I am currently completely booked for September and I will be finishing up my scheduled sessions here, and plan to move at the beginning of October. Any clients that have not placed their orders before we leave will still be able to order and have everything shipped directly to them.  I will be contacting my senior reps individually regarding their program.

We have absolutely LOVED living here for the past two years and we are saddened to leave our friends and neighbors and the good people of Idaho.  I am sad to leave a budding business and wonderful clients here but am excited about the new possibilities for my business and family in California.

Continue to follow my blog and my Facebook page.  We will be back and forth in the future to check on our home here in Idaho and I would love to be able to do some sessions when we’re in town.

Thank you again for such a wonderful experience in Idaho. I will always have a special place in my heart for every one of you that I have photographed here.

My new flash site can be found HERE. It’ll link to this here blog from now on.

Bookmark me!

This week’s theme is “completely candid”.  As I’m editing the photos from this past weekend, I ran across this one.

This cute little boy was having the best time hanging out on the sidewalk while a crowd of aspiring photogs snapped up his photo.

That is UNTIL an ambulance came whizzing by with full sirens blaring.  It took him a few moments to process.  As soon as the truck was gone, he melted.  Poor little guy.

But, just as most little boys do, he bounced right back into happy playful mode momentarily.

For more completely candid photos, go over to iheartfaces and check them out!!!

By myself!

Wow!

That was so much fun……

I was a sponge.

I learned a ton.

I am inspired.

I have lists and lists of things to do.

And tons of pictures to edit.

Here’s a sneak peek at a few of  the photos I took at the workshop.  Aren’t these kids gorgeous?!

I took close to 400 photos that day.  Now the sorting begins.  Ooooh, I’m so excited to practice what I learned!!!

Happy Monday!

That was Friday morning.  By Friday night I had pulled out almost all my hair (or at least I wanted to), had more live chats with highly technical computer geeks than anyone should have to in one day, and had absolutely nothing to show for it except a blog that looked nothing like my own.   I realized I had  NO HTML CSS skillz whatsoever.  FTP was something I had never heard of before.

It’s now Monday afternoon. FTP and I know each other intimately.  The blog is finally dressed appropriately if not fully accessorized.  It can at least go out in public now.  Fortunately we encountered only one casualty during the switch.  July and August 2009 are missing somewhere out in the far reaches of the internet.  I’ve been told by one of those geeky internet geniuses that I can find them again if I venture back into my FTP.  I’m not sure if I’m ready for that again.  We’re taking a little time off from one another at the moment.  If you see them back here, you’ll know we’ve reconciled.

I hope your weekend consisted of more than wrestling with computer jargon whilst your household disintegrates into chaos. (Like mine)

Happy Labor Day!

My excuses:

1. It’s summer

2. With all 4 kids home, there’s a lot more to clean up

3. We’re getting ready to head out of town

4. I’m on day 6 of NO CARBS!

Do you know what happens to you when you don’t eat carbs?????

You get TIRED.

And CRANKY.

And WEAK.

Holy Cow!  I think I might just die.

Right… Here……… Right………………  Now. ……………………………

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One more day and I can start eating carbs again.  (weakly waving my hands in celebration)

Yay…

In the meantime, here are some pictures I managed to shoot in my sad and sorry state this week:

Now Excuse me while I  take a nap fold laundry, take a nap pack suitcases, take a nap print out itineraries, take a nap eat more plain,  tasteless chicken breasts and choke down some more cucumbers.

Happy Tuesday!

I’d rather have pie or cookies or ice cream but ever since I saw this on Meg’s Whatever blog, I’ve been wanting to make it.  I really wanted to whip it out for the last day of school but it was not to be.  So I decided to make it for our Family Summer Chore Kick-Off Evening last night.  Hey, there had to be SOMETHING sweet to off-set the chore doldrums.

