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While on our trip to Utah we were able to spend Mother's day at my grandparents' wonderful home in Draper. This was the house I would visit a few times a year while growing up and it will always be one of my most favorite places on earth.
My grandparents had built this amazing home on a huge lot of land and I remember going out into my grandpa's garden and picking fresh fruits and veggies to snack on, there were even summer nights that all we would eat were ears and ears of corn for dinner. I remember watching my grandma cook and I loved spending time with her in the kitchen smelling all of the home cooked meals, cookies, and spices (thus began my love for cooking). It had been a while since we had visited my grandparents' home, so I was very happy to make the trip to Utah and spend Mother's Day afternoon there with my little family. This was also an awesome chance for my kids to spend time with their great-grandparents.
As I was editing through these shots, I couldn't help feel a little emotionally thankful for the fact that my kids get to have healthy living great-grandparents around. I can't believe how marvelous the legacy is that these two people have built together. I want to be just like them when I grow older, especially with a home like theirs that makes each individual that visits it feel so welcomed and at peace.
Its so awesome the Hudson got Grandma to go on the seesaw with him!
This is Sloan's favorite face to make lately with his lower lip hanging out.
The next two shots of my grandparents are both favorite, don't they look so good?! My Grandpa is still so handsome and my Grandma will always be so sweet and beautiful (notice the necklace she has on, yup, that's right, she has nine children)!
We let Hudson take our 5D for a while and he is becoming quite the photographer, he took the next three shots. I especially love the shot of Justin that he got, pretty good focusing!
I know this next shot is pretty random, but I caught it that same afternoon...again, I find myself in love with twiggy trees!
This was definitely a memorable afternoon with my grandparents! In September we will be visiting Justin's grandparent's and we can't wait, I can't believe my kids get to have 5 GREAT-grandparents!
Ashley said:
Again, I'm the first to comment because I am major computer nerd! I love Sloan's lion robbies and Jeff mentioned that he likes that clifford swing! These are such precious photos and how amazing that your boys have a chance to know their g-gparents. I also love twiggy trees by the way =).
(06.04.08 11:19 PM)
carrie@urbanbaby said:
these are such moving photos...what a wonderful trip! (i'd give anything to have my grandparents here with us). they look absolutely AMAZING! -c
(06.05.08 07:44 AM)
Roger Ramirez said:
I've been silently watching your blog for a few weeks now and I have to say, I love your photos. This series was gorgeous. I'm starting to take my photography professionally and I'm curious, what did you shoot these with and what sort of post processing do you do?
(06.05.08 08:57 AM)
stacy benintendi said:
i love these cute pics. makes me wish my grandparents were still alive. i was thinking before you wrote, what a handsome man you grandpa is. he must have been hot stuff. :)
(06.05.08 09:50 AM)
jackie wonders said:
i love this post! your grandparents are absolutely adorable. great shots as usual:)
(06.05.08 09:52 AM)
linda good-hart said:
Lovely images of these amazing relationships!
(06.05.08 12:46 PM)
Nicole Thompson said:
Too bad I miss them so much! Wow those photos of them individually are great picture that will be great forever! I need a copy of those! I love our grandparents!!!
(06.05.08 01:19 PM)
Zaida said:
Beautifully sentimental images--love 'um. Your grandmother has beautiful eyes!
(06.05.08 03:58 PM)
Christian said:
This stuff is great! This is the kind of photographs that people are going to look at 30 years from now and say, "Yep, that was definitely life back then..."
(06.05.08 04:54 PM)
angel swanson said:
what a gorgeous set of photos! it is such a blessing to have grandparents still in your lives, as well as great-grandparents for your kiddos! what a legacy... xoxo
(06.05.08 05:20 PM)
Shelly said:
These gorgeous pictures will be treasured by generation after generation. So, so awesome in every way!
(06.07.08 11:21 PM)
ryel j said:
So awesome!! I love theses fam posts. Hudson's got quite the eye and Sloans face to die for!!!!
(06.09.08 10:47 AM)
cjb said:
The Lyon Photography makes the telestial look terrestial, and sometimes even Celestial.
