Park City Ski-tactular!

Okay... for those of you who didnt know... I just got back from our ski trip. We had a wonderful time in Park City. If you are thinking about a ski trip... this is a great place to go. We had good snow the entire time and they have great slopes! Deer Valley was my favorite by far! It was much easier to ski and had more trails that were my pace... which isnt suuuuppper fast. I braved some blues but not the really hard ones. Allen was a little better than me but we ski well together... it was really fun. We went with another couple, Ryan and Jill Aldridge. Lots of fun... let me walk you through these pics...


Jill and me on the first day.
Me at Deer Valley.
This is when we went tubing... I thought this was great fun and easy to do! I recommend looking for a place to go tubing while on your ski trip... we actually felt like we played in the snow after this.
Here we all are at the mexican restraunt we ate at... great food in Park City... you cant go wrong no matter where you eat!
I went to ski school (which was a little to basic for me). This is Jill, Stan and me.

Allen gearing up for his skiing adventure with Ryan... who took him down some double blues... Allen had to ski down that one on his butt!!! Glad he made it out of there in one piece and also glad Ryan is still in tact... Allen was promising a good ole fashioned beating when/if he got off that mountain!
The snow was coming down the second day. It made for powdery conditions - which was nice but cold!
Ski lift adventure... very fun!
We ate Thai food the second night... yummy. Allen and Ryan went to Thailand together in college so when they are together we always eat Thai food.
A local ice cream and coffee shop... fun times! Allen was really excited about taking a pic by a cow... it took a few shots to get a smile out of him.

Atlanta Trip

Alright, so some of you know that I took a weekend getaway to Atlanta with some friends. I thought I would post a few pics from that weekend on here. We had a great time. We started the trip with a visit to Katherine's home town - what a great place to grow up! Then we headed out for Atlanta and went straight to the spa. I had a facial and it was delightful! Then on to a day of shopping and lastly out to dinner. We stayed at an awesome hotel that even had an Escalade to cart us around in. So we didnt have to worry about getting anywhere. It was definitely a fun weekend.

Amy, Ashley, me and Katherine in our hotel room.
Me and Ashley with a ton of chocolate!
Here we all are eating out at Eclipse di Luna - mexican tapas... it was delish!

Studio Lighting!

Alright... there isnt anything special about these pictures... It was around 8:30 last night and Kaylen was ready for bed. We were all upstairs and so I decided to get my new studio lighting out and give it a try. So this is what I got from my little sleepy head. No smiles or anything but I really like the lighting! I am looking forward to actually doing photo shoots with it!

Kaylen is a Year Old!

January 5, 2006



Here are a couple pictures of the cake...I wasnt all that pleased with it. Granted these pictures are after we took the cake apart and then realized we hadnt taken any pictures of it. So we had to put it back together... hence the finger marks! It was supposed to look like two books stacked on each other... she sort of did what i asked... not really. I didnt expect white books either. oh well... everyone else liked them and Kaylen didnt even know she had book cakes!

Here is my darling little one year old at the beginning of the party.

She loves her Noah's Ark Little People. If I would have taken them away from her she would have screamed and the picture wouldnt have been so good! :)
She wasnt super excited about the cake experience.
She was so dainty with the whole cake process. She didnt want to get all icky! we had to put her hand in the cake for her and she still never really got in to the whole thing!
These are a couple of pictures of Kaylen towards the end of the party. She isnt as much the socialite as her parents are. All that commotion made her sleepy! But all in all, we had a blast!

Opryland Hotel and more...

This is a picture of Kaylen petting the sting rays. They were very slimey! After we let her do that we realized that we needed to wash her hands quick since they were going straight to her mouth!
Kaylen loved playing at Cool Springs Galleria.
The carousel was Kaylen's favorite!
Kaylen and Daddy in Opryland.
Kaylen on another carousel.

Kaylen having a great time!
We let this elf babysit Kaylen while we went to dinner!
They had a great time!
Here we all were, Kaylen, Mommy and Daddy.
Kaylen doing her favorite thing!

This was a little train that Kaylen and I rode on. She had so much fun! Playing on the bridge.
The fish again!
Oh boy... A slide!
Man, do I ever looove that carousel!

Here is Kaylen Walking!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8V5viFGWOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrim1m1DgWQ

Rylie

Some people were asking me if they could see some of the pictures I took of Rylie. So here they are...

Remember this is Rylie... not Kaylen! :)

Enjoy the pics!

Kaylen - 11 months old!

This year has really flown by! Kaylen and I did a photo shoot the other day. I got inspired after taking pictures of my friends newborn. I hope you enjoy this random assortment of my beautiful darling!