Traveling...

Just wanted to let ya'll know that I am still here I just don't have internet access so it may be awhile before I post again. Ryan and Me spent the last week and a half in Seattle, Portland and Colorado and now I'm in Virginia shooting another wedding. ( and catching up with high school friends) I will be home in a week and then there will be millions of hotness to blog so pllllleasse don't forget me. And until then, I'll be updating my twitter. ;)  

Wedding : Tiffany & Alex

*This wedding I was once again second shooting for the fabulous Shyla. ( who ps is nominated for Blu girl of the year pretty please vote for her!)*

Tiffany and Alex met when they were camp counselors one summer. It wasn't long before the attraction was evident for all to notice. As Tiffany's maid of honor said in her speech "we knew Alex was special from the moment we met him, but we knew he was for keeps when he would sit through 27 pictures to get one 'good' one."

Tiffany's love for pictures extended into her choice of photographers. She knew she had to have the best and thats why she searched until she found the perfect one. She took her choice to her dad telling him that pictures were going to last and she just had to have Shyla. Little did she know that her Dad had actually been Shyla's mentor in college. Small small world we live in.





This is during the 27 pictures speech...



After the dinner and dancing had started we stole the couple away to a made-in-heaven field that was caked with golden light... yum. {I truly do have a love affair with dusk... }

And you think I'm kidding...

But I'm not. Tomorrow is July 11 and on this day 7-11 (the store) gives away free slurpees all day long. No, I'm not even kidding.

Two years ago after discovering this phenomena Ry and I hit up as many 7-11's as we could find.... this year I'm thinking of going all ninja with wigs and outfit changes in the car. We need some type of disguise that will get us more then the one drink per person. Hey, some slurpees don't last all the way to the next store. ;) You can call me crazy. I call it one of the best days of the year.

See~ some of the best things in life are free. ;)

E session I Ariana & Dany

Ariana and Dany knew each other in high school but it wasn't until years later when they started to notice the little things about each other that were special...

She watches his every move with adoration. Doe eyed and enthralled. And Dany, well he's definitely smitten. Randomly throughout the day he grabs her hand and kisses it as a simple reminder to Ariana how lucky he feels to belong to her. They are a gorgeous couple full of life and laughter. A pleasure to be around and completly, utterly, head over heels for each other...















*Note: This is one of the engagement sessions that Shyla gets all the credit for. She's shooting their wedding in september but she let me tag along for fun. Make sure you check out her blog for all the hotness...*

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! One of my favorite-st days in the year. I hope with all my heart that everyone of you be able to enjoy the simple things that makes the 4th of July so amazing.. bbqs and pool partys, fireworks and friends. I for one have to work tonight ( booo) but I had a festive breakfast with Joel and Emily of waffles, blueberry's, strawberrys and whip cream. All in the name of being patriotic. ;)

Thank you to all the soldiers who make independence day a reality. And to their family's who miss them.

And last, but not least, Happy birthday to my dearest friend. I love you Sarah Gentry.

Family

We'd been wanting to see the Quiz side of the family for a few months and finally got a few days off last week. So we hopped a plane to WY for some good food and family time. ( and in case anyone missed it my husband has 12 kids in his family. 6 of who still live at home.)

I'm so far behind blogging and trying to catch up, thus,

THE Highlights:

Bags lost there

Bags lost on the way back

Yellowstone park

- chased a moose through a swamp with Steven and Ry trying to get a good picture.. Note the trying.

- Bought a 10 lb bag of hot tamales' for the trip. And jellybellys. And sour patch kids and hoho's and chips ahoy cookies and cream soda and chips... and yea. No judgment. First of all, I didn't do the buying. Second, we took carrots too. And third, when your in a car for 12 hours searching for wildlife, what else are you going to do? We seriously had so much junk food that all 10 of us ate the entire time and we still had loads of candy and cookies left over... ummm, yea.

- saw a mom bear and her 2 cubs. ( and I won the slap bet! woot!)

- saw bubbling paint? It was pretty cool. Very land before time-ish.

- had old faithful spray us when it shot up. yes, I have tasted a national landmark. ;)

- Got reallllly close to a buffalo. ( Did I mention you're supposed to stay 45 feet away? We're rebels us Quiz's. )

- And last but not least played the story game. You know, where one person starts, and then the next person adds a sentence. Well, I was feeling all wilderness- y and envisioned a hunting story so I start.

"I always wanted to buy a gun"

Ryan "and so I did."

April "and I shot my sister." (what the-? )

Josh "and that's why I'm in a maximum security prison." (getting darker by the second)

Mom Quiz " I'm not supposed to squirt my sister with a water-gun and so thats why I'm grounded to my bedroom thats like a prison. "

We all died laughing. Leave it to a mom to change the story to being happy and G rated. Unfortunately, Stevie was next and the sister died again...

The time was short, but sweet.

And these are a few pictures from our first evening there. I went outside to try and catch the sunset and take a few photo's of Rebekah's tree and ended up rolling around laughing in the dewy grass with Anna, April and Ruth. And for just a second.. I was little again...