my lover's birthday bash..

october 16 lover turned 34..and on the 17th we all had a wee bash for him.. good times had by all.. :)






happy birthday babe..love you much. xo

some of the faces at our place

being that we have a whack of us living at the house, the faces that one can see in a given day are, well, priceless.. :)


the ever lovely hayley..




my crazy little sister.. :)




my darling lover...




or my little bro in law, josh..

yes...there are always peeps at the house..but the house wouldn't be the house if there weren't... :)

cupcakes, cookies and kiddies..

after school i decided the kids and i were gonna go on a date..
we headed to safeway and got some sugar goodness..cupcakes, and cookies and added some glasses of milk...mmmmmmmm...yumm!!!

i heart my kids. :)












my boy took these photos of me..pretty good isn't he!? :)

little mr. man has arrived!

yesterday night at 720pm, a 10 lb 1 oz little mr wall arrived at st. paul's hospital, downtown vancouver, to scott & darlene. we were ecstatic!! they came home last night just before midnight...stopping for a chai for dar on the way home..of course!!

dar did amazing, of course and i giggled as she walked up to house.. "so what did you do tonight, dar?" i asked... we both giggled..wow...i told scott he and dar had QUITE the date tonight! :)

here are a few of the snaps i took of him with no flash, the iso CRANKED to 3200...but oh, is he cute!!! :) :)


















and then the little guy decided he was gonna give tita trace a little smirk, almost to say, "oh YOU..yes you can take pictures of me ANYTIME." ;) what a great guy.. giggle..

destination wedding - neuschwenstein castle, bavaria, germany

at the beginning of summer i had a rather unusual email conversation with my friend's boyfriend whom i never met. the long and short of it, i was asked to come and shoot their wedding in germany, at a castle, a long time dream of russ.

there are hundreds of photos from the day, but here are a few to give you a feel for the fun we had...

some of the details..









getting ready...











a few photos before they met..






the first meeting..





the ceremony was in two parts..the first atop the mountain that overlooked the castle; the second in the courtyard of the castle. how could you not get married with the castle in your background atop a little ledge waaaaaay up high, yet married in the courtyard of king ludwig's castle? the best of both worlds really! :)










just before the ceremony started, 3 girls from australia were hiking down the mountain by us, and asked what was going on. once we told them, they asked if they could watch, and we even put them to work, holding my laptop that the music was playing on. they were so sweet! :)







a few photos atop the mountain before we made our way down to the castle..





and some fun ones on the way down too.. :)




when we got to marion's bridge, that crossed from the mountain to where we walked to the castle, the applause and cheering commenced! it was so cute! and everyone was super great to let us take a few shots on the bridge..the very, very HIGH bridge!!







then some more fun ones.. :) note kerri's hiking boots - she changed into them going up and down the mountain.. :)




and then russ did the prince sort of thing to do - carry his princess up the stairs to the courtyard..boy did the shouting and clapping go nuts!! it was so cool!! he pretty much raised the standard for all those single guys there that day!






then the tender ceremony began...











so lovely, hey? sigh.. :)
and then we went and shot around the castle..here are a few of my faves..

















and then we ate together at the restaurant at the castle and they danced to "i'm yours" by jason mraz.. :) it was a lovely day..






congrats to you guys..i'm so honored you'd ask me to capture your day..indeed it was a fairytale...and they lived happily ever after.. :)

all my love..trace xox