Family Photos {by Isabel Ollinger}

Early last month we had a family photo session with Isabel Ollinger. She is the lovely and talented photographer who took pictures at both my baby shower and Claire's birth.  Since we were so pleased with her work both times, we decided to hire her for a family session. She put us instantly at ease with her warm, easy-going personality, which is always a great quality in a photographer!

 We couldn't be happier with the photos she captured of our family! I guess I didn't realize how much more time and effort these could take with a little one, but Isabel was so patient and wonderful and even managed to snap some great shots of the whole family smiling at once, not an easy feat when Chris and I were at our goofiest trying to get a sleepy baby to smile! But even more I love the amazing candid shots she caught of us being silly and natural. They are just priceless!

Thank you, Isabel for once again capturing sweet memories that we will cherish for a lifetime!

Favorites of the Week

Friday is finally here and I am happy as can be! The fact that it is Friday may just be my favotite thing about this week:) But, here are some others:

* I have found a guilty pleasure that I am a bit hesitant to share. It's one of those things I never ever thought I would do, but alas, I have become a fan of a certain reality tv show...

While flipping through some channels last week, I came across Tori and Dean Home Sweet Hollywood and watched a bit of an episode, only to realize it is kinda cute. So I set it to record and have now seen most of this past season. Wow, I'm shameless:)


* Power naps. Chris had a short lunch yesterday, so after I dropped him off I still had abut 25 minutes left of mine. What did I do with my time? I parked in a shaddy spot at my office, put the windows down a bit, layed my seat back and took a little nap! Talk about refreshing!! It doesn't hurt that the weather this week has been unusually tame. Yesterday's high was 78, which was a nice change of pace:)

* Remember the almond croissants I told you about? Naturally, Lael took some photos of the delicious treats and I've been wanting to see the pictures. I knew my friend was talented! Here's a link to her flickr page, see for yourself:) The croissant pics are on the bottom of the first page. Notice the cute, green picnic table we're sitting at!

* And finally, this particular favorite hasn't happened yet, but we are going to see Julie and Julia tonight. I guess I'm counting on it being a winner:) Let's be real though, I just love going to the movies since it has become a rare treat!


Have a great weekend!

Featured in Luxurious Weddings!

The woman who designed our invitations sent me a link today letting us know that our wedding invitations were featured in Luxurious Wedding, an online magazine! We are so excited for her! Chris and I were simple amazed at how she was able to capture the simplicity and flair we were searching for with our invites. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for fabulous invitations, anouncements and any other stationary needs. Her name is Stephanie and her website is http://www.stephaniejdesigns.com/. Take a look at her stuff, she is brilliant!

Here's the link to the article: http://luxuriousweddingstylereport.blogspot.com/

In other wedding news, our pictures came yesterday and we are stunned at how wonderful they are! Our photographer is amazing and so talented! I would also sing his praises to anyone looking for fabulous memories from the happiest day of their lives. I know we will cherish them forever!

His website: http://ludwighawaii.com/

With Love,
Kate