Sunday, December 27, 2009

La Mirada Engagement Photography - { Alicia & Phil : Engaged! }

So I will have a post coming up with Alicia and Phil's cute story since their wedding is coming up this Wednesday! But to make a long story short - Phil lives in England and flew in last night for his wedding this week , just in time to squeeze in a quick engagement session so we can quickly get a photo printed for their sign-in matted photo. So we shot this quick session this morning!

Sean and I had a great time meeting Phil after hearing so many wonderful things about him from Alicia, so we were so excited to shoot this quick session - and we are even more excited to shoot their wedding a few days from now!

So here is the quickest session we have ever : Shot, processed, proofed with client, ordered their matted sign in photo , and blogged - all in a few hours. Go team Blair Nicole Photography! ;)

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Thank you , Thank you , Thank you!!!

So this past year has been the best year of my life! And I could not feel any more blessed!

So many dreams have come true or are well on their way.
Blair Nicole Photography finally got a new name along with a complete branding overhaul, and has grown so much. We have had the opportunity to work with some amazing clients who we feel truly appreciate our work, and in return we truly appreciate them trusting us with capturing some amazing moments in their lives , and (I feel) most importantly befriending us.

Sean and I have grown so much in our relationship with God, and that has made the hugest difference. There are no words to describe how valuable that is to me.

After lots of saving and planning ....we finally got to take our first big vacation just the 2 of us, and it was nothing short of perfect. When ever I think about it, I just can't help but smile.

We both learned a lot about ourselves – learned what’s worth it, to truly love and appreciate those who have stuck by our sides, and have grown so much as a couple!

Our friends – the new relationships we’ve been able to make and bulid on, and the old friends who have just become like family to us. For the time you have taken out to mentor us, or just plain listen and be supportive, and let us do the same for you. You guys know who you are, and you make us so happy to have you in our lives!

We have had the most amazing blessing of all come into our lives – when God trusted us to take care of one of his beautiful creations, and we already love our little baby so so much – and cannot wait to meet him or her come June! And on that note, I just know that 2010 will be even more amazing and full of love and happiness.

So I just wanted to take a quick second to say thank you! If you are reading this, thank you so much for taking time out for us! Your support and love means so much to us!
My heart is just so full of love for our friends and family, I am so thankful to have each and every one of you in my life!

As we are coming up on Christmas, and the end of the year – I hope you will take a second to think about how blessed you are too and how much you are loved.

We hope you and your family have an amazing holiday full of love like we will!




{We did not have any extra time this year for our annual Christmas card , so here is just a quick picture of us at a family Christmas party a couple weeks ago - because blog posts with no pictures are not as fun! ;) }

Monday, December 14, 2009

Its that time of year again!......

So I know it has been a little while ...but do you remember this post from last year? I'm guessing there is a good chance you may not have been following my blog at the time. But I figured it would be a good time to remind everyone – even if you did watch the little video at the time.

This literally changed my life last year. Not just the couple minute video, but the message that went behind it – and really just that week at church for me.

Like I said last year – this is my blog and I write what I want ;)…so on that note : It’s no secret that Sean and I LOVE the lord and truly try to live our life as great examples and to be the best Christians (and people in general) as possible. But I think the holidays are especially a great time to really be thankful for what this epic holiday really is about.

It could be partially my crazy pregnant hormones – but last week at church we got into some Christmas jams and I started breaking down just a little thinking about how amazing that day really was (and still is), and how it changed the world.

To me , that doesn’t mean getting stuff - I really don't need a thing other than my family and friends, and our health.
 So if you normally get a gift from me, you know it will probably be some very heartfelt homemade tasty goodness again this year ;)


So here it is again for good measure . I think its a great way to just start to get people to think outside of the Christmas box that most people think you have to fit into. Feel free to share and maybe get others to start thinking a little differantly too.