Photo A Day, July—Week 3
This whole week was AH-MAZING!! Starting with a dinner in Orange Circle with my closest and best friends followed by a productive week working from home, but the icing on the cake and really the whole cake was getting away to the Sequoia's this weekend with my mom and friends to celebrate my friend Brittany's upcoming marriage. It was just wonderful and I posted it yesterday so check it out! :) 16/sign, 17/my addiction, 18/plate, 19/animal, 20/eyes, 21/9 o'clock, 22/upside down, 23/mirror
Brittany’s Fairy Weekend in the Sequoias at Camp Nelson
What a whirlwind of a weekend! Just last night we got back from Camp Nelson in the Sequoia National Forest. We were celebrating our dear friend Brittany's upcoming nuptials with our dear mommies. Every fall, our moms go up to Camp Nelson for an official Girls Weekend. No kids, just the moms. But to celebrate the bride, our moms treated us to a first class weekend away. They pampered us in every way and cooked the most amazing food! Brittany was given special gifts, like the world's most amazing fairy garden terrarium filled with miniature memories from all of us. And of course, the fairy that lives at the cabin continuously left us gifts, waiting on the doorstep of her little tree cottage—gifts like bridesmaids pins, fairy tattoos, and bubbles. Seriously this weekend was amazing. Our moms are just so amazing and it was just the start of celebrating my very special friend Brittany! These next three months are just going to be so much fun! Here are just a handful of photos along with an extra special montage video of Brittany's Fairy Weekend! Remember Eli's birthday video, this was also created with iMovie. And was pretty much complete before leaving the
Grayson’s Baby Announcement and Family Photography
I just adooooore how this birth announcement came out for my good friend Jessica's baby boy Grayson! Just loooove it! Another thing I love is when Jess and I get to come together and use both of our gifts! She took each of these just adorable photos of her son and then I designed the card from the laying out of the photos to the type on the banner. Isn't he just the cutest??! Jessica has such a talent for newborn photography! And I am sure she felt pressure on her own son's photos but they are just amazing. And another note, Jess is such an AMAZING mother. I've luckily seen her love in person for her little boy but she blogs the sweetest little posts about her baby boy and the joys of being a mom. Jess also asked me to come by and help get a family of three photo for her. Which was quite nerve racking
Photo A Day, July—Week 2
Well this was a pretty boring week, all but two of these photos were taken at my house. One (not that) interesting thing about this week is my latest obsession with making popsicles. So far I've made some strawberry and rasberry ones and then the cookie dough ones I featured a few weeks ago. While I am glad to have one of the last slow weeks of the summer, it got a little too boring for me
Three Weeks Until South Dakota
Three weeks until driving empty country dirt roads. Three weeks until riding horses along side my hubby. Three weeks until sunsets at 10 at night. Three weeks until Grandma Lyons' home cooked meals.* Three weeks until catching fireflies under the moonlit sky. Three weeks until I hide from the turkeys that come to roost in the giant front yard trees. Three weeks until we float down the Niobrara, God's home made lazy river. Three weeks until we stand under Smith Falls, fully immersed by the giant waterfall. Three weeks until we get to enjoy the ranch with some kiddos and cousins by our sides! Three weeks until we finally get to see Andy's grandparents again after these last two years! *Grandma Lyon's home cooked meals: Breakfast, dinner, and supper full of wonderful country foods covered in gravy. Yummy. I am just so excited for our trip coming up! I wish it was tomorrow though rather than these next three long weeks! P.S. You can see my post about our last trip in 2010, here.
Photo A Day, July—Week 1
I laughed as I was saving all these photos to make this post, 4 of the 7 days feature some of my favorite little men! This was such a great week, spent time with friends almost every day and started the week off with dinner and a movie with my family. On another plus side, July is normally when the summer heat really starts kicking in but so far it's barely broke 95 and that just makes me oh so very thankful! How's July been so far for you? 1/self portrait, 2/busy, 3/best part of my day, 4/fun, 5/floor, 6/chair, 7/garden P.S. It's not too late to join in on the fun, I posted the list just last week.
Photo A Day, June—Week 4
What a great week! Last weekend was a friend's wedding in Oak Glen and the reception in Yucaipa was catered by none other than my hubby! Sunday then was a full day of fun at the beach celebrating little Eli's big 4th birthday! Work was busy, a night in with the girls was fun and something I've been missing, and then our weekly bible study had a little BBQ at our teacher's house. And then yesterday my momma and I went to Riverside to see Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan. Best Peter Pan I've seen. A week that was full of fellowship was exactly what I needed! 24/on my mind, 25/something cute, 26/where I shop, 27/bathroom, 28/on the shelf, 29/soft, 30/a friend Join in on the photo a day fun in July! Below is the next set of prompts from Fat Mum Slim. If you're never heard of Photo A Day and want to get a glimpse of the bigger picture, Chantelle wrote up a blog post about 5 Ways Photo A Day Will Change Your Life. It's a pretty short and neat read.
Photo A Day, June—Week 3
Remember when I said the first week of June is crazy full of birthdays well the rest of the month is too! Last Saturday was the first of a slew of first birthday parties and then this Sunday is my little buddy Eli's 4th birthday! Crazy how time just keeps flying! How was your week? 16/out and about, 17/in my bag, 18/something you don't know about me, 19/imperfect, 20/fave photo I've ever taken, 21/where I slept, 22/from a high angle
Disneyland Resort Photography with Rachel and Patrick
Finally we found a day to take photos of Rachel and Patrick around the Disneyland Resort. We wanted to keep to the areas that looked like the 20s-40s but didn't stick that plan entirely. It was fun finding different locations that were within the park but didn't look like we were actually at an amusement park. The summer crowds were quite the challenge to work around but Rachel and Patrick were in high spirits the whole afternoon and were a pleasure to work with as always. You may remember a few photos of them from last year taken for their senior prom. And here we are a year later
Photo A Day, June—Week 2
Last weekend was a nonstop celebration for the best friend's birthday and the week held the usual activities: Lauren and Kellen's Monday night dinner at our house, commuting to work, BBQ with the church's weekly bible studies, and then a drive up to Pasadena to get our next batch of BBQ sauce. 8/six o'clock, 9/my view today, 10/best bit of my weekend, 11/door, 12/from a low angle, 13/art, 14/time, 15/yellow