petersens play under the pier

i've been SO anxious to share these photos
of my sister and her two sweet boys,
but as a courtesy, i wanted her to receive all of them
before i posted anything. after waiting patiently for me,
i finally got them all off to her tonight. {danka leslie}

so before leslie and the boys arrived in san diego,
we talked about doing a little family photo shoot.
she wanted some current photos of her bunch
{and grandma has been asking for one too}.

she knows i love to play photographer and need to practice,
so it was a win/win for the both of us.

we chose to shoot beneath crystal pier in pacific beach because
1. it's pretty and shady {which means less squinting from sun} and
2. we wanted to spend a few hours at the beach the day anyway

so without further ado, here are just a handful of my favorites.

this sweet family was a JOY to photograph.

they had fun with it, which made my job easy.
{soren was very patient to put up with all the kelp and little critters

that like to hang out in and around it}

eventually i'll get to the sister pixs.

~ tonight the boys and i are off to our second point loma's summer concert.
we look forward to these every summer and will be sprawled out on a blanket
and lawn chairs for the next several weekends.