I love seeing my families come back every year because I love seeing all those kids grow. I always strive to find new places to photograph them, though, because I want them to have a huge variety of backgrounds for their walls.

This is the second family this year asking to do a repeat performance and one of their favorite places. In this case Tal and Irene really wanted to meet back up at the Arboretum. It always makes me nervous because it really makes me get a bit more creative. I need not have worried. Not only have these kids changed a lot in the last few years, but last time was with extended family and this time all my focus was on them.

Here are my favorites from this family session…