several weeks ago, i had the privilege of photographing another birth! i was introduced to deanna through our midwife, bj. who knew we had so much in common: both biola grads, pregnant, and using the same midwife. deanna and her husband brock have been married for 3 years. get this, at the same time she...
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the back bay
on wednesday, shelby and i met up with sarah (nugent) sweggles for a walk and then lunch. we trekked in the wild flowers at the back bay and had fun watching shelby explore snails, the dirt, flowers, sticks, etc. and trying to keep up with her as she ran. she told us herself,...
benjamin cole goodman arrived!
what an incredible experience i has this past tuesday! on 4.6.10, i was able to witness little benjamin cole goodman make his way into the world! it was a home birth and was attended by 2009 midwife of the year, bj snell {she’s my midwife too}. the process was so beautiful and peaceful! and brooke...
Brooke Goodman + ?
on sunday, i had the honor of taking some maternity pictures for my good friend brooke! we knew each other from youth group back in high school, but we became true friends when we were in a couples bible study several years back. she’s now pregnant with her 3rd. we went to a beautiful park...
Happy Birthday Shelby!
Our little Shelbs turned 2 today!
If you would hang out w/Shelby on her 2nd birthday, you would learn that she:
drinks agua, “pop”, “leche de vaca” (milk from a cow), and hot tea
pretends to be a baby lion
sings all of “twinkle twinkle little star” (or rather “tinkle tinkle little star”) by herself
doesn’t like brown crocodiles, but...
advent: silence {dec 13 – dec 19}
My dad is a high school vocal and instrumental music teacher. He always taught us that when singing or playing music, we should pay close attention to the “rests” (the silent pauses in-between the notes) because they are just as important as the notes themselves. If there were no rests, all the notes would end...
advent: celebration! {dec 6 – dec 12}
We know this girl, Kristen, from Denver, who recently celebrated her 21st birthday. Her family threw her a huge surprise party. They secretly planned for months and months. They reserved a private room at a trendy sushi restaurant, decorated it, and invited 50 guests. They spent thousands of dollars to make this a special event....
advent: intro
It seems like, every December, I find myself wishing I was more impacted by the Christmas story. Every year I swear that THIS Christmas is going to be more meaningful, more life-changing. But then I get lost in the craziness of it, and soon it’s gone. With the exception of some amazing Christmas gatherings at...
the sandovals!
So, many of you may know that I come from a family with 7 kids. Yep, 7! 6 of us are girls and the 2nd to last is a boy. Well, my one and only bro PJ and his adorably cute wife, Jackie, asked me to take a shot at their family christmas picture. Well,...
the mckays!
Suzanne McKay, one of my best friends from high school, just moved back here to Orange County from Texas with her hubby Aron, and kiddos Maggie and Curren. It is so fun to do daily life together and have play dates and such! I love this family and was honored when Suzanne asked me to...