{Missing my Mother}

I have a really bad procrastination habit... and for some reason my mother always reaps the consequences. She never receives my gifts on time. Although she has a gift currently in the mail for Mother's Day... I decided to create something for her to receive instantaneously tomorrow!  Thank god for the internet! :)

When I love someone SO much… I often times find myself at a loss for words of how to “describe” my love. Tonight, I’ll be honest and let you know that I actually Googled “Mother’s Day Letter Examples”…

When I read the miniscule examples on the internet, I realized that I was trying way TOO hard for my wording or grammar to sound perfect… and started thinking about the REAL reasons that I love my mother…

It starts back when I was a toddler & we moved to Huntington Beach, California. She moved us to this amazing beach town (knowing that it would be a fabulous growing up experience for us – and she was 100% right!!) However, she still worked  SO far away … and she dealt with the commute. On her way to work everyday… she would always stop to get me an Apple Juice in a glass jar & a Nutter Butter. Perhaps she contributed to my FAT tendencies, but, in the long run – she always taught me how to be healthy!

On weekends…. She would throw me onto the back seat of her bicycle… and we would ride along the beach. She stopped every time I asked… as, I was on a mission to collect as many beautiful sea shells that I could find. She never failed to save every single sea shell that I collected… she kept them all in buckets until I was an adult and could make the choice to get rid of them on my own. Unfortunately…. I did.; but only for circumstantial purposes.

My mother made it a priority to keep me active in things like dance lessons, horse riding and Junior Life Guards. I will never forget the experiences that I was given as a child… and I think all of those experiences molded me into the fabulous person that I am today. Yes, I think I am fabulous… I’m not afraid to say it… and it’s all Thanks to my fabulous mother!

As far as the modern day goes, she has become one of my best friends. She listens to all of my rants and raves. She helps me out with any problems. And, she is simply, the one person that I know who is always there for me. She backs up all of  the choices I make with respect, while still giving me her honest opinion about specific situations. I’m not really sure how I would function without her honest support & advice…

I could go on forever about this amazing women & what she's done for me;  but, I’d prefer to keep this short and sweet (just like my mom!) There are times when she knows I desperately need something… and she gives it to me. Yet, there are times when she knows when I need some things taken away from me in order to learn a lesson – and she’s always right.

She is the queen of my world…. I would give my life for her…. And I love her to death. …. I feel so unfortunate to not be able to spend the day with her… but I know that I am so fortunate to still have her in this world.  Not everyone has that luxury… And, I just pray that everyone has a positive, loving, happy, Mother’s Day!

LOVE YOU MOM!!! … and missing you!

High School Graduation!

The Little Woman You Created <3

I will never forget... My 1st Swimming Pool!

My 8th Grade (Middle School) Graudation!

We Thank You for All of your support to help provide for a spectacular day! 

I will never forget the endless day at Fashion Square to find these shoes! Thank you for dealing with me! 

Thank You for our Beautiful & Fabulous Honeymoon!!

I love you guys! <3

Happy Family. 

The beach we were blessed with. 

One of my favorite photographs of my beautiful mother. 

The woman you created me to be... 

I love all of us. 

I will never forget the day you bought me my first Roger Waters concert tickets!!!! :)

{Annual Picnic at the Phoenix Zoo}

Annually around March, the law firm we work for holds a picnic at the Phoenix Zoo. This was our 2nd time attending, and the number of guests increased by almost 100 people since last year! There were over 300 guests... and with that in mind, we have to have a huge appreciation for our party planning committee! *Clapping!*

This was a bittersweet day for me... I'll tell you why shortly.
The picnic was complete with beautiful weather, happy smiles, an amazing barbeque buffet, and it was really fun to see everyone in their "everyday" clothes, with their families and children. I'll be bluntly honest, I am typically not a fan of children... but these ones were actually a pleasure to be around... there was one in particular that I may have kidnapped if her parents had turned their head for just one millisecond! ... Okay, I am totally joking - but Hannah was one smart and a totally enjoyable child. She liked me too... which is totally rare for a child. Most tend to scream as soon as I enter a room.

Back to the "bittersweet" thing I mentioned... more like just *bitter* -- my iPhone was stolen / lost towards the end of the day. That iPhone is not *just* a phone to me... It is a mini storage unit of my entire life. Whoever has it, has the capability to invade my privacy in major ways -- not to mention steal my identity. So the end of yesterday was quite tragic for me. I am still recovering...

Anyway... back to the photography stuff. Ty shot all of these photos yesterday... and I am continually impressed by his capabilities and improvement. I edited the photos... but, like I have said before -- when Ty shoots... there's not much to edit. So, sometimes I just toy around with photoshop just for fun...

I'll stop blabbering now... Enjoy!!

Brandy's Benihana Birthday!

I can't believe it's been TWENTY days since our last blog! We've been slacking! With both of us having a "normal" job... with "normal" hours... it's been a little bit rough on the practicing photography thing.

Luckily, last night was the perfect opportunity to snap some shots! We celebrated my sister's 15th anniversary of her 21st birthday! (At least that's what it felt like!) Our Mom treated us to one fantastic dinner! THANKS MOM! (Wish you were here!)

We were accompanied by amazing friends; and had a little bit too much fun!! I'm not sure that a whole bottle of sake was meant to be shared between only 2 people! ;p After an incredible dinner.... we headed back to the Rohmer's, whereby we participated in a "dance party" and had some heated debates about Kanye West (while we were dancing to his music)... which is good. But I still don't like him as a person. 


We woke up to find about 200 hundred pictures on our camera! Lucky for the innocent bystanders... I chose only my favorites... and only pre-sake!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER!!!  Love you Brandy! :)

{Giving Thanks}

Yesterday was awesome.

I really don't know where to begin as far as my "thanks" go. Thank you to Shawna & Mike for hosting one fantastic party. That was my kind of Thanksgiving! So much fun... and a little bit too much fun! ;p Thank you guys for such an incredible meal... and of course, the left overs too!

Thank you to all of our fantastic friends and family for giving us a world surrounded by love.

Thank You to everyone who had a hand in helping us purchase our dream camera!

Thank You to my amazing husband for capturing some really creative shots yesterday!

I am also Thankful that I figured out how to make the pictures on the blog bigger  - however, it's a pain in the butt... and I hate HTML. :)


Have a great weekend everyone! And, enjoy those left overs. 

Much Love! And... Here's our Favorites!