....and nick and jenn's slideshow is up

this is a very special couple to me, i have been photographing them non stop for about 2 years now i think. i cannot wait to finally meet this gorgeous baby which due in february!! click-ety here to view the show

and baby makes 3

nick and jenn are havin a baby! we rocked a serious maternity session today- i have to walk away from these pics, there are way too many good ones and it is driving me INSANE!! stay tuned for a special slideshow

ashleigh & chris e slideshow

ohhhhh i LOVE this slideshow!!

ashleigh & chris

this amazing couple is here from hawaii visiting for the holidays. (id rather be there right now in that warm weather) they are getting married in july. we bonded instantly and the camera just loved them both. it was an awesome day in old sac, a bit chilly but kinda warm and how bout the cool blue skies with some clean white clouds...mmmmmm..... i have a great slideshow with tons of yummy pics coming in tomorrow. and ill say again...HEY ladies, what a wonderful opportunity to get that makeup trial done as same day of your e session!! cynthia uranga with eye for detail artistry spoiled us once again with her talents!! i could tell ashleigh felt really pretty, well SHE IS!! duuu. it felt so great to be out in the sun today even if it was a little chilly, i had not been out shooting in a bit so it felt really really good!!

my 4 precious girls

ok one last end of year post....xmas is not complete without tossing the kids and puppies under the tree....its what the grandparents live for right....and me too!

merry xmas and happy new year!!

can you believe its xmas eve today!! where has the time gone. so today is filled with laundry, cleaning up and getting ready for the big day tomorrow......oh and a few batches of those cookies. i hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your fams. i do have a couple new shoots to gets posted but i will do that sometime after jan 5th. 2008 was such a great year, and i cant wait to see what 2009 has in store for us. HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!

sacramento bride and groom magazine

sacramento bride and groom magazine new issue is out, and i have been chomping really really really hard to finally hold these beauties in my hands. both of these images were voted as first and second place covers.....YAY!! my very first bridal covers ever!! oh they are soo so pretty in person, and i am still so excited about this. also inside is dianna and ralphs gorgeous 6 page spread. they were married at scriber bend in may. HOLY COW- i never thought i would go into a grocery store or book store and see my images on a mag cover sitting on a magazine rack. its just weird....but weird-ly awesome!!

real weddings magazine

the new issue of real weddings magazine came out just a short time ago. my beautiful couple torie and morrison were chosen as 1 of 22 features they have running this issue.

wine event 2008

thursday nights event at the sacramento ballrooms was a HUGE hit!! not only did they have some awesome vendors sponsoring all sorts of wonderful things...food, wine, and a silent auction of all kinds of goodies, but this event included so many wonderful people, teachers, families and friends. the event, so i was told, started off to very a very small mixer...and in the end turned out to be quite a large one. all this incredible hard work from alison and andrea with alison ulshoffer events and design were able to pull off a huge charitable donation to the west sacramento school and at the same time, the guests had a great time. it was such a great turn out i am sure they will be making this an annual event!! thanks again alison for letting me participate in this one.

email issues

it seems i am having some email issues since yesterday- some are being sent, some are not, and some are coming in, and some are not. if i am not responding to anything, give me a ring on my phone....i promise i am not ignoring you!!

xmas time

and lastly, its been a pretty busy month so far. ive tried staying away from any computer work and hey, ive done well!! i took my girls to the jingle ball concert last week, oh so many teenagers. allyson, my youngest, she is 8- it was her first concert...just to see the eyes light up is well worth those over priced tickets. both the kids are deeply in love with katy perry, yah they both talked me into the katy perry tote bags, she is a cutie. my oldest kaela, she is now 14- (yikes a freshman) has been to a handful of concerts, her first was when she was 5, went and saw the backstreet boys....yah they were hot bad boys back then. it was a great night though. ive done about half of that xmas shopping.....today i went and got all those supplies for that gross cookie baking time i chat about once in a while. i am also getting ready to bring in credit cards and a whole new gallery system with an actual shopping cart....a "whole new level" wink wink gino. :) lots of new products coming in for 09. OH!! and a FABULOUS new lab i am using- i just ordered all new prints for the studio walls----ohhhh they are something pretty and the colors are just dripping off of them. i will get in there next week and get them all hung. i hope you are all awesome, staying warm and having a great holiday season!

alison ulshoffer-event planner

i have recently met up with the neatest girl alison. she is a wedding and event planner here in sac. she does go a bit beyond that though, she has got such a wonderful eye for detail, color schemes, themes and most anything out of the box. i cannot wait to work our first wedding together, hopefully get something going for 2009! i have the pleasure and wonderful opportunity to be be shooting her event......the west sacramento community wine tasting holiday social. she has some rockin sponsors signed up to do what they do best. this event will be held at the sacramento grand ballrooms which is one of my fav places, and is where alison has her office. alison is new with our next issue with sacramento bride and groom mag...i have no doubt this lady will be a busy busy girl!! be sure to check out alisons website here (its got that awesome color pink that i LOVE so much)

my very good friend

this is a weird story here. i met this hot blondie on the right here at a wedding years ago in tahoe. never ever met her before...she does the most fabulous hair and even more fabulous bridal hair here in sac by the way. i ended up liking her so much i set up an appointment to get my own hair done.....which of course i always LOVE! come to find out, we live not even a mile apart, our kids (at the time) were going to start the same preschool together. and we have been awesome friends ever since. her cute hubby there and my hubbs coach our young girls for softball now. ohhhh sacramento is soooo SMALL!!

kiddy pics

i had the pleasure of photographing these 2 cuties last week.

merry christmas