Sheer Elegance Photography

Southern Belle Bride

2009-12-10T16:58:00.001-08:00

We had the opportunity to go to South Carolina to photograph one of the most beautiful brides of all time! Laura was absolutely gorgeous, and I LOVE how her red hair turned out in the pictures. We always love shooting at new locations, I would go back to South Carolina any time!

I never thought I would be thrilled about rain at a photoshoot - but the umbrella shots turned out amazing!!

Cousins make the Best Friends

2009-08-02T23:23:00.000-07:00

These were a group of "matching cousins" I had the opportunity to photograph last week. They were SO fun! The matching hair, make-up and smiles were to die for! Two of them decided they wanted to wear something a little cuter, but the only thing available at that moment were shirts that absolutely DROWNED them! We fitted the shirts with hair-ties in the back and made them work. The pictures really captured the craziness and fun of "The Three Musketeers". This has to be one of my favorite shoots ever!

Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, and Eye Candy

2009-07-27T17:46:00.000-07:00

I have been such a slacker with blogging!! Matt says that slacker is not NEARLY a strong enough word, in fact he can’t think of one strong enough… But, we have been working like crazy trying to catch up from having baby #2 and then the spring wedding season… well, needless to say we have kept pretty busy!

These are a few of our favorites from a wedding we did recently. It was SO much fun! Cherie and Jeff were such a fantastic couple. They were married at the Mandalay Bay and had their reception on the patio at the Bellagio. The fountains were right behind us and set the perfect ambiance for the evening – as well as for the pictures!

We also made a trip to the Las Vegas sign for some pics with Elvis, and topped the evening off with some pictures at Eye Candy, the club inside Mandalay Bay. It was such a fantastic evening, and the pictures were too amazing not to share!

I have so many other events I need to post pictures here with some of the most fun pictures ever! I hope I can get around to them all soon. In the meantime, I am thrilled to be able to post these

And Counting....

2009-01-05T12:45:00.000-08:00

I am officially 35 weeks along today! Wow - I can't believe it has gone by so fast. Matt and I had to go buy another crib a couple of nights ago. Kylan is nowhere near ready for a toddler bed. I always swore I would never be "one of those people" who had to have 2 cribs because their kids were so close together. My dad laughed when we told him where we were going (they watched kylan while we picked it up). He said it was pennance for all the crap I gave him and my step-mom for having their kids so close together. :) I have to say, he is probably right.

So, the countdown is on! I am "full term" 2 weeks from today..... We spent all afternoon and evening yesterday and all morning today sorting through hand-me-down baby clothes. We're going this afternoon to pre-register at the hospital. We need to do my pregnancy pictures before the next semester starts, and on top of it all we are still catching up with editing from the fall season! *sigh* wow, it makes me tired thinking about it... But, she will be here before we know it, so we are trying to get as much done as we can.

We had an ultrasound last week and they did some 3-d pictures. I think the kids always look like aliens in them, but I thought I'd post them anyway. Why not, right?

San Francisco

2008-12-21T15:21:00.000-08:00

Since we're working over our supposed 'vacation' this christmas, I figured I would take a break in between editing weddings and post some images I should have put up a long time ago. These are a few pictures from a wedding we did in San Francisco this summer. I've needed to post them for ages - it was such an amazing event. Ben and Lela were married in the botanical gardens at Berkley, surrounded by huge Redwood trees. WOW. It was absolutely gorgeous!

Pregnancy Update

2008-12-05T23:37:00.000-08:00

For the few of you who actually read this... I thought I would give an update on the baking of baby #2. We have decided to name her Leighton Michelle, if you were wondering. And yes, there is method to our madness at picking out such a different name! As you can see with Kylan, we like names that stand out. Leighton is actually the last name of the grandfather that Matt grew up with. We both come from multi-generational homes, and I have to say that growing up with a grandparent living in your home is VERY cool as a kid. Papa was the one that got matt hooked on cars and cooking... they were extremely close, so when the opportunity came up to use the name, we jumped at it. Plus, it is the only girls name that we could agree on! :) Michelle is actually after my mom, who passed away when I was little, so of course that one was a no-brainer.

I am feeling pretty good, VERY tired, but good. You forget how much energy it takes just to be pregnant, not even doing anything like working, school, chasing a toddler..... Plus, this kid is doing ballet already, which is nothing short of uncomfortable and downright terrifying! I am so worried I am going to be in a lot of pain from her pirouettes in another month! My youngest brother actually broke my step-mom's rib, so that doesn't comfort me much!

I am getting bigger by the day and I think I look like I swallowed a pumpkin. Matt is really great about my deteriorating self-image and has made it a point to get me new shirts several times over the last few weeks. It is amazing what a new shirt can do!!

We are still crazy busy as we try to finish up all of our loose ends before we take off for christmas, I am hoping I don't have to work while we attempt to take a vacation. Unfortunately I don't think I'm that lucky. :)

Randall Family

2008-11-30T23:10:00.000-08:00

Once again it is Christmas Card season... I thought fall would be slower for us with the end of wedding season since we really don't advertise for family shoots. But we have been just as crazy as ever, and have had a blast doing it! The Randalls were so much fun to photograph. I love Rachael because she wanted us to capture her kids as they really are, and we got some really fun shots!! We also had puppies at the time we did their pictures, and they made for GREAT bribery for a smile from Eli...

Instead of managing to choose less than 20 favorites to post I thought I would put up the Christmas Cards I designed for them instead. The last one was the one they chose.

Indian Wedding

2008-11-08T12:17:00.001-08:00

We had the opportunity recently to do an Indian wedding! WOW. That really sums it up. I can't even begin to tell you how much I wish ALL my brides could wear RED! Simmi was absolultely gorgeous. Her huge brown eyes and to-die-for full lips really showcased the color and gave her a dramatic effect that was nothing shy of STUNNING. The details of the jewelry, the henna and the embroidery on her dress were just breathtaking. We took a lot of extra time just to do more bridal pictures of her in-suite when she was done getting ready. She was so beautiful and such a unique bride that I just couldn't stop taking pictures! I was a little dissapointed that she and her husband changed in to "regular" clothes for their bride and groom pictures and their reception at the Venetian, but on the other hand I completely understand. It was hard enough for her to walk down the aisle in all that, can you even imagine walking down the strip?!

CRAZY weekend!

