Yes, I got an album in the mail the other day for one of my brides.  I am super excited to now be using KISS Albums.  Here is just a couple pictures of the album.

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I was asked to take images of Keoki who is an amazing shaper here in Hawaii.  If your a surfer I am sure you have seen or have one of his boards.  Keoki was so fun to shoot. You must check out FLUX HAWAII, they are a new local magazine here in Hawaii.  I have been blessed to be able to contribute.

You can also check out some of the images from his shaping room for this post here.

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Look Le’i and I on Marina Millers blog!  Marina is an amazing photographer and mother (she has the cutest little boys).  You can never get enough of her images!

Waimea is always a must for the summer!

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So I was asked again to take some images for the amazing FLUX magazine.  I also attached a couple more images that were not used.  I had so much fun shooting here at the polo field.

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Stefan, I don’t know how to write the words to express my love and admiration to you!

I feel at a loss for words as these last couple of months have been crazy,you have been my calm in the storms. You are more then a girl could ask for!  You encourage me, correct me, love me, drive me crazy, but most of all you make me happy!  Your a man who stands by my side just like you promised.  I love watching you become a father,  and seeing how our relationship has changed since we have become parents, and I love it.

Happy birthday sweet boy!  Excited for the many more to come!  I promise I will get your dream kayak one of these days!

A friend brought a lei for Stefan and Le’i.  I thought they just looked so cute!

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This is me and my new little family!  My friend Joanna Tano took these of us.  I just love them.  I started crying the first time I saw them.  I know, but is been a crazy couple of months for me.   Here is what I wrote for her blog.

“Love comes in all different shapes and size.

Three months ago I was wife and a daughter hoping to one day be a mother! Never guessing that my dream would could happen so fast and so perfect!

Three months ago I was asked to help out with a two year old, just thinking I would be babysitting till they could get their feet back on the ground. Two months later I would be signing the papers to make little Le’i ours!

It has been one of the most rewarding journeys ever! I never knew I could love so much and so hard.

The papers have been signed, now we just have to wait till the state can add Eriksson to his name. Thanks to furlough Friday it could take a couple months before they even see the paper work, due to them having to do so much in such little working days!

Le’i you are a dream, your smile, laughter, dance moves and your sweet cuddles are more then I could ever ask for! I am blessed and honored to call you my son and watch you grow up! I may not give you everything you want, but I promise to give you everything you need.

The proudest new mommy,

Christy

Joanna -I am so grateful for these images. I am so blessed

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I got to play in the shaping room today. It was amazing, its crazy to think that surf boards are FOAM…. its such an art.  I was able to watch an amazing artist today (more on him later).  I love to watch people who found something they loved and ran with it.

Here are some random pictures.

Enjoy

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This time last year, I was trying to figure out if I really wanted to be a wedding photographer.

After this wedding, I just knew.

I am following my dream.

are you following yours?

xoxo

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For it was not into my ear you whispered

but into my heart.

It was not my lips you kissed,

but my soul.

-unknown

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Where do you begin… they are one of the most talented couples I know…. no really!  Russell is a movie producer and Brianna is a designer for Reef.  See what I mean, super talented.  They were here for a friends wedding and stayed a couple nights with us.  Hint: to my friends we love having people come visit us.

I love passionate people, people who inspire you to do more and think about the choices you are making.  They do this for the husband and I, they get us amped even more on life.  Life is good when you are doing the things you love.  Its the journey that is the most important, enjoy it. Be wild about  your dreams and have love ones to share it with.

“Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.”-Winston Churchill

This is why we love Russell.

Don’t you just love Brianna’s shoes, I want them.

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