The Start of 2013 and Travel Thursdays

Happy New Year everyone!!

It has been a busy start to the new year for me, at least with my day job. And 2013 will be a very big year for me.

Not only do I plan on some home renovations including decorating my living room, hopefully installing hard wood flooring throughout the better part of our main floor and some major landscaping for our backyard, but I am turning 30!!! Yikes, it even looks scary in writing.

I will also be doing some travelling in 2013, which is pretty exciting.

There have been a couple mentions of my day job on the blog which I haven't really gotten into for a few different reasons. But I think now, with the start of new year (and blog schedule) is the time to get into it.

I am very fortunate to have three jobs that I am passionate about. The first, and most important is being a mom to my four year old son, Braeden and a loving and supportive wife to my husband Adam. The second is part-time wedding and boudoir photographer and the third (which pays the bills) is a full-time travel agent. Yes, I am very fortunate. I am new to all three jobs and in some cases, learning as I go.

So with this passion for travel and having a career that revolves around it, I am again very fortunate to have the opportunity to travel to some incredible places. In 2012, I had the opportunity to travel to Greece with Transat Holidays, which was amazing.

With trying to be more organized in 2013, I have come up with a new blog schedule which will include regular, weekly posts about travel. So to start, over the next several weeks, I will be posting about my trip to Greece. Of course, I have "some" photos from the nine day trip.

Stay tuned....

Back from Mexico

My husband and I had a great time in Mexico. I can't believe how quickly the week went by and only a week later, I don't even feel like I had a vacation. We stayed at the Gran Bahia Principe Tulum in the Mayan Riviera.

The wedding went very well and the couple is very happy. They are returning early Sunday morning and I have all the wedding photos that I was able to take, edited and ready to go.

Long Gone Baby

After being booked for just under a year, my friend's destination wedding is just around the corner. My husband are leaving for Mexico this coming Saturday and are going to be soaking up the sun, drinking Margarita's and of course making photos for an entire week.

It will be interesting to see how I can possibly be a maid of honour and part-time photographer for the wedding, but I am sure I can do it. Now I just have to figure out how to pack all my gear, clothes and shoes without going over the luggage limitations.

Stay tuned for photos...

My Best Friends Wedding...Shower

When my best friend, Kristen, got engaged last Christmas, she and her fiancee Ryan asked me if I wanted to be the maid of honour or their photographer. My response, even though I think I could do both if I really tried, was to be her maid of honour.

Since then, they have decided to have a destination wedding this January in the Mayan Riviera (yay, and excuse to take a trip!) and I plan on bringing my photography gear with me. But before the wedding can even begin, there are certain preparations and events that need to take place. I have added some photos of one such event, Kristen's Surprise Wedding Shower that took place this past November.

She might kill me for posting these photos.