2008-09-22T10:40:00.000-07:00

Matt has two cousins, brothers actually, that both just happened to fall for girls from vegas - and got married ON THE SAME WEEKEND! Their poor mother! The friday wedding we not only photographed, but coordinated as well. Boy am I glad I have done a few of these in the last 8 years! :) Matt's parents and brother stayed with us, which is always fun. Kylan got a bunch of new toys and a temperature of 103. Never fun having a sick kid. AND, we found out that Kylan will be getting a little SISTER in february! Her name will be Leighton Michelle, and we are just thrilled.

I really need to post some pics of the many shoots we have been doing. We have just been so busy I haven't gotten around to it. *sigh* well, this will probably NOT be the week for it anyway, with tests and moving it is going to be a little nuts....

Die Hard Twilight Fan

2008-09-08T14:21:00.000-07:00

I am not ashamed to admit, I am a huge Twilight fan. Matt is not as much of a fan, as soon as I pick up a good book I don't resurface for hours - or more often days at a time. But, for the most part, he supports my little reading addiction. :) I hope to one day write a book myself, but with life as crazy as it is that dream has been put on the shelf and is readily collecting dust. It irks me to no end that a 'friend' of hers would post an unfinished copy of her next book online. Rough ideas are just that - rough, unrefined, and a bad representation of what her work really is. It would be like posting pictures where we were checking lighting or in the middle of adjusting settings that would eventually lead to getting a really cool effect - it just doesn't work. While the end result is usually awesome, the stuff in between is often not. Personally, I hope Stephanie will eventually get back on the horse, shake off those that made her miserable, and see how many people there are out there that adore her and her work. It's hard to have people tell you your work isn't good enough, or exploit your ideas. But, I won't read the book online. I will wait until I have my hard-bound copy with its pretty black and red dust jacket to join the rest before I open it. As an artist (in a different genre, obviously) I just won't do that to her. I just hope she doesn't keep us waiting too long!

Walking, Stairs and Laundry

2008-09-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

Kylan LOVES laundry, of all things. Lately I have gone into his room in the morning to this: He has managed to get the laundry out of his hamper, into his crib, and then throws it on the floor. He LOVES to throw things...

Somehow he got ahold of a sheet and did his very first Superman impression! Since he couldn't quite tie it around his neck, well, I guess his head would do!

This is what happens when I do laundry if Kylan is awake. He ends up INSIDE the basket, and somehow the clothes end up on the OUTSIDE. He is great at UNfolding clothes... I wish we could teach him the other way around!

This was funny... He managed to het himself inside his hamper and then couldn't figure out how to get out!!

Other Updates: Kylan is officially WALKING! He has taken a step here or there, but in the last few days has really gotten the hang of it! His favorite thing: take a toy from the toybox, walk as far as he can toward the top of our stairs (fall if needed depending on how big the toy is and crawl the rest of the way) and throw the toy down the stairs. If the baby gate is up, which is extra high, he somehow manages to stand on his tip-toes and throw the toy over. When he is done, walk as far as he can toward the toybox and repeat the process... He gets a real kick out of it. It's kind of funny. It's not so funny when he throws his bottle over the gate and it leaks all over the stairs.

Kylan LOVES our dogs. The other day he spent the entire day playing with Chloe, our big weimerauner. He has figured out that I freak out when he plays in the dogs water dish. So he will very slyly crawl over to it and then laugh uncontrollably as he slaps his hands in the water waiting for me to come roaring after him and rush him to the sink and scrub his hands. I don't know if it's the water or me freaking out that he finds funner!

He is such a cute kid. We are really having a blast with him! He does the funniest things and definitely keeps us on our toes. Especially now that he has discovered the stairs!

Busted....

2008-08-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

I had my 15 week appointment today and was totally busted my my doctor!! I have lost 5 pounds since my last visit, 13 pounds total... There's not much I can do about the morning sickness, which is finally subsiding, but I was definitely in trouble! It was kind of funny. Next visit we get to find out what we're having!

Happy Birthday Kylan!!

2008-08-19T12:45:00.002-07:00

Kylan's birthday was on the 9th. I can't believe my little boy is already "the big 1"! It is amazing how big they get so fast. I just love him to pieces and think he is the cutest thing on earth... of course. :) For his birthday we just kept it small. I love making cakes (I actually made my wedding cake for our second reception in Denver). It is something I have loved doing for ages, and I have made more than my share... I had big plans for Kylan's cake, of course. It was a football field, and I was going to make the Bronco's logo out of Marzipan to put in the middle, and do all kinds of cool piping. But, life gets crazy, and not only could I not find my piping stuff, we had a much busier weekend than anticipated. So, here is the end result. Unfortunately.

Luckily Matt convinced me to make it a small family thing. Since I am still doing dishes from it I am very glad he talked me into that. He made Fajitas, which were amazing, and during dinner, of course, I ended up loosing everything I had eaten... Again - VERY glad we just made it a family thing!! My sister, who has been trying to have a baby for quite some time, looked at her husband and said "We've been praying for THAT for 10 years?!" :) VERY embarrassing.... But, all in all the party went well. We just hung out and watched the olympics. Here are a few pics from the evening.

Our family that came to celebrate

He wasn't sure what to think of the cake at first, but he enjoyed it once I helped him get started!

Kylan loves to clap, so when we clapped after singing to him, he joined in!

Kylan and Aunt Candace, after a BATH! It is amazing - even after the bath he was still sticky!

My dad always sings the "who let the dogs out" song to Kylan. Well, now Ky does the "who, who, who" part. It is SO funny. Here he is singing with grandpa.

Saved by extenuating circumstances

2008-08-08T13:12:00.001-07:00

My aunt and her kids are moving here from Texas this weekend. They got one of those moving pod thingys and I was supposed to be at my grandparent's house (where they will be staying) at noon to show the guy where the pod was supposed to go. Well, 6:30 this morning my phone rings and of course I'm not going to answer it. No sane person should ever be up that early. Then around 9 or so I get a call from my aunt. Apparently the random call I got was the pod people, they were delivering the thing and she ended up guiding them over the phone to where the pod was supposed to go.

It was a rough morning. I have finally figured out what I can and can't eat in the morning to keep things down. So I thought I was completely safe when I washed and cut up my peach. My mistake. Peach is NOT pleasant coming back up, especially after you've had to keep it down because you are waging war against the ants attacking your house. Not pleasant, to say the least. It always takes a lot out of me, so needless to say I felt like garbage.

