The great town of Emporia!

I traveled to Emporia, KS to do a huge family shoot.  I took my cousin Jennifer with me as I do most of my shoots, because I need someone to keep me straight and help me with all the posing and keeping the children happy.  I don't really know what I would do without her.  Anyway.... back to Emporia.  This is the family of one of my really good friends.  We always tease her about coming from the "hick town" of Emporia, KS, but her sister asked me to travel there to capture their large family.  I was honored to do so and realize that Emporia isn't just "hick town" and it does have some pretty good places to take photographs.  LOL!  Here are just a portion of the pictures that made the final cut. 

It was a lot of work getting this many people together in one picture!  What a FUN family they are!