Ashley and Justin got hitched!

A huge shout out to Ashley and Justin and family and friends! Your wedding day was so much fun to shoot! Thanks for the opportunity to be with you on your special day! And CONGRATULATIONS!

Pumpkin patch time!!!

For the past few years I've had the honor of taking my niece Sonnet to a pumpkin patch around this time of year! This year her mom joined us and we took the opportunity to take some family pics... which I'd like to share with my dedicated readers. And I'd like to add I'm uber-glad we got the chance to make it up to Bates Nut Farm.

Oregon vacation

Well folks... we just returned from a long relaxing vacation. And while the last few days of it weren't as fun as the first part (due to me getting sick and then watching the fire news)... it was well worth all the planning that went into it before hand! I highly recommend if you haven't made a point to go on vacation in a while - do it! Invest in yourself.... and get out of town!

So, here's some pics. The first week we spent at a timeshare w/ my parents, brother Loren and his wife Jody and their daughter Heaven, my grandparents and my Uncle Gary and his wife Jackie. And one night we were blessed to have a visit from some old friends (not in age, just in the amount of time we've known each other) stopped in for dinner, laughter and some pics - Rick, Nancy and Ryan Childers, SO GREAT to see you three!!!

For the remaining time of our vacation we went north to my parents house (in Salem, Or) and did nothing more than eat and relax.... well we did some driving around too. A quick shout out to all of the towns who at least hosted us for a Starbucks run or a stretch of the legs: Sisters, Redmond, Bend, Salem, Dallas, Portland, Halsey, Brownsville, Newberg, Beaverton, Canby, and Eugene.

So, here's some pics of our adventures! Enjoy...

Show Me Your Funnies...

In line w/ what fellow photographers have blogged about recently ... I'm sharing with you a funny from a recent wedding. I'm sorry but I can neither confirm nor deny who takes responsibility for this. But "someone" backed into the Groom's Cake!!!

Justin and Ashley are engaged!

Not only did I get to hang out at another winery last week - I also got to hang out w/ some great people who are celebrating their engagement! We found ourselves at Bernardo Winery, where the great people that run the ol' place let us wander all over and just have a great afternoon. Thanks Annie!

I have to tell you (and yes, I know... it ages me to admit this...) I've known Ashley since she was maybe only 3 years old... and it's so great to see that she has blossomed into such a wonderful young lady. I got to shoot her graduation pictures a few years back ... and on that day I kept thinking to myself "BUT!!! She's still only 8 years old! How can this be?!"

Well, now the young girl has found herself a nice young man.... I'd like to introduce Justin and Ashley! Justin - you better take good care of her!











And then as we were walking out, past a wall we had walked by a dozen times.... I saw this... and knew it had to be a good sign...