At around 12:30 I was going to be doing a photoshoot at my grandparents house, where I was supposed to be helping put that pod thing in the right place. My friend Ashley is due in just a few weeks and we wanted to do some Maternity pictures of her. We were also going to do a few of her son, who just turned one a few months ago. We photographed her wedding, her son's 6 month pictures, and family pictures in the interim. We were supposed to do Maternity pictures for her first baby, but we were in Utah and they were here in Las Vegas so it just never worked out. I was so exited to finally do these for her! I have always wanted to put together an album that goes from engagements to wedding to maternity to family. But, back on subject.... I got a call from Ashley this morning. Her son got a black eye yesterday rough-housing with a cousin, so his pictures were out. And she was going into labor! Needless to say, we will be doing newborn pictures in a couple of days instead of maternity...

Definitely a crazy morning.

When it rains it POURS!!

2008-08-08T12:59:00.000-07:00

Our pest-control guy came and sprayed our house on Tuesday for our routine stuff. They come every couple months and we haven't had too many problems so far. But, by Wednesday afternoon the island in my kitchen where my sink is was being thronged by about 50 ants! I freaked out and called the exterminator. They had someone come out first thing Thursday morning to kill our little intruders. Well, instead of killing them (as I was hoping) he sprayed the baseboards and put his little ant bait goop here and there. Unfortunately for us he was no match for the ants! He said it would be better in a day or two, but they had to bring the bait back to the colony. Ok, now that part I get. But the guy wasn't smart enough to look in the cabinet and find the source. Where he sprayed and baited there weren't even ants!! I got home from class last night to find our counter completely swarmed with them! (we progressively kept cleaning them off and dousing our counter in ammonia) I decided to give it a night to let the bait do its job. Stupid move on my part. We got up this morning and I swear an entire colony of these things was ON TOP OF MY COUNTER! Hundreds, literally! I went to the store and bought some Raid. Hooray for Killing on Contact! I also bought and laid the bait traps that they have at the store. It's sad when a sick pregnant lady can do a better job than a 'trained expert'. *ugh* Anyone know a good exterminator? Looks like we will be switching ASAP!

The worst part about the ants? Kylan's birthday is tomorrow so we will be having family over on Sunday for dinner, cake and ice cream... And the ants aren't exactly helping with my morning sickness!!

PIZZA!

2008-08-01T22:39:00.001-07:00

Well, not-so-surprisingly enough, Kylan LOVES pizza! Considering we had pizza 3 times a week during my last trimester of pregnancy with him, it isn't exactly a shock. (He also likes pickles, another craving I had.) But boy was it cute when he was eating it! I was attempting to be a good parent, feeding him the veggie-filled baby food as we chowed down on the extra cheese and crazy bread. But then Matt gave him a bite of his pizza, and... well, Ky ate almost an entire piece all by himself! Call me crazy, but I think he liked it!

No thanks, Mom. I'll do it MYSELF.

2008-07-29T15:38:00.000-07:00

Kylan is now in the wonderful world of exploration and realizing that he can do a lot of things for himself. In my opinion he gets a little carried away sometimes. Here are a few from the last few days that have kept me on my toes.

You wanted to feed me dinner mom? No thanks, I'll do it myself.
In fact, I don't want babyfood. I will just spit it out all over my onesie.

I'll just have bananas, thanks.

I want that thing in the bookshelf that I know you don't want me to get into. So I won't ask you to get it for me - I'll just GET INSIDE the bookshelf and get it myself.

Why would I need help getting out?!
I can do it myself!!

Kylan LOVES the window. I am sure he would love being outside if we actually had grass and it wasn't 200 degrees outside... But the back of the couch is his window-seat and he has a grand ol' time.

Don't worry, Mom! I can get out of the window by myself!

Oh, you wanted to take my picture?!?! I can do that by myself, too!!

Oh, the joys of parenthood!!!

Another Robbery Rant

2008-07-25T13:01:00.000-07:00

So, we finally 'finished' cleaning up the remnants of the robbery yesterday. It is always so much fun attempting to put things back together again when they aren't yours and you don't know how they were supposed to be to begin with. (just a HINT of sarcasm....) I brought my dog along, even though my husband and my sister were there, and my dad for a little while, it still freaked me out a bit being in that big house with so many hiding places. On my other blog my friend Natalie posted a comment remembering one of our notorious games of hide-and-seek - it took us a good twenty minutes to find her one time, and everyone there was looking for her!! She finally started banging on the walls until we found her!

The house wasn't completely trashed. Just my grandparents room and their den. That clean up took us what seemed like forever. Can you imagine if they had trashed more?! The funniest part about it is the things they took and the things they left. They left probably $30 or more in stray bills and change, but they took the title to an old car my grandparents don't even have anymore. The entire thing was just strange. I am honestly surprised they didn't spend more time going through things more thoroughly. But when I had stopped by Monday to bring in the mail I noticed a closet was open and I thought I heard a toilet flush. Mind you, the house is really old and makes all kinds of noises so I wasn't TOO terrified, but I had a feeling I needed to get out of there fast... but Matt thinks I probably interrupted them. At this point I have to say I agree. The thought of it just makes me shiver! But now the entire neighborhood is aware and the house is being watched 'by professionals' so that gives me a little more peace of mind. There are several of us stopping by a few times a day, but honestly unless they plan on moving a grand piano out the front doors, by themselves, without being noticed by the entire neighborhood, there's not much to steal. Our family is so sentimental. Looking for valuables they will find pictures and journals, old dresses my grandmother hand-made for dances, weddings and plays over the last 30 years, cabbage patch dolls trashed with the same 30 years of kids and grand kids, and old report cards. I actually found my last Senior report card in the clean up! Even the furniture they have had since before I was born, out of pure nostalgia.

Anyway - the entire thing baffles me. It is so funny that the things we prize the most are the things that are of no monetary value. I sincerely doubt that all of our wedding pictures hung in the dining room would get a good price at a pawn shop...

Keeping the blog personal - AND TERRIFYING

2008-07-24T10:57:00.000-07:00

I have been such a slacker on this blog lately, and I have been terrible about our family blog too, www.krystalyandmatt.blogspot.com, (but that's nothing new) and it just reminded me about the goal we had in the first place to keep this blog more personal. So, here is our little adventure from last night.... It was a doosey.

