Easter Special

Happy Spring.

Laycee Lemons Photograpy will be offering a ONE DAY ONLY Easter Special next Wednesday April 4th. All images will be available for pickup on DVD the following day. 

Hurry, Limited times slots available. Details below...

The following time slots are available:

INDOOR (Morning AM Sessions)

10:30

11:00

11:30

12:00

OUTDOOR (Afternoon PM Sessions)
 

4:00

4:30

5:00

5:30

Wedding Canvas Giveaway

One lucky couple will win a 11X14 stunning gallery wrap Canvas Print. 

Here's how it works... Below you will find 7 different couples who's Weddings I was blessed enough to capture! The one with the most "votes" wins. You vote by leaving a comment stating your favorite couple and why. (please list the couples # in your comment)
Voting closes Thursday February 9th @ Midnight.

Rules:  Please limit one vote per person.

No "anonymous" voting, each vote must have a couple's name/number listed.

Anyone can vote so feel free to forward on this link to family and friends.

Winner will be blogged Saturday February 11th.

Good luck and vote vote vote.


LL

View more wedding photography at:

http://www.facebook.com/laycee.lemonsphotography 

 #1:  Chronister Wedding

 

#2:  Formby Wedding

 

#3:  Hammond Wedding

#4:  Parmenter Wedding

 

#5:  McNulty Price Wedding

 

 #6:  White Wedding

 

 #7:  Lopez Wedding

REMEMBER THE RULES:

Please limit one vote per person.

No "anonymous" voting, each vote must have a couple's name/number listed.

Anyone can vote so feel free to forward on this link to family and friends.

Happy Voting!

Vday Sneaky...

Timmons Twins Sneaky

These two dolls are getting quite a bit bigger these days and I was once again blessed to get to snap them up. :)

 I mean really though, how cute is this family! 
This family is amazing. They are generous, caring, so loving and wonderful examples of what it truly means to love like Jesus loves!


This last time I was with The Timmons I took notice of the way they let their kids just be kids. Funny concept right. For me I tend to get so wrapped up in rules and consquences and "acceptable" behaviors that I often forget what it means to just let Seth be what he is. A 3 year old little boy. 
Let him talk silly and be loud and bounce around. Let him dump out the entire box of toys because he's looking for that one little matchbox car at the bottom. Who cares! He'll clean it up later, he always does! Let him be a three year old boy because that's what he is!!!

Thanks you Hilary & Tim once again for teaching me something valuable. 

And because I can't post this blog without giving Tim's "Let's be beautiful" project a shout out... 
ONLY 3 Days Left to donate!
Be sure to visit the link below and watch the video. This man is doing great things and truly using his talents like he should! 
Let's be beautiful together and make a difference by helping Tim.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/774443625/tim-timmons-the-lets-be-beautiful-project?ref=live

 

Sunday November 6th.

Irvine, Ca 

• 12 - 12:45
• 1 - 1:45 
• 2 - 2:45
• 3 - 3:45
• 4 - 4:45

Email me to reserve your time slot. layceelemons@gmail.com
Full session fee will be due upon booking to reserve your spot.


Look forward to working with you! LL

bad parent day...

Ever just have one of those days where you feel like a bad parent? moments where your patience is running so thin you think you're going to lose it at any moment? I'm having one of those days!

A day where I had to say sorry to my 3 year old for being "mean", and a day where already (at only 10:00am) I've put him on too many time-outs. 





























A day where this little girl face looks like this because she just wants my attention, and I'll I 
want is some sleep, and a pedicure. (I know, bad parent!)

I'm just having a "I need a me moment" and while I was caught up in all my selfishness I look over from my desk and I see this happening...

BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahhh man!!! Really?!?!?! And now I just feel like a big jerk for not giving her the love she's now giving her baby!

It was such a sweet moment, and it just completely washed away all my "me"-ness I was consumed in.
I mean I still really want a pedicure and I would love to get some sleep right now but, really... I would trade a thousand pedicures and a million hours of sleep for one second spent doing this with her!

Thank you sweet girl for reminding me (once again) that I need to soak up this time! 
Thank you for making me want to be a better parent!

No Title. No Excuse. No-thing I can say except sorry...

