Two Adas

Whenever Ada and Lola sit by each other, Ada says, "Two Adas!" After church a couple of weeks ago, we tried to get some pictures of them together in their pretty dresses. 

Oh how I love Lola's sweet smiles 

Turns out it's really difficult to get a toddler and a newborn looking at the same place at the same time! 

 The best one :) 

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Sunday Pictures

Last Sunday, I wanted to take some pictures before we all kicked off our church shoes and took a nap. 

We usually do that pretty quickly after we get home :)

Ada giving me a flower

 I don't know where it went!

 Sweet little lips

 Little helper giving me the lens cap

 Papa & Ada 

 Pure joy! 

 Happy with the same face :) 

 Mommy & her girl

Vintage Photo Shoot

Matt, Ada & I all dressed up for a fun photo shoot with the talented Gena Susan a few weeks ago. 
Check it out HERE!

It was so fun to borrow clothes (my dress belongs to my sister Lindsay, Matt's vest, hat & bow tie are my cousin Chris' & Ada's dresses are Gena's) and take a step back in time! I did much heavier make-up than I usually do and Lindsay did my hair. I felt so glamorous! I was so glad that Matt was along for playing dress up and model, I think he's getting used to having a camera pointed at him after being married to me for 4 years :)
Thank you, Gena, for a fun evening and such gorgeous images!

Jasmine Johnson Photography

Thank you to everyone who voted for Ada in the Fresh Faces contest!

She won second place and we were able to meet with Jasmine for a mini-session last week.

She captured some of the sweetest expressions on Miss Ada's face :)

You have to see them...click HERE!

Fresh Faces Contest!

Jasmine Johnson's Fresh Faces contest begins tomorrow at 8am!

Go and vote for Ada HERE! :)

Voting goes through April 13th at 8pm.

You can vote once per day (poll tracks per-24-hour period, not necessarily a calendar day).

If Ada wins, we get an on-location mini-session with Jasmine, 5 digital images, five 5x7 prints...all worth $425!

Tell your friends and pass the word along!

Thank you, thank you :)

Ada's Photo Shoot

The talented Gena Patten came over today and took beautiful newborn pictures of my 8-day-old baby girl. Here is her blog post: A is for Ada.

Aren't they lovely?

Yamada Family

Did a family photo shoot at the park yesterday...here are two of my favs...

Sweet little Ethan has the cutest cheeks in the world! What a good baby, too.

Meg & her family surprised her mom for her 50th birthday and showed up in CA! It was a weekend of surprises for her :) So sweet.

For The Sake of Documentation...

Here are pictures of me at 3 months 4 days pregnant. Saturday was a beautiful, sunny, warm day here in Santa Maria. We ordered sandwiches at Spencer's then headed to Waller Park to eat and relax. After a rough morning that prevented us from driving to Los Angeles for our Ward's Temple Day, I needed some fresh air!

Lindsay cut my hair while she was in town, I love it! She always does such a great job. I'm getting closer to all my natural color now!

There's a baby in there!

It felt strange posing like this...I don't feel like I'm showing enough yet! It just looks like I had a big meal. I'm still wearing my normal clothes; I wonder how long that will last. Haha!

My sweet hubs. He has been so wonderful during these past months! He's done the dishes, cleaned out the fridge, gone without home-cooked meals, made midnight runs to the grocery store, brought me anything I need, and been my number one supporter and friend throughout everything. What a guy :)

She's Here!

And has been for a few weeks now! I'm a slacker. She is perfect though :) Evelyn Alta Miller...April 9, 2009 7 lbs. 12 oz.

Happy Auntie Kara!

Look at that little face!

She is so precious.

Uncle Matty & Evelyn :) She just melted his heart!

Petite little hands.

Daddy Ryan & Evelyn.

Isn't she beautiful? I need to go see her again :)

**Sidenote....I've been growing my hair out for a few months now. I'm tired of dying it. So the ends are colored/bleached out/nasty and the roots are brown. Yes, I'm ghetto. This is what happens when Lindsay moves to UT. Humph. I'm tempted to go have someone chop off all the color!

The Mathews' Visit!

The weekend of March 21st, we were lucky enough to have the Mathews Family come visit us here in CA! They live in St. George and took a road trip out here. Cortney was Matt's Trainer on the mission, and they are the best of friends. He and Emily have the most adorable little boy, Corbin:

Sandy took on watching Corbin like a little bodyguard...it was the cutest thing! They followed each other around everywhere.

We took them out to Port San Luis for some family pictures.

Aren't they the greatest looking family?!

I think Corbin was watching Matt dance around in this shot...

We had fun looking at the seagulls and sea lions.

We tried our very hardest to talk them into moving out here...even Nana got in on the promotion of beautiful Santa Maria, CA!

This is my favorite picture of the whole trip.

The day after they left, I told Matt, "I miss Corbin." He is such a fun kid and has the best little personality!

Come visit us again soon...we love you guys!

Matt @ Guad

On Matt's day off we went to Guadalupe for a photo shoot. I don't like the crazy waves & riptides there...so I offered to take pictures with Brandin's awesome zoom lens (thanks buddy)!
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Snowy Plover...LUNCH!

The waves slam you into the sand here...Matt is cracking up because I captured it!

Such a stud! I was pretending he was a pro surfer and I was a pro photog at the competition. He said, "How did I do?" I replied, "Oh, you won the title."

I just LOVE that wetsuit butt!


He's up! Big waves...why I wasn't in my wetsuit that day!

Serious business.

Favorite shot of the day...thinking about blowing it up huge...or sending it to Billabong ;)

Love this cutie!

It's not a trip out to Guad unless you get stuck behind a tractor!