So New Year… New Look.  I finally updated my website, as well as the look of my blog (which I know it was definitely needed! lol!).  Not a major re-design, but just a new color palette, and a bunch of new galleries to look at.  I love showcasing my favorite weddings from the previous year on my site… I wish I could showcase all of them.  Let me tell you – it took like over  week to get this minor re-design done! LOL!  As some of you might know – I do all of my own design work (from marketing materials, to albums, to my own website) – I can tell you I don’t update my site too often (maybe twice a year) – and I always get stuck somewhere.  This time I got stuck in the galleries… why did it take me 3 days just to update them?!?!? I seriously can’t tell you why… they were so simple, yet I kept making silly little mistakes and having to start all over again! LOL!  Next time I’ll give myself a month to do minor web updates! ha! ha! 

So along with the new look for the site and blog… I’m so excited to be able to start announcing some of the plans for the new year… so… here are my new year’s resolutions. 

1 – as always – loose 10 pounds (yeah… as most of us do – I have this in my list every year… but somehow I always end up gaining 5 lbs at the end of the year instead! LOL!) 

2 - eat better and stop being such a carb fanatic (yeah… I realize this is a direct link to #1…haha!) – I seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE cookies and breads and cakes.  I remember, when I was pregnant (as this is always my excuse! LOL!), I used to buy boxes of those oatmeal marshmallow cookies- and I used to eat an entire box in one sitting!!! NO JOKE!!! I haven’t done that since I had my son, but if you put me in front of a good movie with a box of cookies, I might just go through half a box without blinking! ha! ha! 

3 – Let the little things go but treasure what’s truly important - I have learned through my life’s ups and severe downs that some things are very important: family, friends, and love.  Everything else is seriously so little in comparison.  

4 – Love my two boys more and more each day – this is like a piece of cake for me (see… there I go… day dreaming about having a delicious piece of cake! lol!) – but I do want to love with more joy and less tears.  Josue knows I love him with all my soul… and I have to remind myself that my little angel wouldn’t want me to cry as much as I do sometimes.  

5 – Love my hubby for the soul mate and rock that he is to me.  Enough said  

6 – Enjoy each and every one of the weddings that I get the honor to be a part of! 

Those were all personal resolutions… 

Now for my business/work resolutions… 

1 – Remember that positive energy will bring positive clients … I’ve always believed that my easy-going and energetic personality is what brings to me such amazing brides and grooms.  

2 – Learn and grow more as a photographer… learn, be creative, and enjoy it!  

3 – Finally launch my new invitation services – this has been something I’ve been working on for a while now, but I tend to hesitate so much and to over-think everything that I really need to sit down and finalize the website and start offering this.  By the way  -thank you to all of my amazing clients that have encouraged me to branch out this part of my creativity!  Hopefully 2010 will be an great year for my custom-designed hand made invitations! 

4- network more- this is definitely something I need to do more of … as easy going as I am, I just can’t seem to know how to talk to ’strangers’ - LOL! Boy did I sound cheesy there or what! haha! 

and finally… 

5 - Be grateful for all of the amazing clients that I am blessed to work with … be thankful that I have the honor of being a part of so many wonderful moments in their lives!!! 

So just because it’s a photo blog – here’s a pretty picture to look at ;-) 

Here is to more smiles, more happiness, and more love in our lives!!!