My friend Stephanie and her amazing family are moving out of their pad in the Mission this summer.  It is most likely that they are moving to the East Coast -prospects of a great job and the deep comfort of being closer to family.  All very good reasons, but to be honest it just breaks my heart to see them go.  We did a little session in June to document the neighborhood where they moved into newly married and have since had two beautiful girls.  They love the Mission -it was so clear the pride that Matt has in the area, he’s always so curious about the changes and just hoping that it continues to grow in a good direction.  It was a really hot morning -ridiculously hot- and I know Steph and I were two emotional messes over the impending move.  I finally looked at the photos today and thankfully there were some good ones in the mix.  (Did I mention I started the session by crying on their couch? Nice move, McHenry. Way to set the mood…)

I love you all so much and wish you much happiness in your new endeavour.  I’m really glad we got our @$^#%$ together to do this shoot! I hope it always serves as a happy reminder of where the family started it’s long and happy life.  xoxo

Outside their building:

Matt was holding up the baby from behind, don’t worry… 🙂

The happy pair:

Ah, the murals of the Mission -love ’em:

Matt’s initials -so great!

Poor Eden was hot and starving, so we cut things short and headed for a diner…

Checking out her ‘hood:

Had to grab this…