I stopped by my grandparent's house last night to pick up the mail only to find that their house had been broken into! I had taken the trash cans up from the curb and walked around the back and found the back door kicked in... *ugh* they are the most giving people I have ever met. That this would happen to them of all people is just heart breaking. I called my aunt/sister (it's complicated - but not wiered. Promise.) who is in charge of watching the house and I called the cops. I wasn't crazy enough to go in there by myself!! I was a kid in this house - I know that there are TONS of places to hide, some you would never be found in! Friends of mine from college will attest - we had many very crazy games of hide-and-go-seek there - even as adults!! The cops had to go and we had to wait for the processing unit to come. So, I called my dad! Having been in law enforcement for years and being a very large and scary looking man, who else would I call?! He and my brother and, of course, my darling husband all came to the rescue (baby in-tow might I add). We were there til about 2 am... (needless to say I have a very cranky child). It just breaks my heart to see that. It is such a scary thing. It scares me to be in that house alone even still, and i'm 25 - even when it hasn't been broken into! *sigh* but, so be it, and all we can do is go from here. And maybe buy them a pit-bull or two... :)

Greek Wedding

2008-07-17T15:06:00.000-07:00

Jennie and Dan were a fantastic couple who came all the way from Chicago. We got to photograph Jennie in her suite at the Flamingo while she was getting ready, and her jitters were just darling. They had a traditional Greek Orthodox wedding, which was absolutely amazing. Their pictures and their party were at the Flamingo. I won't call it a reception because that word won't do it justice. If you have ever been to a Greek wedding you would know - those Greeks know how to PARTY! I would do a Greek wedding every weekend for a month! Bottom line, it was an amazing wedding with a ridiculously fun couple. We took over 4,000 pictures - I think that sums up what a fantastic wedding it was.

Update on us...

2008-06-18T23:06:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. Sorry, I have once again managed to get lost in the chaos of wedding season!! We are so busy it has been UNREAL. I have about twenty things I need to post on here, Matt keeps reminding me and I keep ignoring him. (That's what wives are supposed to do, right?) But he finally cornered me tonight. I realized how much I miss sharing what is going on in our crazy life. So, here is a small update on us.

Kylan said his first word!! And KEEPS saying it, for that matter..... Sunday, which just happened to be Father's day, we were sitting in church and I was holding Ky on my lap. Well, he decided he didn't want me anymore. So he reached for Matt and said, clear as day, "Daddy!" Let me tell ya, Matt has been rubbing it in ever since. Monday when Matt left Kylan kept saying his name over and over again, like he was wondering where he was. And today Kylan was playing in the office and had pulled himself up so he was standing, hanging on to the baby gate in the doorway. He could see Matt in the kitchen and kept crying "Daddy, Daddy!!" until Matt came and picked him up. It didn't take him long! But then, who could resist that?!

Senior Pictures

2008-06-18T22:45:00.001-07:00

Senior pictures are always a fun deviation from 'the norm'. Being a senior - who can forget it?! High School in and of itself is a time of self-expression and growth - a time of figuring out who you are. What an amazing thing to be able to capture: the end of one journey and the beginning of another.

Sherese was a gorgeous graduate from Foothill High. She has the bluest eyes I have ever seen - they are literally BABY BLUE. (I swear I only re-touched them in the black and white photo!) She was a little nervous at first. Who wouldn't be? I am SO glad we decided to do her pictures outside, she was infinitely more comfortable here than she would have been in studio. We laughed and goofed around the entire time, just trying to keep things as light (and her looking as natural) as possible. It's hard to be natural when you have a camera so close it's making you cross-eyed. :) but she was a great sport. She delt with all of my tyrrany with casual hysteria (she was so scared of the camera!!), and I did whatever I could to keep her smiling! Well, as you can see, it worked. We really had a blast with her, and she swears she had just as good of a time as we did.

Kristi and Steve

2008-06-03T13:34:00.001-07:00

Kristi and Steve were one of the coolest couples of all time. They were crazy, to say the least. Just to give you a little background information on them to explain their insanity... Kristi was one of the character's at Disney World. That sums her personality up in just a few words. They wanted their engagement pictures done of them playing on a playground. Swings, slides, monkey bars... the works. The picture they chose for their announcement was actually of them in a tree! But this one was one of my favorites. Who ever thought monkey bars could be so romantic?

They decided they wanted to go somewhere on their honeymoon that is by no means a commonplace honeymoon destination. So, when they got their 'wedding budget' from their parents they decided to trade out their beautiful catered luncheon for sloppy-joes, chips and lemonade. They used the extra money and went to Greece instead! Instead of a reception they had a party, catered by Leatherby's ice cream. They cut their cake with a butcher knife and Kristi had Steve hold her hair as she dove face first into the cake. I have pictures of them in full wedding regalia, climbing jungle gyms, going through the monkey bars upside down and head first, doing flips on the trampoline and climbing a tree. And to top it all off, when they left their ceremony, instead of opening the car door, Kristi ran and jumped through the open window... IN HER WEDDING DRESS!!!

For their first anniversary they decided to get an album of their insanity. It is definitely one of my favorite weddings to remember! Happy Anniversary you two. If anyone deserves it, you do.

Here is the link to view their album:
http://www.sheerelegancephotography.com/NewsomeAlbum/

The Bell Family

2008-05-28T20:16:00.000-07:00

Taking family pictures with little ones can have a tendancy to be a little bit crazy. This shoot in particular required a little more care and cosideration than most family shoots. The darling little girl here has Rett Syndrome. We wanted to make sure she was comfortable in her surroundings and that there wouldn't be too much around to over-stimulate her. So, we went somewhere no kid could ever feel unwelcome - my grandmother's house! My grandparents are currently serving a mission for our church, but the backyard is still completely shaded with huge old trees, and the swingset and trampoline are still in great working condition. What kid wouldn't love that! Plus the fact that they wouldn't have to share with any other kids as they would have on a playground. It worked brilliantly. The kids were happy, most of the time, and we ended up with several really great shots. I was honestly shocked they turned out so well.

We ended up taking over 1500 pictures, but our favorites are in a separate folder (There are around 80 of them) if you want to take a look!

www.Pictage.com/477161

Ballerina

2008-05-22T00:24:00.001-07:00

Let me preface this with the fact that I have NEVER had such a hard time choosing which pictures to post. EVER. Click here to view the entire shoot: http://www.pictage.com/client/event.do?event=467024

This one is definitely worth a look!

