Four years

I can't believe it's been 4 years. I remember trying to decide if I should meet up with you like it was yesterday. One of the best decision I've ever made was to pass on sleeping for a fun night out that turned out to be a wonderful beginning. You've shown me how to relax, and live life without second guessing myself. 

Over the last year we adjusted to life away from Minneapolis, had a blast in New York and visiting old friends, spent a lot of time playing in the snow, nerded out at Comicon, watched your brother and Holly tie the knot and moved to San Diego. You changed your major, and I started taking photos. Life is moving so fast, I definitely forget to tell you daily how wonderful you are. I'm so lucky to have you. You always keep my life interesting and encourage me to follow my dreams and take risks. I can't wait to see what this next year holds for us. The future is bright. 

This weekend

Chris's parents came into town from the bay area. It was a quick visit, but we had a full weekend of fun. We explored USD, where Chris's dad started law school, went shopping, ate a LOT of food and toured around some of the neighborhoods here in San Diego.

I'm looking forward to many more of these family visits now that we're not in the Midwest. I got so sick of visiting with everyone twice a year! Now we just have to figure out the holidays...

Photo of the day

More like photos. Taken at Pine Tree Road Soap Shop during a Your Magazine interview.

It smelled so good I had to restrain myself from buying everything in the store.

Photo of the day

My favorite shot of the day, during a Your Magazine interview at The Black Bead.

Who thought bones could be so pretty?

Singing in the rain

I was taking some photos in Balboa Park today with my friend Ted. It's not common for it to rain in San Diego, so we figured we'd take advantage of the opportunity.

I came home with my hair soaking wet, and devoured a hot chocolate. Such a fun day! Thanks for coming out Ted!

50mm

I am one lucky girl! Chris decided to surprise me with a new camera lens I had been lusting after for work (insert any other bad excuse here). My first non-kit lens! I put it on and snapped some quick shots tonight. Here are the first five shots I took. I skipped editing for now because they look so cool, I've never used a high-blur lens before! WARNING: This is a dog-heavy post. I have no other models in my house, Allie was not in the mood...

I can't wait to see how this will work out on the job tomorrow.

Can't wait to be king

We had been planning to see the Lion King since we saw the posters while seeing a movie about a month ago. As the time grew closer, we started a countdown. At least the new chalkboard is getting good use! (Chris looked at me like a crazy person when I hung it. He thought I just painted the center black for no reason!)

Yay for the Lion King, and bad movie theater photos! The best part? Everyone in the theater was in their 20s, and had seen it as kids in the theater.

It was so much fun laughing at things that flew over our heads so many years ago. Now I feel OLD!!