"Wherever you go, go with all of your heart."

We have been so blessed with such a beautiful fall this year here in upstate New York, and I've been able to take advantage of just about every weekend!  This time we headed to Highland Park to grab some shots in one of the last few weekends where the fall colors would still be so beautiful and brilliant (which is why the majority of the pictures in this blog are in color - the colors were just too exquisite to take out).

We headed to the Poet's Garden and were off to a good start right away!

"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life"

The girls were so great!  They knew what to do without even a word from me!

"Little girls dance their way into your heart, whirling on the tips of angels wings... 

Scattering gold dust and kisses in our paths."

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost"

"God breathes and the beauty of nature is revealed...

You are his most beautiful creation...

And I am left breathless."

The girls were so sweet and had such a fun time playing in the leaves!

I'm pretty sure this picture was an accident, but we'll go with it!

"It's her beauty that captures your attention.

It's her personality...

that captures your heart."

"I love you, not only for what you are....

But for what I am when I am with you."

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count... 

It's the life in your years."

"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

A happy family is but an earlier Heaven.

Sometimes the best pictures come from a place that is familiar and of comfort to a family, especially when there are kids involved!  That is why when Beth suggested we bag our idea of going to a nearby park and just head across the street from their house, I agreed immediately!  And it turned out to be the perfect spot to grab some cute shots!

"The best inheritance a parent can give to her children is a few minutes of their time each day."

"In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too." (Robert Brault)

What cutie pies, too bad we are missing one!!

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children...

and the most important of all things we can give to them is unconditional love...

Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children."

Family is what grounds you.

"Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end."

"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child.... there are seven million."

I love everything about this shot, it is one of my all time favorites.

"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air is softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again." (Elizabeth Lawrence)

"A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous... full of beauty and forever beautiful... loving and caring and truly amazing."

"There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son."

"Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.  I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you in straight paths.  When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble." (Proverbs 4: 10-12)

"The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other."

Simply, Classic.  I love it!

"Don't ask that your kids live up to your expectations.  Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit."