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I’ll be away from February 19 - 28th with no access to the internet. I’ll return all phone calls and emails on March 1st.

It’s Christmas Eve…my family’s favourite day of the entire year. We have a wonderful tradition. My sister’s family and my parents always sleep over at our house Christmas Eve. It all begins with an incredible meal including calamari, pasta with clams, shrimp, seafood pasta, stuffed mushrooms and much, much more. It’s truly a meal we all look forward to all year round! We open up gifts after midnight and usually end up watching a movie that the kid’s received for Christmas. On Christmas Day we attend mass and then gather at my sister’s house for yet again another incredible meal!

To all of my clients and friends, I wish you a wonderful Christmas filled with family, tradition and love.

The studio is now closed for the holidays - reopening January 4th.

I was absolutely thrilled to learn today that my accreditation submission in the category of Children Portrait was accepted by the Professional Photographers of Canada!

Accreditation is received by submitting ten images in a selected category to the PPOC Board of Review. The images are judged and all ten must be accepted in order to receive accreditation. This has also earned me status as LPPO (licensed professional photographer of Ontario).

Can you believe Christmas is just around the corner?

Just a quick note to my clients - all orders must be in by  Saturday, November 14th for Christmas delivery.

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I saw this video on another blog and just had to share it here. I love it so much!

art video

So what’s with me and facing my fears? As you recall, back in October, I faced one of my biggest fears - public speaking.See October post - Personal and Professional Milestone.

Well, I just got back from a cruise with my family where I conquered my 2nd biggest fear - heights. I am terrified of heights and I know I share this fear with many of you out there. My family was SHOCKED when I told them I had booked a zip line excursion in the jungles of Belize. They were skeptical whether or not I would actually follow through. I cannot tell you how terrified I was while on the highest platform built around a massive tree. I think I actually started going into shock - my body began to shake uncontrollably - that’s how terrified I was. Alex looked at me with concern and said “Mommy, you don’t have to do this”. I know I didn’t have to…but I wanted to! Well, I did it! I ziplined across 8 platforms suspended in the beautiful jungles of Belize. Although I was terrified, I have to admit it was so exhilarating! 

Would I do it again? I actually would!

I just want to mention that I booked this excursion with Major Tom. We did the combination cave tubing and ziplining. If anyone out there is cruising and one of your stops is Belize, I highly recommend booking your excursion with Major Tom. He’s extremely reputable, professional and all of his guides were great.

This is the only photo I have of Darby and I from the Bahamas.

I know - it’s only our shadows, but isn’t it cool?

I can’t wait to share some of the wedding photos from Tanya and Chris’s wedding! It’ll be a while though..I have some catching up to do. I’m getting to all of my emails and phone calls this afternoon after a photo session. If you’ve contacted me and don’t hear from me by the end of the night- call or email me again!

I’ll be away from November 13 - 19th. I’m off to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas in the morning to photograph a wedding. I’ll be sure to share photos as soon as I can!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving Weekend!

I’ll be away from October 11 - 19th - returning all emails and phone calls on October 20th.

Alex is dancing on a Royal Carribean Cruise Ship with her dance school. How cool is that? Of course, I can’t let her go on her own - can I? I’m not sure who’s more excited - Alex or myself! This really isn’t the best time of year from me to be going away, considering it’s my busiest. But I’ll be more than ready to take on the next few crazy months with some down time next week.