i love fall

summer used to be my favorite season. i guess that's kind of inevitable when you live somewhere where summer lasts all year. i've been in utah for five years now though, and i think fall is getting to be a contender. the season isn't in full swing down here in the valley yet, but i managed to zip up to montreal, canada last weekend to visit my dad, my grandparents (who were visiting from france), and my oldest friend celine. we went for a walk out in the laurentide mountains and the colors were so beautiful! it made me want to livin in a cabin on a lake and travel by red canoe...anyway, these are the photos i took.

Picklesimer Family

i got to shoot some fun family portraits of my brother in law and sister in law in between emily's luncheon and reception (what a day, right?).

you can see more photos and order prints here.

christmas

as i mentioned, i had the pleasure of spending christmas in st. george with my husbands family.
this provided me with the long awaited opportunity to photograph our newest niece: sophia. and photograph her i did. she was a great little model. anyway, these are all from christmas day with the fam.

there's no place like st. georgeingtonD.C.tréal for the holidays

the past two weeks have been something of a whirlwind.
here's a quick overview with a promise of lengthier posts to come:

it started with christmas in st. george, where we had lots of
fun hanging out with family and playing with the babies

then we jetted off to D.C. where i managed to juggle my bouquet and
camera as the bridesmaid/photographer for my friend linda's wedding...

...and of course, we saw the sights!

finally we headed to montréal to visit my dad for new years,
where instead of braving the below zero weather and the windchill,
andy and i mostly stayed inside trying to battle the massive colds we caught(probably on one of our flights)

although we had fun, i must say there's no place like home after holidays like that.

meet arvilla

this is my niece arvilla. she is a few weeks old, and i finally got to meet her (and of course photograph her) this weekend. isn't she awesome?

bailey family

i've been climbing with stacie for about three years now, so it was alot of fun shooting her family portrait this past friday. her daughter emily is such a character.