2018 Lifestyle Project - Week 51

You can read the introduction to this project by clicking here.

And then it was finally Christmas Day and the opening of gifts. This man works so hard and never asks for much, but always has a long list of books he'd love to read....plus the moment the kids realised what each of their gifts represented...

2018 Lifestyle Project - Week 49

You can read the introduction to this project by clicking here.

Someone was not happy with our choice of tree this year, in fact that is an understatement as she pretty much hated it, but she did put our nativity out for us. The rest of us like our tree and it's always fun, if a little overwhelming and chaotic getting ready for Christmas.

52 Weeks of 2013 - Week 51

Christmas day has to be one of the most exciting days of the year. I remember as a child, waking earlier and earlier each year, full of anticipation, eager to open gifts. Now I get to experience the excitement all over again watching my own children. They are so happy and grateful and I truly get to live the fact that it is better to give than to receive. I feel so much joy at their joy and it is the most wonderful feeling.

Day In the Life - December 2012

Often photographers end up neglecting the documentation of their own families. Sometimes it can be due to being too busy with client work, or a lack of inspiration, or just not being able to balance everything. This is my 'Day in the Life Project'. I have chosen the first day each month to document, from morning to night, so that each month I am guaranteed photographs of my family and my life.

My blog, my rules...so once again my day to document didn't land on the 1st,  instead I chose one of our family days. Saturday, December 8th, was a fun day; we started out with the Christmas Cafe and Children's Store (a seminary event) in the morning, stopped to visit friends and have lunch, then continued our annual tradition of cutting down our Christmas Tree. A couple of years ago we discovered Celesta Farms, in Sebastopol and have never looked back. They are a family run farm, with great prices and we love that as returning customers we get a $5 discount as well as the free coffee, hot chocolate or cider and cookies.

These are not technically perfect (far from it), or portrait-worthy, this is just real life. If you are doing something similar leave me a comment with a link to where I can follow along with you, I would love that!

52 Week Project - Week 49

*Just as a reminder, this is a personal project I am undertaking this year, in order to shoot more and share more. Each week of 2011 will have a corresponding favorite photograph; snapshots from my life.

OK so you can't actually see the Christmas trees and this is just an iphone snap, but I love it because it is my family and I love my family. Plus I'm so rarely IN the photograph (which really needs to change). We took this the weekend we went to choose and cut down our Christmas, as is our tradition. We drive out to Celesta Farms, in Sebastapol (which is now a much further drive, but still worth it). After finding the perfect tree and sawing it down, we drink our free hot cider, hot chocolate or coffee, eat the cookies and watch whilst daddy ties the tree to the top of our minivan. Good times!