Christmas

Here are a few random images from Christmas Day at our house. My sister Andie and her family are here so we've been catching up and getting to know Addison, my 5 month old neice. You can't tell from the photo of her, bu she is a very happy and ROUND baby. I'm still hoping to get some great pictures of her before they go back to South Carolina.

At Least We Made Some Memories

I was basking in the Christmas spirit the other day, and decided to spend the afternoon baking cranberry muffins and banana bread with the boys.




Don't these look fantastic? The aroma filled the house and we felt so cozy and warm...


Garrett couldn't wait any longer, so he was the first to have a taste...


His smile turned into a grimace, then he grabbed his mouth, ran to the trash can...


And spit it out!

In case you're wondering, the banana bread was just as bad. Everything went into the trash can, and I'm not sure I'm up for another day of baking, even though I got a great recipe from my friend Gina for her banana bread. If anyone has an extra loaf of banana bread lying around, can you send it my way (Gina)?

Amazing.

There is a blog that I read often, and the blogger posted this video by U2. I have to agree with him- U2 is the best band of all time.

Watch here.

Help me...

to settle an argument with my mom. She says that all you need is 100 lights per foot on a Christmas tree. I say its 1000 lights per foot. Now that is a gorgeous tree! The only thing is, we can only plug it in for 5 minutes at a time, so that we don't cause a neighborhood blackout...AGAIN.

Comments desperately needed.

Happy Birthday Devon!

I can't beleive my baby is 13!!!! What happened? I am so proud of this amazing girl, I can't say enough.

Dev, I hope you have a wonderful year. You're the bomb-diggity! I love you!

Snow in Schertz?!

It was a Christmas Miracle...a hill of snow right in the middle of the park. We had a great time sledding (on an inner tube), throwing snowballs, riding ponies, visiting with Santa and playing in the park.

Best of all, I got to visit a bit with my friend April and her kids, and also ran into a past client, Kacy Mora. What a great day!

Hernandez Family Session

I had the absolute best time with the Hernandez family on Saturday morning at Mission San Jose. I photographed one-year-old Reece a few months ago, and last weekend we did a session of the whole family since they were all together for Thanksgiving. The weather was perfect, they looked fantastic, and they were all super relaxed and ready to enjoy themselves. There was no way I could have done a bad job under the circumstances!

La Folie

Here is an Ever After Blog special...if you have your child's portrait taken in one of these hats, your session fee is on me!

La Folie Knits is a company that makes the most adorable hats I've ever seen, and I want some photos of your kids wearing them. Of course I'll post the pics here so everyone can see.