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  • A South Florida Mom Blog ~ Living Life on the Sunny Side

    Hi, I'm Karen Lisa, a 28 year old work-at-home professional photographer. I blog about my life with my sweet baby boy Zachary, loving husband Adrian, and our little dog Maya, loving life in sunny South Florida!

    I love: tea, photography, Twilight, any song by Stevie Nicks, road trips, good music, handmade jewelry, an amazing mix-cd, True Blood/Sookie Books, cheese, Harry Potter, animals, traveling, and caviar. What makes you happy?

    Access this site via {siren.org} or {brightautumnsun.com}! :)

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Hanukkah!

Hope you all have a wonderful Hanukkah with your families this week! We are enjoying the holiday very much!

Happy Hanukkah!

Captured with my iPhone 4s and edited with Camera+

Wordless Wednesday: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party & Fireworks

Boy have we been busy! Zachary’s birthday was two weeks ago, so we celebrated with a trip to Disney World!

We got tickets to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (we’re Jewish, but we still enjoy seasonal activities just as much as everyone else!!) and it was absolutely worth it. What a beautiful fireworks display, fun parade, and best of all was the ability to ride on the rides without any long lines! Zachary’s first ever Disney Ride was It’s A Small World, followed by Peter Pan, and then Buzz Lightyear. He had an amazing trip to Disney and is already asking if we can go back again soon.

Here’s one of my favorite images that I snapped with my new iPhone 4s — Cinderella’s Castle lit up by the beautiful fireworks at the Christmas Party!

Mickey's Very Merry Fireworks

AmberDecember 7, 2011 - 4:25 pm

I seriously can’t believe that’s an iPhone picture. Awesome!

Maria LDecember 7, 2011 - 6:11 pm

Karen~this only proves you are a great photographer! Most couldn’t capture such breathtaking image with an expensive camera & yet you snapped this one with your phone and it’s amazing!!!!

karen lisaDecember 7, 2011 - 6:14 pm

Maria- thank you! It truly is the photographer that makes the picture – not the camera :)

karen lisaDecember 7, 2011 - 6:15 pm

Thanks Amber!! I’m pretty pleased with my iPhone shots from this trip. First time using my new 4s on vacation. Can’t wait to try it out some more on my next trip!

AmberDecember 7, 2011 - 7:05 pm

I love my Android and I have a great camera app but its nothing like the camera in the new iPhone.

Wordless Wednesday: Ready for Round 2!

If you’re my personal FB friend, you’ll know this already :) If not, I am super excited to announce that we are expecting baby #2, due on June 22nd! I’m 11 weeks this week and couldn’t be more thrilled to share the news with you all!

Thanks to my friend Stacey for the photo and my friend Darcy for the amazing hair & makeup job!

KatieNovember 30, 2011 - 9:49 am

Congratulations!

MelissaNovember 30, 2011 - 10:36 am

Wow, congratulations, Karen! I am so happy for you guys! Also your hair looks ridiculously awesome.

I am going to be in South FL in January (almost definitely New Years weekend, possibly MLK weekend, possibly the weekend after MLK). Would you possibly be available any time around then for an engagement shoot? We are getting ready to send out Save the Dates (bad to abbreviate! STD!) and we’d love a session with you!

Nicci @ Changing the UniverseNovember 30, 2011 - 11:12 am

Congratulations!! You are absolutely beautiful :)

Valerie C.November 30, 2011 - 11:47 am

Congratulations! I’m so happy for you. You look great!

AmyDecember 5, 2011 - 6:17 pm

Congratulations to both of you! :D Hope you feel as good as you look.

ChristyDecember 13, 2011 - 11:40 pm

Congratulations, again! I am so excited for you. Zachary is going to be such a great big brother.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Zachary!

Today is Zachary’s 3rd birthday, and we celebrated his party yesterday with our close friends and family members. The party theme was Angry Birds (his favorite game), hence his Angry Birds t-shirt in the photo below. Party pics are forthcoming!

We can’t believe that we have such a grown-up little boy now, and the three years since Zachary’s birth have simply flown by. We are so thankful to have such a happy, thoughtful, and creative child. At three years old, Zachary loves to play with us, hug us, tell us how much he loves Mommy and Daddy, and he is constantly singing the most adorable songs. He is the happiest kid we know, and an absolute gift. It’s been so exciting to watch him grow up, and I love watching his personality and interests develop.

Happy birthday to our sweet boy with lots of love from Mommy, Daddy, Maya the dog, and your whole family!

happy birthday zachary, angry birds shirt

AmberNovember 21, 2011 - 1:41 pm

He looks so adorable in his Angry Birds t-shirt! <3
Happy birthday Zachary! :)

judyNovember 21, 2011 - 4:15 pm

He is a darling and you are a great photographer!!

Aunt AmyNovember 21, 2011 - 8:37 pm

Happy Birthday Zachary! I love you soooo much! It has been such a pleasure and a joy to watch you grow and develop these past 3 years.

gramzNovember 24, 2011 - 6:40 pm

He is always SO cute, but him in that shirt is great! Zachary’s shirt is JUST LIKE papaDan’s!

Wordless Wednesday: Creature Feature

This huge iguana was spotted in my best friend’s front yard! Crazy! Instagram photo via iPhone 4s.

Creature feature

judyNovember 16, 2011 - 11:39 pm

What an amazing photo. Almost like an optical illusion when you first quickly look at it.