Shauna was simply stunning, and an absolute blast to photograph! I was surprised that she was actually nervous at first. I guess dancing for hundreds of people on a regular basis is one thing, but dancing for two of your own personal paparazzi is quite another! Once she got started she never looked back. She was so comfortable with herself, and she was one of the most graceful things I have ever seen. She was so exited to do the desert pictures, something funky but still graceful. Personally, I think we nailed it.

Click here to view the entire shoot: http://www.pictage.com/client/event.do?event=467024

Four Front Teeth

2008-05-18T01:02:00.000-07:00

I think I may be one of those incredibly biased parents, but I really think I have a VERY cute kid. :) Kylan now has 4 front teeth! He is also getting ridiculously mobile, and I didn't realize how "un-baby-proofed" our house is! The other night he pulled himself up on his bouncer, from crawling to standing in just moments! He thought that was pretty cool and laughed and laughed once he knew, for sure, that we were watching. Until he fell on his bum, of course. :) So here are a few pics of my darling kid that I really post too many pictures of as it is. What can I say? I'm a mom!

Murals

2008-05-15T22:16:00.001-07:00

I couldn't post the pictures of the paintings I did without posting a "real" picture. This is my sister attempting to practice the piano with her 3 year old in tow. Definitely a favorite of mine.

So, here are a few pictures of our Utah trip. I photographed a graduation and painted for 5 days strait. That was about it. It was really a lot of fun, I LOVE being knowen as the "paint aunt"! How many kids do you know that even have one of those? Especially when their mom is as crazy as my sister, who totally supports (and actually has credit for beginning) my little addiction. :) There is still a lot of detail work I want to do, but not bad for limited time and assistants ranging from 3 to 13. Every kid got to help a little in their room, which I think is pretty cool. Yep, even the 3 year old. I wouldn't have had it any other way. And yes, everything was free-handed.

This is Pete, after "Pete's Dragon" (whose name was really Elliot by the way, if anyone was interested). He was a VERY big accident that took a lot longer than I anticipated, but is by far my FAVORITE out of all the murals we did that week. My nephew got a hold of a paint brush when we weren't looking and there was suddenly a huge green blob on the wall. Instead rushing to find the matching wall paint to see if we could paint over it, what does my sister do? Unlike any rational adult I have ever knowen, she said "Oh, you can just turn it into a dragon or something." How many parents see a gigantic green blob on the wall and very calmly, almost EXITEDLY tell someone to turn it into a random mythical creature to fit the theme of the room? She's a little crazy, but by far one of the coolest mom's of all time. Hence, Pete joined the family.

This is the "castle room" where pete guards the front door. Eventually these darling nephews of mine will have a full mural in the archway we painted, but that will take several days more to finish. My other nephew came to play the day I finished the rock work and asked where we got the big sticker from. What a compliment! I took them to Wendy's for frosties for that one.

This is the teenager's room. Yes, even the teenager gets a mural on his wall. He is an AVID BYU fan. Can you tell? He and his cousin even helped base the faux work on this one, and helped with base coats in several of the other rooms. I have to say, it was definitely nice to have the help.

This is the "Space Room" and the pictures just don't do it justice. The cieling is vaulted, and I am TERRIFIED of heights. This took many hours on a ladder with every huge circular thing we could find in the house to draw and paint the planets. There are almost 1000 glow in the dark stars in the cieling, and some of the planets glow, too. The night it was done we had a "camp out" for a few minutes so everyone could see the completed "galaxy". It was actually really cool.

This is the "black hole" in the space room. I can't even begin to tell you how cool that looked at night!

Since Pete took up so much time I didn't get to do as much to this room as I wanted. The tree will eventually be covered in moss, big leaves and huge tropical flowers. The branches and vines will go all the way around the room right below the cieling. It turned out okay for now, but will require a lot of attention on our next visit.

Missing In Action

2008-05-10T14:02:00.000-07:00

I finally got a chance to look at my blog the other night and I can't believe it has been so long since I posted something! We have been running around like CRAZY. I guess it's good to know that some things never change. :) We spent a week in Salt Lake City where I photographed a Law School graduation and spent almost a week painting murals in the bedrooms of my niece and nephews, we spent several days in San Francisco photographing AND doing video for a wedding, and now we are in Denver working with an office here! We have only spent a few days at home in between each trip and I am starting to get really tired... With family shoots, cutting video demos and attempting to keep on top of the packing and unpacking it has been a little tough get everything done. But, I will try to post again while we are in Denver and I will try to catch you up on everything we've been doing in the last month once we get home!

Mother's Day (almost)

2008-04-23T20:59:00.000-07:00

I know that I am about 3 weeks early on this, but Krystaly is in Utah with her family this week, so this is my chance!

Krystaly is the love of my life. She is the best mother in the world. I use to say that she was the most important thing in the world to me, but now she has to share that honor with someone else.

I love you with all my heart Krystaly. Thank you for the passion you have to be the best mother that you can be every minute of every day! Every smile you see on Kylan's face is one that you put there.

Happy soon to be Mother's Day!

I made a special video for you:

http://web.mac.com/epochvideoproduction/Site_2/Kylan.html

I Love You,

Matt

Just For Fun

2008-04-14T00:37:00.000-07:00

Just for fun I took an advanced "artistic" photoshop class from one of my favorite professors from back in the day. She is awesome and always has the coolest tips and tricks in the program. Since we switched to mac I thought it would be a good idea, since that is what she uses and a few things are different. Our latest assignment was an absolute blast! I am a huge renaissance fan and our assignment was a theme, so that is what I picked. I may have gotten a little carried away, but I was just having WAY too much fun...

Graf Wedding

2008-04-10T13:25:00.000-07:00

The Graf's were a ton of fun. Luckily we were able to work with the sunburn. The best part was they were both a little crazy so along with the normal pretty shots we were able to do some really funky ones that we wouldn't have been able to do otherwise!

Recipes!!

2008-04-10T11:27:00.001-07:00

I LOVE to cook. It is my "secret shame", if you will. Matt taught me how to cook when we were dating, and it is something we did all the time together. But Matt is so much better at it than I am. Sometimes I will be making something and he will come in and "fix" it and it turns out amazing, just not what I wanted it to taste like. So needless to say, he does most of the cooking around here, weather I like it or not! This recipie, however, is all my own! He won't touch French Toast or Crepes and it is nice to be able to cook something and know it needs no introduction.

