Hi, I'm Mandy. Let me tell you a little bit about myself...
I'm an iPhone-loving, loud-talking, always-laughing photographer with unruly curly hair. I like giving hugs and I sing very loudly in the car to my favourite songs (and will not converse with anyone else in the car while doing so) and I unfailingly laugh at my own jokes.
I own a lot of hats and my wife thinks I should probably purge some but then what if I have an outfit that doesn’t have the right hat to go with it?! What then, I ask. I also collect pins and have a pretty decent pin jacket going. Oh and I love collecting really smooth rocks when I’m on the beach. Did I mention that I’m on the spectrum? hahaha
When I'm not being a photographer, you will most likely find me spending time with my family. My incredible wife and I love to spend quiet weekends playing complicated board games, curling up on the couch to binge-watch old seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race and drinking really good wine. We also spend a lot of time just doing nothing together, which I think is one of the best parts of any relationship. Our nineteen-year-old is away for her first year at college, which makes me feel very old but very proud too. I love to share 90’s music with our sixteen-year-old, even when she rolls her eyes about it. I play hours of video games with our 12-year-old son, whose sense of humour reminds me so much of playing with my own brother as a kid. We also have 1 dog, 3 cats, 3 crested geckos, and 4 rabbits in our home. Clearly we aren’t minimalists.
I have been known to spoil my niece and nephew a little too much but what are aunties for? Plus none of my kids will consent to matching outfits with me anymore and my nephew still thinks it is super cool. Matching fall buffalo plaids, anyone?
I am just generally a “sports person” and I cheer for the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Eagles. Only one of those teams actually gives me something to cheer about most days (Go Birds!) but I am loyal to a fault. And I will most definitely be checking the scores while I take a bathroom break at your wedding.
Our family cottage in Tobermory is my sanctuary, the place I always feel at peace. Every summer I spend as much time in Georgian Bay as the frigid water temperatures allow, followed by a cozy fire to warm up while reading from the stack of books I swore I would read the rest of the year but got distracted.
I'm just your average human trying her very best to work hard, to love my wife, my kids, my family + my friends and to deliver for my super awesome clients.
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