Cherry Blossoms

The blossoms are in full bloom and gorgeous as usual! If you live here, you MUST go downtown and if you don't, come visit!
My friend Lauren and her son Caed and I were out to enjoy the beautiful weather. Have you ever seen such incredible eyes on a little boy?!

It's alive!

After months and months of work and anticipation, my new website is finally "live"! If you haven't seen it, please check out jan michele photography.

Let me know what you think!

Is it a yam or a sweet potato?

Have you ever wondered what the difference was between a yam and a sweet potato?
The answer is - a lot! In fact, they aren't even related. The sweet potato is in the Morning glory family and the yam is in, well, the yam family.

You can recognize a sweet potato by it's smooth, thin skin and tapered ends. Yams are rough, scaly and some have "toes". In taste, the sweet potato is more moist and sweet while the yam is dry and starchy. The sweet potato is known for being very high in beta carotene (Vitamin A, that's what makes it orange) while the yam is not. This makes the sweet potato the clear favorite in my mind!

Sweet potatoes originated in Peru and Ecuador but are now grown in the US. Yams came from West Africa and Asia and are now imported from the Caribbean.

So, can you tell if this is a yam or a sweet potato?

New Website Coming!

I have been working on a new website for months now! And, even more exciting is that it's almost finished. Yay! The new color of the blog is a hint of the changes to come! Stay tuned for the big announcement when it "goes live"!

Baby Jacob

Jacob is almost 3 weeks old and today he posed for his birth announcements. Isn’t he adorable! So small and so sweet. He’s the son of my good friends Lara and Chris. I enjoyed playing with Jacob with you today, Lara!

Leriza and Roderick's slideshow

Here it is! Leriza and Roderick's slideshow. So many fun images, this is the only way to enjoy them!

Leriza and Roderick

After rescheduling and rescheduling Leriza and Roderick’s engagement shoot we ended up with sub-freezing wind chills today, but worked through the pain. Seriously, they were troupers. It was miserably cold and yet they really look like they had a good time! Their wedding is coming up in April, I can’t wait. As you can see, they are quite the photogenic couple! Here are a few of my favorites, slideshow to come tomorrow!