well, i’m right here, of course!

life has been hectic this past month. i can hardly believe that we are nearing up on the end of january already. seriously?? but even though things have been kind of quite here on the old blog, believe me, there’s LOTS going on behind the scenes. i’m building the first of two new blogs, that will be linked to this one. it will be completely dedicated to boudoir and the other new site will be dedicated to RAD GRADS. this blog will still have most of the usual content on it that you’re used to: weddings, engagements sessions, boudoir and RAD GRAD mentions and, of course, some personal stuff about what’s going on in my life.  i’m also busy getting the details in place for the valentines boudoir event on february 6th. email me soon for your appointment. they are booking up! i was also in vancouver yesterday for a photography workshop with the awesome [b]ecker, southern california wedding photographer extraordinaire! he’s such a great guy and i took in so much useful information! now to start implementing some of it into my business.

tonight, after i was finished answering 2 days worth of emails,  i took the time to download the gazillion photos that i have on my iphone. i just love the little camera it has built-in it. i never have to worry about missing a “moment” when i have it with me. and it comes in especially handy when the kids are getting restless when we’re at a restaurant waiting for our meals to arrive or for taking the ever popular self portrait.

here’s a small collage of some of my favorites.

right now,  i am on a road trip with three of my bestest girl-friends. we are headed to calgary, alberta to see  kenny chesney! he’s performing  tomorrow  night at the stampede. 

i haven’t posted a self portrait in quite some time, so i thought i’d do one now. totally lame, i know but hey – it late and it’s all i got!!

this was taken last weekend while we were camping near the chemainus river. and look – more sun flare!!! love it!

i love doing shadow portraits. but i’m not too sure about this one cause it makes my body look weird with short legs! lol!

we’re having the most awesome time in hawaii!  it truly is one of the most beautiful places on earth. we’ve been so fortunate to have been able to spend one week on maui and now one week on kauai. we arrived twelve days ago and are here with my husband’s family. twelve of us in total.

i’ve been taking lots of pictures but haven’t had much time to edit or blog any. we’ve been site seeing, shopping, making and drinking wonderful tropical concoctions, swimming and spending lots of time at the beach. it seems as though our vacation has gone by much too fast. we’ve only got two days left until we head back home, back to reality. and i am NOT looking forward to it!

but all good things must come to an end. 

throughout the last two weeks, i have taken a few self portraits. lol! some are really bad too! i have edited a few on my laptop, so i hope they look ok. (and yes, my legs are really that white! lol!)

aloha!