The Vanderleest Family11Aug08
Erin’s cousin Shawna and her family are moving to TX from the east coast and made their way through Chattanooga at the end of the week. It has been a pleasure to have them and it was certainly a pleasure to go out and take some pictures for them today.
The boys LOVE love trains so the Chattanooga Choo Choo was an absolute MUST. We spent a lot of time wandering around with them and taking pictures with all the different trains here and there. I think they would have stayed there for the rest of the night if we let them. Then we went down to Coolidge Park and Clumpies to round out the night.
Thanks for coming guys! Click HERE for the slideshow.
August 11th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Matt,
I LOVE these pictures. They turned out awesome! What a perfect place to take pictures. I bet the boys were in heaven. Shawna, great job on wardrobe :)
August 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
As usual, great pictures Matt. What a gorgeous bunch. How she’ll ever decide on which ones to choose is beyond me. They are great!
August 11th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
AWESOME! The photos are beautiful!
Made this Nana pretty teary! :(
August 11th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
great job those are just awesome!
August 11th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Matt, well done! I’ve just watched it for my 5th time! I notice different things each time. Scott and Shawna, you are picture perfect!
August 12th, 2008 at 12:11 am
A pretty cute bunch.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Makes a papa proud! Thanks to Matt and Scott and Shawna for pulling it off–and those kids even looked like they were enjoying each other!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Great photos, perfect subjects, great camera Matt:).
August 19th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Hard to say more than what has been said
so I ditto it all.
Love them all, and it looked like so much fun
When can we come get our pics taken?
August 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Matt,
It is nearly impossible for me to put into words what these pictures mean to me. As a mother who takes this job so seriously and loves it so much I always hope that I will not forget the little things. These are the moments I never want to slip away from my mind.
You have captured our family just as we are–enjoying the blessing of each other and just having fun. The kids’ personalities a depicted so beautifully. Each picture could bring me either a smile or a tear.
I’ve been longing for the opportunity to have pictures like this taken for so long and now you have given us a treasure beyond what I had even hoped for! Thank you for sharing your time and your talents with us. I will adore these pictures and the memories they evoke always.
Thanks for everything,
Shawna
August 25th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Well, Shawna says it better than I can, but obviously we are both ecstatic about the results! I must say that the whole process was natural and enjoyable. It was not what I imagined it would be for all the right reasons. Thank you again!
Scott