Merry Christmas!

Milan.

We spent just a couple of days in Milan and we had a good time. We stayed at an interesting (read: shady) hotel room one night and then switched to a much better and nicer hotel for the second night. We spent one night at a Christmas market where Phil's wallet was stolen! We were so shocked and felt so bad!

Here are some of our highlights from our short stay in Milan:

*The Duomo. How did they build those cathedrals without power tools?
*We got to see a privatley owned Carivaggio piece that was amazing.
*Toured the beautiful Scala opera house.
*We were able to see The Last Supper. So amazing to see that in person!
*Window shopping at the Galleria.

Here are the pictures!





















Stay tuned for the last part of our trip- Germany!

London,

I LOVE London. I've been before but I loved it so much more this time around. I love the way people dress, I love the way the city feels, I love everything. Despite our jetlag, we were able to enjoy ourselves and have a great time.
Here are some our favorite things....

*Eating amazing fish & chips. Simply delicious.
*The Tate Modern Museum
*Best Lentil Soup ever.
*Walking around to find Banksy wall graffiti
*Loving how easy it was to ride the tube.

One thing that was not my favorite (I know this will make my friends mad but whatev...) was Wicked. We saw it and thought it was LAME! Would have much rather seen Les Mis, or anything else. I think I would have liked it a lot more if I was 15 years old. Sorry to all you die-hard Wicked fans out there, but I had to get it off my chest!

Anyway, on to the pictures!

Westminster Abbey-I think this is my favorite place in all of London






The British Museum...totally awesome. I could probably spend a whole week in there!



The interior of the Natural History Museum




A small Christmas Market



London Bridge











A possible Banksy?

We're Back!

We just got back from a fabulous and fun trip to London, Milan and Germany. We had a great time and I have a million pictures to post but here is just one that I took from a Christmas Market in Germany. This picture just gets me in the Christmas mood. More to come soon!

Nothing really new to post except I took bridal photos for my cousin Amber (who many of you might know- she's the sexy redhead mother of two) who has been married for 6 years! Here is a picture of Amber is all her glory! You can see my favorites on my photo blog, as well!

I'm Back!!

I'm back from my fun couple of days in Reno. I've started posting some of the awesome family shoots I did while I was there! I still have a couple more to edit, so keep on checking back!
Please take a look and let me know what you guys think!
The sessions are on my photo blog HERE.

Family Photos This Week in Reno

I have a couple of spots still available for family sessions this week in Reno if anyone is interested. 

Wednesday, November 5th at 4:00 pm

Friday, November 7th at 10:30 am

If you are interested and available at these times, please email me at hayes.marielle@gmail.com. The family session is only $75 and can be used for a family shoot, engagement, maternity, newborn shoot. See the details of this Fall Special HERE.

Please let me know asap as these spots have filled up quickly! These are the only times I have available.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HADLEY!!!

I cannot believe that one year has already gone by! We celebrated Hadley's 1st Birthday on Saturday with our families and had a lot of fun. My entire family came in for her birthday, so it was extra special. It was pretty low key- pizza and a huge Costco cake which Hadley loved!

Later that night was our ward Trunk-or-Treat and Hadley came dressed as a flamingo. I must say, that was the most ridiculous thing I have ever made! She looked awesome and didn't mind all the feathers and she looked so cute!

I am so grateful for little Hadley. I never thought I would like being a mom, but it has brought me so much joy that it's hard to explain. She brings us laughter and happiness and we are so blessed to have her in our lives!

Hadley channeling Nicole Richie with her awesome sunglasses...

Hadley loves the phone that Grandma & Grandpa McCombs gave her!

Here she is in her rocking flamingo costume!

Fall Family Sessions: Attention Reno Peeps!

I’m providing a great Fall Family Special so you can have your family pictures taken in time to send along with your family Christmas cards. Here’s what it includes…

Fall Family Special
$75
-1 hour photo session, up to 2 locations
-Online proofing/ordering for 9 months
-Enhancement of all photographs
-High resolution disc of 30 of your favorite images from your session

If you are interested in booking a family session, please contact me at hayes.marielle@gmail.com to schedule with me. I will be in the Reno area from November 5th-8th so if you live in the Reno area, this would be the perfect time for a family session!

What to be for Halloween?

Does anyone have any good ideas for an awesome Halloween costume for this cutie? I think I'm going to make her costume, but I need to start now! Please, you guys- give me some good ideas!

Muir Woods

We headed up to Muir Woods last weekend with a fun new couple from our ward, Erik & Jessica. It was a ton of fun and beautiful as always. After Muir Woods, we drove up to Muir Beach, which is pretty beautiful, as well. Please excuse all the plant pictures- there were so many amazing plants there that I couldn't stop myself!

All of us at Muir Woods

Hadley soaking up the sun at Muir Beach

My sister's wedding!

My sister Sarah got married in the beginning of September. It was beautiful and we are so happy for her! I was part of the wedding so Sam had to take pictures for the ceremony and I took the pictures for the rest of the wedding. You can view my favorites HERE and if you really want to see the whole event, you can go HERE. Here are some fun pictures of us from the event!

The bride & groom!

Sam and little Hadley

The beautiful bride & Hadley



Me in my loverly bridesmaid dress

The end.