A quick sneak peek of two sweet sisters. Thinking lots about my sister Shannon today as she’s en route to a 7 month placement as a midwife in the Democratic Republic of Congo with Doctor’s Without Borders...a safe and speedy return Bubby! As for me, I’m making my way through the piles of edits, and will have more from Bria and Arwen’s shoot shortly.

I had another quick visit with Alexio, Amel and Pierre last week. Along with having a newborn, Amel and Pierre are new homeowners and Pierre is in the midst of renovations throughout the house. He arrived back from Home Depot halfway through my visit so I managed to steal him away from his handyman tasks for a few moments for some portraits of himself and Alexio.

My good friend Jo had a little visit over the weekend from her son Aaron, his wife Pamela, and their 3 month old daughter Andie. Aaron is an Alberta farmer and was taking a mini West Coast vacation with the family before seeding for the season, so we decided to squeeze in a portrait session during their visit. Andie decided to nap for most of the session…growing is hard work!

Today we will be celebrating the life and legacy of Nana. Jamie’s Nana, Ella May Watling, was one of the first people I met from Jamie’s family, about 11 or 12 long years ago. From that moment she treated me the same as all of her other grandchildren. In my mind and heart, she was my Nana, and we will miss her more than we can possibly imagine. A week before she went into the hospital, I woke up with a strong need to make a trip out to take some photos of her. None of would have expected her to leave us so quickly, so the images are very special. We took my laptop to the hospital and played her a slideshow of the images from the recent post, ‘Cupcakes’ so Nana could see her great-grandchildren one last time.

Her granddaughter Jacquie, wrote a great little note about her on the JWT Reedmakers blog a while back which sums everything up just right.

So, here’s an image of our Nana a few weeks ago. We will love you always.

We made cupcakes with Jamie’s little cousins on Valentine’s Day. Kendyl was a baking machine, and Callum….well, he ate his weight in cupcakes. We were thinking we may have to put the hose on him before their mom came to pick them up because he was covered with sprinkles and blobs of chocolate.

A few weekends ago, I had my fourth session with the Carvell Family out in Colwood. These kids are a riot and it’s really great seeing them grow year to year!