Just a little glimpse into my world today. My office (”where all the magic happens”) is also my son’s play area. Very convenient simply for the fact that he can hang and play and we can chat while I am working. And really I can just kind of keep an eye on the happenings of his day. Oh, plus I can take breaks to play legos or play-doh every once in a while.

Well today, while doing some stuff on the computer I neglected him for a few minutes (shame, shame, right?!?) and turned around to see this:

Haha, I guess it could be worse. LOL!!

Tear… we cut my baby’s hair today. And he looks like such a big boy now. I never cease to amaze at him, he did incredibly well and looks like a different kid now. I can’t get over it. My sister is the hairdresser in the family and she kindly came over on her way home from work today to cut his hair for us. Thanks “antie necie” for being so patient and awesome with hi, he looks great.

Please excuse me as I share some of the images from today. They are not perfect (it was so dark I had to use my flash and some indoor light too) but they are sweet memories for us.

A before image, who lets their kid’s hair get this wild? haha!

The first cut!

My awesome sister!

And the final image, the finished product, he is so handsome!

Exciting news! While other parts of the country are still buried under feet of snow and ice, it is a nice and sunny 70degrees here today. And so in honor of our lovely weather we are having a…

Excludes weddings, commercial photography, and any session that would be considered out of the ordinary. Email me at kristy@kristylynnphotography for more information.

I am going to be launching a new boudoir website sometime in the next few months and I need some fresh faces!! Check out the post on the other blog: http://kristylynnphotography.com/boudoir/ .

Here are all the details. I can’t wait to hear from you!

Baby A. is a fighter. Born 5 weeks early, she was technically only due the day before out session. And she was a sweet as can be. Typically the older the baby the harder it is to get sleepy poses, but she worked it out like a champ and let me get some great shots of her while she slept, and then she was adorable while she was awake too. She really was a great baby!

So thanks a million M family for letting me come into your wonderful world for a few hours. Here is a sneak peek of the images from our session together. I can’t wait to show you the rest!

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This was a really fun wedding for me to be the photographer for. I have known Scott (the groom) for about 7 years or so. He was the youth pastor at the Santa Cruz Church of the Nazarene right before I was the youth pastor there. But I think I even knew him before then because of mutual friends and stuff. So when I heard that he was engaged to Shannon on Facebook I all but stalked him to get him to let me be his photographer. You think I’m kidding…

Well, it didn’t freak them out at all and they hired me for this past weekend. It was a gorgeous day. You would think that January would be dreary and cold and wet, and it can be, but not this day in January. It was perfect. I thoroughly enjoyed getting out in the sun for some of their couple shots. It was so absolutely clear to me and our team that Scott and Shannon are madly in love with each other. I am beyond blessed to have gotten to be a small part in their special day!

Scott and Shannon, I hope you guys are having a blast in Mexico. I have no idea if you will get to see these before you get stateside. If you get a chance to read this, remember you are supposed to have an adult beverage for me. haha.

And now on to the story of Scott and Shannon’s wedding day:

The next two are Max’s pictures.

Another one of Max’s awesome shots!

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I have taken too long of a break from my blog. We had quite the event-filled Christmas weekend!

I wanted to announce the recipients of the wedding giveaway on Christmas Eve, but the time to do so eluded me. But I am here to make the announcement now.

Ashley and Chad have been together for almost 5 years. Through what seems to be a million trials and tribulations they have stood by each others side to come out victorious in love. What impressed me the most about their story was that they have found a way to work through all that life has thrown at them. They have worked for positive solutions to all of life’s sticky situation. I am inspired by that. And I am drawn to that kind of love.

Ashley and Chad will marry on 10-10-10 of this year. It is day that we will all be looking forward to for months now. And it is a day that will not easily be forgotten in the future. Can you imagine forgetting your anniversary when it is as easy as 10-10-10?

So thanks to everyone who submitted a story. I wish to you all the happiness and love imaginable in your future.

And to everyone reading this I want to wish to you a happy happy happy early new year! Oh and my little guy wants to wish you a happy New Year too!

He is all mine. I went into the living room this morning and he was just chillin’ on the couch with the headphones on… they were not plugged into anything. He is so funny sometimes. I grabbed my camera and we had a little lifestyle mini-shoot.

I <3 him.

I played with the processing on these and also I played with texture. If you like or hate it or just want to say, “hi” leave me a comment below. I love comments.

I just cannot get enough of these two babies. You may remember them from a few posts down. I headed back over to their house today to snap a few more for them and they were even better today than before, which I didn’t think was possible. These two are darling!

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It snowed! In my lifetime I can not remember such an awesome dusting in the East Bay Area. I have lived in snowy places before and I truly believe snow to be magical. For a short period of time, while the snow is still white, everything looks pristine  and magnificent. There are some deep spiritual truths for me in snow. But beyond all that deep stuff, it is just F-U-N! So much fun that I am planing yet a third trip to see it later today.

But for now I have taken a few pictures of what I saw today. For many of you non Bay Area blog readers these sights may be very common place for you. Something that you stare at for months on end. Hopefully you can feel my joy for the magical white powder in these pictures and be reminded of the true magic that it is. For those who are not inundated with it for months at a time I hope you can see the beauty that is just so natural and dare I say magical.

See I even had to get a couple of my little guy in there too!