My good friend Brenden had been wanting to schedule a family photo session when her daughter Sam, and her beau Scott's daughter Paige were all going to be in the same place at the same time...busy schedules, and Scott's job as an airline pilot plus our wedding schedule made it tough to calendar, but we finally did it! We decided to meet on a recent Sunday afternoon at the Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto, one of our favorite venues for taking portraits. But this family photo session was even more special as Brenden & Scott were recently engaged. Awesomeness! So we got to shoot a "2-fer"....2 shoots in one. We captured some great family photos, some couples photos, and a few fun photos - you really have to know this bunch to appreciate how challenging it is to get them to all be serious at the same time. What a fun afternoon!

OK, after the serious ones, we let them be themselves...