{"id":2556,"date":"2012-07-18T23:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T06:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evamariephoto.com\/blog\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2012-08-15T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T16:54:38","slug":"mr-and-mrs-anthony-family-generations-of-love-part-i-and-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/2012\/07\/mr-and-mrs-anthony-family-generations-of-love-part-i-and-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. and Mrs. Anthony & Family. Generations of Love. Part I and II."},"content":{"rendered":"

I almost came to tears when I was asked to photograph a two-part mini-family reunion with a focus on the grandparents, which are also great-grandparents. Why, tears? I couldn\u2019t help but think of my own Nana and Papa while preparing and photographing this beautiful family.\u00a0I guess I\u2019m so fond of the elderly because my maternal grandparents made me feel like I was a princess in a castle. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony\u2019s family wanted me to capture un-posed, very natural shots with their grandparents and all of their offspring, especially the great-grand children. They want to remember Pat and Tom (Mrs. & Mrs. Anthony) in love with each other and the family they have created. Their family will cherish this moment in their hearts, but they will also be able to share the love that they felt this weekend. When these\u00a0these little babies\u00a0are all grown up, they may not remember this day, but they will still \u00a0have the chance to look back at these photos and see how much they were loved by their great grandparents.<\/p>\n

The Anthony\u2019s are in their eighties and live in Utah, so it is rare that they get a chance to come and visit their children and their families in California. However, Pat is a strong woman who has pulled through a quadruple bypass surgery and has fought kidney cancer so she could see all of her children get married and have children of their own. I felt so very honored when\u00a0their granddaughter, Dawn, contacted me to help capture every hug, laugh and kiss through my lens.\u00a0There is just something about grandparents that gets me all warm and fuzzy inside. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s their soft cool skin, their thin-lipped kisses, or the mellow tone in their voice that softly whispers \u201cI love you.\u201d To have several generations present in your life, no matter what age you are, is priceless.<\/p>\n

To the Anthony\u2019s and your beautiful children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren: Thank you for welcoming me into your home and entrusting me with taking a glimpse into the tender embraces and silly snuggles that filled that weekend. Here\u2019s a slideshow with pics from both days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part I of the Anthony Family<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

On this first day of the family photo shoot, I photographed Dawn\u2019s family\u00a0which included her\u00a0husband and two adorable little girls Brooklyn and Addison.\u00a0Dawn\u2019s\u00a0mother, brother and sister-in-law along with \u00a0their eleven day old baby girl, Zoe are featured below.<\/p>\n

\"\"These precious moments don\u2019t even need captions.\u00a0 \"\"\"\"Hands tell age, in a good way. Each phase in a person\u2019s life is represented by their hands, and I like to try and tell that story with photos like these.
\n\"\"\"\"Oh Addie, you are worth a million and one kisses!\"\"She\u2019s hamming it up with Uncle Paul.\"\"\"\"Sweet Pat and her daughter Lori.\"\"Baby Zoe, can you get any cuter? I think not.
\n\"\"Dawn you are so very lucky to have your grandmother and to have your children meet their great-grandmother that obviously adores you all!\"\"\"\"\"\"We snuck in a few posed family portraits.
\n\"\"\"\"Baby reminds me of a \u2018lil girl Pop-Eye right here.\"\"\"\"Umm, you guys could totally be on the cover of Parenting magazine for sure!
\n\"\"\"\"Honestly, I wish I could have this very image of myself and my grandparents or my son and his great-grand parents. Hands down, this is my favorite photo from this session.\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part II of the Anthony Family:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

<\/strong>On Sunday the Anthony family celebrated the engagement of Dawn\u2019s cousin Robert to his fianc\u00e9 Delyn by throwing her a bridal shower. They were joined by all of Pat and Tom\u2019s children, Lori, Cindy and Tom (son) along with their families.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Mother and daughters sandwich.
\n\"\"\"\"This little guy was a character.\"\"\"\"How awesome is his smile?\"\"These cousins sure know how to make some waves!
\n\"\"\"\"The family really did want group portraits the second day.
\n\"\"\"\"These two love birds were celebrating their engagement by having a bridal shower for this pretty lady.\"\"I think little Brooklyn warmed up to me today, or maybe to my camera. Either way she stole the show!\"\"\"\"Seriously? Look at the dimple!\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I almost came to tears when I was asked to photograph a two-part mini-family reunion with a focus on the grandparents, which are also great-grandparents. Why, tears? I couldn\u2019t help but think of my own Nana and Papa while preparing and photographing this beautiful family.\u00a0I guess I\u2019m so fond of the elderly because my maternal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637,"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}