For those who wanted it, here is my crepe recipe! It's pathetically easy, you will just laugh.

1 egg, 1 cup flour, 1/2 c sugar, 1 overflowing cup of milk (a cup and a little, really - just to get the right consistancy) - this serves 2

Using a hand mixer, mix until well blended, a minute or two. Pre-heat a large non-stick frying pan on meduim heat. Pour 1/3 cup of batter into the center of the pan, pick the pan up by the handle and tilt it to spread out the batter. Cook until golden and then flip! It should only take a minute to cook! If it is too thick enjoy your thick crepe and add a little milk to your batter for the rest of them. If it sticks just spray the pan with pam before you drop on the batter.

Easy!!

French Toast is just as easy.

2 eggs, 1 c milk, 1 tbs cinnamon, 1 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp vanilla, and the secret ingredient, 1 tsp almond extract. I just eyeball it all. I mix it all in a pie pan and just lay the bread in, flip it over, and throw it on a griddle!

Enjoy!

A few thoughts...

2008-04-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

This weekend was General Conference, which has always been a pretty big deal in my family. Normally we would all gather from the four corners of the earth to hang out with the family (our VERY huge family), watch Pride and Prejudice, and let the kids run wild in the orchard. It was a weekend of my Great-Grandmother Ashworth's Famous Home-Made Bread. She would spend the few days leading up to our arrival for the big weekend baking bread like a mad woman, and by the time we left we had usually devoured every single loaf. Sunday morning my Grandpa Ashworth would always make his amazing French Toast. There were lots of nights of bread and milk at one in the morning (only worth eating if it is fresh, home made bread) and a great "girl movie", and afternoons hiking in the mountains behind my Grandma's house or shooting targets and clay pigeons. I love it, and I have to say I'm a pretty good shot. My Dad always said that if I practiced I would probably be better than him. Considering he is Grizzly Adams that is saying something!

Well, in the last few years my Great-Grandmother has passed away. Boy do I miss her Famous Bread. It is a recipe that was perfected over 4 generations by the time it got to her. She made it so much that she never used a recipe, she just made it. My mom used to make it all the time too before she died. It was a huge deal in our family, it was a lot of fun. I hope I can get a hold of the recipe. Just thinking about it brings back such great memories. And, my Grandparents are currently serving a mission for our church in Chicago. I miss my Grandpa's french toast - I do have the recipe for it, but it was always so great to wake up Sunday morning to the smell of it filling the entire house. I miss my grandmother's laugh at the insane horde of kids and the mischief they got into in the small orchard. Last time they got a hold of a shovel and managed to dig a several-foot-deep trench around the tree swing in just a few hours.

This conference I had to work on Saturday night. Getting home at one in the morning and then trying to pack up a sleeping child does not constitute good driving conditions for the trek up to a little town outside St. George, Utah. So instead my parents came to my house. I am becoming as "family famous" for my crepes as my grandfather is for his french toast. My little brother always asks me to make them for him, and how could anyone resist a compliment like that!! So, we did a marathon day of cooking beginning with crepes and ending with impromptu peanut butter blondies and including everything in between. It was a lot of fun, and we still made it a family day. It was just so different. There were so many things I missed. Mainly the craziness I think. I love having a ton of people around, my mom was the second of seven kids and they all have big families - and all the cousins are great for a laugh. So just having my immediate family around was a little different. Good, but different. Maybe I can get a hold of that bread recipe. I have a feeling that tradition could fill a gap or two.

The Sunburn

2008-04-04T21:17:00.001-07:00

Okay, okay... By Popular Demand, here is a before and after of the infamous SUNBURN! Obviously the point of being a good photographer is to take a great picture and not have to photoshop it to make the image good. In my opinion the Adobe suite should just be used as the icing on the cake. Well, there is only so much I can do when the groom looks like a LOBSTER! Jason was a great sport and when I gave him grief about not wearing sunscreen the day before. He told me it was because they were both outside all day the day before the wedding and if there was a chance she was going to have a sunburn then "dang-it"he was going to have one too! Cute sentiment really, but the bride didn't end up with a sunburn!

So, here is an example of what I had to work with and what the end product was! HUGE difference, let me tell ya. The Adobe suite is full of great tools, yes, but I would rather take a great picture than spend a million hours on the computer fixing it. 99% of things I can totally work with - but unfortunately, in this case no positioning, setting, or light change was going to make a difference!

Before
After

Monae

2008-04-04T17:43:00.001-07:00

Monae was absolutely a blast to photograph. She is such a sweet baby, we really had a lot of fun with her. It was a gorgeous day so we had our studio set up outside in the shade of our courtyard. We originally had all of our lightboxes set up and everything, but after the first flash Monae gave me a look like "What the heck are you doing lady?!" So, we decided to just use our reflectors and shoot ambient light. It worked out great, especially working with someone so small. We were able to "rapid fire" our cameras to get a lot of great facial expressions that we wouldn't have been able to get otherwise. The only down side... we took over 800 pictures in 20 minutes! If you want to see her full shoot just go to www.collags.net, username: Monae Livingston Password: 11377

Looking Back...

2008-04-02T23:38:00.000-07:00

I got on my old laptop today to write in Kylan's baby journal I started when I found out I was expecting, and I stumbled across this photo shoot. Matt and I had taken a sunday drive to Bridal Veil Falls and, of course, had taken our gear. I wasn't planning on being in front of the camera, I never do. So, it being a lazy sunday afternoon, I had no make-up on and and my hair wasn't done. I showed the picture to Matt when I found it this afternoon and he insisted it go on the blog. I can't believe how huge I was, and I was only 7 months along in this picture. By my last month I honestly couldn't change the radio station in my car because I couldn't lean over that far. We had to get Sirius Radio, the unit had a remote control!

Ky will be 8 months old next week - I can't believe how fast time has gone. My dad told me once that every time he blinked it was like several years had gone by, and he couldn't figure out how to stop blinking so much. :) I am now finding that to be very true. Kylan is the cutest kid of all time and laughes and smiles at everyone he sees. I absolutely LOVE being a mom. I don't miss the smell of chocolate making me sick and craving pickles and cherry coke slurpees that entailed getting Kylan here... But he is well worth the 9 months of misery!

No crying over spilt milk...

