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K. Prepare yourselves to be blown away by this awesome family. No… for real… they’re kiiiind of perfect… 😉 Starting things off with my favorite ❗
This session took place at Rachel’s family cabin… I don’t remember the full story but I know her parents owned it, maybe her grandparents did?, Rachel and Jared honeymooned there, and now it’s theirs. 🙂 
The youngest… his name is Huckleberry… and he’s the smilingest baby I’ve ever photographed.
I couldn’t love this more!
If you’re a photographer… you’ve probably heard of ProPhoto Blog (my WordPress blog is designed using their template). Welllll…. Jared is the genius behind it! Rachel suggested I take a headshot for his website… BADABOOM BADABING… nailed it!
Ohhhh Daaaale…. you melt me! This one was the entertainer.
Winfield is such a smart young man. I feel like this photo perfectly captures his confident personality. But wait… let’s talk about that image of Rachel and Jared for a minute…. WHOA! I love those smiles! 😀
Huck doesn’t quite know what to think of that scene… 
Harriet (on the left) was the big big helper of the group… always making sure everyone and everything were taken care of. 
…THOSE SMILES THOUGH?! AHHHH!!!!
Rachel recently posted this photo, circa 1999, to Facebook…. I’m pretty sure it’s from their honeymoon. So much, yet so little, has changed. Gosh I’m deep. 😉
I love all of the expressions in this. 
Please hang this one at the lake house. K? K. 
Oh wait… hang this one too. You know what… just hang ’em all! Mike’s favorite ❓
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Silver Lake, Ind.
rache+jared :: Holland, Mich. :: married 15 years • 8.14.99
Rachel :: hometown – Fort Wayne, Ind. :: Mom :: five words – awesome, beautiful, loyal, intelligent, kind
Jared :: hometown – Detroit, Mich. :: web developer :: five words – kind, silly, intelligent, loving, generous
Winfield :: 8 years old :: five words – loves babies and cute things, voracious reader, focused, determined, confident
Harriet :: 6 years old :: five words – Constantly thoughtful, kind through her soul, creative, puzzle solver, solution finder
Dale :: 3 years old :: five words – Imaginative, playful, silly, shy, night-owl
Huckleberry :: 9 months old :: five words – Smile, Smile, Smile, Smile, Smile 🙂
How you met :: We met in the fall of our freshman year, 1997, when we were 18. We spent freshman year as good friends. Our relationship began just before I left for a semester abroad in Mexico. We spent 7 months writing letters, with occasional access to email. No phone. The day that I came back we talked about getting married. We asked our parents, they were supportive. We got engaged in June and married in August. You gotta snatch up the good ones quick. We celebrated 15 years last month. I’m seriously the luckiest girl in the world. Anybody who knows Jared would agree!
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Favorite Mike-in-action photo everrrrr! That man is impressive! 
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Rachel and Jared… with all of the photographers that you know and work with… we could not be more flattered and honored that you asked us to photograph your family… we would LOVE to do it again!
Sending love your way friends!
~bobbi+mike ❗ + ❓
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PS. Squeeze sweet Huckleberry for me! 😀
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These pictures seriously made me tear up. They are PERFECTION. I’m so in love with this session…the colors from the clothing line, the fun smiles, the indoor shots…and those shots at the end on the pier…SO SO..amazing!!
This could be my favourite family session of you guys to date. And that is saying a LOT, my friend! I can’t even choose a favourite! The couples shots of the 2 of them, the ones with the water, the clothes line, and the inside hanging out ones! AHHHH, I love them ALL!!!
Ok so these are PERFECTION. This is my favorite family session of yours so far. I honestly can’t even pick a favorite photo because they are literally all my favorites. Amazing job you guys!
Love! Who else can make the laundry hanging out to dry cool? Love these photos and such a gorgeous family! I would wallpaper the lake house with them! Fab! Fab! FAb!
Perfection! I love these so much. What a darling family. I’m so in love with the images of Rachel and Jared together! I want that with my husband! Love all the expressions. And yes, the legs in the lake needs to be a huge canvas!!!
stop it right now. just stop!! these are absolutely amazing!! best family session of yours ever!! i am OBSESSED with the one of rachel and jared laying in the hammock. and those ones at the end by the water…to die for!! what a dream session!!
ps- jared, woohoo to you!! big prophoto fan here!!!
