I’m told). She has such a beautiful spirit that totally shines thru in all the pictures.

The water was really pretty cold (you can see it on their faces as the tide came up) but the beach was so beautiful.

Such a happy couple!! And thanks Tami for the shells!!

I had such a great time hanging out with you and taking lots of pictures for you. Dinner at the Bubble Room was the perfect end to the day and I’m so glad our kids all got along so well.

Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I loved taking them!