Enterprising Moms Network | Fraser Valley Photographer

My mom originally told me about this fabulous network of women. She had seen a segment about them on the news and thought it would be something good for me to look into. I rsvp'd for the first Fraser Valley chapter meeting and a few weeks later Eileen Fisher (Chapter director for the Fraser Valley) contacted me asking for the favour of me sponsering the event and taking a few candid shots! I of course loved the idea, and last night I attended my first meeting.
The Enterprising Moms Network is a network for Moms (although you do not need to be a mom to belong to the network, you do need to be a woman) that offers a place to learn, network, chat and get to know other women who are moms and also business women. The meetings are monthly throughout the year with a guest speaker at each meeting.
With chapters throughout BC, and one starting up in Toronto, as well as a sister network in Seattle...there is sure to be a network of women in your area.
Last night we had the pleasure of listening to Kristi Ferguson of Fraser Valley Pulse.

Eileen Fisher doing introductions and starting off the meeting



Kristi Ferguson is a very sweet lady, and was very engaging...













They had some goodies out for us...=)

Teaser! J & R are married! | Chilliwack Wedding Photographer

What a great weekend it was =) J and R were married this past Saturday, and I had the delight of photographing it for them. I have to say...it was a great day. More details to come...for now here's a little tease...

End of Summer is approaching...

So here I am, 1am writing a blog post...oh my, oh my...I have no idea why haha! I haven't been able to sleep this past week, I've just got soo much on my mind. Weddings (friends + clients), portraits, my little girl, and her very first birthday party...which is coming up here before I know it! I can not believe that it is already mid-August, and summer is almost over! On the upside--my baby girl has an amazing day in her life coming up! I am soo excited for her =)
I recently shot a BEAUTY session...this is gorgeous "A"...I had a wonderful time meeting her--and I think we got some amazing shots!
Here's a sneak-peak, Chica! Hope you LOVE them =)

Summer Family | Chilliwack Family Session

I had the pleasure of photographing this cute young family last weekend! The kids were definately a handful for the pictures...but, I loved it, and hey...these are the photos that are the memory makers, right? =) Who wants stiff, posed photos to look back at, you can't see any charactor or personality in those!

I love this first one...I think it really depicts how the session went =)



The youngest little guy...and what a handsome little guy he is!










Hehe...Look at him peeking over his shoulder...this is when I was doing a silly dance in the attempt to get their attention.





They had a little treat afterwards...



That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by, guys!!

Stairway to Heaven?

Last night we went to Party in the Park in downtown Chilliwack. It is always such a nice evening out with the family :) Well...to be honest, last night wasn't as good as the last time, but I am more than certian that was because everyone was feeling pretty tired. It was still a nice time though. I, of course had my camera along with me and was taking pictures of whatever caught my eye hehe. I captured many of my baby girl dancing away to the music...her little body groovin' away, bending over backwards in awkward positions...she's just too darn cute!
At the end of the night just before we were getting ready to leave and walk home...I caught what is to me, one of the most spectacular photos I have taken thus far (landscape wise)...

When I got home and loaded the images on my computer I was so proud of this one shot...does it not look like the stairway to heaven?



The "steps" are actually the roof of one of the buildings at the park...funny what a camera can do :)

Baby J | Surrey Newborn Photography

Remember the maternity session of B a few posts back? Well, she had her baby! A sweet baby boy :) He made a fashionably late arrival into this world...and I was so glad to have met him. Family is doing well and oh so happy!

Here are a few of my favorites from the session...

S + T & Kids | Chilliwack Family Photography

This session was a lot of fun! They were full of energy and ideas; I had a great time :)
In this session we got some shots of S + T together, some family ones, and some of them individually. Here are a few from the shoot.
I'll start off with the group shots...











Love these shots!! :)













And I absolutely love this one...I think it really shows the emotion of their relationship...the strength and caringness (is that a word? haha...lately I seem to have a thing for making up words!)
Anywho....here's the shot ;)