memorial day...

sunday morning we headed to the narrows near payson with several frisbee friends
to celebrate the holiday! we brought the dogs & they did such a great job with
scrambling & swimming, even skye! she got in a couple times voluntarily :)

hannah & tom laying in the recliner.










emily jumped the cliff!


dinner time! i made the same fabulous dish that ashley prepared for us in colorado.
gado gado:
pasta, soy sauce, oil & vinegar, brown sugar, almond butter, red & green peppers,
onions, garlic & sunflower seeds (i left those out). soooo good.


emily & russ. emily is sortof a dog person- can you tell?


josiah brought a lantern that replaced the good ol campfire- since we live in a desert
& it's the start of wild fire season.




lil. ms. tess.


the professional model, skye.




ah. there is nothing like camping & being away from traffic & smog & sha-tons of
people. the water was chilly but that didn't stop most of us :)

on saturday

i was able to second shoot with jen schleichler at the villa siena this past saturday. i've shot there once before with lysa & jason's wedding & it's very beautiful :)

ms. heather getting pretty.


a lil detail.


they hired a bus service to take the wedding party from the buttes to villa siena.


the beautiful entrance.




heather & her mom caught in a sweet moment.




mr. tony fixin his suit.


ceremony.


tony's daughters & their boyfriends/husbands.


yeah! married!






practicing their dance before being introduced.


the reception hall was beautiful.




the first dance was awesome!


congratulations you two! & thanks jen for letting me shoot with you :)

cheryl.

cheryl & her two beautiful daughters met me this past sunday for
a lil family session. they wanted the pictures to be very laid back & natural.
i was in heaven.

they are the sweetest family!




there was a dog playing in the lake & he decided he needed to do his shake shake right
in front of them! tehee.


they wanted some with their lil pup peanut. he wasn't very into posing this day so
he mainly ran around entertaining us.


aren't they beautiful? i love how sincere their smiles are.


some toesies.


leanna & nicole.


i loooooooove this one.


could cheryl be any prouder?


a lil pinch & giggle action.


and then i have to do it. the symbolic walking away beautiful shot. i can't resist it.


i had such a great time getting to know you ladies. thank you!

colorado part 3.

sadly the week came to an end, but happily that meant hanging out with sarah!
ted was in chicago for a wedding so that meant it was another girls day.
i really miss these two, they moved to boulder about a year ago & it hasn't
been the same without them :(

we spent our day at the farmers market & shopping at the cute lil shops.
sarah got a sweet bouquet of flowers & we got some more of that amazing
chai tea. i think i'll be dreaming of it for quite some time.


i love how progressive boulder is. bikes, recycling bins & a shitton of subaru wagons.
that about sums it up. not to mention the friendly people & beautiful views in their back
yards.




thanks for hanging out with me sarah! you've made a strong case :)


goodbye colorado! i will be back though, chris & christy one of the couples from this last
december just let me know that they were expecting! they moved soon after the wedding
& they've asked i come back for a lil photo shoot & i do not pass up hanging out with little babies :) congratulations you 2!

colorado part 2

so. the next 5 days i spent with four fabulous women:

ms. carissa, ms. darcy, ms. himali, me & ms. ashley.

ashley, carissa & himali are friends of ours from oklahoma. darcy is a friend of ashley's
from duke nursing school. we had such an awesome time exploring aspen, snowmass
& grand junction. if we weren't hiking we were driving to a hike! we even snow shoed!
which is ridiculous. we saw wilco & made some amazing meals. aw. it was hard to
leave.

so. here are some pics from the trip. *warning* there are a lot of pictures.

before we started. so naive :)


it was a beautiful view for sure.


this flat part wasn't so bad!


we had a chance for rain but the skies were looking good.




it was warm enough that the snow was melting which made for some dangerous
conditions. we were constantly reminding ourselves to plant our foot, because we
slipped a lot.


aw a heart. this was how we were able to follow the trail so easily -people had
carved their names along all the trees.


our gourmet meal which was honestly the yummiest thing ever.


we woke up to a beautiful view of snow fall. our clothes that we'd hung out to dry were
stiff as boards. opps.




ash & i.


we made it down safely & so much faster than we expected. then it was back to the condo
for quick showers because we were on our way to grand junction for the wilco concert.

we set up camp & then headed into town where we ate quickly at the brewery before
hand & i had the most amazing calzone. then onto the concert which was a lot of fun.
wilco is a very chill band.

rise & shine.


i spent about 10 minutes chilling out with this view.


the cliff below.


purty flowers.






i love my keen shoes.


carissa lead us in yoga. it was so relaxing. we've decided to
take a week long yoga trip for our 30th bday celebration!


colorado has so many gorgeous faces.


me.


ashley's dad has these awesome glasses that tint everything yellow! so funky.


there were catepillars everywhere!


did you know that caterpillars start in a cocoon like thing??? i'd never seen anything
like this- it was bizare!








& then it was back to aspen. a beautiful but way pricey town.






after walking around we got the disc out & threw for a bit. did i mention these girls
were friends of bryan's from his days of intense college ultimate frisbee?


ashley dove into the snow while catching a frisbee it was awesome!!


& then we did one more hike to end the trip. hanging lake, i think was the name of it.
It was pretty difficult but be-uuuu-tiful. i found this log that looked like a wolf.




the water was so green & clean.


purty birdee.




a marmot. i had no idea what this was, but carissa said that's what they were.
there were 2 of them & they were having a blast wrestling.


yet another beautiful view.


i had such an amazing time. thank you ladies for making it one of my most favorite weeks
ever!