2008-03-28T23:23:00.000-07:00

It has been quite the week around here. I need to post some images from the shoots we did this week, and I am sure I will get around to it sooner than later. We have had a few and have also been doing final edits on several events. One of them was a 7 hour wedding where the groom, a very good friend of mine who knows he is guilty for not putting on sunscreen, had a terrible sunburn... Now, sunburns I can normally handle, but he keeps his head shaved so it was a very pronounced sunburn on his entire head! That has been a fun one. But - we have conquered! Matt is finishing up the techniquing and it will be done this weekend! That one definitely took longer than expected on the editing end... thank heaven for LightRoom! Next time that happens I am forcing the groom to wear base... In the end the images turned out amazing. I will post some soon...

In all of our craziness it is always good, I think, to take a break for our sanity. Kylan usually plays on the floor while we work but is getting a little more mobile, so that may have to change soon... Today Matt and I were at our computers and Ky was just having one of those days. I got down on the floor and played with him for a while, which he thought was pretty fun. He has learned that his bottle is not just for eating but is, apparently, a very cool toy. He started shaking it and throwing it around and got formula EVERYWHERE! And what did we do? I laughed hysterically while Matt got the camera. I am not sure how well the blog will show the image, but if you look close you can see he his new little teeth and the formula all over his head and the floor... We got a sequence of about 30 shots that are just hysterical. I can't wait to finally sit down and design his baby album. He is just so funny, and so dang cute...

Leno

2008-03-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

Matt and I are night-owls and Jay Leno is our favorite late-night talk show host. We hate commercials (doesn't everyone?) so we just record it and watch it later. Around midnight last night Kylan woke up. I tried to calm him but he just felt like being held so I brought him out to sit on the couch with us for a few minutes. Normally my son goes to bed without a hint of a tear. He is a wonderful sleeper and loves bed-time. Well, half way through Leno I tried to put him back to bed. He was NOT having it. So, he stayed with me on the couch until Leno was over and then went right to bed without any problems!

Easter

2008-03-25T19:19:00.000-07:00

For Easter for our families we ended up doing something "fitting". I think the holiday is entirely too commercialized, as are most of them, but that didn't stop Matt and I from buying a huge bag of egg-shaped Reeses peanut butter cups for ourselves. I am sure that as Ky gets older I will enjoy the commercialism more and more, my mom is already planning next year's easter egg hunt and I have to admit I think it will be fun. But for one last year we can do something a little more meaningful, spending a fortune on prints instead of candy and plastic eggs. :)

Matt took this picture of Land's End in Cabo San Lucas. I love how the light from the lighthouse illuminates the waves. It was a brilliant shot, and the setup was more difficult than you would think. It was taken in near darkness from the side of the boat as we were quickly moving away. But Matt used that to his advantage, as he somehow always does, and was able to get the shot.

The words on the side are the words to one of my favorite songs of all time. I heard it done as a male quartet and it has been a favorite ever since. Considering the shot composition that was taken at the End of Land as the baja fades into Pacific and the Sea of Cortez... I just thought it was fitting.

In case you can't read it here are the words:

Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy

From his lighthouse evermore,

But to us he gives the keeping

Of the lights upon the shore.

Dark the night of sin has settled;

Loud the angry billows roar.

Eager eyes are watching, longing,

For the lights along the shore.

Trim your feeble lamp, my brother;

Some poor sailor, tempest tossed,

Trying now to make the harbor,

In the darkness may be lost.

Let the lower lights be burning,

Send a gleam across the wave.

Some poor fainting, struggling seaman

You May Rescue, You May Save.

Happy belated Easter to all. It has been a CRAZY week, I will try to post some of our latest shoots soon.

Milestones

2008-03-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

Kylan is at the age where he is hitting some very important milestones. At least I think they are a pretty big deal...He is getting his two bottom teeth! The tops are completely cut through the gums, now we are just waiting for them to actually grow in so we can take some cute pictures! I just love babies and their "toothy" smiles. When he is on his tummy he can get himself up on his knees, and he can lift himself up on his arms, but not both at the same time. He is learning how to scoot, but he only goes backwards or in circles. He can't ever go forward, but I am sure I will be chasing him around the house sooner than later. Ky sits up very well and loves to sit on the couch or floor and play with his toys. He won't sit in his swing, but he has a jumper thing that we hang in the doorway. He absolutely loves that thing and can actually get some pretty good air in it. If you stand him up and hold his hands to keep him steady he will stand up and hold his own body weight. The funny thing is when he tries to jump while he is standing. He's not quite strong enough to get himself back up yet without the help of his jumper or you. I have a feeling that eventually we may have to give in and get a trampoline. But that is still VERY far off... Ky is learning to hold his bottle and getting pretty good at it. Sometimes I will have to take his bottle out of his mouth and shake it to mix in any formula that didn't mix right the first time. This morning he took his bottle out of his mouth, shook it, then looked at me and smiled. I could tell he was so proud of himself. It was just cute. He loves to laugh, giggle, gurgle, coo and blow spit bubbles. He screams every time I get on the computer in the office but doesn't mind so much in the family room. He loves to sit on the counter while we cook or do dishes and has the sweetest and most mellow temperment. He is the best thing that ever happened to us and I wouldn't trade him for the world.

The Brooks Family

2008-03-18T16:24:00.001-07:00

The more I photograph families the more I love it. We always get to do family pictures at weddings, obviously that is a big part of it, but to just do a family and that is it - well, it's a little different for me. And I LOVE it! I have always done family shoots here and there, but now that we are back in Las Vegas we are getting a lot more opportunities to do a lot more things, and I am loving my job more and more.

This is the Brooks Family. We went to a local park and just took pictures as the kids played. I'm not the biggest fan of shooting in-studio if I can help it. Kids especially are just so much more fun when they are "in their element." The only thing I would have done differently would be to do the family picture before we set them loose on the playground. We took it right as we were leaving the park, but they were having so much fun they didn't want to go!

Bat Mitzvah

2008-03-18T15:27:00.000-07:00

We photographed a Bat Mitzvah with our sister company this weekend at the Red Rock Casino. GORGEOUS. The theme was a Masquerade Ball and the decor was nothing short of breathtaking. By the end we had shot 8 hours of non-stop partying. I didn't get home from shooting until 2 am. It made for a very tired Sunday morning... Unfortunately, since the event wasn't booked under me, I can't post any images from the event. Suffice it to say that it was amazing, and I really wish I could. But, the Red Rock Casino in and of itself was just beautiful, so I have a couple of details I can post instead. Still bummed I can't show anything from the event itself, but these will have to do.