Sorry I haven't blogged. To say life is crazy right now would be an understatement! Even right now I'm having so much ADD I can barely right this entry. 

The last three weeks have been a big blur... 

from the "bads" of a computer crashing, to 3:30am work wake times too often, to Elle being allergic to almond milk (which took two of those three weeks to figure out), to dropping an unexpected $1400+ on a new mac (which I'm extremely thankful for, but so overwhelmed by), to a family emergency, to school finals; all the way to the "goods" of my photography business being busier then ever, Seth learning to swim, getting an "A" in my class, to Elle taking her first steps, and to taking big leaps of faith on the home front! 

What to say next?! I don't know. I keep starting sentences and then backspacing trying to figure out just the right set of words... 
What I can tell you is I have LOTS of photos to share, lots of love to give, and lots of life to enjoy. 
Currently I have three 'draft' blog's in the works so there is more to come... I'll just ask that you simply be patient during this extremely busy time. Thank you to all my readers, comment leavers, and followers of layceelemons.com.


And because what is a blog post without pictures... here you go!
LL

my sweet little Elle Bell in Daddys Truck

a little boy who is NOT so little anymore!

the love of a mother and son

the best second shooter EVER (Megan Craft) and her darling little family!

a beautiful family with another addition on the way

darling little lady!

and twins make six for the Timmons family!

Finding Joy in this heat!

It's HOT! Like, my arms are sticking to my desk, HOT! I'm tired right now. So let me just say in advance, I might get ornery!

With that being said, life is good. Life is full. And on days like today when I'm SUPER irritated at the fact that I'm quite positive I could fry an egg on my backyard pavers, I can still find joy in the little things. the simple things. 

Like this face. And the fact that she's standing at 10 months. And the realization, when I dressed her in this outfit, that she looks SO good in yellow. 
My little "Lemon" looks so good in yellow. 
She looks so good in love!

Finding joy in the fact that he does this without me having to ask now...

THIS FACE! Little, simple, face. His eyes. His Lips, His hair... Ugh!!! Can't get enough of this child. And remembering, that even when I'm so over asking him to do something for the 5th time, he's not even 3 yet. He's just a little boy, and when he's acting out it's probably just because he wants more of me! 
These eyes give me joy and constantly bring me back to what's important in life. What's important to him... and that's being the best mother to him and the best wife to his father I can be!

Tonight we decided to eat our dinner outside. 
On a blanket. 
It was fun.

little more joy right there... 

how much is Matt going to hate that I used this photo?!!!

Elle learned how to use a fork! 
Based on that smile I'd say she's proud!

 Seth learned how to make me laugh with milk mustaches.

 finding joy in our sweet "Truck" who is best dog ever. Thankful that he's not off dog fighting like the owners who had him before us were planning to do!

Because I know someone will ask...Yes he's a pitbull. And NO I'm not worried about him around my kids!

  
So tonight, although I was tired, irritable, and just down right cranky I took the time, to take joy in the simple, little things in my life. I'll go to bed tonight feeling thankful. I'll sleep better (partly because of the wine) but nonetheless I'll remember these little faces that made me smile. Gave me joy.

 Goodnight all. Happy Wednesday!

And the winner is...

BABY...

#...

 1:  Baby Jackson

Congrats Simmons Family. You are the lucky winners of the 11X14 canvas gallery wrap.
Thank you to all who voted and stay tuned next month when we do another fun giveaway!
LL

"Newborn" Canvas giveaway!!!

One lucky baby will win a 11X14 stunning gallery wrap Canvas Print. 

Here's how it works... Below you will find 8 different newborn babies that I've captured over the last few months. The one with the most "votes" wins. You vote by leaving a comment stating your favorite baby and why. (please list the babies # in your comment)
Voting closes Wednesday April 6th @ Midnight.

Rules:  Please limit one vote per person. No "anonymous" voting, each vote must have a person's name listed. Anyone can vote so feel free to forward on this link to family and friends. Winner will be blogged Thursday April 7th.

Good luck and vote vote vote.
LL

#1:  Baby Jackson

 
# 2:  Baby Blake

  
# 3:  Baby Presley

# 4 Baby Timothy
 

# 5 Baby Maddux

# 6 Baby Ava

# 7 Baby Ethan

# 8 Baby Ben

 Get your vote on! :)