new photography blog!!!

So a while back I started a photography blog, but it just wasn't working out for me. So I finally got a new blog to post all my favorite pics from photo sessions! Check it out...

nicolehagerphotography.com/blog

There's not much on it yet, but I'll be better about posting on it now... promise!

Oh Winston...

This is what Winston does when its cold outside. That's a space heater he's sitting in front of in case you couldn't tell!

He'll keep moving around so that every angle of his face gets as much heat as possible.

He always has to be actually pressed up against it, it's hilarious!

Hawaii!

We just got back from spending a week in beautiful hawaii with Jeremy's family! His dad and stepmom were so generous in treating us to a great vacation. Here are some of the highlights!

Here we are at the beach in front of Mama's Fish House. Great food and of course you can't beat the scenery!

Here's the whole group. From the left, Jeremy & Nicole, Morgan & Jeff (Jeremy's brother and his wife), Jeremy's Dad Bo and Stepmom Dottie, and then Dottie's daughter Ashley and her boyfriend Brian.

Here's the sunset from the balcony of our condo. Seriously, it doesn't get much better than this!!

We got to go whale watching. It was definitely one of my favorite parts of the trip.

This one swam right up to our boat, Jeremy got this great pic when the whale was about 15 feet from us!

A little bit of Hawaiian flair...

Us eating at another amazing restaurant. Yum!

We got up a 3:45 am (yikes!) to drive to the other side of Maui and take a sunrise bike ride.

Once the sun was up we put on our gear and headed down the mountain!

At the black sand beach the sand is made of volcanic rock that has been ground up really fine.

Of course there were amazing waterfalls!

And scenery that looks like a painting.

Here we all are again on our last day. Thanks so much Bo and Dottie!!!

A White Christmas!!!

We spent Christmas in Oklahoma, where we had our first white Christmas! It started Christmas eve and we got 16 inches. It was a record for this part of Oklahoma in December!

As you can see, Bauer LOVES the snow. It's like he was made for it! We could barely get him to come inside.

Notice there are no pictures of Winston playing in the snow.... He pretty much stayed inside and sat in front of the space heater the whole time!

Addison

My niece Addison....

Is the cutest.....

Little girl ever!

Christmas season has begun!

I absolutely LOVE this time of year! We decorated our tree the day after Thanksgiving. Why wait?

OKLAHOMA!

Well, we are pretty close to making a final decision. As of right now, we are pretty sure Oklahoma is where we will be moving this summer to Church plant! We are still praying and trying to do whatever we can to make sure this is where we need to be, but everything seems to be pointing us there. We are so ready to start preparing for this exciting journey!

We came up to Oklahoma this past week to start checking out different neighborhoods, meet with some pastors and Church planters, and visit family and friends. It was a great week! We can't wait to start putting down some roots, and be a part of what God is already doing here!