Impromptu Photo Shoot

2008-03-13T23:20:00.000-07:00

Ky was chewing on my phone tonight which was SO cute we couldn't resist breaking out the cameras. Well, I wanted more even lighting so I got out a soft box light. Matt wanted a prettier background than our carpet so he got out the backdrops. I wanted him in something cuter than his onesie, so I got him dressed... at 8:30 at night. Most good parents would be getting their baby ready for bed, while we were doing an impromptu photo shoot. I think it all worked out - Ky got to stay up late, we got his 7 month pictures done, and we all had a good time... until I blew a breaker because we were in the office and had too many things plugged in.

Chewing

2008-03-13T22:35:00.000-07:00

Kylan is now into chewing. Here he is gnawing on my old cell phone, he got ahold of the one I use one too many times so I finally dug this one out for him. Out of all of the toys that he has why is it that my phone is the one thing he would rather play with than anything else?

Yes, this is my son chewing on a stick of butter... I am not that terrible of a parent - I promise! We were making cookies, once again, (we do that a lot around here) and he was "helping" Matt. Thank heaven for wrappers, he didn't even get grease on his hands let alone any butter out of it.

4 Seasons

2008-03-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

We had the chance to photograph a wedding at the 4 seasons last weekend while shooting with my wonderful sister Candace Simpson. We parked just as the sun was going down and behind us was this gorgeous sky... I loved the way it reflected off the Mandalay Bay. I think it pretty much speaks for itself.

Sisters

2008-03-07T23:35:00.000-08:00

One of the best things about weddings is FAMILY. They are the ones that hang in there the entire wedding day. Closer family members have to tough it out through the entire dating and engagement process, which for us girls can be quite the roller-coaster. These are two of my favorite sisters in the world because they might as well be mine. The bride and I are exactly 1 month and 3 days apart and we all grew up together as favorite cousins and best friends. Their mom is one of my closest confidants and was practically my mother after mine died when I was 5. She took us swimming almost daily in the summers and drove us to Mt. Charlston to go sledding in winter. She took us to brownie scouts and one year even made us all matching easter dresses out of pink taffeta.

Even when the wedding isn't our family it is still one of our favorite things to capture all of the chemistry and inside jokes going on when they are getting ready or hanging out before the ceremony. Those are the most fun moments when everyone forgets the photographers are there. We get to hide behind the camera lens and capture them while they are just being themselves.

Cookies

2008-03-03T22:28:00.000-08:00

Tonight Kylan "helped" Matt make cookies. Matt made the cookies and Ky tried to eat the bag. It looks like he loves chocolate as much as his mom. I think these really show off how smart Ky is - I mean, look at that noggin!

Whitney

2008-03-02T00:32:00.000-08:00

Whitney was so fun because at first she seemed very shy, but once we got started she was nothing short of a Blonde Bombshell! She was in a beautiful white dress and mentioned that she wished she could climb a tree. So, we got her in a tree and took some pictures! She was so worried her mom would be mad, but with a little help we got her into and out of the tree without any damage to the dress. Her cousin was with her and they both had hair that went all the way down their backs. I had them skipping down the sidewalks and spinning in circles, I even had them stand on a vent that blew up air. I have never seen that much hair blowing around at one time before, it made for some very playful shots!

Purcell Family

2008-03-02T00:16:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun photographing The Purcell's. They had adopted a baby and were sealed to him in the LDS temple just minutes before we took these pictures. What a privilege to be able to capture these moments for them. The baby was darling, and ended up falling asleep half way through the shoot. That doesn't happen very often - but it made for some amazing images!

www.collages.net Username: Purcell Family Password: 11377

Juliet

2008-03-01T01:38:00.000-08:00

Every once in a while we get what Matt and I like to call a "Million Dollar Shot," the one image that makes us just stand back and say wow. It is so fun to capture the images that have so much emotion and feeling in them... Something I would have no problem getting made into a 36 inch canvas print and hanging in my gallery. It's shots like that that make the thousands upon thousands of images we take completely worthwhile. This shoot in particular had ton of them. If you want to see the entire shoot just go to www.collages.net. Username: Juliet Bridals Password:11377

Juliet is actually the wedding coordinator at Green Orchid Events. She is an absolute blast to work with and is a great sport. We hauled her all over the desert - under an overpass, to an old ghost town and then to the dry lake beds - in three inch stilettos! The shoe shot in particular is a personal favorite. I am sure passersby would have laughed at me laying on the ground in the middle of the desert in front of a pair of shoes - but I have done much more interesting things than that to "get the shot." This one was well worth the effort.

Puppies

2008-02-26T16:49:00.001-08:00

We currently have 4 dachshund puppies that are almost 3 weeks old. They are so cute and a lot of fun. Since this will (hopefully) be our last litter we wanted to make sure to take a ton of pictures. (Shocker, I know.) My favorite of the bunch is silver with black spots. She is GORGEOUS. Kylan had her sitting on his lap. He thought that was pretty cool.

Valentine's Silo

2008-02-26T13:37:00.000-08:00

I LOVE shooting at new places with new people. Shooting somewhere completely random that you would never think of taking pictues is just one of my favorite things. For Valentines day we went to a Photo Conference. (What can I say? We love what we do!) On the way there we had to stop in an old parking lot to change our son's diaper and this amazing rusty old silo just happened to be behind these old buildings. GORGEOUS. I would love to do an entire shoot there.

Vegas Skies

2008-02-26T01:44:00.000-08:00

One fantastic thing about living in Vegas is the skies. You don't get skies like this anywhere else. They are just breathtaking. This is a pic Matt took one day. We were working in the office and I was attempting to hold Kylan at the same time. Matt saw the sky and took a camera out, then asked me to bring the baby outside for a second and this was the result... right outside our front door! It is impressive what good settings and a great sky can do.

Kylan's Hair

2008-02-25T20:54:00.000-08:00

For quite some time I have been hounded by friends and clients alike to start a blog. So, I guess the time has finally come. With our darling son Kylan finally here and family all over creation I am sure it will be a good thing. I guess we will see how it goes!

Kylan now 6 months old and has enough hair to "do" with gel and the like. It is a new found hobby of Matt's. The problem is that it has been cold outside so Matt does his hair and then I put a hoodie on him... Not very productive. But at least we got a few pictures before I "damaged the do."