Of course Meg made it look so simple and gorgeous with her photos.  So I thought mine would be simple and turn out gorgeous as well.  I pulled my camera out to document this simple and gorgeous cake.  Bumping around in my mind were visions of Martha Stewart magazine covers and The Pioneer Woman’s gourmet cowboy cuisine posts. I should’ve known better.  My camera has no place in my kitchen.

Ten Reason why you will never mistake me for Martha, or Meg, or Ree:

Note to Self for next time I make Happy Cake:

1. Use room temperature butter
2. Invest in 4 more cake pans so you don’t find yourself baking all night
3. Don’t begin baking at 5pm right before dinner
4. Invest in fresh new Wilton food colors.  The gelatinous globs are a bear to mix.
5. Cut the cake tops off so they will lie flat and your cake will not resemble the Leaning Tower of Pisa and you won’t have to resort to using barbeque tools to hold your cake in place.
6. Keep your my camera far, far away from the kitchen

If you’ve got a hankering for a little sunshine in your day, or for something to make with your kids, give it a try. You can get all instructions on Meg’s blog. She is a daily must read for me. She has some serious photo skillz and has a house I could easily covet (if I were the coveting type).

Happy Tuesday!

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

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White Sand Beaches

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Brad Pitt

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Sleeping In

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Babies

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The Secret is in the Sauce

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are some of my favorite things.  So imagine my giddy delight when I:

bumped into Brad in the airport

ate a whole bag of Reese’s

took a surprise trip to Hawaii

slept in until noon

found out I’m pregnant

became today’s featured SITS blogger!!!

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A ginormous WELCOME to my fellow SITstas!!!  So glad you stopped by!!!  I can’t think of anything I’d rather be doing today than bumping into Brad Pitt at the airport meeting new blogging friends!!!

An even more ginormous THANK YOU to Tiffany and Heather for featuring me on their insanely popular site where blogging geeks like me go to meet and greet.  Kind of like a support group for blogging addicts where we can get our daily fix of comments.  Share and share alike.

So come on in, pull up a hay bale chair and enjoy a glimpse of life here in rural Idaho.  And don’t be a stranger.  Introduce yourself and I promise, as soon as things settle down here, I’ll come by and share the comment love…

Happy Wednesday!

]]> http://wenderful.com/2009/05/welcome-sitstas/feed/ 0 http://wenderful.com/2009/05/1582/ http://wenderful.com/2009/05/1582/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 05:34:34 +0000 wenderful http://wenderful.wordpress.com/?p=1582 Holy Cow , did I have fun this weekend!

Baby Hudson is adorable!

I loved getting a taste of living in the Big City.

Visiting old friends was fantastic!

Venturing off the tourist path and into the heart of inner China Town was eye opening!  Who knew you could buy live frogs at the meat market?

Mother’s Day brunch at Ashley’s in-laws was relaxing and wonderful.

The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful.

Despite all that, I was happy to come home to my family.

They were equally excited for me to come home so they could show me their surprise(s):

I seem to recall something about being on the fence?  I guess we toppled off it finally.  Surprise.  Surprise.

Happy Belated Monday!

Remember back when I made New Year’s Resolutions?  Yeah, I didn’t think so.  It was awhile ago.  On my list was improving my photo skills.  Well, I’ve been doing a little research, a little mooching tips off others (thanks Sherine and Becky), and watching “expert photographers” on Youtube.  All in preparation for my solo trip to see meet my newest nephew this weekend.

While I’m nowhere near proficient in manual mode, I am working hard to improve.  My goal is to avoid shooting in Auto mode and to rarely use a flash.

In the meantime, I LOVE Photoshop Elements!  It’s a ton of fun to use and makes my mediocre pictures look fabulous.

See for yourself.  The first picture is straight out of the camera. The second is made to look like pictures from the 70s. The third picture is an action called Orton.

I’m excited to take lots of pictures of little Hudson and use a little Photoshop Magic on them.

Still loving the rain.  It’s wet and green and warm and smells wonderful.  So happy to leave these days behind… for awhile anyway.

Happy Wednesday!