(06.14.08 11:05 PM)
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06.04.08
Today we were featured on Lifetime's television show Get Married. We were contacted a few months ago by Get Married to be interviewed specifically about then engagement sessions we shoot. We were flattered and excited, but I'm not going to lie, I was super nervous and even more nervous to see us on TV! I tend to get a little tongue tied when I'm anxious and I didn't want this to happen in the interview. Fortunately, Justin was also interviewed at the same time with me so that definitely helped. I think over all we did a pretty good job, although you can tell that I really wanted to put my two bits in (lol!).
You can view the full episode (#54) by clicking here, our segment is featured in the middle. Thanks to the Get Married crew, it was definitely a little adventure for us! This episode will also air again June 11th on Lifetime, check your local listings to find out what time it plays, for us the show airs at 7:30am.
Ryel j said:
OMGosh!!!! You guys are sooooo adorable. I thought it was sweet and so personal! Love, love, love the images.
(06.04.08 01:03 PM)
Lindsey Joy said:
This is great, I loved it! Thanks for sharing.
ps: I read your blog daily through google reader - your work is so inspiring! Just wanted to say hi :)
(06.04.08 02:25 PM)
angie + matt said:
So cute! You don't look dorky at all. You guys look totally natural, way to go!
(06.04.08 03:23 PM)
Michelle Moore said:
So cute! Love seeing all your photos, and you guys talking about why engagement sessions are so important! Congrats! :) PS. Amelia you are adorable!!
xoxo
(06.04.08 03:48 PM)
kristine & ron said:
hi amelia & justin!! the funny thing is, our friend said she saw our engagement pictures on lifetime this morning and i immediately remembered you guys!! that was so awesome!! you guys look so adorable on tv!!! oh and we totally related to that *dorky* feeling you guys felt afterwards! haha we soooooo felt that way too after rachael ray! anyways congrats again, we're so very excited and happy for you guys!
(06.04.08 05:18 PM)
Roger Ellsworth said:
i saw you on tv, i saw you on tv! Naturals obviously. What's next..."Days of our lives" maybe? ooh, or i don't know...American Gladiators? Have you seen that show? I'm calling it right here and now...Wolf is the new Chuck Norris. Anyhow, you guys did real well on the tube but, what did you say? I watched it on the spanish Lifetime channel. No Habla Espanol. Obviously.
(06.04.08 05:25 PM)
kristine & ron said:
woops, we wanted to add one more thing!!! thank you for including us and our pictures in your awesome experience! we're so happy to have met and worked with you and the sloans! you guys all totally rock!
(06.04.08 05:45 PM)
denise bovee said:
just finished watching : ) how cool is that!! good thing justin was there to supervise ; ) after I read your intro i was laughing when I could tell you wanted to say somethin lol. you did good! congrats!
(06.04.08 05:54 PM)
heather saunders said:
that was so great! what a cool feature, and you totally did not look nervous at all. Very natural IN FRONT of the camera and geniuses BEHIND the camera, thanks for sharing!
(06.04.08 07:14 PM)
Lyndzee said:
No goofball remarks from the Ellsworths today. If you already don't know we come on here daily and just love your work!! Good job on the interview, it was great. I would have been babbling and stuttering haha.. So good on you,, well done!
(06.04.08 07:38 PM)
Roger Ellsworth said:
Lyndzee didn't see my comment yet did she? Us Ellsworths are goofy. Just ask someone.
(06.04.08 08:49 PM)
Roger Ellsworth said:
Hey guys. I'm just trying to pad your stats. you deserve it. "wow! 65 comments!". seriously, you inspire me.
(06.04.08 08:52 PM)
amber said:
fantastic! i read your blog and when i watched the episode, i felt like my friends made it. haha. friends... amazingly talented, successful people on the other side of the country that i've never met...same thing.
(06.05.08 12:27 PM)
kris said:
Amelia and Justin,
Kris here from Get Married. I just wanted to say you guys were a pleasure to work with to say the least. Your work is creative and still allows the emotion to shine through, which is what the bride of today is searching for in a photographer. Thank you for making my job an easy one. Take care!
(06.05.08 12:31 PM)
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05.09.08
We had a ragin' party on Cinco de Mayo to help celebrate mine and Candice Brooke's birthdays! We handed out MOUSTACHES for everyone to wear, ate tons of guacamole, grilled up some amazing carne asada, and my mom even made trifle!
Sloan was the first of the bunch to wear his MOUSTACHE in style!
