in love with jj.

...but  tell me who wouldn't be in love with this handsome face.

{More photos from his first birthday bash comin' soon!}

elijah + mommy

....Just some macbook photobooth fun with Elijah (his brother is this cutie pie) and Angella at retreat.

sugar & spice and everything nice

While at Steph's graduation, I very politely asked Olivia if I could take her photo.

Having manners certainly paid off. :)

adventure ahead!

Mabel's Class, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

Mommy Ho & Ethan

In my mind I'm always referring to Tiff as "Mommy Ho".
The "aunties" and I are so in love with Tiff and Andrew's #1 son, Ethan... and we are SO excited for baby #2!

I couldn't resist but get these candids of Tiff and Ethan on Easter Sunday. They are so cute!

The Sanchez Family

I know...its been a ridiculous amount of time since the last time I posted ANYTHING. Like I always say, its not for lack of photos - just lack of time! If I could sum up the past few months I would describe it as "burning daylight". I get to the end of the day and I have no idea how the time ran out!

Anyways, i've gotten the chance to shoot a few families this season - which makes me happy (those are some of my favorite shots! :) but I'm not going to share those juuuuust yet.

I realized that I had never shared my first official family shoot in Balboa Park from last year! My coworker Edith was gracious enough to let me spend a morning with her and her kids. OBVIOUSLY, they are some of the cutest kids in the whole wide world. I can only imagine how big they are now!

very FIRST shot of the day. We have not yet warmed up to the idea of a photoshoot with a strange girl.

Edith and her kids. (I loved the light in the Atrium!)

So beautiful and sweet.

Stay tuned for more to come soon...but I'm wishing you a lot of holiday cheer for now!

Rock 'n Roll is Here to Stay

T's 2nd birthday party is officially the most fun birthday party I have EVER been to. He LOVES LOVES LOVES music so his parents pulled out all the stops and had a full on concert where he got to play along with the big guys. I was super honored to be "the photographer", since T is one kiddo dear to me. I think he'll be ready for his solo tour by the time we celebrate his 5th birthday!

Could be his album cover. :)

His "guitar hero" going at it on stage...

...and totally taking off the stage as well.

Take Me Out to the Playground!

IMG_2035, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

Last Friday, I had so much fun taking portraits of Ms. Lau's class for their upcoming school auction. This was my second time trying portraits of kids (but I DO love my candid shots) and these were the perfect subjects to shoot! They all took their place at the bottom of the windy perfect slide or climbed up monkey bars and I came home with 21 endearing smiles. Even in the short time I spent with them, I could see their different personalities come through. It was a great day. :)