Free Wedding Photography!

There's a reason I've been hounding you to check out Weddings In BC on a regular basis. Today is the day when you can cash in on a big giveaway prize... your wedding day photography done by me, for free!! Be sure to go to their Facebook Page and tell them what you're doing to personalize your wedding and your name will be put in the draw!

I just love seeing my name and images on a wedding blog! I never in a million years thought that that would ever happen. Two years ago I would have sighed and said "I wish" if someone told me that I would be doing what I am today and that I would have multiple features on a wedding blog! But it's happening, and I am so grateful and honoured.

Since we're on the topic of features and Weddings In BC, check out today's post in their inspiration room that I contributed showing a few of my favourite locations for photo shoots in the Vancouver area!

One Week

So much has happened in one week. It's been a whirlwind of a week, a busy week. It all started with Mother's Day last weekend.

This was my second Mother's Day and it was a good one. The morning started with church. My mom, sister and brother-in-law joined us at our church and then we came back to our place for beef barley soup for lunch and apple crumble with vanilla ice cream for dessert! So good. After Cheyenne's nap the three of us (James, Cheyenne and myself) went for a walk to our local Starbucks, always a good outing in our opinion! When we got back to our place we got out the"by-yoom" as Cheyenne calls it. It's her ball but she thinks it's a balloon. We watched and laughed and Cheyenne kicked and ran after that ball all Phoebe style (from Friends. Remember that episode where her and Rachel go running together and Phoebe flails her arms around as she runs? Yeah, that's our Girlie, just miniature!) She has the best kick I've ever seen. It's like the goose step. Her leg doesn't bend and keeps swinging around until it's hip level. So cute! And as she chases the ball she yells "I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it." until she gets it. Then we took her baby for a walk in her dolly stroller around the complex.

That's probably my most favourite times as a family. When we're all outside playing together. Watching our little one smile from ear to ear and just soak in her surroundings. She has no fear of getting dirty or wet. It's awesome. This will be a good summer!

The evening ended with pizza night. Always a high light of my week. We waited until Cheyenne was in bed this time so we could enjoy it alone, just the two of us, while we caught up on some of our shows.

The rest of the week was ridiculously busy. Buying a new place is not a low-stress situation! We looked an numerous homes and had multiple conversations about what we liked and didn't like about each one. The pressure of it all has been getting to us. Luckily we have the most amazing realtor to help us with this decision. Judy has been so patient, understanding, honest and accommodating for us, we are so grateful we've chosen her to be our realtor again. Seriously, if you're getting in the market, do give her a call!!

Today we'll know if our house is sold or not. I'll let you know the result!

And thank you so much for your patience in the last couple of weeks. I know I'm not producing much for you to look at these days, but it's been really chaotic around here and I've had minimal time in my dungeon. Hopefully after today things will settle down a bit! I appreciate your understanding so much!!

HANA & EUGENE / Granville Island Engagement Session

I absolutely adored my session with Hana and Eugene at Granville Island! How could I not? First of all, Granville Island is one of my favourite places to photograph, and second of all, what an adorable couple! So full of love and Hana's smile is so contagious!

I loved their outfits, and the lighting that day, the urban backdrops and textures, and so much more! It all came together beautifully! They opted for a more urban feel for their engagement photos as their wedding photos will have a more rustic, natural feel to them! And seeing as both of them are from oversees (Hana is from Korea and Eugene is from Taiwan), having a very Vancouver-ish backdrop was perfect.

I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I do! I just had too many favourites to share with you!

To see a few more pictures check out their Slideshow.

One of my favourite ring shots to date! Hana and Eugene both have rings and these will be the only rings that they exchange. I like it!

Crazy Town

That's the name of the city that I feel like I should be living in right now - Crazy Town. My husband and I just put our townhouse on the market this weekend. All last week was spent cleaning up our place, which basically meant throwing everything into a box or closet and hiding it.

With a toddler around, it's near impossible to have a clean house all the time. One day last week I had swept the floor in the morning, and a few hours later my husband suggested I sweep the floor in the kitchen since it hadn't been done in a while. I kindly suggested otherwise. He didn't believe me that I had already swept it that morning. haha. Girlie likes to move around alot while she eats, therefore dropping crumbs and bits of food everywhere!

So, between cleaning and organizing and packing a few boxes up already, I've spent a lot of time at my parents place to avoid the risk of having the house turn into a mess again. I don't normally mind a mess, it's kind of inevitable with a toddler so why fight it? But when we could randomly having a showing of our place we kind of need to keep it clean.

James and I went to look at five houses today and so it's officially happening! We're on the hunt for a new house! Hopefully we won't settle in Crazy Town! We even got to enjoy a quiet lunch at Cactus Club, just the two of us, which we haven't done in a very long time!

Anyway, that's why you haven't heard too much from me this week. I've got a few hours alone to catch up on work which I will take advantage of! Hope you're all having a bit of a less crazy week than I am! Enjoy the beautiful weather we're having today!

Giveaways!

Yes, I will be endorsing Weddings In BC yet again on my blog! haha. I have to! They've been so generous to me in the last couple months with features on their blog, it's the least I can do to show my appreciation!

That being said, have you checked out their website yet? Have you registered yourself onto their site? If you have, you're awesome! If you haven't, you're not. JUST KIDDING! But you really should. They officially launched their Weddings In BC magazine this month so for all of May they're doing a daily prize giveaway!!!

And in this first week of May at some point, or at least some time in May, they'll be giving away FREE wedding day coverage by yours truly!!! (ie: ME!) So, get you name on their list. Check out their Inspiration Room on their site daily. And get ready to win some amazing prizes from a huge variety of local wedding vendors!

NAOMI /Burnaby Baby Photographer

Two weeks ago I met Dan, Kristina and their ten-month-old baby girl, Naomi and their brother's home in Burnaby for a family/baby photo shoot. Naomi was very keen to be photographed. She looked right at the camera, on cue, and was so adorable I loved every minute of this session!

Thank you Dan and Kristina for asking me to take these photos for you!! Naomi is so precious!

Enjoy...

Vintage Inspired Wedding Sneak Peek

I had the pleasure of photographing Tim and Larissa's wedding yesterday!!! Tim and Larissa were one of the first couples to hire me as their wedding photographer, and she's a loyal blog follower/commenter and I love it!

The weather cooperated with us for most of the day, only sprinkling a few drops on us during the portrait session but not enough to damper the love and happiness of this newly married husband and wife! What a pleasure it was to be part of their day!!

Here are just a couple Sneak Peeks for you. I have LOTS of pictures to go through but these jumped out at me as I flipped through!

Congratulations again, Tim and Larissa, and have a fabulous honeymoon!!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! I know I will! Since we were at the wedding yesterday we're doing Pizza Night tonight!