I am posting this because it is something that has made a serious impact on my life. I am sure all of you photographers and business owners are familiar with being up at all hours of the night and getting viturally no sleep during the busy times. I have to say that was so me. Staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning and then having to be up by 8 to get my daughter off to school on time. There were so many days when I didn’t get up until 8:30 and then having 15 minutes to have my daughter up, dressed, hair done, breakfast and all of the other run around to get her there on time. I admit I was a horrible mother and had her late many days, eating a granola bar in the car on the way to school. Not to mention, I was always tired. I couldn’t make it through the day without taking a nap and I was so grouchy with my girls and husband. My body always hurt and I had zero energy. Then on top of all of that I would spend the whole next day trying to make up for all of the time I wasted during the wee hours of the morning, and getting mad at my kids for bothering me when “I had so much to get done” It was having such a negative impact on my whole family. Sound familiar anyone?

After one particularly bad day, of getting my daugther to school late, she missed her show and tell and was so upset. I was upset with her for crying which made her even more upset and that is no way to send a kid off to school. That was when I decided to make a change. I have been going to bed at 12:30 and no later. I get up every morning feeling refreshed at 7:30 (I know that is still not super early, but I have never been a morning person.) We now have time to eat breakfast together and get both of the kids ready and make it to school on time. I cannot tell you the difference it has made in my life. I am more productive and if I have something to do I have to have it done by 12:30. Even if that means I have to work for some time during the day while my kids are playing, my time is spent so much more wisely and productively. And I am not onry with my kids, and understand that they just want attention and mommy. So if this sounds like you, just try it for a week. Go to bed at a specific (early) time every night and I promise it will make a 150% difference in your life. Now that I have beared my heart and soul to you, leave me some comments and let me know what is going on in your life. And now for a picture….

I shot Heather and Jay’s engagements a while back (I am so horrible at blogging, but I am trying to be better We went out to Antelope Island. The day was threatening rain and I almost thought we were going to have to reschedule but the day turned out to be nice after all. Jay has a motorcycle and him and Heather like to ride it together so they thought it would be fun to incorporate it into their pictures. I loved it! It is so much fun to have a little bit of the couples personality in the pictures! (Hint to future brides) They were so much fun! Heather and Jay are getting married in May and I can’t wait for their wedding! It is going to be so beautiful! I will be shooting Heather and Jay’s Bridals at the end of this week so stay tuned. Until then, Enjoy……

I shot Brittany and Rocky’s engagements about a week ago. We first went up near Causey Dam to Brittany’s property and then we headed up to Causey Dam to get some sunset pictures. While we were waiting for the sun to set I had a great time talking to Brittany and Rocky and getting to know them a little better. They are both so much fun to be around and I can tell we were going to be great friends! Brittany and Rocky are getting married in June and I can’t wait! Their wedding will be so beautiful! Thanks for such a great time you two! Enjoy…

I shot Tiffany and Derek’s Engagements last week at Liberty Park. I had never shot at Liberty Park before and I loved it! There were so many different places to shoot. Also having a couple like these two totally made my job easy. They were so fun to be around and so cute together. Also they were so willing to do anything I asked them to which was awesome! I loved getting to know them better and cannot wait for their bridals and wedding! They are both so sweet and down to earth. Derek was making Tiffany laugh the whole time and it was so fun to watch and capture their love for each other! Enjoy…. and please leave comments. I love comments!

I absolutely loved Lindsay and Braden’s wedding! It was so beautiful, emotional, fun and exciting all in one. As Lindsay and Braden walked out of the temple there were so many tears and emotions from everyone! I loved being able to capture all of the emotion and love that everyone had for these two. Lindsay and Braden are the sweetest most down to earth people and I am can see why it was such a tearful event. They had David Perry as their videographer and he was so awesome to work with. If anyone needs a videographer check him out. He had so many great ideas and was so much fun to work with! They had their reception at the Union Station and it was so beautifully decorated. I love shooting at the Union Station. There are so many places for awesome pictures and we had the most awesome window light coming in through the windows at the reception. It was amazing! Thanks Lindsay, Braden and families for letting me be a part of such an incredible day!

I shot Ali and Andrew’s wedding at the first of March (I know I am a little behind on blogging these). Their wedding was so phenomenal! We started at Ali’s house in the morning for some getting ready pictures. Then the wedding was at the Salt Lake Temple. Afterwards they had a luncheon at The Lion House and that evening a reception at Heritage Gardens in Sandy. It was such a gorgeous wedding! Ali and Andrew were a referral from the wonderful Kellee with Moments by Kellee and I so appreciate the referral! Thanks Kel! Ali is so gorgeous and so sweet! And her dress was AMAZING! I have never seen anything like it! Ali and Andrew were so sweet together and so much in love. It showed in every picture how much they love each other. I am sure they are going to have an amazing life together and always make each other happy! Thanks so much to everyone for letting me be a part of such a wonderful day! Ali and Andrew, you guys are awesome and I wish you the best of luck! Now for some pictures! YAY! (Beware, there are a ton!) Enjoy…

Watching the slideshow at the luncheon…

Ali’s gorgeous red shoes. LOVE THEM!!!!

And the AMAZING cake!!!

They had the cutest table of candy with little bags for each guest to fill up. I loved it! I swear if I could redo my wedding……


1st Dance
Dancing with Dad.

And finally, Dad wiping her tears. So sweet!

I know most people hate change but it is inevitable. Some times it is good and sometimes it is bad. In this case it is both. The worst part is that my prices have icreased, however I will honor my old prices until April 15th with a deposit. The good news is I have some awesome new albums on the way and my website has a new look. Check it out and let me know what you think! Check back tomorrow for some awesome shoots from this past month!

Last Saturday we took our kids to fly kites. It was sooo cold but we had a great time and I got some way cute pictures! It was so much fun to watch Jayde try and get her kite up and keep it up and Savana had fun for about 5 minutes until she spotted the playground and that was the end of that. Bu, they were so cute! I love to watch them be kids and try new things. They are so sweet and they mean so much to me. I just love to spend time with them and they always make me laugh! Anyways, Enjoy….

I did Lisa and Nathan’s engagement session before I left for Vegas. We started out at the old Post Office Building in Ogden. As I was pulling into the parking lot I saw this awesome old rundown building behind the post office building and just knew we had to go shoot there too. I was so excited! I love finding new locations! I love the way these pictures turned out and Lisa and Nathan were a great couple to work with! They fit the location perfectly! I had such a great time! Stay tuned for a couple more weddings and engagement sessions as well as some personal stuff! Enjoy….