I haven't had a chance to post personal pics from our crazy vacation last month, I'll do that soon..... but I did have to share these pics from our family shoot with the world famous tara whitney.  I have been following tara for a few years now and loved the authentic relationships that she captures in her photography.  I have been wanting to have her shoot our family forever but was really motivated after my scare in the fall.  I had a huge tumor removed from my neck, it grew very quickly and suddenly and made us pretty nervous until it was removed and we were told that it was benign.  It made me realize how important it was to have family pictures, that tumor could have easily gone the other way and changed our lives dramatically, life is so fragile, we never know what will happen to ourselves or our family members.  I was obsessed and determined, much to my husbands dismay that we had to have family pics done pronto.  It happened to work out perfectly since we had been planning a trip to disneyland.  I am so happy to have this time in our lives captured!