This past Saturday, I went to Canterbury Village with my sister-in-law and my niece. My niece is visiting from Colorado. It's her dad that I did the engagement shoot of.  Anyway...I brought my camera along to take a few pictures of Lauren. She's such a sweet, mature, intelligent and amazingly wonderful young woman. It has been years since I've been to Canterbury. I had totally forgotten all about these beautiful colorful buildings on their grounds. How fun!  This is Lauren.

Isn't she just breathtaking?  And let me tell you, she has a heart as sweet as this face!  She's turning 16 this week.

I took pictures of the girlies while we were there as well, but didn't really get anything that I was happy with. I went back the next day with just Tara and Madeline and we had so much fun! This place was heaven to shoot girls at . In fact, it would be fun for boys too!! First stop was Ice Cream...

And then it was off to a photographers dream world!.... Check this place out...

So after our ice cream, we headed over to the colorful cottage style stores...

...where the girls just had to visit the old fashioned candy shop.

They each got a little baggie of candies (It's always good to do what appeals to them first.  Then they'll be more cooperative for me)...

I convinced Madeline to buy a strip of dots. I clearly remember eating these as a child myself. She LOVED them! It think they were her favorite. Remember these?

After they had a little candy and were feeling quite happy, I went to work shooting them in front of these beautiful backdrops. Yummy! The colors are so yummy!  I'm so blessed that my girlies love each other so much.  They are blessed to have one another too.

Notice the hand holding?  They always do that when we are out and about.

Now Tara is suffering from a terrible aliment called "snaggletoothitis". Her adult tooth has pushed her baby tooth down and out, She won't let mommy pull it, so I had to edit it out of many of these shots. But you can see it clearly here...

I love this next picture of Madeline.  Everything about it was right (lighting, composition, cuteness)....

Airborn!!  I love how Madeline always runs and gallops with her arms in the air.

I love this new spot. I think this will be a regular photo spot for me. I bet it will be amazing on a snow covered day.