To read more about this project and how it came to be take a look at my AUGUST POST.

I’ve been lucky to have met so many incredibly talented and wonderful photographers during this journey who share the same desire to capture their own families in a real and beautiful way.  I’m teaming up with eleven of these women on a very personal and meaningful project called, “What ________ Looks Like.”

Our goal is to capture our own families in a real and beautiful way.  Some people call it “lifestyle”, some call it “real life”, some call it “unposed”.  No matter what you call it, our desire is to snatch the moments that represent the relationships, the dynamics, the reality, the beauty, the truth, and the life of our families and record them here on our blogs as well as in print at the end of the project.

Each month we will each choose to fill in the blank with our word of choice.  Some of us may choose to use the same word all year and some may choose to change it up each month.  We will each link to the next photographer until our circle is complete.

We hope this project inspires you to take more pictures of your own families so that those  moments that make your family unique will never be lost or forgotten.

This is a wonderful project to take on  with a group of like-minded friends.  Shannon Harrison of Jack and Ruby Studios planted the seed for our lifestyle group with a 10 on 10 project where she  posts monthly with a group of amazing photographer friends.

But you certainly don’t have to do this as a group project.  My sweet friend Gail Pomare of Aroha Photography is posting a peek into her real life every month on her own.

No matter how you do it, just do it.   You’ll be glad you did.

When I was a little girl I loved playing with dolls.  I loved dressing them up and fixing their hair and taking them out for a stroll in my baby buggy.  My mom made me lots of doll clothes and I stored them in my vinyl floral purse with the silver ball clasp.  That was heaven for me.  I always dreamed of growing up and being a mommy to lots of little girls that I could dress up and take out.  God knew my plan and humored me by blessing me with a daughter.  And I dressed her up and took her out and loved on her just like I did when I was a little girl.  And when we found out we were expecting again a few years later, I envisioned more dresses and bows and ruffles.  Until we found out we were having a boy.  A boy?  A boy?!  What was I going to do with a boy?  I didn’t have any brothers.  I didn’t know what to do with a boy.  What do boys wear?  What do boys do?  What do boys like?  Well, thirteen years and three boys later, I now know.  All about boys.  And I love them to pieces and can’t imagine life without them.  Here’s a little glimpse into what life with boys looks like at our house.

Please  take a peek into the lives of each of the crazy-talented photographers this month, starting with Jennifer Nguyen | Snails and Pigtails Photography | Temecula, CA Photographer.