Easter: Chocolate overloads, and sugar crashes.
I know… I know..
I am horribly late in posting. Easter was last month. Suffice it to say that I am a part time blogger.. at best. I would say that I have had personal things to deal with lately.. but even that argument doesn’t hold water. I didn’t post all that regularly when my private life was peachy keen.
Either way.. we managed to get the whole family together for Easter, and I was pretty excited! :) My sister Mel and her wonderful daughter Gracie came up for the holdiay, and we even managed to sneek in a Belly Shoot for her! ( More on that another post).
When easter finally rolled around, we had quite the gathering. My parents, Brian and I, Mel and Gracie, and my other sister Miriam and her family.
There were six children in total. Seven if you count me! :) I’m a big kid at heart.. and always make sure the easter bunny knows that I will be participating in the egg hunt! :) Might as well get to feed my sweet tooth on official occassions so I don’t feel quite as guilty about it the next day! hehe
Here’s a few pics that I managed to snap during the day. Hope you like them, and that they make up for being a month late. I hope everyone else had as great of a holiday as I did! Hopefully you spent it with loved ones!
My Nephew Jayson was waiting anxiously by the window for the easter egg hunt to begin! I love how this shot turned out. All thanks to the gorgeous window lighting! :) 
The Easter bunny is cruel at my house! He color matches!
Or he hides things above eye level ;) 
Gracie had to empty her basket a couple of times throughout the search.. there were WAY to many eggs for such little baskets!
This.. is my darling niece Kaitlyn! She is adorable.. and I love her. Oh .. and I also love backlighting! :) 
Sun, Sand and Surf, and some awesome Landscape Photography :)
I’m back from Kauai, 10 days in Hawaii wasn’t nearly enough, and yet, it was just enough! I feel refreshed, and relaxed. Ready to organize my life. My plan of attack: organize the office, get my paperwork in order, and potentially clean out the fridge and freezer and start eating healthy. But I’m not getting my hopes up! hehe
Brian and I got home at midnight last night, and one of the first things I noticed was that the freezer door was wide open. So needless to say we have to clean out the fridge anyways. I couldn’t stop laughing! This is just the kind of thing that happens to us.
Along with no food, Brian also got his prescription glasses stolen at the pool ( along with his shirt and flip flops). Which means he was floundering around like a blind man for the last 2 days of our vacation. Yet again, this is just the kind of thing that happens to us!
Either way, besides the few issues, the vacation was awesome! Plenty of sunshine, lots of beaches and time to spend with family. We stayed at the Waipouli Beach Resort, in Kapaa. The condo’s were gorgeous, and we ate almost every meal outside on the veranda. My sister Melanie and her husband made us some awesome healthy salads. Which goes back to inspiring Brian and I to eat some more leafy greens. Maybe!
We went sight-seeing every day. A new beach sometimes twice a day. Mornings were spent by the pool, lunches at a local cafe, and then a new beach. Everywhere you go, there is something beautiful to look at.
We went for a day trip out to Waimea Canyon. It’s apparently the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. Which meant that I desperately wanted to see it and take lots and lots of pictures.
Unfortunately… what we got instead, was massive amounts of fog. Instead of seeing Canyons, and rolling hills. We saw white.. and lots of it.
But just before we left.. a slight breeze kicked in. And we got to see a teensy bit of great green canyon. It was worth it!
ps: All of these photo’s were taken from my i-phone. I love that thing! I took a lot more photos with my actual gear, but plan on posting those another day. Also.. my sister is pregnant and we did a few pictures with her as well.. so keep an eye out.
Jillian : Newborn
Little Jillian was born on the morning of Dec 17th, she was Ashley and Geoff’s early Christmas present, and the two of them could not be happier.
I had the pleasure of photographing Ashley and Geoff’s Maternity session in the fall, and now, got to meet their beautiful little girl. She was so easy to work with, sleeping throughout the entire shoot, even with our constant re-positioning and set changes.
I tried to do a little Christmasy themed shoot, so without further ado… I hope you’re as excited about these as I am :)
Kristie and Family
Kristie asked me to take some highly overdue family portraits! Just in time for Christmas cards! It’s been more than a few years, since the last time they had family pictures taken, and I really don’t understand it… Kristie and her kids are SUPER photogenic! And Kristie’s boyfriend.. isn’t so shabby either! :)
We had wanted to do fall pictures, but between Kristie’s trip to Mexico ( Hello gorgeous tan!) and a super early snowfall in the middle of November, we settled for Christmas snow type pictures instead. Unfortunately, I’m quite certain we chose one of the coldest day’s in history! In fact.. the news reported that the week had record breaking lows. - 21 C . The coldest since 1993!!!! Let’s just say we weren’t really thinking hehe.
But… everyone made it through, all fingers still attached! The kids were such troopers! With their pink noses and cheeks, they even gave me a few smiles, which covered up their chattering teeth. hehe
