Hannah Elise: MITTON FAMILY : Cedar Rapids, IA family photographer

This session felt like such a dream to shoot.

I have known Emily for years now, and actually road-tripped with some friends to her wedding (see a recap of that HERE) and had been wanting to photograph her little family.

(because let's be real, they're pretty much the cutest ever)

And when I needed models for my internship, I messaged her knowing it was a long shot as they lived in Minnesota..but better to try and have the slim chance something COULD happen than not to try at all, right?! :)

When she messaged me back saying she thought it would work I pretty much freaked out,

and when I saw their outfits I freaked out a little bit more.

Obviously they are gorgeous people, but add to that the sweetest personalities + connection to each other,

plus killer locations to shoot at -- and I was in heaven.

Sometimes the stars just align almost too perfectly for a shoot, and this was definitely one of those times.

Thank you Ben, Emily + Cedric for driving 9 hours and totally killing this..

LOVED photographing you all and let's please do it again sometime?!

p.s. check out Emily's blog HERE + Instagram --> @EMITTON