Back in Business

I gave myself a little break from working photo sessions (as opposed to playing photo sessions, I suppose) to adjust to life with a new baby. Now I'm back in business and looking forward to a busy schedule for the next few months.

This month I got to catch up with Erica and her handsome boys. She always finds the cutest coordinating outfits for these guys and with a new baby in the mix, it was a fun session.

Wedding Pictures

I've posted a slideshow of the pictures I took for my sister's wedding last month. You can check them out here if you're interested. Fun to do something a little different! Weddings are just so beautiful, I really enjoyed it.

Darling Daddy Daughters

I captured Gavin with the girls today for Father's Day. Five-minute photo shoots are a favorite around here. I feel so blessed that my kids have such a fabulous daddy. Some of Gavin's lesser-known talents are making up stories, writing his own song lyrics, and spoonerizing any words you can throw at him! I hope you know how much we love you dear.

Happy Father's Day to my own great Father and Father-in-law. What a blessing to have so many good examples of loving, smart, worthy men in our life!

Top Drawer

We got a new (well, new to us) bedroom set from Gavin's parents as a result of their downsizing/modernizing. We love it - thank you so much! Anyway, as I was taking out our old nightstands and moving their contents into the new ones I realized you could learn a lot about a person from their top drawer.

Kind of like that hillarious book, Milk, Eggs, Vodka you get a snippet of information to create the story of your life. I really enjoyed Gavin's top drawer. Here is some of it's contents: Irish whistle (great for bedtime songs before kids), Strength of Youth pamphlet, sugar-free candy, a piece of the Hubble Space Telescope - yes, really, a pocket-sized laser light show, some pound coins and more of his "emergency fund" monies that will now be moved to an undisclosed location. :) Isn't he fun? So well rounded.

Mine is boring. A flashlight - always practical. A pregnancy calendar - come on girls, you all have that wheel, right? Tums - see last item. Note pad and pen, Nerds, back scratcher, and some Valentines Day coupons I meant to give Gavin last year...

So, what's in your top drawer? and what does it really say about you?

Mmmm, Heaven

This is the second delicious bowl of strawberries we've picked from our plants this year. After feeding the birds with them last year, we put up a net to keep them out. Ahh, success is sweet!

Whirlwind Wedding Weekend

We just got back from my sister's wedding in Salt Lake last weekend. It was one of those quick vacations that leave you feeling exhausted, but we were glad to be able to be there. My brother and I served as the photographers for the occasion, so there will be more pictures to come. Here are just a couple of my favorites:


Here are Jessica and Blake, who are now enjoying life in sunny Australia. And I love this one of my parents right after the wedding. So happy!

Funny story - We also got in on Gavin's cousins' mission farewell while we were in Utah. I had gone out to the Mother's Lounge to feed Katherine during the meeting when I hear them announce that the next thing on the program will be a special musical number by David Archuletta! What?! He starts singing the Spirit of God and I decided Katherine wasn't that hungry after all. We ran back into the gym to hear his number. It was amazing! As Randy would say, "He can really sing!" So glad I got to see that. Don't worry, I did go back to feeding Katie after that - just in time to see the tweenage girls chasing him out of the building squealing.