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Tomorrow I am off to TEXAS for 3 weeks! I have Brooke and Travis’s Wedding in Houston then I am off to Marfa, TX for a photographer girls vacation. I will fly back to DC for Mary and Chris’s Wedding on the 3rd of July then back to TX for Jamie and Sinclair’s engagement session and another week of vacation with my family and we are even going to take some family pictures! Crazy fun! If you need to reach me email me. I will be able to check it fairly often but I am going to try and take a real vacation as well. I am 100% caught up on editing so I am going to very much enjoy this time off! YAY for vacations! Have a great few weeks everyone!

Lisa and I traveled to the Island of St. Maarten in the French West Indies weekend before last to shoot Chelsea and Mike’s Beach wedding. Everything was AMAZING and so relaxing! I could for sure get used to the island life. So Friday we just relaxed by the infinity pool, walked on the beach and enjoyed a little mini vacation. Saturday we woke up and had an amazing breakfast and hung out on the beach. I even went snorkeling because the water was so beautiful! If you know me you know I am a scaredy cat of swimming in the ocean. Probably because JAWS was one of my favorite movies as a kid.  So anyhow, isn’t this island stunning!!!! I kept my camera with me at all time because there was always something super cool to take pics of. Stay tuned for the wedding post. 

The Muehlendorf’s went camping this weekend. I have never been to West Virginia and I didn’t even know that is where we were going until half way on our drive. I love that we can be camping in such a beautiful place in a little over 2 hours! It was great. Windows down and good music makes for a super fun drive. Apparently AT&T does not have any cell towers there, but that is a good thing. I had a much needed relaxing time of doing noting but hanging out with my family. We cooked hot dogs, smores, and for breakfast we actually cooked bacon, scrambled egg with cheese and toast sandwiches on the campfire! Coffee from a percolator is wonderful when the sun is coming up. Our camp site was literally right next to this babbling brook that was like heaven listening to all night. It brought back so many childhood memories of camping  and we had so much fun and I can’t wait to get away and go camping again. 

Oh by the way I brought along my favorite little point and shoot (the canon g9) and snapped this pic of our tent. A little blurry but what can you expect for a timed exposure with no tripod.

I am so happy to see Jeanie and Chris’s Wedding featured on Style Me Pretty today! Be sure to check out this amazing blog and all of it’s helpful resources! 

I just wanted to post a few quick pictures to express my love for Dr. Seuss books. My family enjoys the super silly reads. Kate can read them faster than I can practically and Will just loves to be read to. This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s Birthday and the love of his books and books inspired by him. Here are few of our favorites. Read one  today and remember how fun they are!  Will’s favorite is Horton Hears a Who and Kate loves One Fish two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Which is your favorite?

I am having a super great day with my family today. Josh and I decided not to get a sitter and go out tonight but instead we are having family date night at home. We are having cheese fondue mexican style (velveeta and rotel) with chicken tacos and jalapeno chips. For dessert we are having chocolate fondue with heart shaped marshmallows, strawberries and bananas. YUM! My kids love doing this. Nothing fancy just fun and spending time together.  I hope all of you have a happy day with the ones you love!

So our snow day just kept getting better. First Josh came home early and we made a snowman. Then our friends the Jacobsen’s came over with their sled and we went to the hill to have some fun. I went down with Will and tumbled with him. When we sat up he had snow up his nose. oops! We had so much fun and I can say I am so glad we lived here and got to experience this. We need to get some snow clothes before we have another snow day. We all had so much fun today!!! The perfect way to end this snow day was with hot chocolate and coffee.

YAY snow! So this is officially my first snow ever in my whole entire life! We got out first thing this morning and played for a little bit. Kate made her first snow angel which she has always wanted to do. We are back inside warming up letting it snow more and hopefully in a little bit we are going to go sledding and play in it more. I am sure I will have more pictures to celebrate this super cool fun day! 

