Maki’s Family | Victoria BC Family Photographer

I’m blogging a little out of order here… But wanted to share my first family session of 2013.

Maki contacted me just before Christmas to ask if I had any sessions available while her sister and her sister’s family were here visiting from Japan.  We managed to find a time to get together just before I went on vacation and before they went back to Japan.  It was a wonderful extended family shoot on a very cold and frosty day.  The two little boys were so excited by the frost which they had never seen before.  I hope they liked their visit to Canada, and I’m so glad that I was able to capture these memories of the whole family together.

 

 

Those eyes!

This weekend we are celebrating Family Day here in BC.  So we are trying to spend lots of quality family time together.  Today we spent the afternoon at Fort Rodd Hill running around the grounds. I snapped a few photos of the boys.  This one captivates me.  He has the most incredible eyes. (And if you look closely you can see me reflected in them!)

Being a superhero

Sometimes life gets really hectic… like really, really hectic.  This week I start working full time in my Infant Development Consultant job. I have worked four days a week for a very long time.  It will be really hard not having my Fridays free to be with my boys.  I am also in the middle of a photography lighting class which is a little intense.  I have also been working on a photo 365 project. This last weekend my whole website went down… so I started a brand new site here (what do you think?)

But despite it all I have a husband and two wonderful boys who are keeping me grounded. They remind me to take breaks, and to sit down for a few minutes.  They take an extremely long time to eat meals, because we always eat together – and it keeps me at the table longer.  They insist on extra bedtime stories. They give extra hugs. And each one of them checks in with me. “Are you sad mom?” “Does this make you happy mom?” “I love you”… All these words keep me going.  They remind me that I am not Superwoman. I am a working mom trying to keep the balance between work, kids, husband and hobbies.  Sometimes I feel like I could use some superpowers to help cope with it all.  But then I get a hug, a crayoned drawing, a back rub… and my world is okay again.  I have my own personal superheroes catching me every time I fall.