Zoey & Ellie at the Beach | Atwater Family Photography

Is there anything better than happy kiddos at the beach? Maybe add in some smitten parents and a sunny day in fall? Well, take all of that and add in the fact that the two parents in question have been inviting us to photograph them for nearly a decade (gah!) and you have a dream family session on the shores of Lake Michigan. Close to the home where Jamie grew up and at the beach she spent many grades school years playing at was where I met them on this gorgeously bright day. I couldn’t help but note that yes, Jamie and Dan clearly still delight in just being with one another but equally great is that they delight, by turns, in corralling, tickling and chasing after their babes. Being with them is a little wild and totally wonderful, which also happens to be the best way I know how to describe their amazing little fam. Cheers to happy dads and happy moms. Cheers to full hearts and full hands.  Cheers to beach days and most of all, cheers to little girls.