Kayla & Cameron - Denver Engagement

You might remember when my sister got engaged last December ... If you don't, you can read about and see her engagement here. Well, we got around to taking their engagement photos in June, and since we FINALLY got their Save the Dates sent out this week, I can finally post their gorgeous pictures!  Their pictures turned out just darling, but I am a little bias. :)

Here are some of my favorites from that beautiful June day!

Even though we didn't end up using these for the Save the Dates, we took a handful of "Save-the-Date" pictures that I thought turned out cute so I just had to share!

Here is Kayla and Cameron with their cute pups.

Isn't my nephew so dang cute?

Punta Mita, Mexico - Spring 2014

Let me start by saying how thankful I am to the O'Donnell family ... I am so blessed by everything you do for me already, and getting to go to Mexico with you guys was absolutely incredible! I was so, so blessed to get to travel to Punta Mita (a BEAUTIFUL little town just north of Puerta Vallarta) with the family that I babysit for.  I've been watching these kiddos for just about 8 years, and getting to spend the week with them on the beach was such a treat!  The six of us along with two other families spent the week swimming, surfing, exploring, building sandmen (yes, the movie Frozen was our inspiration, and lots of singing, "...do you want to build a snowman..." was involved), and soaking up the warm sun!  We couldn't have asked for better weather or for a better trip!  Everything about it was perfect including the nights that I got to spend watching Disney movies with six adorable kids!

Here is me with the girls ... now that is the LIFE!

It was only natural that I would become the photographer for the week, and upon returning, I realized that I may have taken TOO many pictures, if that is even possible!  I tried to be "choosy" for this blog post, but it was hard to decide what to include so bear with me! Here we are traveling to Punta Mita!  We had to get up at 5 a.m. on the morning we left, but boy, were we excited and anxious to get there!  I sat with Emmy and Cece on the plane ride there ... we passed the time by coloring, playing games on the iPad, and reading stories

Our first day there was spent by swimming in our villa's pool followed by meeting the other two families for dinner on the water!

We spent a lot of time on the beach and swimming in the pool!

One day we went to the town of Sayulita where we went surfing, ate the best fish tacos, and went shopping on the streets

We spent many evenings watching the sunset on the beach ... can you spot the whale in a  few these?

Just another day on the beach!  (These are some of my absolute favorite pictures!)

This is how I spent my nights when I was babysitting while there ... CUTE!

Our last full day there, Anna took me exploring in the tide pools ... we collected snails and hermit crabs, but we set them free a little while later!  Brady, Emily, and Cece joined us :)

And we had a LOT of fun with my under water camera!

Of course we took some good ol' family portraits while there too!

This girl didn't put a book down the entire trip except to go surfing :) She even read by candle light or by the light of a friend's iPad during dinners!

And FINALLY ... my absolute FAVORITE picture of the ENTIRE trip!

Drum roll please...

Michael & Erin - Engagement - Cheeseman Park

Say hello to the soon to be Mr. & Mrs. Clayton!  Congrats to Michael and Erin who got engaged this holiday season!  Michael and Erin met in college at Western State and they are getting married this July on top of the Red Lady ski lift on Mt. Crested Butte.  I am so excited and honored to be the one who gets to capture so many memories for this couple!  Even on a freezing cold, snowy day, it warms your heart to be around two people who are so obviously in love and perfect for each other!  Thank you Erin and Michael for braving the 12 degree weather with me ... I hope your fingers have finally warmed up!