I'm pretty much famous...

A few months ago I had the amazing opportunity to assist the INCREDIBLE Shillawna Ruffner with a wedding.  I had contacted her to set up a private mentoring session, because she is someone who's work/style/asthetic/personality/EVERYTHING I really admire and look up to, and quite frankly, aspire to be.  We had a couple of private mentoring sessions, and even a hands on photo shoot where I got to shoot along side her and watch her work and soak up her awesomeness.  Then she surprised me by telling me that she had a wedding coming up that she would like an assistant for and would like use me as part of the mentoring session.  I almost passed out from giddyness, but quickly got myself together and had to refrain from shouting "YES YES YES!!"  She just posted about the wedding on her blog, and I may or may not have cried when I saw some of my images in her post!  Even though my name isn't anywhere in the post, I know they are mine, and that makes me beyond happy.

So here are some of the images I took at the wedding.  To see more, you can go to Shillawna's blog and check out the whole wedding. :)

A little early.

I know it's a little early, but I'm SO excited about our Christmas cards this year!  It's the first year we are going to send them out, and I adore them.  I love the chalkboard art that is so popular right now, so I went with that theme.  Paper Coterie has super cute designs, and their quality is really great.  I got mine when they were having a half off sale on their holiday cards and I couldn't be happier.  I also got another design that I'm even more in love with.  Maybe I'll share that one a little later :)

 On the back of this particular design, they had a place for you to put a message or recap of the year... We didn't exactly have the best year, so I decided to put a quote from my favorite Christmas movie on the back instead.  "I like to whisper too!"

I took that picture myself, just FYI.  And I still have some availability if you need to book a shoot for your Christmas card.  I have full and mini sessions available and have a few fun ideas if you want to do something a little different for your Christmas card picture this year :)

Me, me ME!!

Hi!  Remember me?  Its been a while.  Things have bee SOOO busy in my neck of the woods, but I wanted to drop by and say hello.  For today's post I decided to do a post all about yours truly so you could get to know me better!

• My middle name is Snowe - hence the name of my photography business, Kimberly Snowe Photography
• I hate tomatos, but not tomato based foods like ketchup and spaghetti sauce.  Just the tomatoes themselves.  I know, I'm weird.
• Smoothies are in my top 5 favorite foods.  I could eat them for almost every meal - and I WILL be getting a VitaMix for Christmas, even if I have to buy it for myself (luckily my mom works somewhere they sell them so I can abuse her discount.)
• I only have one fallopian tube, but not by choice.  However, because God is amazing, I still have the same chances of getting pregnant as all you two tubed snobs.  Hahaha
• When I first met my husband (like for the first few months I knew him) I didn't know his name.  My friends and I referred to him as "creepy red-head kid that stares at me all the time."  Sometimes I still do.
• I love Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure.  My favorite ride is Toy Story Midway Mania.  You cannot beat me at that game, so don't even try... you'll just be disappointed.  My husband has only beat me one time, and that was only because he and my cousin looked up the cheats online and worked together to get the secret extra points... and they still only beat me by 100-200 points. 
• I have been to Ireland twice.  I plan to go several more times before I die.
• Being a Mom is my dream job.  Followed closely by a Photographer, and then a florist... pretty much anything creative.
• I have a bizarre, probably unhealthy, obsession with all things mustache.  My current project is mustache pajamas using some amazing mustache flannel I found at Joann's.  I really really want to have a girl first, but I also secretly hope my first is a boy so I can make an awesome quilt for him out of the same mustache fabric.
• One of my favorite feelings in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD is the feeling I get when I walk into someone's home and see photographs that I took framed and hanging on their walls.  I totally get excited little butterflies in my stomach and my heart leaps with joy.
• I love to see (and photograph) the temple.
• I already have all of my kids names picked out.  My hubby doesn't exactly agree, but he'll come around eventually.
• My friends are the best friends a girl could ask for.  Seriously amazing.  You know who you are.
• Mashed potatoes on pizza is actually quite delicious.  Especially when there is also fried chicken and country gravy on said pizza.
• If you are still reading this list, you are pretty awesome.
• My due date would have been 2 months from today.  It still makes me sad.
• Toward the end of her life, my Grandma (Patricia) had to have her leg amputated at the knee.  After the surgery she informed us that she wanted to open a restaurant and call it Peg Leg Patty's.  My grandma was the coolest lady you would have ever met. 

