I am a big fan of family hug pictures. I love getting close ups of everybody squished together.  I just think that even though some of my kids don’t particularly love hugging they ARE willing to do it for a picture and I love how it show how close we are physically and metaphorically.

When I asked Rachael and Mark to do this with her boys they balked a bit because it was awkward and they all had to be close together.  Rachael said ‘This is exactly why I scheduled a photo session.   So I could get hugs!’  YES!!  And then I captured it.  Ha!

I haven’t seen this family for at least 7-8 years and boy have they all changed.  (Pun intended!) they were my third session of the day but it was so fun to see them it filled me with energy!  Thanks for a fun afternoon!

Here are my favorites…