Melt my heart

This little princess just melts my heart, I love her so much! I can't believe I'm the lucky gal that gets to be her mommy. She just looked so cute yesterday in a dress my mom made her that I just had to snap a few pictures. Maybe I'll share more from our impromptu photoshoot when I'm not so busy!

Geoff + Stacy & the giveaway winner

First things first! The giveaway winner, as chosen by random.org, is (drumroll please!) ....

Comment #10, KARA!

Congratulations Kara, email me your address and I'll send you this fabulous book. Didn't win but still want to get your hands on Son of Eden: Tales of the Guardian? Check out how to buy it here.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled photo blogging :) So after a beautiful ceremony at the San Diego Temple, and a delicious lunch in La Jolla, we hit the beach for more pictures! I seriously love photographing these two.

Merrill Family

In a land approximately 650 miles from here, it is warm and beautiful in February, allowing for perfect family portrait weather. Oh Mesa, how I love your warm winter weather!

Also, the giveaway is almost closed, enter enter enter!

Jessica + JD: Engaged

The morning of this photo shoot, everything that could have possibly gone wrong, did. But then I showed up at our designated meeting spot and all that melted away as we started shooting. And everything went right, oh so very right.

p.s. Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

Oh my giveaway!

Confession: I love to read.

Confession: I've never read Twilight.

BUT! Before you take away my "I'm awesome" card, let me tell you about the book I recently read and loved -Son of Eden: Tales of the Guardian. "Wait a minute," you're thinking, "what does this have to do with photography?" Well, I'll tell you! I recently had the chance to photograph the author of this charming read. Meet Brianna J Merrill: 

She's totally cute, right? Confession: She's also my cousin's wife :) Anyway, because I believe in sharing the goodness, Bri and I have teamed up to give away one of her books right here on this blog! And not just any book, but a signed copy by Ms. Merrill herself! And not just any signed copy ... but (in the author's own words), "This specific copy is one of only 4 proof copies given to me ... therefore more rare if my books ever get big or hit the NYT bestsellers list." That's right folks, it's basically a collector's item. How do you win this amazing giveaway?

1. Leave a comment. Right here, on this blog post.

Want more?

2. Follow my blog AND the Son of Eden blog for an extra entry and leave another comment saying you've done so.
3. "Like" Jessie Alexis Photography on Facebook and, again, leave another comment saying you "like" me :)

Comment by Saturday, March 26 and the winner will be picked by Random.org and announced Monday, March 28.

Sydney + Casey: Married

When I asked Sydney to name three things she liked about Casey, one of the things she said is, "he treats me so incredibly well, I know that he will always take care of me and be there for me." This was made very evident on the wedding day as we had the couple trouncing through snow, and Casey was always so quick to carry Sydney and dust the snow off her. The wedding day was absolutely perfect and I'm so glad they picked me to capture this special day.

Reception Venue: Springville Museum of Art
Tuxes: Allen's Tuxedos
Flowers: Steiner's Flowers