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On Sunday we were up in Sacramento and able to meet with Geoff and Lisa to take a few family photos. If you've been here awhile, you know Geoff and Lisa are our friends and have photographed our engagement, wedding, some headshots and then (more recently) our friend's wedding.

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I vividly remember at our engagement shoot in July 2009 telling Paul we'd just have these guys photograph our lives – they'd be taking photos of our kids someday. I was sort of joking (mostly because kids?! OMG, that's AT LEAST five years away. Who knows what I'll be doing in five years. Spoiler alert: the same exact thing).

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And yet, here we are. 1 wedding, 1 marriage, 3 moves, 2 deployments, 1 baby, 1 business, a few hair cuts, more than a few bottles of red wine and 780 craft projects later (Paul's really into craft projects).

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When we talked about doing this, I said it might be fun to meet by the state capital where we did our first look in April 2010. They were game.

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I didn't realize how game until I got the photos back.

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Different season. Different occasion. Same tree. Stronger love. And I'd trade a bouquet for a baby anyday.

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Thank you Geoff & Lisa! You guys are too good.

all photos by The Goodness. Ellerie's outfit is Target and shoes are Freshly Picked. My dress is Gap, tights are Target and boots are Madewell from a few years ago (similar). Paul's outfit is…(jk).

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55 responses to “four point five years later.”

  1. Karina K Avatar
    Karina K

    These photos are great! Love seeing the comparisons to your wedding photos.
    Happy thanksgiving!!

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  2. Carrie Avatar

    OMG Elise. These are my favorite photos on your blog EVER. Like ever ever. How awesome that your photographers have been there through your big life changes. 🙂

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  3. Helene Avatar

    Great pictures. I love that they are so colorful.
    You didn’t mention a podcast today and I could not believe there were none. So I checked your podcast page anyway and I saw that there is one! Yeah!

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  4. Johanna Avatar

    Hah! Love your writing here, Elise. And the photos, oh my. Awesome job Geoff and Lisa (as always).
    (Paul could be a crafty dressmaker and turn all those projects into fashion statements.)

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  5. Christen Avatar
    Christen

    These are fantastic! Love

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  6. Leah Avatar

    WOW. Just, wow. Blow-me-away beautiful.

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  7. Carly Avatar

    These are beautiful! And the similar shots to the wedding are such a great idea.
    Have a lovely Thanksgiving 🙂

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  8. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    Beautiful way to document life’s changes. You’ve inspired me to do the same with my little one … but I’ll have to wait til next summer when our Michigan snow is gone. 😦 Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  9. Sarah Avatar

    These are gorgeous Elise!

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  10. MichelleGB Avatar
    MichelleGB

    Oh my goodness! Fabulous and wonderful photos! I love that you took some in front of the same tree.

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  11. Rebekah Avatar

    Wow, super delightful photos!! Happy, happy days! 🙂

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  12. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Wow, love these photos!
    And not to say that you don’t always look great but your hair looks fabulous here!!!

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  13. Kelly Avatar

    Awesome pictures! And thanks again for all your hard work throughout the year to entertain and inspire us. Best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!

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  14. Michelle Avatar

    These are AMAZING! Love love love.

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  15. Kristina Avatar
    Kristina

    You had me in tears laughing through this post. First, it is beautiful. Then, it is funny-true. Do what you do, girl! It’s pure awesome.

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  16. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    The “tree” shots are so amazing!!!! All of them are, really! Beautiful pics. Wish Lisa and Geoff could shoot our family – they are awesome!

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  17. lisa valinsky Avatar

    Love love love it. Such a good idea.
    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Elise! Enjoy the time off, and looking forward to seeing what December and the new year bring! 🙂

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  18. JC Avatar

    These photos are awesome. That is such a good idea to get the photo in the same location. You all look so happy.

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  19. robyn Avatar

    stop it!! i just cried at the end of that – how amazing!! i love that you have this amazing relationship with them!

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  20. Amy T Schubert Avatar

    Adorable — doing the photos in the same location is genius (make a note for portraits in 2019 🙂 )

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  21. Peg Avatar
    Peg

    Oh, my. You guys are so, so photogenic. I love the one with E with her little finger in her mouth. Such a classic look for a kiddo her age. Brilliant to go back to the same spot in Sacramento. Love the comparison/lookalike shots. Happy Thanksgiving! Have fun with your dinner!

