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today is great. i am in love with life, WAY IN LOVE with my 'job', and SUPER IN LOVE with the One who woke my heart up from its slumber (romans 13:11-12). i feel like there is a sun beam from heaven shinning on me everywhere i go today (yeah i know i'm cheesy- so what). i'm so overwhelmingly blessed- knowing that there is contentment here. not just here at this time and place, but here for the rest of my life, because of the undying affection of my Savior :) (isaiah 43:1-5). have a great day everyone!

p.s. i first heard this song on breanne's site and fell in love with it. the video is also super cute!



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christy + daryl engagement

perfect, absolutely perfect. way more to come - these two will knock your socks off.


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the plaid party!

last night david and gracie and i drove down to the plaid party/house warming party at the mark brooke photography house! it was a ton of fun. we played croquet (i found out that i suck SO BAD) and played 'forks' because there were no spoons (i made it to the finals! i was the last girl, BAM!) there were gigantic sub sandwiches and chocolate fondue later, so basically it was all around a great time, its always fun hanging out with a bunch of awesome photographers. I stole this list from the brooke's blog, but heres all the people that came to hang out: Victor Sizemore, Ahs photography, Vu Bui, Lan Bui & Bonny, Brian Kang, Jessica Claire, Michael Norwood, Arron Dieppa, David Lee, Gracie, Christian Kadsen, and Ryel J. (i'll add some links tonight!)

heres a picture of our heated game of forks that david took, lol!



p.s. after i got eliminated from the finals because SOMEONE stole my FORK OUT OF MY HAND gracie and me played a mean game of speed!

p.p.s i love those little word magnets people have on their refrigerators.... so i got creative and whipped this up, hah!:




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gracie day.

today my best friend turns 18. wow, so young. but she is wise beyond her years. selfless and servant-hearted to no end. she is humble and compassionate, always bringing joy and laughter to any situation. she has always dropped everything when i'm in need, even when it's at much cost to her. she is constantly inspiring me on so many different levels. we've been friends since she was 14 (?) and we have seen each other go through so much- now growing into our faith in Jesus (like little kids wearing dad's big shoes). she has this confidence and peace about her that allures anyone around her to just be at peace with themselves. and in this world where everything is so strained- 'peace', 'joy', 'self-confidence', 'success', etc etc- she is a beacon of light in the darkness. i love love love love her so much and am so blessed that she wants to hang out with a dork like me. anyone that knows us knows that we are two peas in a pod and that we sharpen eachother as 'iron sharpens iron' (proverbs 27:17). she tells me the truth when i need to hear it (not many people do that), and she makes me laugh so hard that i literally roll on the floor laughing... you know, like when you laugh so hard no noise is coming out anymore but your veins are popping out of your forehead? yeah, thats the effect she has on people. gracie: basically awesomeness incarnate.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACIE!



^christmas



^new years...i have no idea whats going on in the last picture



^hardest thing to do- keeping a straight face in a photobooth. do we get trophies?



^chipotle worship

*sorry for the blurry scan job, blurry gives character...right? and p.s. there are a million more photobooth pictures of us, maybe if you're all lucky i'll unveil some more of our weirdness!

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f y i

the best.day.ever post is updated if anyone cares! i will be updating all recent posts in the next few days before i'm out of town again! thanks to my faithful readers for being patient : )

p.s. my sister told me about this singer josh garrels so i checked out a few of his songs yesterday. he is really talented and i'm looking forward to hearing more of his stuff! here is one of my current favorites called 'freedom':




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yosemite

my sisters, mom and i took a trip to yosemite for 4 days and it was beautiful. i'm not much of a landscape photographer but here are some of my feeble attempts below. i became a little obsessed with my fisheye because on my new 5d it looks so awesome because of the full frame! i'm so excited for weddings this year and for all my new gear :) so blah blah heres the photos:



















fluffy head from wearing ten hats in the cold... then hiking and taking off all said layers.



little friend!









mmm, dinner one night...



have you ever had a fire roasted banana boat? OMG WOW...



yeah a heater in the wilderness... we were roughing it okay



6am, 29 degrees below zero... tea saving my life...



sara with a cappucino from the general store... who knew there was civilization so close by?



me and mom... me looking like a hunchback because of my 14 billion layers of clothes... don't let the sun deceive you...









a couple of portraits of rachel, me, mom and sara...





what a sweet time, enjoying family and the majesty of God's creation :)



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photog day extravaganza

a little while back lorie and david came all the way to my hood to hang out with gracie and me. right away they gave me a long awaited gift... my very own punksac cover. oh yeah, its just what you think. check it out. anyway i ooohed and aahed and LMAO about it and then we went to panda express- the awesomeness ensues.

henry was so cute i wanted to eat him...



but then the orange chicken distracted me...



my fortune cookie made me smile... it said "you have a fine capacity for the enjoyment of life"



photobooth madness









david's camera never stopped all day... he's a photo fanatic



we took them to the next cool spot in our town.. the cross :)



bff!



<3.......



lorie rules



we had a paparazzi experience when we were trying to take our picture together... david again with the camera.. and with henry in one hand... that's skill right there



yeeeeow!







a little fun with my 14mm and my mini sunbounce...









yep... us photographer folk get dirty. a photos not a good photo unless you do break the law to get it, break a bone or bleed, or have dirty feet after- or all of the above.



photog stop number 3 in vta... a little overdone around here but a cool place to show some photogs new to town :)





so fun! i promise i will come to bako asap!

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