Catch Up!

A lot has happened since I've posted. I've been all over from La Jolla to Yuma, Az. Engagement, Maternity, Holiday, Family photos, kid portraits, and Wedding snap shots. Get ready for a big posting :)

So Due to Blogger being kinda frustrating and loading the last photos first?? We have to go from Newest to Oldest photos.

Meet Natalie! :) She is such a nice loving girl who I used to hang with but it's been a while since I've seen her so it was really refreshing. The day was SUCH a blessing seeing as how it was supposed to rain ALL DAY Sunday but only rained that night and left us with SUCH a great day of beautiful clouds and great light!

The Jeffery Family! These are my cousins and their ridiculously photogenic children, Lanie and Cici. This first photo was taken in La Jolla at the Cove, The rest were taken at my uncles home infront of his alfalfa field.

Here we have "Thunder" and "Papa"

.... AKA Hunter and my Uncle Howard

Oh! And how can we forget Cougar.

PHOTO STORY & TIP OF THE DAY: I had just finished telling Ryan ( My date to the wedding and best, best friend) about how photos are never taken from this angle. So he attempted to try. As you can see I'm straining to not have a double chin and Ryan does! (love you Ry!) This is just a "never can do" angle!

Here is Miss Cici with those BIG BABY BLUE, BLUES.

One OF the Best Men, Toby!

Mr. Mark Allen, My brother... Apparently he had popcorn stuck in his tooth. He ALSO happened to have a brand new tooth brush in his car and felt that he should just walk around trying to get it out. Really weird. But I guess two days later if finally worked!

The Couple themselves, Ross and Sarah Gwynn. Best/Prettiest wedding I've been to in a LONG time!

More Recently, The Bryant Family and their new addition:

This is my oldest best friend Garrett and his new Niece!

As for trip I took with my best guy friends this is just a recap of the night I stayed at the Desert. It was so Windy, So cold, WINDY. I'm pretty sure it got the best of us.

Below is Kyle (Dyle) Reed (Ryan's Brother) and Ryan (My Best friend!)

Nichole and Joe.

Ring on her finger.

CHECK

Baby on the way.

CHECK

Holiday photos taken and sent out.

CHECK CHECK

Love is found Anywhere!

Here she is -- The Infamous Jenny Leigh Holden. My Best friend and basically my sister. This girl is such an AMAZING person... She's a substitute teacher, hopefully to have her own classroom soon! Josh is Jenny's amazingly perfect for her boyfriend. Tall, Plays Basketball, Smart, Sweet, Loving, the list goes on and on. Josh lives in Saint Louis, Missouri. He and Jen-Jen fly back and fourth to see each other. They are crazy in love and I was so blessed to get to hang out with them for the day. It's rare I get to see them just because they always have SO much planned with family and friends! Here are some of the shots I got :)

Casey, Rory, Rem, Brandi, Mom, Dad & Dad

This last Sunday was a beautiful day for photos. Thank goodness Casey booked ;) I met Casey back in High School. She is such a sweet heart and a great friend! It was so good to see and hang out with her again! Makes me want to have a huge HS reunion! Casey and Rory have two dogs. Rem and Brandi who I fell in LOVE with. So cute. Casey brought along her father to watch the dogs but somehow I ended up with both dogs around my ankles trying to take a pic of them with pops! ha. And before I knew it Rory's Dad was there for a photo and then his Mom! Here are a few pics I got -- Still a lot of editing to do!

Mitchel Carter!

A few weeks ago I went out with a friend/co-worker from the Restaurant I work at.

Mitch started working at The Vine as a busser, only to find out that he had worked in a kitchen before! So from working the floor he moved to the kitchen as a prep cook. Not too long after that we discovered he was an artist at heart! From the kitchen he moved back onto the floor and into a chair to collect tips for singing his heart out! :) Mitch has seriously, an amazing voice. Check out his music here. He performs weekly at The Vine, Wine Bar and Bistro. Wednesday & Thursday nights. Enjoy!

Dinner at the Vine... Friday Night Surf and Turf

Saturday night at The Vine


Appetizer

Pomegranate and Pear salad
Crumbled gournay cheese, diced avocado, shaved prosciutto, pomegranate syrup


Marinated Mushroom Bruschetta
Roasted mushrooms on bruschetta with ricotta basil cheese


Entrée

Horseradish Crusted Angus Ribeye with Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Cast iron seared Ribeye, horseradish crusted, served with mashed potato, asparagus and a skewer of shrimp

Almond Butter Basted Fresh Diver Scallops
Pomegranate-vodka marinated cranberries, with smoky chopped almonds

Grilled Halibut with Ratatouille
Simply grilled Halibut atop Italian vegetable sauce

Last two Shoots

I've been lacking on posting and I thought I had updated from the second to Last shoot I did for Miss Kayla and Matt! But apparently I didn't! Here are a few from that day! :)

As for a recent shoot I did with my best friend Katie -- She called me up and said "lets go take pictures" and sure enough, 3 hours of getting ready, we were on our way! Not sure where but we ended up at this ROCKIN bridge in Rancho San Diego :)

As for recent shoots, as in today :) I went out with a girl I made friends with a few months back.What an awesome girl! She didn't feel very good and was very tired, BUT the photos don't show that What so ever :)

Another shoot monday with Mitchy, from my work. He is an amazing singer/song writer/cook :) ha. Posts will be up soon!