{El's Rockin' Surprise Birthday Bash}

This past Saturday we celebrated the 40th birthday of one of our best friends. He's Ty's "BFF" and he was also the best man in our wedding. His girlfriend Amanda planned the whole surprise and hosted the party at her house. Being that it was a couple weeks after his actual birthday, the surprise was a huge success! Amanda made arrangements for El's family and friends to drive out from Tucson, and the party was complete with massive quantities of amazing food, great music, good times {and a Rocker Theme.}

Thanks to Amanda for being a rockin' hostest... and a fine chef. ;p
And -- El, we hope you have a fantastic 40th year!!

The fabulous hostess

The cake was an exact replica of El's bass

They are just tooo cute together. 

This was the first time I had met El's parents, and oh. my. gosh. They are so cute and sweet!! 

El's mother was wearing this on the back of her jacket. "Autumn's End" is El's band. 

It makes me proud to see my husband's art in other people's houses. :)

This is a framed photo in Amanda's house... I thought it was too awesome to not take a picture of it!

Best Buds!

Surprise! 

Decor.

My incredibly handsome husband showin' puppy some love...

Bro-mance

{A Little Bit of Randomness}

Wow, the past month has been pure CHAOS! This is our first chance since late January to actually update the blog. I am happy to be back in gear.

We have insanely been busy packing, moving, unpacking and organizing. But, we are finally all moved and pretty much settled in. There is still a lot of organizing that needs to take place, we down-sized quite significantly -- but so far, we are loving our new little home (especially the part of the town where it's located!) We'll try to get some pictures of the house up as soon as possible.

We also both started new jobs, so that has been a lot of emotional stress -- trying to learn and prepare for so many changes, but everything is going great so far!

Yesterday I finally sat down to clear out some photos on the memory card, and I stumbled upon a few that I decided to toy around with in Photoshop.

So, here's a little bit of randomness... and hopefully we'll get back in the habit of updating the blog more frequently!!

In our new neighborhood, there are tons of feral cats, this one looks so dreamy to me. 

We own dozens of candles, but this one is my favorite. I bought it in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (my 2nd home) a few years ago. 

Just trying to practice focusing in different ways...

Some dried roses I had for many many years, Unfortunately they are one of the things I had to throw away during the downsizing project...

Shot by Ty: This is one of the most interesting sunsets I have seen. The clouds literally looked like bombs falling out of the sky...

Practicing how to add text & watermarks...

P.S. - Photos from El's 40th Surprise Party will be up as soon as possible! 

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! :)

Zoomin' at the Zoo

For those of you that don't know.... I am a Scorpio. And, I am sort of an Astrology enthusiast. With that being said, my horoscope today said I should do something motivating, interact with animals, and take a long walk with a "close friend."

That worked out perfectly because I already had prior plans to go to the Zoo with Ty. I got to practice with the camera, got to see plenty of uber cute animals and got plenty of exercise walkin' through the zoo! It was a really fun day and the weather was incredible!!

As we are on a super tight budget right now, we are thankful that we got tickets to the Zoo from Ty's parents for Christmas! 

Here's some of my favorite images! Let me know what you think! I need some real critique! 

{Looking Back}

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO Justine Miller Photography for the images you're about to see.

I meant to write this sooner... On December 24th to be exact. But, of course... the holidays are busy for everyone!

On Christmas Eve 2009, Ty and I got engaged. It was the best Christmas present of my life... and still is. From now on, every year... Christmas Eve will be extra special!!


So much has happened this year... and so much has changed! But, it all seems to be in good ways! New jobs... great friends... tons of special occasions... and now we are married!! 


I hope everyone had a year as great as ours... I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas... and I hope you are looking forward to another fabulous year as much as we are! 


Below are our Engagement photos taken this past February, by the fabulous Justine Miller Photography. You can visit her website on the link above... and you can visit her blog HERE!


I couldn't have asked for a better year... and I definitely couldn't have asked for a better photographer to capture our memories! Thank You Justine!!

And, Thank You Ty for making me one happy girl!