Family: Mother & Daughter

When Cynthia asked me about doing a mother & daughter shoot for her mom for Mother's Day, I thought it was a brilliant idea! What mother wouldn't want photos with her daughter? So we headed down to Strands Beach in Dana Point, her mother's favorite beach, to capture the special bond only a mother and daughter could have :)

Sneak Peek: Mother Daughter

Disneyland: Food & Wine Festival

We've taken a few trips to Disneyland in the last few weeks, so I'm going to lump them into one post!

A few weeks ago we got to take my sister with us to Disneyland! She hasn't been in a while, and since she's headed off to get her Doctorate (at YALE!) in the fall, we decided it would be the best time to go and give her a break from school.


(We look nothing alike!)

I had some fun taking pictures of the fence around the Matterhorn.







This weekend we went again (yeah for 2fer tickets!) and we got to enjoy the Food & Wine Festival at California Adventure. My mom and I had gone to one of the food demonstrations last year and loved it, so we had to do another demonstration this year. Unfortunetly the one at the main tent was already full, so we headed to another one that seemed interesting. This one was put on by Driscoll's Berries and it was all about how to pair berries with other food/ingredients.

The set up is always so fancy.



The chef that gave the talk was the head chef for Granville Cafe (located in Glendale & Burbank. SOOO good!!). She looked a little nervous!



We were lucky enough to get the front row. And 3 huge beautiful strawberries.



They also gave us a sheet of various pairings we could do with strawberries. Most were not your typical strawberries & chocolate, but balsamic vinegar or pepper.



This is one of the heads of Driscoll's Berries. He explained all about why their berries are so juicy and amazing (seriously, I dripped all over the table cloth). It's such a complicated process!



The chef walked us through why savory flavors work so well with the sweet flavors of the strawberries. Fascinating!



Then we got to try it! We had to dip the strawberry in the pepper first, then balsamic vinegar, and finally brown sugar. It may sound totally weird, but they tasted good! And I'm a picky eater!



It helped that the strawberries were amazing....

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Holiday: Easter

We have been so busy with our new house that I haven't posted pictures from Easter! I'm totally 2 and a half weeks late...

Easter is the one holiday that I get to hang out with my little (1st) cousins. They are so stinking cute and complete balls of energy! They are so much fun to play with :)



My Uncle (their grandfather) had been teasing them all week. He had them convinced that he bought them all chickens. And he did...



He bought them toy chickens that walk and lay bubblegum eggs. It was funny for about 2 seconds.



Isn't she adorable?



Easter egg hunts + little cousins = getting to hide eggs!
Their parents made the mistake of telling us to hide them in "hard" places. Yellow eggs in lemon trees, purple eggs in purple flowers, and green eggs in the grass. We are evil...





After much searching, we think all the eggs got found!





Then the kids opened their eggs and found candy, toys, and fun erasers :)



Then they brought out the new fighter plane kite! Even though it was windy the kite would just not fly. So they ran around with it. And posed for pictures whenever they got in my general vicinity.









And for those of you who enjoy pictures of yours truly, here's a picture my mom took of my little cousin and I. I swear she's the only one in the family who looks like me :)

Happy Belated Easter Everybody!

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Remember this little cutie?



Her cheerleading team is headed to Nationals, but they need help! The Cheer Magic All Star's are hosting an auction to help raise funds for their team. There is a whole list of things you can win, including a photoshoot with me!

Cheer Magic All Star Auction

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We bought a house!

It's official! We're home owners!
After 6 months of searching we can finally say that!

We're just a little excited about it!



Isn't our little pink/"Sahara Red" box cute?



Last week we officially got our keys.





And now the hard work begins!

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And because a blog post isn't a blog post without some detail shots... feast your eyes on some of the cuter details of our house!