I had the honor of photographing a family from my home state of Utah! Deb and Jeff Norton took their whole family to southern California for a week of vacationing, and we got in some awesome portraits and a Day-in-the-Life session while they were here.

All 12 of ’em — which includes the Anderson and the Larsen families once you start counting all the kids — got a lucky comfortable So Cal summer experience because the heat wave hadn’t quite arrived yet.

Check out this video of their Day-in-the-Life session:

And here are some of their awesome portraits:

After jumping on all the beach rocks in La Jolla, we went for pizza. The kids then got dressed in Maltilda Jane clothing and we finished the day at Golden Spoon, a frozen yogurt shop in north San Diego county. It made a perfect backdrop!

The camera loves this family!