The progression of my morning.





Morning Tovikins!










Get up & feed me already woman!

I didn't want to overload everyone with high dosages of cuteness from the Goodfellow girls, so I had to break their session up into two postings. Here are the rest of the images of these little darlin's.







From the session, I could tell how great a mom Judy is. She knows exactly what to say & how to say it so that her girls listen to her. I'll be calling her in the future if I bear rascals. Heh heh!











Their dog, Bailey, was super friendly. Again, that little voice in my head is telling me to get a dog!


Tim is in the midst of building his girls a playhouse in the backyard. It's already a fun place to hang out apparently. =)


Ok, get ready & brace yourselves.














I thought I had wanted a boy for my first kid (like I have control over that or something), but this session & these girls are making me feel otherwise. Thanks Tim, Judy, Alexis, & Macy for allowing me a little sneak peek into your lives & all the joy that's in it.

I had the serious pleasure of photographing the Goodfellows while I was back in Cali for Thanksgiving. Their two little girls Alexis & Macy are beyond cute. I just wanted to hug them and skip around with them all day, but something called a camera was in my way the whole time. So this is what camera got while I was there spending the afternoon with Judy & her two girls before their dad came home.

Here's 4 year old Alexis. When I first came through the door, she was already calling my name. I love that!




Her little sister Macy is two and a little sweetheart too!








Spending some quality time with mom before dad gets home from work.








Alexis = a scary bear!








More cute-adorableness / warmth & fuzziness to come later!

I can't believe that it'll almost be Christmas in less than a month. I've barely digested my Thanksgiving dinner! Well, I hope everyone is happily getting into the holiday spirit as I have once it became December 1st, although it's a little weird seeing blow-up Santas on rock gardens and lights strung around cacti. Ah well. The weather's beautiful, so I can't complain. =)

I wanted to announce a Christmas Special from my studio!!!

For the first three couples who contact me (info@lynndaophotography.com), receive 50% off of the regular package price for any Couples, Engagement, Trash the Dress, or Boudoir Session. Not only that, but 100% of that will go toward one of three charities of your choice:
1. The American Red Cross
2. United Nations World Food Program
3. Aid to Artisans

I had been wanting to find a creative way to give to organizations I admire, and thought this would be a great way to do so. Happy Holidays!!!!

And I'll leave with some Feliz Navidad-ness (my favorite Christmas song!) from the Goodfellow family. More images from the family session to follow. =)

Hope everyone had a Great Thanksgiving weekend last week with friends & family and that no one got hurt trying to shop on Black Friday. The insanity! I stay as far away as possible from any shopping mall or plaza on that day. This year, Thanksgiving dinner was spent with Drew's side of the family at a Chinese restaurant. We had one of the best Thanksgiving meals ever! Who can complain about lobster, shrimp, and scallops for dinner?

On another note, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who stops by this blog to look at the images & to hear my babbling. You guys are the reason why I keep on posting! And with that, here are the rest of the images from Kelsie & Dave's Trash the Dress session.



Kelsie was a dancer before she fell in love with photography. She's still got great moves. Dave, I think, got his moves from Karate Kid.






















You know Dave's gotta be doing something weird behind me.


Sweetness.


Thanks you two for being willing & able to do anything during the shoot! =)