Last Saturday we got to hang out with my awesome cousin Allison to shoot her senior portraits.  It was so much fun and I am so proud of her for turning into the beautiful person that she is both inside and out.

Just to show you how much she’s changed over the years we thought we would throw in this picture that was taken a long time ago.  Here’s on old school shot of my Aunt Linda and her kids (my cousins) Jeff, Steven and little tiny Allison.  Even back then, Allison kinda ran the show.  Good lookin’ family huh?  (Yeah, that’s right . . . we’re related.)  Over the years, we’ve had so much fun hangin’ with the cousins.  We did a lot of running around in their backyard swimming, fencing, and jumping on the trampoline while singing/yelling the theme song to friends at 11:00 at night.

Now my little tiny cousin is all grown up.  On top of the good looks, she’s is so much fun  :-)

We love this little alley.  It’s so funny to shoot there because every time we come out from between the buildings we get the strangest looks from people.

Allison totally rocked the serious face.

Aunt Linda came along too for some photos of mom and daughter.  They are so cute together and have such a wonderful relationship.

The cousin’s have always been big into their extra curricular activities.  For Allison, it’s always been dance.  The things that she can do are incredible.  We saw her at a show one time and she stood on the very tips of her toes for like, a really long time.  We were amazed!

Showing off her hip-hop kicks :-)

Ok, ::laughing:: so I just googled “gangster names” and the first site that came up was The Original Gangsta Name Generator. I typed in Allison to see what would come up . . .

everyone, I’d like you to meet “Head Monkey Smuggla”!  (I also tried our names and came up with “No Pants Indian” for me and “Old Killa” for Denise.  Awesome.)

Love her eyelashes in this next one.

We absolutely LOVE the contrast of taking someone gorgesous and putting them in front of something that is so not gorgeous.  In this case Allison and a dumpster.

Absolutely love this next shot.  One of my favorites for sure.

As we were walking around, we passed by this dirty, grungy alley.  Almost simultaneously, all four of us stopped and thought that it would be a great place to shoot.  Loved both of these – just couldn’t decide between them so I had to post them both.

Here’s the sassy side of Allison.

One of my favorites.  Love how the background really brings out her eyes.

I don’t know which of the next two I like better.  Both good.  Both favorites.

Loved the purple hat.  Adorable.

Now there’s the Allison I know.  Silly little “Head Monkey Smuggla”.

One more of Mom and Daughter.

Thanks Aunt Linda and Allison!  We had so much fun with you guys.  Hope we can do it again soon!  Lot’s of love!