Valentines Day

On Valentines Day I had such a great day. In the morning I went to a moms relational group and spent the morning with some girl friends. Then my husband, 3 year old Bricyn and I picked up Austyn and a classmate for a skating rink field trip. It had been at least 12 years since I had been to a skating rink. Putting on the rented skates and standing up was an eye opening experience. It was a lot more difficult than I remembered. It all came back eventually and I was even able to skate backwards. Here are a couple pictures of Kelwyn and I helping the boys skate.

When we got home the boys and I made a Valentines Day Gingerbread house. (we didnt make time to put it together during Christmas break)

These are some of the flowers my hubby got me. I dont get flowers to often (usually not even on Valentines Day) so I just had to share them. He also put flowers by my side of our bed, in the our bathroom and on our fireplace so I could enjoy them no matter what room I was in. Thanks Babe!Hope you all spent the day being loved by and loving the important people in your life.

Reagan: 3 months

Reagan was born 11-14-07. I was excited to meet her and do her 3 month old pictures on February 8. As you can see she is a sweetheart.

Here is Reagan with her mommy, Kristen.

Cant wait to see Reagans personality in 3 months for her 6 month pictures.

Photos with friends

January 31st Brittney, Jen and I got together to hang out and get some fun shots of each other and our kids. It's great to know other photographers who also have two little boys at home. Austyn was in school so we only had 5 of the 6 boys together. Here are some of my favorite shots of the afternoon.

Brittney and her little boy Preston.

Jen and her youngest son Logan.
My little man Bricyn and I. (photo by Brittney)

Meet Dylan, Brittneys oldest boy.

Jens oldest son Robbie.

Preston giving his mom a smile.Bricyn acting shy from the camera.

and all smiles from Loggie Bear.

Garth Brooks Concert

Kelwyn and I were able to get ahold of 2 tickets to one of Garths 5 shows in LA. (January 26)We were super excited to see him perform and it was so nice to go on a date with my hubby. There are no professional cameras allowed in the Staples Center for concerts so I borrowed my sons point and shoot camera. Our seats were just about as far from the stage as possible but I believe, for this show, there wasnt a bad seat in the house. Im sure you have heard by now that Trisha Yearwood had a guest appearance and they sang "In another eyes". It was great. Here are some fun shoots from our seats.

Trisha and Garth sign In Anothers Eyes.

There was so much energy. It was amazing!

In his last of two encores Garth brought out a Staples Center concession stand worker. She had greeted him back stage to ask him what it felt like to be on stage. What did Garth Brooks do?? He invited her out to see for herself. We gave her and Garth a warm welcome then Garth asked her, "so what do you think" and she said "They are going to fire me" Poor thing. Well of course Garth wouldnt let that happen. He sang a couple more songs. Gave the lady his hat and that concluded the concert. As we were leaving Staples Center it started to pour down. Lucky for us, I had a feeling it was going to rain and Kelwyn was great enough to carry our umbrella the whole time. We were one of the only dry Garth Brooks fans in LA. On the way home we used my best friend, Magellan, to find an Olive Garden. Thanks babe for a great night out!

Eddie and Cheryls wedding

Daniel Balboa asked me to photograph Eddie and Cheryls wedding on January 19th, as his second assistant. What did I say? "I have plans that night but let me see what I can do." After talking it over with my very supportive family, we decided I could do the first half of the shoot and leave after the ceremony. Daniel was good with that so here are some pictures of Cheryl getting ready and a couple other shots of Eddie and Cheryl.

Eddie waiting to see Cheryl for the first time.

Cheryl kept asking, "Do I get to see Eddie now?"Finally, the wait is over!

Andria and Waylans wedding

On Sunday,January 20, a good friend of my family got married. Andria Knoffloch, aka Knoffloch, married her sweetheart of several years, Waylan. It was weird attending a wedding and not doing the photography. I had to stop myself from taking detail shots at the reception. Here are a few from the Mission Inn wedding.

First Kiss

Husband and Wife
First Dance
Dance dip/kiss
My hubby and I

My sister Lani and her husband

Lani and AndriaAndria and Jen

Friends through it all

On December 29 I assisted Brittney Pecore for the first time. I had fun getting to know her and watching her work with her long time friends, Daniel and Erin, at their wedding.
Daniel and Erin are such an amazing couple. I had a great time watching these two interact. They are so in love and have a ton of fun with each other. They chose to see each other before the ceremony and get a lot of their photos out of the way. Here are pictures of them seeing each other for the first time that day.







Daniel and Erin with the support of their wedding party.






The first kiss as husband and wife.


And their first dance.