Aloha Ribao Family!

As you could probably tell from the "Sneak Peek" there were a lot of photographs that I loved of this family.

The Ribaos are Maui born and raised.  They have recently moved to Utah.  To them I say "God bless your weary, weary soul for tolerating, nevertheless surviving this past winter".  Upon meeting, it was like we were old friends. I loved their candidness and sweet expressions they shared (especially the little one!)

Warning: Picture Overload. I told you! There are too many that I love!

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If you would like me to photograph your family, email me! katepeasephotography@gmail.com

Garden

Our garden is such a sense of joy for us.  There is nothing quite as soul satisfying as getting your hands dirty in the garden.  Here's a few pictures of the harvest we look forward to, and currently have. We even grew some of our crops from seed for the first time! We are such proud produce parents!

I cannot wait till these guys are red, plump, and juicy

Little baby baby cucumbers

These are Claire's favorites. "A saw-beh-yie"

Is there anything better than fresh basil? Pair it with a home-grown tomato and fresh mozzarella and you have sheer heaven.

Thursday's Thoughts...

Thursday's Thoughts are my personal ramblings inside my brain.  If you want to see photos, feel free to skip.  If you'd like to get to know me and my random thoughts that so happen to fall on Thursday, keep reading. :)


Do you guys remember "The Secret"? The book/movie that took the country by storm? Featured on Oprah, Ellen, Larry King, a few years ago?


To very briefly summarize, it's a book/movie based on optimistic thinking. "Thoughts become things".  If you emit positive vibes, and positive thoughts, the things you think of will manifest themselves into reality.  For example, Ellen Degeneres said that she kept telling herself that one day she would host the Academy Awards, and envisioned herself doing so.  Years later-she did.  And she attributes positive thinking and visualization to her success and fortune. I completely agree that being a nay-sayer won't get you too far in life, but there were a few concepts and ideas in it that were a little far-fetched for me.  Like: "I started imagining checks coming in the mail, and soon enough checks started coming in the mail!" Hmmm....maybe I'm too much of a skeptic.


The point I'm getting at is: One thing that really stood out to me from The Secret- I wanted to share:  There is enough. There is enough good in the world.  There is plenty to go around.  There isn't a cap or quota of goodness we're allowed, and somehow we all have to share.  Those that are greedy, (negatively) competitive, or selfish seem to think that there isn't enough, and they need it all to themselves.  "The truth is there is more than enough love, creative ideas, power, joy, happiness to go around."  And in turn, there is enough business and clients to go around too.  No one is hogging it all.  This way of thinking is so inspiring to me, and I am finding it in so many successful people that I am meeting recently.  I hope that I can be like them and choose to collaborate, instead of compete.  Uplift, instead of depress.  Support, instead of oppose.  Because they all share their good with me, and I in turn hope to share it with someone else (instead of hogging it all to myself, like I do with brownies).  What are your thoughts on the matter this Thursday?

Feeling Under

Seriously? Who gets the full-on flu/cold in July? I guess I do...

My bedside table

Don't worry, I don't take all these at once. :)

I turn my back for two minutes and....

She helped herself to my make-up.  Lipstick, blush (lipstick again) and my favorite lancome mascara. Although, she did do a pretty good job of getting it on her eyelashes. I'll tell you what, she is allllll girl.

Wednesday's Words

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

*Wednesday's Words are a collection of quotes I find inspirational, and hope that you do too.

Ribao Family Sneak Peek

So, I know that technically this post isn't a "sneak peek" because there's more than one pic. But guess what? I can't pick just one! There are so many great photos from the shoot with this family!

Stay tuned for more from this adorable family!

If you'd like me to capture your family, email me! katepeasephotography@gmail.com

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

Happy Independence Day!

pictures taken last night at the Holladay Fireworks display.  I love my family.  I love my town. I love my state. I love my country.

"A party a party!"

I titled my post "A party, a party!" Cause every time I read this little lift-the-flap birthday book to Claire, at the very end when baby finds his birthday cake, she says "A party! A party!" every. single. time.  It's adorable.  

For Claire's Birthday she:

Rode the merry-go-round with me

Rode the ferris wheel with Grandma and Pop

Blew out the candles on her cake

And stuffed in as much at once as humanly possible

Yes...turning two is highly satisfactory!

Thursday's Thoughts...

I have t-minus 45 minutes until it's not Thursday anymore! Here are some very scattered and random thoughts.  I thought I'd do a mini series on here called "Lady Behind the Lens" (Lady makes me sound old). For those of you who don't know me very well, I can share a few snippets about me.  My brain feels like scrambled eggs that were run over with a car right now, so bear with me. :)

Anyway, Part 1 of Lady Behind the Lens: Random Randomness

*I hate touching raw meat
*I don't like touching cold things like ice
*I love Dr Pepper lip balm. It is moisturizing, but with a nice tint.
*Pebble ice is one of the best things ever invented.
*I was born in TX
*The best return on any investment you'll ever make is to travel. The "return of investment" of the memories you make is one that pays off so much.  I am a gigantic advocate of traveling.  It is such a learning experience.  I take the opportunity to travel as much as I can. (You like how I make it sound like it's a good financial decision by using financial mumbo jumbo terms? hehe)
*I have a pink bathroom. Pink tub, pink sink, pink walls. The place was built in the 50s. It makes me feel retro chic.

That's all for now.  Nothing philosophical tonight.  I'm afraid my brain would explode if I tried.

Photo of me, taken by Brant.  I swear I don't wear this outfit all the time, but all these pics were taken on the same day.