Here are the birthday girls:
Everyone wore their MOUSTACHES, and wore them well! Nate rocked his own!
I think the biggest success of the evening was our Strawberry Shortcake Pinata! Of course the birthday girls went first and we had to be blindfolded!
Thanks to everyone for coming, it was a blast!!!!
Also, our good friend Lan Bui made an amazing video of the evening's events, you can view the video by clicking on the image below. Thanks Lan!
nate kaiser said:
WOOP WOOP WOOP!!! awesome party guys...it's a shame i couldn't stick around to show off my ripped six pack in the pool ;)
(05.09.08 12:10 PM)
Jeremy said:
I seriously look forward to seeing your entries show up in my Google Reader account. Nice photos.
(05.09.08 12:16 PM)
ksen :) said:
happy birthday!!!!! looks like such a fun time. :) i heart the moustaches big time!
(05.10.08 07:01 AM)
TonyaPeterson said:
The one of Sloan kills me! I wish I lived in Southern CA. My home town sucks
(05.10.08 07:52 AM)
jessie said:
I broke out in a great big laugh at Sloan with a mustache . . . reminded me of how I thought Justin would have one when he was born because I had never seen Dustin without one . . . now I know how he would have looked. Wow, what a fun party! Hudson looks intent on getting the Pinata!
(05.10.08 09:22 PM)
Annie said:
So much fun. Always fun to see Grace! Almost didn't recognize her :P
(05.10.08 09:37 PM)
ashley parsons said:
These are SOOOOOOoooo fun!! Wish we could have been there to bring a little extra moustche luvin' fun the party.
(05.12.08 07:52 AM)
New York City Wedding Photographer said:
Ahahahah I love the lil mustaches....looks like everyone had a blast :)
(05.13.08 08:54 AM)
jennrocket said:
what a beloved bday girl! amazing footage! i'm bummed jill's hiding her tights in the last pic and i look like a banana!
(05.13.08 02:17 PM)
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05.05.08
Last Friday we received and email from Bludomain informing us that we have been nominated for their photographer of year 2008-2009! What an honor to even be nominated!!!! Be sure to head over to Bludomain's blog to view our spec and the fun little Q&A we did!
Be sure to leave a comment too:)! We also want to give a shout out to our sister in law Jill (an awesome hobbyist photographer!), thanks for helping us shoot our photos in this "vote 4 us" image! Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!
Trista said:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You guys seriously deserve it..you both are sooo talented...you definitely have my vote!!!
(05.05.08 04:53 PM)
Heather Saunders said:
I think I'm cheating on the Kaisers (lord I don't even know them), I now check your blog first on my list of blogstalking dailys. I'm over to Blu to VOTE VOTE VOTE for you guys! YAY, congrats!
(05.05.08 05:19 PM)
nicole said:
I am amazed! this turned out SOOOO good! I would vote for you for sure!
(05.05.08 05:49 PM)
angel swanson said:
congrats!! i am in love with your rad letter-making skills. the 'o' and 's' are my faves. xoxo
(05.05.08 06:17 PM)
sandie said:
i will totally vote for the dynamic duo! I'm so proud of you both..
(05.05.08 09:33 PM)
ksen said:
you guys ROCK! looLOVEoove the "vote 4 us" image -- so rad! on my way to go vote for you..... wahooooo! ;)
(05.05.08 10:00 PM)
Dustin Lyon said:
The way you spelled out vote for us is awesome!!! How did you ever think of something so cool? Oh to be young and be able to put your body into those different positions. FUN, FUN, FUN :b
(05.05.08 10:48 PM)
Elise said:
Good luck you two! You deserve it!
(05.06.08 10:06 AM)
Michelle Moore said:
Congrats you guys! That is the coolest freaking image EVER!!!!
(05.06.08 10:37 AM)
ashley parsons said:
YAY! You deserve to win it all and then some, guys. we are beyond happy when we see your stuff and the more people to have that happy feeling, the better!! such a great pic and idea, too - LOVE IT! :)
(05.06.08 02:30 PM)
Aaron Dieppa said:
It was cool meeting you guys last night! Good luck with this BluDomain thing! You guys rock!
(05.06.08 07:01 PM)
Roger Ellsworth said:
I just ate a bag of kettle corn (by my-s-e-l-f) while watching a week old episode of LOST. It was great. Do you know what's better? you guys! good luck with this thing. You've got my vote...actually, only after spelling "vote for us!" with your bodies. KUDOS!
p.s. if i have to hire you to take our pictures just to meet you, then so be it.
