happy birthday my sweet jayde

today is my amazing daugther jayde's 7th birthday. i cannot believe it! 7! that is out of this world. i cannot believe how the time has just flown by. jayde is such a sweet girl and i am so blessed to have her in my life. she brings so much joy and happiness to me. today me, chris and savana woke her up by singing happy birthday. then she opened presents and was off to school after a pancake breakfast (ps. i never cook :) she could not understand why she had to go to school on her birthday, but that is just the way it goes. me and savana went and had lunch with her at school. yum, school lunch :) and tomorrow she gets to have a party with her friends. i hope she has a fantastic day! happy birthday baby girl. i love you.

since i have not had a chance to do her 7 year old pictures yet, i will post some soon!

Jonas Brothers!

My boys rocked it at the american music awards tonight! Check it out!

Twilight...

So, i went to see Twilight last night and was a little afraid after hearing it was so terrible. But OH MY HECK!!!! IT WAS THE BEST!!!! I was so happy with the movie!!! It is exactly as I imagined. I have to admit that a few of the effects were a little lame, but over all two thumbs up! And furthermore, I was NOT sold on the Edward they picked at all, but now....OH MY :) He is so fabulous! I just loved it!!! And since my mom hasn't seen it, now I get to go again! YAY! I am still trying to convince my husband to go for a round 3 as well. Please Chris :) So to anyone out there who thought it wasn't good. I did!!! and if they don't make #2, I will be so so sad. One hint I have for anyone going to this movie... Do not drink a huge Diet Coke before the movie starts because you will not be able to leave. And I sat there in pain for 2 hours because I had to pee so bad and couldn't bear to miss a single part :)

Anna + Kile Wedding

she was late, but he wasn't worried. the love they share for each other runs deep. he knew she would be there. when she arrived, he didn't look relieved. he had known all along she would come. as anna walked down the aisle, there were tears. in kiles eyes, in anna's and in everyone there witnessing them commit their lives to one another. they are perfect for each other. here is anna and kile's wedding as i saw it...

i love anna's viel. i love it!

one of my favorite!

how cool is this!?! there was a bowling alley in the basement of the country club! I love it!
ceremony and reception: Willow Creek Country Club

dress: the perfect dress
honeymoon-puerta vallarta (for 2 weeks! so jealous!)

the most fabulous couple!

elisabeth and alex are made for each other. it's evident in the way they look at each other,the way he treats her like a queen and she looks at him with such adoration. they absolutely complete each other. their wedding was beautiful and not in the mere details. but the coming together of two people who complete each other so fully. i am so blessed to have been able to work with these two! they were amazing! if there is one thing i love about what i do, it is the people that i am so lucky to work with. my couples are all so fabulous and i love it when they trust me and let me be creative with them! elisabeth and alex were no exception. they were married at the bountiful temple, lucheon at the joseph smith memorial building and reception at the lone peak pavillion in sandy. it was right next to a skate park and alex and elisabeth skateboard so we went and grabbed some fun shots! i loved this wedding!!!!

my favorite :)

love it!

so busy...

with the holiday season upon us, i have a little bit of down time and can now focus on my blog a little more. i have a ton of fabulous weddings and family shoots to post as well as a bunch of other fun stuff. and oh yeah.... disneyland pictures!!!!

halloween fun!

hey better late then never huh? and i know there are some people out there dying to see the elevator costume..... my strange child, savana, wanted to be an elevator for halloween. she had been telling us that for so long and we were like "what the heck?" one day i was reading a book to her and low and behold, there was a little girl in it dressed up as an elevator.(i tried to find the book to scan but cannot. if it turns up i will scan the page in) jayde had originally wanted to be belle the princess and i could not find a belle anywhere! so i talked her into a witch. i am glad about that because she always dresses up "cutesy" so it was something different for once. i think they both looked darling, but i am biased. these first pictures are of us at our "pumpkin party!" we made cookies, carved pumpkins, read halloween books, and listened to scary music. it was fun.....

jayde's sketches of what she wanted her pumkin to look like

jayde's halloween parade at school

me and savana

savana got two costumes this year. the candy corn one that she could trick or treat in and the elevator just because she had to have it!

we are ultra creative :)

going up?