Laurie + Ethan

I couldn't be more excited to be blogging about this! Laurie is my big sis and she is due to have Ethan somewhere around the middle of June. Ethan will be the first grandchild in the family and will be my first opportunity to experience being an aunt!! Words cannot describe how excited I am to meet him and to see my sister and her amazing husband Adam become parents. Adam, Laurie and Ethan...we love you more than you know!

Giada Michela Coldani + Born 1.22.09

Giada Michela was born earlier this year to two very special people to me, Mike and Julie Coldani. Julie and I met our very first day of college at Cal Poly. She came walking by my room, must have seen the name "Julie" posted on my door, then proceeded to come in my room and stick out her hand to introduce herself proclaiming "hey we have the same name". Her story is that I wasn't overly excited by her warm introduction, but I don't remember it that way :). Anyway, needless to say, I'm glad she did it because we have been friends ever since.

It has been fun to go through college, see each other graduate, get our first jobs, and get married. Julie is the first of our close college friends to have a child and it has been fun to see! I have to say that I was so excited to meet Giada, and when I was able to this past weekend, as an "auntie", I fell instantly in love. Giada is so precious and Julie is a natural amazing mom just as I thought she would be! Giada seemed to have a great weekend hanging with the girls and cruising all over LA. She hung in there pretty darn good and was a joy to be around!

I love her and hope you enjoy some shots I got of her throughout the weekend.

Tara

I could probably write an entire book on how amazing and beautiful of a person Tara is, both inside and out, but perhaps I'll save that for another time. Tara truly has one of the kindest hearts of anybody I know and I am blessed to have her in my life. We went out earlier this week for a little portrait session that she will be using for some upcoming exciting adventures she is embarking on. We had so much fun, and hey, lets admit, the fact that she is absolutely gorgeous makes my job fun and perhaps just a bit easier! Enjoy, and thanks Tara for the fun times!

Our Most Amazing Pastors

This past week I was honored to spend some time with the most amazing pastors on the planet from our church. They are an amazing family with brand new addition, baby Zoe, to their family as of a couple months ago. I believe one of these photos may land on the Christmas card that some of you may receive from the church, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

We had just a short time together, but I thought these photos show the fun loving spirit that they carry with them!

The Vesseys : The Rest of the Story

So since the Vesseys are so darn cute, I had to share the rest of our time with them at Balboa Park. Thank you guys to being so amazing!