In Case You Didn't Already Know...

this kid is definitely my offspring.

Photography Pricing

Session Fees

Portrait Sessions- $100 for 1 hour session

Includes CD of all images
Professional editing of all images
With advanced editing of select number of images

(engagements, senior sessions, family, etc.)

Wedding Photography- $600 for up to 8 hours of coverage
Includes DVD of all images
Professional editing of all images
With advanced editing of select number of images





* All engagement sessions include free design
of save-the-date cards,
which can be then purchased through Costco
for $15 for first 50 ordered
and $5 for each additional 25 ordered

Example:

African Safari

My future roommate, Liz, wants to decorate the bedroom with an African theme. She mentioned this to me just yesterday, but since then I've spent way too much time thinking of different ideas for her room, and I've probably gone overboard. I've been chanting to myself "This is her room, don't try to take over. This is her room, do not try to take over." I'm not a control freak at all, I just get really excited about interior design. I could spend hours on the different interior design blogs I follow.

My brother-in-law Breck and his wife Bailey are actually on an African Safari right now. They'll be back in 2 weeks and maybe we can use some of their pictures as art in Liz's bedroom.

Here are some ideas for the room


1) Burnt orange wall color
2) Faux zebra hide rug. Or you can DIY one [Link]
3) Safari-style photos for the walls
4) Dark wood furniture
5) Bamboo shade
6) Cool accessories from World Market and Ikea
7) Bring in green with large plant

Mi Casa Es Su Casa

We'll be getting roommates at the end of this month. My newlywed friends Liz and Fernando are currently renting a back house in Yorba Linda from one of their friends aunt, but are not too happy with living their. It's a far drive from both their jobs, the aunt can be a bit intrusive, and they have a kitchenette, not a real kitchen. They want to save up for first/lasts month rent and the security deposit for a real apartment, but it's hard for them right now to have extra money each month to put into savings. So Liz threw out the idea of down-sizing and renting our spare bedroom for a while.
Brennen and I decided that it could be fun to have our friends as roommates for a while, we absolutely don't use the spare bedroom except to store junk, and we could use the extra money for a lot of different things.
I hope this works out like I'm imagining in my head. Since getting married and being a mom it's defiantly been harder for me to maintain those very close female friendships I once had in high school, so I think this could be an opportunity for Liz and I to become even closer friends.

Christmas

It's a week later, but here is my Christmas pictures post. Christmas Eve we spent at Brennen's parents. Haiden had a really high fever, 103.6, so he was asleep in the guest bedroom most of the night. Poor thing, he didn't get to open any of his presents and I really wanted his grandparents to see his happy little face as he opened up his gifts. Christmas morning is probably going to be my favorite family tradition. I love being cozy in our pajamas, just enjoying our little family. I found this awesome vintage rocking horse from the goodwill for Haiden and it was only $5! It was fun to see his excitement when he saw it in the living room Christmas morning. We spent Christmas day at my aunt's house. He was doing better there. He was still a bit irritable and didn't have much of an appetite, but was still able to run around and enjoy his new toys.

Christmas Party

I haven't posted in a while and we've enjoyed a lot of Christmas festivities since, so I'll probably be posting a lot about that this week. We had a Christmas party this past weekend, the first of what I hope to be an annual tradition. It was fun, we had about 15 guests and everyone got the chance to talk with each other. I was really happy that my friends from different aspects of my life got along well. We had a white elephant exchange, which was hilarious. Some people got ridiculous gifts and others got things they actually needed. In one of the pictures you can see a key hook that I used as my gift. Zach, who ended up with the gift, had just moved into his new apartment that day and said he could really use it.
I attempted to cook all the food for the party, but messed up a few things, including the fudge. Oh well, I'm learning.

Audrey Hepburn Print

Ikea has had a large Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's print at their stores for a while now. I love this print, because it's pretty affordable ($50), large enough, and so versatile. I wanted to buy it and put it somewhere in my living or dining room, but then I saw a picture of it over a bed and would like to do that in our spare bedroom. I don't have any furniture in that room now, including a bed, but once I've taken care of other home projects I'll be keeping my eye out for stuff at the thrift stores.
Here are some examples of how other people used the print.