We never stop growing. Whether it be in age, family size, our relationships, our careers, or as our own person, we continue to grow. I have had the pleasure of watching the Brar family grow for 5 years now. I first photographed their oldest daughter, Lily, as a baby. I watched Lily grow from a baby to an active toddler.

Meet Marcus | A short film of a newborn portrait session in the Grimsby, Ontario studio.

Family is more than blood. Family starts with choosing. I think family is a choice. Family is the choice to look at your husband or wife every day and choose them. Family is a decision to when your stomach flutters with life to say I choose them.

Family is everything.  The ones whom we love and get to wake up with everyday, the ones that know our potential and our scars, the ones we first turn to -- they're so important.

Over the past year I've learned so much.  I've expanded my business by adding employees, increased my love of guitar and singing by listening and practicing, read many books about self care, business, parenting and done various bible studies...

You know those moments where you laugh so hard, it almost becomes silent? Like joy is a fountain inside of you that cannot be contained and something has hit you in a way that just leaves you giggling? Notice how you feel after that and how full of life and goodness you feel…

From the first moment that I found out that you were being formed in my womb and that God Himself had breathed life into you, I wondered what you'd be like. Would you be funny and playful or serious and intense? Would you fill up a room with your presence or would you be soft-spoken and kind…

Sometimes things just don't happen in the way that we want them to; they don't show up like what we hope for and sometimes they take longer than we ever wanted. There are some things in life we cannot control and we cannot just wake up one day and make happen…

Claudia was born in England and moved to Toronto when she was six.  Mark was born and raised in Grimsby, Ontario.  Together they have two children, Charlotte and Ben. They're both managers at a telco company…

David is originally from Winnipeg and Susan is from Windsor. They have two children, Abigail and Mackenzie who are identical twins. They just started JK in September. Dave works as an accounting clerk at a construction company…

Joyce and Titus have been married almost 11 years and have three wonderful kiddos, who are always full of boundless energy! Titus is an illustrator so they get to keep him at home where he works full time. No travelling, no commute, it's a real blessing. Joyce works out of the home mostly as her husbands "office".