We've never been on a "real" vacation. Everywhere we've ever gone has been within driving distance of our house. And that's great and all. I love going up to Will's family's cabin in Coeur d'Alene every year for the fourth of July. But when the opportunity came to photograph a wedding in the Dominican Republic we jumped at it with pretty much no ( Read more... )

I'm getting more and more excited for our trip to Utah (and Boise, on the way). We have a bunch of families who we're going to do mini-sessions with, people who we haven't seen for a while who we get to meet-up with (and some who we've never actually met at all!), and family who we get to spend time with. I can't wait. If you're in the vicinity and ( Read more... )

We're finally back home in P-town. It was a great trip in many respects but the joys of sleeping in my bed cannot be enumerated in enough detail. We collapsed at midnight last night and the feeling of being in my own sheets was exquisite. There will be lots more coming, I hope, if catching up with myself does not become eclipsed by all that there ( Read more... )

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Gus is home from work today. He's taking a Kite Day. Yay for paid sick leave.

To borrow a phrase from a friend...

Today I'm Loving:-- morning cuddle time with my honey ( Read more... )

--Chie slept amazingly well on the trip. Eight hours a night. It was fabulous. Last night, she woke up at 3:30 and 4:30, not hungry, just couldn't fall back asleep. The night before, it was 12:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:55. We're going to try having her sleep in her contoured changing pad inside of her crib tonight; that's what she slept in on the trip. If ( Read more... )

So, I'm in a mad, crazy rush to get everything ready to go out of town tomorrow.

--I did a lot of laundry yesterday, but still have some more to do.
--The car needs to be vaccumed out (I know, sounds weird pre-trip, but some potting soil got spilled and I'm not putting Chie's bed in the middle of it ( Read more... )