Something to blog about

Finally! Nick and I did something worth blogging about. (I know I make it sound like I live this boring life) Over New Years we went to visit Hil and Adam in Seattle as well as visit where Nick served his mission in Everett, Washington. It was fun to go down memory lane with Nick as we drove along and he would tell me what happened in that exact spot. We covered all he wanted to see of his mission in..... about a day. Two years lived and it only took one day? I guess missions are more about the experiences than the places you go. :) The next day we drove up to Vancouver, Canada and saw what the city had to offer (not much). After that we met up with Hil and Adam for a rockin' good time. We visited down town Seattle, stayed at a lake house, went kayaking in the rain, shopped, swung on a 135 ft rope swing (Hil and Adam missed out on this one), went on the underground Seattle tour, met the man, drank fruit drinks called bubbly tea, played a lot of games and ate and ate and ate. Nick and I were going to head down town Seattle for New Years but we missed the ferry so we ended up watching Top Gun and drinking sparkling cider with Hil and Adam. Nothing brings in the New Year like Top Gun. After saying our goodbyes to Hil and Adam we stopped by Snoqualmie Falls and visited this cute little town called Leavenworth. After emptying our trip money and putting 2500 miles on my car I would say it was all worth it.

Ferry ride from Bremerton to Seattle
Seattle Troll (seen in 10 Things I Hate About You)


Getting ready to have some fun!
135 ft rope swing
Snoqualmie Falls
Meeting the Man at Dixie's BBQ. Just ask Nick how hot it is

Green River drinks. Quite tasty!
Lake Washington

Vancouver , BC
Seattle Underground
Pikes Place
Our "photographer" thought that we needed to be closer on this one. One happy family

Soooo

I know that most of you probably don't care to see the pictures that I have taken..... considering this isn't a photography blog BUT I went with Alyssia tonight to take some wedding pics and I spend all this time taking them and editing them and the people I take them of usually don't even receive them so I feel like I have to do something with all my hard work. So please if you are sick of my photography posts just say so. :) Here are tonight's pics regardless.

Cute lil Edyn

She is SO cute! I have never photographed a new born before and I had no idea how challenging it is. I am not used to my subject not cooperating and posing how I want. It as fun though. She is adorable and just might have made me baby hungry.... hope Nick doesn't read this.

L-O-V-E

Alyssia is nice enough to let me tag along with her when she does photo sessions and she teaches me the tricks of the trade that she knows about photography. Even though it was FREEZING outside we got some fun shots of these two love birds. I really enjoy taking pictures and I love that it gives me a release to get away from studying and school. Too much school is bad for the brain. I think Nick can testify to that and my crazyness from time to time.

Hoppy Halloween

I'm sorry I don't have a scanner so this is a picture of a picture.
I tried to get Nick to wear the hat but he wanted to wear it on his arm.... not where hats belong.






I think the thing I should mention first about this blog is I got Nick to dress up. Thanks for being such a great sport Nickolas. Especially considering what you dressed as. SO I have this two headed monster costume that my sister made when she was in high school. Lindsay and I had the pleasure of dressing as for three years in a row. It happened to be our favorite. When I found out that Samantha was having a halloween party I thought it was the perfect opportunity to relive those two headed monster days. After some persuading Nick we showed up like this. :) This picture was taken exatly 13 years apart in the exact same location. My times have changed. For one, Alyssia is taller than us! Sorry Lyss those days are over. Oh and we were not the only ones that got to dress up. Prez was a punk and yes that's a garbage bag he has as a vest.

Break from School

My sister had me take her husband's entire family pictures last Saturday. It was nice to work on something other than school work for a change. I love her little girls. they are the cutest things. Here are some of the shots I got.