you pronounce his name “reese.” isn’t that so cute?! baby rhys melted my heart when he made his arrival the night of february 9th. i just couldn’t get enough of his peel-y feet & hands and fuzzy skin rolls!!! his mama, kelly, had a natural water birth in her beautiful home. each birth i attend...
Category Archives: family
welcome baby lila!
i got a chance to do my first newborn photo shoot last week! maybe it’s because i have a baby of my own, but i just never grow tired of taking pictures of wee little ones. so far, my favorite type of photography is birth, with newborns coming in a close second. you must admit,...
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...
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...