This cute family came all the way from El Paso for me to take their pictures….well, ok, maybe they just arranged to have them taken when they knew they were coming into town for something else:) I was honored, nonetheless. The teenage girl here is actually a foreign exchange student from Germany, and I thought it was so great that mom wanted to include her in their family portraits–to document this time in their families’ life since she’ll be with them a total of 9 months. The other 3 kids really reminded me of my own: boy, boy, girl pretty much the exact ages of my kids right now. We met up in downtown Austin for the urban feel.










The teenage cutie jumped out to help me get some great smiles from the family for the below shot~a little family hug;)

Let me know next time you come back into town!
Kristen Duke
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They are beautiful!! Did you have him jump in that first picture with the balloons? That is so cool!
Very impressed, Kristen! They are beautiful & great idea for the balloons –
Wow – really neat that they wanted to include the exchange student in their family pictures!
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