Tina Jay Photography | Philadelphia Wedding Photographer

Yesterday Jay and I were snowed in from the blizzard that swept through Philly (I love when he gets to work from home!) - this is the first time it snowed since I quit the day job, and it was great not having to worry about how I was going to make the hour commute to work.  That was the PITS last year when we had a snow storm what seemed like every other week.  Anywho, we figured we'd take Holly out to play in the snow to see what she thought - she loved it!  This picture made me laugh as soon as I saw it - it's like a Where's Waldo picture.....you can hardly see her!  We got about a foot of snow so it was taller than her, and she'd just sink immediately in the snow:

But she is best friends with Jay and follows him wherever he goes, so he ran through all the snow drifts and she would prance in his footsteps behind him:)

I think it's safe to say she had a good time....she was covered in snow from head to toe!

We didn't stay out very long because I was afraid she was too cold, so when we went inside I looked into buying puppy boots and puppy winter coats.  Jay promptly nixed that idea.  Dang.

Nothing makes you feel more in the Christmas spirit than visiting NYC during Christmas time.  Last week my friends Jaime, Karen and I headed up to NYC for the day to do all things touristy, and take in all the Christmas-y goodness that the city has to offer.  I, of course, decided I'd document every part of our day (they were LOVING my camera by the end of the day;)  Although I have a bunch of friends that live right in Manhattan, I haven't been to NYC during Christmas since I was a little kid and can hardly remember it, so I was SUPER excited for our trip.....and it did not disappoint.  Such a fun day, I highly recommend that everyone do it at least once in their life:)

First stop as soon as we stepped off the bus? Starbucks.  It was FREEZING that day (I think the high was 26 degrees), so this was a must.  Jaime wanted to whip out her Starbucks locator on her iPhone, until we realized there is a Starbucks every 5 feet.  Literally.

Me and my FAB second shooter, Jaime:)

We couldn't stop laughing at this tiny cup with it's mini handles - this is her "large" macchiato:

One of the things I was looking forward to the most?  All of the Christmas window displays - I took tonnnnns of shots of window displays, the bottom three are my favorite:)

One of the only shots of the four of us from the day - oh, that's not a random guy in the shot....our friend Brandon lives in Brooklyn and hung out with us for the afternoon:)

Next up? Radio City Music Hall to see the Rockettes - now THAT puts you in the Christmas spirit.  I thought I might get bored at this show, but it was awesome - those dancers really amazed me.

I thought of my friend Sam when I saw this star - it's covered completely in Swarovski crystals.....Sam loves everything Swarovski:)

This tree really is amazing to see in person.  My only advice?  Don't go look at it during the day.....we saw it first during the day and thought "is that it?" - then we went back at night, and it's a whooooole different feeling when it's all lit up:)

We ended our night walking past the Macy's "believe" sign - it was a great way to end our night, and it's one of my favorite shots of our day trip:

Ahhh such a fun day, and really put me in the Christmas spirit - I can't wait to go again next year!  I hope everyone enjoys their Christmas weekend, I'll be back to blogging next week!