I had the honor of taking family photos of the Somoza’s five times now! I love their energy and love so much.

From Sierra (the mommy):

Our Life ❤️:

Okay! First off! How it all began… Andres and I met each other working at the animal shelter here in town. Andres had already been working there so it was part of his job to train me and show me the ropes of it all. I remember on one of my first days, Andres walked in with a grey kitten in his hands, asking me to help him give her some booster shots. I had never done this before, so he holds her, gives me a brief explanation on how to do it, hands me the needle and said go. In that moment, I realized I had met someone who was able to calm my nerves, make me feel completely comfortable, and that I could do anything he guides me through.

After working at the shelter we both decided to continue our careers in the pet world. I currently run the Bentleys Pet Stuff in town and Andres is a veterinarian tech at Willow Springs Clinic.

About 4 years into our relationship, we were blessed with our next biggest life obstacle… our twin daughters. The amount of love that we have for our girls is unmeasurable, and they bring so much happiness into our lives! Adalynn and Alivia, our fearless, strong, independent, beautiful baby girls! The ones who taught us how to be parents and our first babies!

Now, 4 years later, we have welcomed our 3rd baby girl into the world, miss Aliana, who was born on her twin sisters’ birthday, December 26th.

Something that we have religiously done since our twins were born, is get family pictures done with Sam each year. After the last 5 years we have now done 5 family sessions and 1 boudoir shoot. Being able to be so comfortable with a photographer to not only capture your family, but also be comfortable enough to do a risqué photoshoot is an absolute blessing! I honestly only felt this way because of how amazing it is to be around Sam and how beautiful she makes me feel as a mother and a woman.

Being able to look back at all the moments that Sam has captured for us is just pure bliss and I am forever grateful for all of her time and talent! Now, not every picture we took were we the easiest people to photograph… there were tears, early mornings, sleepy babies, and weather. But, here is the kicker, you can never tell from any of the pictures. Every single time Sam was able to capture the beauty of every moment. I feel when we are on the side of the lens, we are constantly stressing and trying to be perfect, smile perfect, make sure everyone’s hair looks good, everyone look at the camera. When you have the friend and photgrapher like I do, she completely takes all of that stress away and in the end you are left with beautiful pictures. Pictures that family members, and yourself will cherish and love for years. My grandpa to this day tells me how Sam’s pictures of us are on his desk and nothing else.

If anyone ever has a question on how talented this woman is just let her photos speak for themselves. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but every time I look at my pictures from Sam, I am speechless ❤️

Enjoy a preview of their Spring photos!

I had the honor of taking family photos of the Somoza’s five times now! I love their energy and love so much.

Enjoy a preview of their Spring photos!