What do you want?

So, I've been thinking about this little ol' blog of mine...  I don't really know what the point of it is...
It's not really to keep a record of the goings on in my life - I keep a journal where I write all of that kind of stuff down.
I suppose I mainly do it to keep people updated on the things that go on in my life, but I sometimes feel silly doing that because I have no idea if anyone even reads this thing!
So if you are out there, if you read, what would you like to see on here?  What would you like to read about?
My life?
More photography?
More crafty/sewing projects?
Something else entirely?
I want this blog to be something that people enjoy reading, so I would love some feedback.

I love to see the Temple

I think my favorite thing in the whole world to take pictures of is the Temple.  There is just something about it that draws me in and keeps me taking pictures even though I already have hundreds saved on my computer.  And especially so with the San Diego Temple, though I have decided to branch out and go to the Redlands, Newport Beach, and Los Angeles Temples.

San Fran

The weekend after Zack came home, I was able to get a couple of days off work to go with my Mom and Zack to take my dad back up to San Jose (he got a job up North and has been living up there by his lonesome for almost a year now.  My mom will be moving up there in the spring.)  We stopped in Gilroy to look around at some of the areas where they are thinking of buying a home.  I'm just sad that none of my friends still live up that way!  It was beautiful and I am looking forward to the trips Nick and I will be able to take.

Our first day in San Francisco (unbeknownst to me) was a day devoted to shopping... for Zack.  I don't think I ever want to shop for men's clothing ever again.  It was really cool to hang out in Union Square and look through all the stores that I can't afford to shop in though :)

Our second day, my dad stole Zack away to do man things, so my mom and I were on our own.  We decided to head over to Ghiradelli Square, and on the way there we saw a farmer's market and decided to stop, thus allowing my to take some pictures.  Oh boy am I glad we stopped.  It was incredible!  We bought so much good stuff, and we didn't even get through a quarter of all the vendors that were set up before the market shut down.  We were expecting to do a quick walk through and ended up spending a couple of hours.  I can't wait to go back the next time I'm up there!!

When we finally made it to Ghiradelli Square, we go ourselves some yummy ice cream sodas, and bought a few overpriced chocolates in the shop.  Then we headed back over to Union Square to do some REAL shopping.  Hahaha - who am I kidding?  We didn't actually buy anything, but it was nice to look at high heels and dresses instead of man things.

I am SOOOO glad I was able to get the time off to go spend a little extra time with my family, but I am SOOOOO sad Sierra couldn't go with us.  It was a blast and I can't wait to go back.  I really enjoy the city of San Francisco and want to explore it a bit more.  Any suggestions for next time?  Anybody know any good places to eat in China Town?

He's Back!

My Brother is home!  Nevermind the fact that he came home August 15th, and I'm just now writing about it...
The Airport (photos by the AMAZING Shillawna Ruffner Photography):

The Par-Tay:

This is what was left after everything was said and done.

It was wonderful meeting him at the airport, and even cooler that we were able to take Shillawna along to photograph everything for us so that I didn't have to worry about it.  I was so excited that so many family members were able to come out for his Homecoming talk/open house.  Sacrament meeting was incredible - it was one of the most spiritual and incredible sacrament meetings I have been to, and I'm not just saying that because Zack was one of the speakers.  The open house was incredible.  I've never seen so many people at a missionary homecoming!  I don't know if it was because of Zack or because people know my mom can throw a great party, or what.  I'm just glad that I was able to contribute in some way - I made the missionary sign, the baptism collage, the slideshow (which I will try to put up), and did most of the gallery wall.
I'm very glad Zack is home now.  It is incredible how much he has changed.  He is so much more mature, so much more in tune with the spirit.  When you are around him, you feel like you want to be a better person, and I hope he keeps that as he continues to transition back into "the real world."

Welcome Home Brother!