I am about to mail out Patricia’s coffee table book but I decided to take a few pics of it to post on the blog first. She as most of my clients use the coffee table book for their engagement signature book. I design it to that there is a picture on the left and a blank white page on the right for their guests to sign and leave a little message. This is one of my favorite products because it showcases their super cool engagement pictures and the guests LOVE to flip thru the book and leave a note during the reception. It is kind of year book style minus the b.f.f (best friend forever) and k.i.t (keep in touch). I thought I would spell those out in case you didn’t know. Do they still do that? Maybe I am getting too old. But back in March I remember someone writing their message in a spiral in I think Tim and Talida’s book. Anyhow, it looked awesome! The best part is when it is all said and done the couple has a really cool book with their favorite engagement pictures and notes from all of their family and friends to look at in one sitting. I really love this particular book because this is the first time I have ordered the red cover. For the past 2 years that I have been offering this book everyone chooses the black cover. I am loving the red. So Patricia keep an eye out. This book is on it’s way!!! 

2009 is already off to a great start and I am excited to see what all it brings. I have already shot one amazing wedding this year and I am looking forward to many more. So far we we have Jennifer, Patricia, Veronica, Chelsea, Haley, Emily, Megan, Brooke, Mary, and Ina. I have weddings here in DC, Maryland, Virginia, I get to go back to Houston a few times and we get to go to St. Maarten. This week I have 3 more weddings I am hoping to add to this list with fun locations as well. I booked my trip for Las Vegas next month for WPPI. that is a HUGE Photographers Convention and Trade Show. I am sharing a suite with 7 other AMAZING Photographer Ladies so I am very much looking forward to that. Later in the year I am excited for a week long Vacation with another group of fabulous photographer ladies. This year is already off to such a great start! so I was thinking last night that I have been tagged in a few get to know you notes on facebook but really I thought it would be good for me to just spill it here on my blog for all of you. So for all of you that wanted to know more about me. So here is goes. Random things about me.

Let me first say that I love God and my family and they are above all the most important things in my life. 

My favorite color changes often. right now it is gray but a few months ago it was purple, then green before that. 

I love LOST and THE OFFICE

I miss my Houston friends but i am so happy for all of the DC ones i have already!

I really think i have the coolest job ever. Really i do. 

My youngest Will starts Kindergarten this year so that is huge! Kate will be in 2nd grade! Wow!

I love lattes - skim with 3/4 of a Splenda. 

I love mojitos and champagne not together of course, separate glasses.

Ikea makes me happy.

I make great cremy cilantro dip and guac.

Mexican food is my all time favorite. I could eat it for every meal. 

I take my time on little purchases but big ones i make quickly. I usually know what I want, need OR can’t live with out. Sometimes I get those confused. 

Old school music I LOVE: Jimmy Buffet, The Black Crows, ACDC, Aerosmith to name a few. Also I have always thought Steven Tyler was cute. Weird I know. 

I used to be int he FFA and I won grand champion lamb one year…I have a belt buckle somewhere to prove it.

I am horrible speller. This year I am trying to type regular and use uppercase letters. There are a few words that haunt me that I can not even spell close enough for spell check to recognize. That is just sad! 

I was 19 when Josh and I got married. 22 when I had Kate and 24 when I had Will. 

Sometimes I can’t believe I am married with the best family ever. I love my life. I am blessed.

Josh and I met the day I graduated high school in Gulf Shores Alabama on a church Beach Retreat. 

One year before that I became a christian on the same trip.

I am an Army wife by title but I am nothing like a typical Army wife. 

Josh and I (I say I because we decided together) made a career change and decided to joined the Army after 911. He is a Black Hawk Pilot. I am extremely proud of him.

We have survived Josh serving two tours to Iraq. Hopefully never again. 

My sister Lisa and I are twins born two years apart.

I love warm weather and I do not like being cold. 

I like getting packages in the mail but I hate going to the post office. 

I love having a clean car but I hate doing it myself. Same goes for the house and laundry. 

If you would have told me four years ago that my business would be anywhere close to where it is today I would have not believed you. 

I really really like daytime outside weddings. I love the sun.

Shooting engagement sessions are so fun especially when I get to choose where to go and what to do. 

I think it would awesome to have every one of my clients over for dinner. Who wants to come over?

Even when I try to not talk about photography I end up taking about photography. I can’t help it. It is in my blood now. 

I have had the most amazing clients. I love that I am friends with each and every one. I love hearing about pregnancies, new home, new adventures and what ever is going on in their lives. 

This felt really good to type all of this out! 

Thanks for reading and following my blog. I appreciate everyone especially if you leave me a comment.