Merry Christmas

Hello everyone! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season & enjoy a relaxing time with your loved ones - that's exactly what we will be doing :) We will be closed Dec. 10 & re-open Jan.5, 2009. We wish everyone the very best in the New Year!
*thanks to perry thompson photography for this great family portrait

We're off!

What a difference a few days makes. Ellie made a miraculous recovery from her broken shoulder bone & so we took a chance & booked a last minute vacation to Mexico. Somewhere we’d never heard of & couldn’t pronounce the name of Hualtulco. It was paradise. The kids swam for hours & hours every day - ocean, pool, ocean, pool while we drank gallons of pina colada’s & cervesa’s & soaked up the UV rays. We all had an amazing time.
(sorry about the image quality - it's from our iPhone)



Less than 24 hours after landing we’re off to BC for Christmas with the family. It’s a Winter wonderland which our tans seem out of place in. Lots of travelling in a short time but it’s been a great few days.
Hope you are all enjoying a great holiday with loved ones. We certainly are.

Today we are thankful for...

We have had a crazy 24 hours. As many of you know we have been greatly looking forward to taking our kids down to Mexico for a week (leaving yesterday) for a much needed relaxing vacation & fun family time. On Wed. late afternoon our youngest daughter, Ella, who's 4 (& a 1/2) was at a friend's place for a play date & fell out of a treehouse from 8 feet up.
Long story short - she broke her collarbone & our trip to Mexico had to be cancelled :( I know - what are the chances? Less than 8 hours before we were supposed to get on the plane! We are all obviously very disappointed that we are not on the beach right now drinking margarhitta's but we are SO thankful that our little girl is o.k. It could have been so much worse 8 feet is a huge fall & it's only a broken bone - she will heal & be fine.
So, we are still going to be 'on vacation' but now we're snuggling our beautiful girl on the couch (carefully) & just happy we're together as a family. And very, very thankful.

Peterson Family & the Enchanting Ella

The adorable 3 month old Ella of course stole the show in this family photo shoot. Cherie & Ward absolutely are enthralled with thier little angel & Cherie fits the role of mom like she was born to do it. Ward made a special trip home from work mid-day to join in the photos & a quick visit with his ladies. These guys are every bit the happy little family - thanks for sharing your Ella with me.

Erin & Rob's Wedding

I would describe Erin as a classic beauty, gorgeous, infectious smile & a warm personality. Rob obviously had several qualities to appreciate when he asked Erin to marry him. 4 months later it was done. They pulled it off with class, humor & had nothing but fun. The girls were super stylish all decked out in long gloves & furs (luckily because it was very cold that day) & the guys looked dapper in their tuxes. We had to work quickly as the light faded fast but we got some images that I absolutely love. Congrats to you both.

Celestine & Jason's Wedding

It was a chilly day in November when Cel & Jason got married but you would never know it from their smiling faces. Celestine was simply stunning & several times through out the day we heard Jason (who is usually quite reserved) saying quitely to Cel 'you look so beautiful'. They were looking for color & cool with their locations & I think we provided them with plenty of both. Thanks for trusting us, being cold & venturing into the unknown locations to create these amazing images with us. Congratulations guys.

Please help me choose!

So, I have to narrow down these adorable shots of Liam to submit to the Images of Hope fund raiser....I can't decide!
Please help me blog readers/stalkers :) by chosing your favorites by voting on the poll to the right --------->


Thanks to everyone who has voted & commented - it has been very helpful!

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