(05.06.08 09:09 PM)
Michael Costa said:
It was great seeing you guys on Cinco DE Miyo/ Amelia's birthday! By the way this photo is so fun!!!
(05.07.08 04:01 PM)
Chenin said:
yeah! A little birdie told Bludomain that you guys rock (if you catch my drift!)
you've got my vote!
(05.07.08 06:43 PM)
Ashley Selfridge said:
Chelle and Patrick are best friends...they deserve to win, because they have done so much for others, no questions asked, and now deserve something for themselves!!! With this win, they will have "a day" of memories to share with their friends, family, kids, grandkids, and so-on, for decades to come. I VOTE FOR CHELLE AND PATRICK~~~they deserve it : )
(12.28.09 08:45 PM)
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04.04.08
Today Hudson turns three! We can't hardly believe how fun these past three years been and how fast they have flown by! This morning we woke up Hudson with his favorite breakfast in the world...."circle toast" (aka donut!) and sang "happy birthday" to him. He was super excited! We wanted to put candles in it, but have since misplaced them in our recent move, so we'll have to put candles in his cake.
Hudson is the joy of our lives, he really keeps us on our toes and makes us laugh everyday! We are so thankful to have him around, life would be so boring without him! Happy Birthday little man!
This last photo makes us laugh super hard....Hudson isn't quite coordinated enough yet to hold up his fingers to show us how old he is without trying reeeeeeeaaaaalllly hard! So funny, he almost has it right, we promise he's not trying to flip off the camera!
angel swanson said:
adooooore these pics of precious hudson. i love the look on his face in the 2nd photo as he eyes his circle toast! have a fabulous party! xoxo
(04.04.08 06:29 PM)
grace kaiser said:
dear hudson...you're the bestest most sexiest three year old i am friends with. love, grace
(04.05.08 12:27 AM)
ksen said:
omigosh - loooooove it!! love all of it ... the photos, circle toast, his happy expressions - way too cool. happy bday hudson! :D
(04.05.08 05:59 AM)
Whitney said:
Those pictures are making me REALLY want some circle toast right now...
See you guys later today!
(04.05.08 08:03 AM)
Tiffany said:
What a CUTIE!!!
Great shots too :)
And YUM on the "Circle toast"~ :)
(04.05.08 08:44 AM)
Ryel j said:
OOWwe Happy Birthday Hudson!! I can almost hear the laughter from here... you guys are such an awesome family! !
(04.05.08 08:47 AM)
michelle ellis said:
circle toast! love it(:
Mr. Hudson looks like a sweet little dude. Happy Birthday!
(04.05.08 11:23 AM)
nicole said:
Ahhh!! Happy Birthday to your little man, My youngest is turning 7 years old the 10th of this month. That last shot is my favorite, I love those little fingers
(04.06.08 12:29 AM)
nanny wanny said:
oh my goodness he is so cute i cant stand it hahahh
circle toast hahahahah thats funny i cant believe my lil boy is growing up so fast awwww
amy make sure to tell him his aunt wanny loves him please dont let him forget who i am.....
i love you baby booooy
(04.06.08 09:27 AM)
Mark Brooke said:
YEEEEAHHH! i looks like you guys had a freaking blast!! i was so so so bummed that i could not make it! we were stuck packing all day long! and it was so so BORING!
later,
-mark!
(04.07.08 11:55 AM)
Jasmine* said:
that last picture is PRICELESS!! :D
missed you on saturday...we'll make it up with dinner...SOON! :)
(04.08.08 03:05 PM)
jenn said:
ps, we miss you at ballet!!! i needed you to rub the charlie horse out of my foot last night.
(04.08.08 11:41 PM)
Julie said:
Oh.my.goodness. He is too cute! Love the shot with the scrunchy nose!
(04.09.08 01:38 PM)
Dustin and Jessie Lyon said:
Loved the pictures of our grandson. Wish we were there to share his cirlce toast with him. Our thoughts and prayers are there though.
(04.12.08 10:10 PM)
Aaron said:
I'm a donut connoisseur, and that donut is clearly the 'Simpsons Special' from 7-11.
(04.15.08 05:29 PM)
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