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  22. Carole Avatar
    Carole

    So beautiful. I see a tenderness in the “now” photos that has grown. Marriage and babies change us and change our love. Can’t wait to see more changes captured under that tree in upcoming years!

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  23. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Beautiful photos!

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  24. Leigh-Ann Avatar

    most delightful family photos… really lovely 🙂

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  25. Kendra Avatar

    These are so great, Elise!!

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  26. Hannah Avatar
    Hannah

    Oops, i think you mean You’d trade a bouquet for a baby any day, not the other way around! Stunning pictures 🙂

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  27. kristina Avatar

    These pictures are amazing!!! I hope you have plans to blow them up and frame them. Maybe additions to the diving room…?
    Happy Thanksgiving you three. Hope you share Thanksgiving recipes & decor next week 🙂
    kristina

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  28. Brianna Avatar
    Brianna

    Gorgeous photos. How’s the sizing on the dress? I’m generally a small, but sometimes a small is too small to fit over my head and arms.

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  29. Carrie Anderson Avatar
    Carrie Anderson

    truly fantastic! so…much…love…in these pictures! you’re a lucky lady 🙂 hope your thanksgiving is full of love and light and good coffee 🙂

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  30. Lara Avatar

    But I just have to have Paul’s shirt… 🙂
    Such lovely pictures! What precious memories.

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  31. cindy Avatar
    cindy

    beautiful! the spot is so special!

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  32. Marissa Avatar

    Wow, going back to the same place was magical in those photos!

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  33. Alice Avatar

    OMG ! Cuteness overlaod !!!! Ellerie is so cuuuute !!!! These photos are so beautiful. Love the bright colors and the parallell shots with your wedding photos.
    Love the yellow thights with the dress 😉

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  34. Steph Avatar
    Steph

    I love your blog. I am originally from San Diego and now live in Sacramento. I was neighbors with Geoff and Lisa for a few years and they also photographed my wedding. (http://thegoodness.com/carl-stephanie-love-a-motorbike-a-vespa-fun/) I reposted something of yours a while back and Geoff commented, “You follow Elise?” I love your projects and watching your little family grow. Don’t be too creeped out if I stop you in midtown and say hi some day. 🙂

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  35. Jeni Avatar
    Jeni

    Gorgeous photos
    Happy thanks giving x

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  36. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    These photos are so wonderful! They really captured the spirit of your family.

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  37. mercarty Avatar

    love this and love you guys… give your sweet girl a squeeze from me. cheers to you guys and many more. xoxo!

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  38. Kim B. Avatar
    Kim B.

    oh my gosh these are absolutely just way too precious. Thank you for sharing.

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  39. Elise Avatar

    True to Size!

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  40. Lauren Pittenger Avatar

    Beautiful. So colorful!

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  41. alli cherry Avatar

    This gave me chills! 🙂 How exciting that so much can change in 5 years, but how much can also stay the same. What a beautiful family. 🙂

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  42. Jodi Avatar
    Jodi

    Gorgeous photos and family! Love all the colors.

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  43. Grace Avatar
    Grace

    These are stunning! So much joy in these photos ❤

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  44. Leah Buckley Avatar

    These are so great! You’re so lucky to have such great photographers to call on. I’m having trouble finding someone like that. We did family photos for the first time this year and the pictures were nice, but they weren’t special. These are special.

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  45. a touch of domesticity Avatar

    Mustard tights! Mustard tights! (sorry, I think in Americanese they’re called pantyhose?) … but mustard tights!!! Sorry that’s possibly just a little over emphatic. I do love me a bit of mustard.

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  46. Sunday Avatar

    Beautiful photos, Elise! I laughed out loud at your quip about Paul’s passion for craft projects 🙂

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  47. Megan Gill Avatar

    Awesome! I think I just got some ideas for future family photos:)

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  48. Jennifer O Avatar
    Jennifer O

    Hey Elise, your podcast accompanied my husband and me on the drive from Tahoe to the Bay area, it was such a good companion! The funniest thing was listening to the one with Ashlee Gadd and hearing you both talk about Sacramento right when we were driving by!
    Happy holidays!

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