Hadley

One of the great things about where I work is that, although we were united by our barista-ing, basically all of us are photographers. So, when my coworker Jolie wanted to a go shooting last week, I immediately asked Hadley if she would like to model for us. I had a fairytale-like theme in mind, and it ended up as something sort of different, but I love how everything turned out.

 I can't decide if the image above or the image below is my favorite.

Hadley was an amazing model. She has a very graceful and classy look about her. These photos barely reflect the inner beauty that is radiating out of that girl! Plus she was such a great sport running around barefoot in the snow =)
You can see the rest of this set on my flickr.

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This month has been FULL. Things are winding down now, which is nice. I think my body is used to being busy, though. Now I have so much free time and I don't know what to do with it. I feel like I should be working!

Earlier this month we said goodbye to a good friend as he went off to expand his mind at college.

We're going to miss him but luckily we all get to reunite again over winter break! I'm not sure if anyone has ever played ultimate frisbee in the snow but it is something we will have to consider when we have our group back again.

I took some photos of The Selfless Riot (which have yet to be edited. I'm an awful procrastinator at times).

And my sister, Beth, and our friend Garrett and I had some fun in my grandparents' very photogenic yard.

We have lots of good memories in their yard, underneath the trees that seem to never change.

It is funny though, to look at old photos and see just how much things have changed. 

It has been a long, hard, terribly hot and frustrating summer. But it has also been a summer filled with the best kind of friends, many realizations and growing. Growing in so many different forms.

 I know that I will look back on summer 2011 with that achey-lovey kind of nostalgia that ensures I will always remember.

Red Umbrellas and such.

My co-worker has a red umbrella and a red guitar.

We made the most of it. 

Beth got a couple of little chicks to add to our flock. They are sooo cute and fun to watch.

days 18-22 (!)

Chumly, my uncle's dog. So cute.

Nevaeh and her grandpa decorating daddy's cake.

My grandpa and cousins.

Lightin' it up.

Sunday morning scramble.

The patio we are making with all the brick we found in various places when we bought the house. It is nice to be able to reuse it. Today was finally warm out so we started this little project. It is just one of many on our list! We are looking forward to having a spot to have barbecues with friends this summer.

fell off the wagon.

But I'm climbing back on. I haven't really been taking pictures every day. Oh well...
Here are some anyway.

Cucumbers!

Is spring finally here? probably not. It has been snowing for the past couple of days. I am beyond ready for spring to be here. I wish we had a longer growing season :(

This is the dog that has been driving me crazy.

His best friend Sam has been staying with Levi's parents because they have 5 acres of fun for him to run around on, and Sam doesn't get to do much here since he is bigger than me and doesn't like to listen when I walk him. So, Kenai here gets lots of walks and car rides, but he still chews through the fence and runs around to the front door. Invisible fences can't even stop him.

I guess it is time for Sam to come home.

My uncle's birthday party is tonight. I think I'll bring my camera and the 28-135mm lens. I'm trying to make myself like it.

days 4-9

On Thursday night my "fake cousin" John and his girlfriend Sharon let us know their baby was ready to enter the world. My sister and I drove to the hospital, arrived around 7or so, and stayed until 2am. We left because Beth had to be back to work at 630. About 15 minutes later, little baby Xaviar was born. I just met him today.

Friday we left for the coast and had a good time.

We used our tent (that we got for $20 a few months ago) for the first time and discovered it has a really weird shape. 

It works great though. The Oregon coast poured lots of rain and none of it got through.

We ended up deciding to come home a day early, since I didn't want to sleep in the tent again and Levi didn't want to sleep in the car :)

On the way home, our check engine light came on.

So we ended up broken down on the pass, calling my sister and Jordan at 11 at night, not getting picked up until 130am, and having a rough night. That is the fast version. Everything worked out great, we were really blessed in everything from where we broke down to being able to call someone, and come to find out, the repair was only $50. My check engine light is still on, so I'm hoping that will go off after I've driven it a bit. We shall see!

((day4))