Amy Wenzel Photography

The Coolest Parents Award

I had a wonderful time at my Grandparents the last 2 days. I caught a big Bass in their pond. At first I was really excited, but then as I saw him hanging off the hook, gasping for air through his gills, every once in a while flapping his little fins as though he was swimming under water, I got a sick feeling in my stomach. "I’m a fish murderer" I thought.  We threw him back and he survived, but I decided to bring my fishing pole in for the evening. Enough of that.

This session almost didn’t happen. They were selling their house and moving down South. She had seen my work through several of her friends families and really wanted me to come to their home and capture her kids there before they moved away since it was the only home her boys had ever known. I really wanted the opportunity to do this because we sold my childhood home when I was about 6 years old and I know what my memories there mean to me. We exchanged several emails before we finally figured out a date that worked- it happened to be the very day before the movers came to pack everything up.  When I arrived at the house she pulled out her wedding album and showed me which photos had meant the most to her…they were completely candid and in the moment. I knew it was going to be a fun session after that! 

They were never short on laughs. You could tell they play with their kids a lot. They all knew how to have fun and it was so inspiring working with them. When we got out the paint, chaos insued. I felt like I was on a very messy reality TV show as I watched the paint splattering all over the deck. I quickly proclaimed them as the COOLEST parents I had ever met. I left there with green paint in my hair.