Usually it is quite a job to pick out just a few photos from a session to share with you all… and that’s when the pictures are of clients.  Imagine my struggle to pick out which images to share out of my session with two of my favourite people in the world – my parents?!  Please forgive me for sharing a few extras, just because I love these people, and each expression of theirs tells me something slightly different about them, and I want you to get to know them like I do!

A couple of weeks ago my husband and I took our four kiddos to meet up with my parents in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at their timeshare.  When my mom suggested we do a photo session while there, I jumped at the chance.  In August, they will be celebrating 40 years of marriage, so we’re beginning the celebration already.  Isn’t that an incredible legacy that they’re passing on to us?  Marriage is certainly not something that’s easy – ask any married person you know, or check out the divorce rate.  Not only have my parents been married for that long, but they’ve been HAPPILY married for that long.  They have their struggles, as they’re only human, but at the end of the day, my parents just enjoy being together and value their friendship with each other.  I never tire of hearing the story of their first date, when they went snowmobiling and my mom totaled my dad’s uncle’s ski-do and cracked a couple of ribs.  And how they were married months later.

Three lessons I learned about marriage from my parents are:

1.  Do my makeup, even just a little, and dress nice for my husband – like I did when we were dating.  This doesn’t need to stop just because now I’ve “got” the guy!

2.  Compliment each other in front of other people.

3.  Encourage each other to do what you enjoy.