Ashleigh & Mommy Mini-Session

This is my newest niece and her mommy from an inpromtu mini-session. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Coast Beauty

 We spent the weekend at my brother's cabins in the Sqamish Valley; the kids always have a blast running around outside from morning til night.  Of course we do our due diligence in keeping them within sight and scaring the bejeebies out of them with stories of  "monster bears" in the wilderness.  Early on in the weekend, Nico said he wanted to watch Treehouse.  It occured to me that perhaps we were not doing enough to get Nico outside and enjoying the outdoors.  Since I have dove into photography, television has become a complete bore for me albeit a few shows here and there. But this means Treehouse channel is always on in the background, especially on those rainy West Coast days. Don't get me wrong, we go out walking and talk about the mountains we see from our living room window.....but I definitely don't want to raise my kids to become couch potatoes! So when we got home from the cabins, I dug out my little Pentax point and shoot, charged up the battery and gave it to Nico. Good thing that little camera is water-proof for those wet, West Coast days, when we are out walking and taking pictures together.....camping, at the cabin, or Mundy Park, just near our house.

 

 

 

 

 

To Brighten the Day

Sunny days are on the horizon....fingers crossed.

I received an individual flower in a cute vase for Mother's Day from my husband's sister (thank you Anna!)...it's beautiful and last over a week now and I have been eyeing it up for a photograph ever since I got it. Today was a dreary day and I thought a perfect day to practice using my flash indoors. I needed some brightness in my day, we've had some gorgeous weather here on the West Coast the last couple of days but today went pfffff.....long weekend is coming up and I am hoping that that big ball of fire in the sky is going to return and warm up the Squamish Valley for us! Here's to the start of long hot lazy summer days!

Maple Syrup Breakfasts

I always get maple syrup made by the Mennonites back in my home town of Waterloo brought to me by whichever family member is coming to visit.  I love to get up early on Saturday mornings and make pancakes for Nico, but today was the first time to make French Toast. It's always fun to watch kids dig into French Toast and get all sticky face and fingers. And Nico might be half-Italian but he definitely has maple syrup in his blood, just like me! mmmmmmmmmm......on pancakes, French Toast, in baking, even by the spoonful!

Sigrid & Family

Such great fun taking pictures for this lovely family celebrating Mother's Day. Not only are they perfectly photogenic (cannot believe how many simply fabulous shots I got!!!) but you can feel the love in this family. Hope you enjoy the photos....here are some of my favourites!

Tribute to Mommy's-to-be with Bellies....

BIG BIG Thanks to my friend, who shall remain anonymous at her request, for volunteering to help me get some experience with the belly shots. At the time, she was 29 weeks with twins, hence the size of her belly. I had so much fun getting creative and the mommy-to-be was such a willing and easy-going model it made it so easy to get these great shots!

Mommy, Mom, Mother, Ma, Mamma, Oba-san, мать ....sometimes Hey You...

So many ways to say Mother around the world.

I was speaking with a client today that I have been working with the past few months, and we discovered we both have 2 year old boys.  We had some good laughs about what our boys do and how energetic they are at this age, and she said "You know I really think that God makes them so unbelievably adorable at this age so that we can overlook all the challenges that come with it".......and she is so right! Just when your patience is wearing thin and it seems your kid is going to stay up an hour past when you can even keep your eyes open....they say or do something so funny, cute, memorable that you just laugh and forget about whatever it was that was causing you such impatience.

In celebration of mommy-hood....my favourite pictures I have taken of the kids around me....

President's Ball River Rock Show Theatre