engagement pictures

Y'all, I am so lucky to have such a talented photog friend. 

Jess and I have been friends for almost ten years now. 

I was a bridesmaid in her wedding. 

And encouraged her when she was contemplating starting her own photography business. 

She has been a professional photographer for several years now 

and she has mad skills. ;) 

At the end of October she came out to mine and D's house and did our engagement session around our property. 

They turned out way better than I thought they would. 

I am not comfortable AT ALL in front of the camera. 

But Jess knows that about me and she worked to make me as comfortable as possible. 

I never should have doubted Jess. 

Lesson learned. 

Everyone should check out Jess's website: 

http://www.jleighcaptures.com/

Now let's get to the good part ... the pictures. 

I narrowed it down to eleven.
It is so hard for me to pick a favorite.
Which one do you like best?

You can also check out Jess's blog about our session here:
http://www.jleighcaptures.com/?p=5919. 

playing catch up

Since my unintended blog break,

Not much has changed in my life.

Still, I thought I would write an update post.

My big news is that

I finally found a job!
Hallelujah!
{insert a choir of angels here}

Source: gocomics.com via liz on Pinterest

I am still underemployed;

but I am super thankful!
I know a lot of people are hurting in the job department right now.

It is my first "grown up" job.

I have benefits, a retirement plan, paid sick/vacation days,

and all that good stuff.


Oh, and I have my very own office!!
Please ignore the mess in these pictures.
I did not feel like putting everything in place
just for these quickly taken pics.

I am waiting on the maintenance people to come
and hang all of my frames on my office walls
{that is what is in those boxes}
and then I will have to post pics
of my completely decorated office!


My roommates and I took a trip to
Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure.

 

The highlight of the trip was
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
It was just AMAZING!

 

If you are planning on going,
the early admission is totally worth the price.
We got into WWOHP an hour before the park opened.
My roommates and I actually rode one of the rides by ourselves.
I mean we were seriously the only 3 people on the ride!
How cool is that?!
To put that in perspective,
we went back at the end of the day,
because one of my friends wanted to go through
Hogwarts Castle again.
It was wall-to-wall people.
And the lines for all of the rides
were 3+ hours long.
Yeah, we did not go through the castle again.

I also
loved, loved, loved
Seusslanding!
If you have read my blog for any length of time
you know I am slightly obsessed with Dr. Seuss.
So, I naturally loved Seusslanding.

This part of the park is obviously geared more for children,
but I loved the architecture & decor.
They even had shrubbery shaped into various Seuss characters.
Just awesomesauce!
 

The roommates and I had a caricature drawn of the 3 of us.
The guy who drew it was super nice & funny!
I joked that he was going to make me look
like a chipmunk & of course, he did.
But it was a fun souvenir to have from the trip.
It now hangs in a place of honor in our living room!

I received a sewing machine for Christmas
and have been {slowly} teaching myself to sew. 
I have completed lots of throw pillows.
I have the sewing square things down pat!

I am also working on my very 1st quilt. 
It is a queen-size quilt.
Now that I am getting into it
I realize that starting out with a queen size
might have been a bad idea.
But "go big or go home" right?!
It took my roommates & I 5 hours to lay out the pattern.
They have threatened me with
bodily harm if I do not finish this quilt.

Whew!
This post was longer than I thought it would be.
If you made it all the way through
You Are a Trooper!
So, that's is what has been happening in my life lately.

Anything new & exciting happening in your life?

sneak peek pictures!

The AMAZING photographers of Jason Hurst Photography have put a few sneak peek pictures up on their Facebook fan page from the wedding Saturday.

I just HAD to share them with you.

These few pictures are just gorgeous.

I cannot wait to see the rest of them!

The local winery was the perfect backdrop for the wedding!

If you are ever in Georgia and need a photographer be sure to call Jason & Casey!



***All images are property of Jason Hurst Photography***

random recap

The past week has been pretty busy:

• I made a cool $136 million in profit as CEO in our group negotiation exercise
• {if only I actually received the salary for that:) }
• I have a knack for negotiating...apparently
• I purchased the entire series of Stargate SG-1
• I have watched entirely too much Stargate this weekend
• {when I should have been doing school work...oh well, I was celebrating independence}
• July 4th is definitely still my fav holiday
• fireworks still make me feel like a kid
• lazy rainy days are the best kind!
• rediscovered why Ansel Adams is my favorite photographer
• check out the Ansel Adams Gallery or use google images...AMAZING!
• having 3 days off from both jobs really throws off my sleep pattern
• getting up for work this morning was TORTURE;)
• I am now kicking myself for not doing that much school work over the weekend

I hope everyone had a fun-filled holiday weekend!