California Vacation 2012!

I thought I would share some of our vacation photos from Napa/Sonoma, Carmel/Monterey, and San Francisco! We crammed way too much stuff into 7 days (I'd say 5 different hotels was a bit excessive). But the view was breathtaking at each stop :) Some of our favorite places were the Cardinale Winery, the Winchester Mystery House, and the Francis Ford Coppola winery and shop. Our favorite hotels were the Carneros Inn in Napa, the Hyatt Carmel Highlands, and the Fairmont in San Francisco. Here is our trip in photos!

Brooke's Baby Shower!

Finally getting around to posting the photos from Brooke's baby shower! Donna and Alisa did a fabulous job hosting this party, everything turned out great. And I love seeing the Maternity photos I did for her and Michael displayed! I helped myself to way too much of that chocolate fountain. Kira won the onesie-design contest with her super cute animal print letters. Although, I am convinced that the Bingo game was ringed, but you didn't hear that from me! Enjoy the pics from the party :)

Amber's Baby Shower!

I must say, I absolutely love my family and the way we support each other. Every birthday party, wedding, and baby shower is so very special. My cousin Amber is expecting her second child, a baby sister for Jacob! 2011 was the year of baby boys for our family and 2012 is all about the girls! Check out the photos from Amber's Baby Shower :)

A friend of Amber's mom has a daughter that makes the most delicious and adorable cakes!

Sparkling water + Juice + Fruit!

Baby Bundlets from Nothing Bundt Cakes

Iron-on fabric letters onto plain white onesies! 

Bye Bye Summer

This summer is FLYING by! Is tomorrow really August? Madness I tell ya. This summer has been extremely busy but really fun! And hot. VERY hot. One way I have been beating the heat is making my own Passion Tea Lemonade! The Starbucks tea bags even have the recipe on the back of the box. Keep it low-cal by not adding sugar to the hot brewed tea and by using low-cal lemonade! So so good.

I have had the wonderful opportunity to photograph so many beautiful people this summer. More weddings coming soon, and I'm gearing up for Fall Family Sessions! This has been a great year of learning and falling in love with photography. I can't believe that I am lucky enough to do what I love.  Stephen and I are continually praying about our future and wondering if I should start giving this 100% and making a career out of it. One thing I do know, is that I have such amazing and supportive people in my life.

This summer has also been full of birthdays and baby showers! And thanks to Pinterest, party planning is way too much fun now! Here are some photos of my Aunt & Uncles 25th Anniversary party and my cousin's adorable son Joshua's 1st birthday party! Looking forward to my last semester at DBU, the booming photography business, and of course...more parties! :)

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