[Summit Images]

Baby Lily was born last summer. She is the cutest little thing on the planet--and I'm not just saying that because she's my niece. This was just me playing around taking pictures when she was about two weeks old. That's my sister with her in the second picture. I can't believe Lily's going to be a year old soon!! Time flies!!

Two of my favorite faces at a summertime BBQ I went to last year!! Maddie (the dog) was so much fun. She's a boxer mix, so I thought she was going to be a handful, but she was so well-behaved!! And little Emma was just a doll. She had a little princess complex for part of the day, but she's still cute as can be!!

This is Lucky. He's the fattest Jack Russell I've ever seen!! Lucky is a Rivera family pet. At their little neighborhood Fourth of July party, he couldn't get enough of the pool! He was so fun to watch!!

Shooting live action is a ton of fun--I love capturing moments like that. It's especially cool for the subjects to see a freeze-frame of themselves in the moment! These are of Ray skating in his family's neighborhood in Florida. He used to skate a lot when he was younger and was actually really good at it--he was sponsored and everything. Now he just does it for fun. This day, he was skating with a little neighbor kid.

Pansies from the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival. I (unfortunately) went about a week or so before the tulips bloomed...but, as you can see, there were other flowers to snap! I have always loved pansies. My grandfather, who has always had quite the green thumb, always had them in his flower beds. He called them "monkey faces" if I remember correctly.