William Family

Growing up, the beach has always been one of my favourite places to go. It doesn't matter how the beach looks like; white sands, clear water with beautiful corals, or even just brown sand, not so clear water, I have seen my share of beaches and I love each and every one. The kind that was close to where my childhood home was the latter. We'd go there on weekends, and weekdays after school too if there was nothing else going on. The sound of the ocean waves, the breeze, the smell and sand between your toes is just so good for the soul. Many a times it was a place where I could go think or just find peace. 

So this time around, it was no different. 

Actually it was better because I got to do some snapshots of this cute family (and saw a bunch of dolphins)!

Here are some of my favourites.  

It sure is nice when your sister in law's family is beautiful. :)

Timothy+Mikayla

This was quite the energetic reception that I have photographed in a while! 

Definitely a fun and happy one. 

I had a lot of fun capturing the atmosphere and people overall. 

Here are some of my favourites from that night:

Congratulations again, Timothy and Mikayla. 

Thank you for the opportunity and good luck with everything! :) 

Field Of Flowers

A beautiful evening walk in the park. 

Can life get any better? 

#LivinInTheCin

Kendall

This little cutie just turned one! 

In the few months I have known her, she just keeps growing and growing.  

Sometimes you wish they stay little. 

A big shout out to this little girl's mama whose birthday is today! 

Hope you are having a blast. :) 

German Village

This past weekend, Ciel and I got to tag along on a trip up to Columbus.  Daddy was busy so we went  off and had a short little adventure at a little German village, in the city.  I love old buildings and architecture.  There is much character in a place, just like the first apartment Clifford and I lived in.  With limited space and yard, I love the choice of decorations some of the residents chose for Christmas.  No crazy blow up decorations and yard full of plastic displays but just simple, tasteful lights and evergreens.   

Ciel and I took the opportunity to warm up from our walk at a local bookstore, the Book Loft, which apparently is the largest independent bookstore in the country.  Very cutely laid out too.  A couple of old buildings combined together making up to 32 rooms of books, various genres of books.  Wished we had more time to browse through the books available but we were glad even for the short time we had.  Here are some of photos from our adventures. 

Enjoy. :) 

Till next post, Merry Christmas everyone! 

Washington DC

Apart from being able to go out and do a fun family session for the Chan family this past summer, we were also able to go do a bit of sight seeing on our own while we were in DC. 

The DC LDS temple was closed but it was still nice to be able to walk around and enjoy the beauty of the temple grounds.  Definitely one of the things I missed about Utah is the availability of temples in such close distances to visit often.  The nearest ones to us are about 2 hours away from Cincinnati.  It's not that bad but it can be a long day when you have a little toddler with you.  

We also got to visit the Washington DC National Mall.  Now mind you, the mall mentioned here is not a shopping mall that most people would think about.  There are no departmental stores, boutiques, etc but mostly monuments of historical importance and significance to the United States.  

It's a huge park and we did lots of walking.  Even Ciel impressed us with her walking stamina.  We had the stroller with us of course and she climbed back on it when she needs to rest her little legs. Hehe. 

Thank goodness my pregnancy nausea and vomiting has not gone full blast during on this trip or it would have made it difficult.  We had a lot of fun and and enjoyed a lot of good Asian food with the Chans, while we were there.  

Here are some photos from the trip.  Enjoy. :) 

Chan Family

Just before summer ended, flew out to the DC area to spend some time with this amazing family. 

They met, fell in love, and are blessed with 2 most sweetest boys.  

Here are some of my favourites from that day. 

Enjoy! 

Thanks again, Chan family for being so awesome!