I can’t handle all this amazingness. First of all, HOT mama! LOVE the colors in the first photo. The cabin is so cute. Amazing water/reflection photos. In love with them all!
I AM CRAZY about these photos and this family!!! Such beautiful light. Such a bond between them. *happy sigh*
This is one of the best I’ve ever seen come from you guys. Something about it is absolute perfection!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love them all!
On my word – you just keep setting the bar higher and higher!! These images are FABULOUS – every single one is perfect!!!
That last picture…WOW! Definitely on my “Top 10 bobbi+mike Photos”. 😉
Y’all are crazy amazing!
I LOVE THEM!!!!! Thank you so much. It’s so good to have such great photos of all of us! You guys are awesome.
AMAZZZZZING! Best photos in the history of the world!!!! (Yes, I’m dramatic, but these are so freaking goooooood!)
What a beautiful session with such BEAUTIFUL people in and out! Amazing how you captured all six of them. Makes it look easy to have four children and go on vacation to your favorite lake house 😉 What a lovely place. Good for them (and you!) that you spent such a nice evening together and got these photographs. Memories in pictures for years to come! Love those behind-the-scene photos because that’s determination!! Haha
Stop it. Stop it right now. These have such a unique feeling, so real and so full of love. Your ability to capture personalities is unlike ANY other.
Are you kidding me with these!?!?!?! Absolutely AMAZING!! So many incredible images! That hammock photo of mom and dad blew me away! And the dock photos…gesh, what an awesome family!
That last shot!! Family in silhouette with sunset!! AAAAHH. Took my breath away. Love.
Shut. Up. What kind of superpowers do you guys have?! Every single image is simply gorgeous. So rich. It’s like I can feel the family love radiating off of them. I really can’t pick a favorite. How do you keep outdoing yourself? Also, Jared, another big ProPhoto fan here!
I am so impressed. You guys are amazing. You encapsulated ‘life at the lake house’ for this family. Priceless
WOW! I love all the beautiful bright colors! They look like such a fun big family! You did a great job with those kids too!
This are stunning! Great job awesome photographers ever! And wow to see the man behind the magic! Gorgeous family!
However, I am absolutely giving a standing ovation to Mike. You knew the shot and you went for it!!! I love it!
Holy moley this is one of the sweetest most precious families you’ve done to date. I love their modest house. It is perfect beyond all compare. I feel like I can sense what their life is like with those kids – full of love and all the right priorities on all the essential things in life which make you smile – togetherness, experiences, and the little moments. BBMK this warms my heart so much and truly makes me smile from the inside out. You guys did such an amazing job capturing them!
I’m in love with every. single. one. Can’t wait to meet you guys in November and soak in your amazingness!
B+M… My, my, my… my heart was aching with goodness when I looked at these photos. They are true perfection. You guys are beyond amazing. I mean, can I shake your shoulder and scream… YOU GUYS ARE SO DAMN GOOD!
Hang them alllllll!!!!!!!! oh. My. Gosh! You blew this away !!!!!! Amazing!!!!! 🙂
completely, totally, and utterly obsessed with this session. Beautiful images of what looks like a beautiful family!
I’m seriously obsessed with this session. You guys knocked this out of the park. The amazing photogenic family doesn’t hurt either. So many incredible shots here!!!
I could spend all day looking at these and all of your pics. Thanks for sharing so much of what you capture!! XO Jane
Wow, oh WOW! I <3 everything about this sessions…the color, the light, and what you guys did to get the shot!?!? And speaking of that, did Mike have a housing on? Or was he naked in there? And, I'm talking STRICTLY about the camera here…
THESE. ARE. PERFECT.
These photos are fabulous! I’m in awe of your ability to capture such fun-loving shots of individuality in family shoots. I can truly see the personalities of each of those precious children! The shots on the edge of the water are phenomenal! (I don’t like feet in the least, but ok, those are cute)
Bobbi and Mike! What an awesome blog! These photos just wowed me the whole way down. I didn’t know they could get better and… They did!
WOWZA!! These are amazing. I love how much character this family and that cabin have. So precious 🙂
Amazing, as always. I am always so amazed how you can get so many beautiful photos of the entire family (especially these bigger families), and each one shows a different side of the family, a different interaction- it’s so beautiful!