photog friend!

 

photo credit: rebekah girvan photography

yesterday we had lunch & coffee

with an old friend of mine from harrisonburg, 

rebekah!

besides 

being a fabulous (dog) person

and having a deep spiritual conversation with h

on their first day meeting (so sorry r!), 

and nearly getting stuck in richmond, 

she is a fabulous photographer! 

i hope she doesn't hate me for reposting

the picture above from a wedding she did on saturday. 

but it is beautiful and i love it. 

all of her pictures,

even the traditional posed ones,

seem like she has captured some candid moment in time,

some conversation

or laughs

or smirks. 

check her out at her website:

rebekahgirvan.com

or her blog:

rebekahgirvan.blogspot.com

i really hope she gets snowed in 

in richmond again soon. 

( :

tumblr?

dear friends,

i now have a new inspiration website:

wishbones.tumblr.com

you can follow me there in google reader

or on tumblr.

i created this to add creative

and random

photos and quotes. 

love,

me

xmas 2k9.

i sent out my christmas cards monday.

i thought it would be cheaper to get them done on etsy

and print them at ritz camera

and buy envelopes from staples.

bad idea.

next time, i'd rather just do them on minted

but i thought i was running out of time.

i won't even go into the fact that i couldn't find a single picture i liked.

we took 84 thousand.

h & v were tired of me.

so i just picked an older one.

i was so exhausted from trying to do it myself

i just sent them out

there is no personalized message.

my apologies.

i do love you all dearly.

i just wanted them to be over with!

but they did turn out lovely.

thank you krysta.

a year in fotos.

january: new years in richmond

february: del mccoury in alexandria, va

march: v playing in the snow

april: jenny's wedding

may: planning for our company networking event at the corcoran, washington, dc

june: out with the girls

july: whitewater rafting in west virginia

august: baltimore national harbor

september: our new place in richmond!

october: apple picking in charlottesville with my favorites

november: h's dad's surprise 60th (with his bro)

december: jmu!

impressed.

one of my high school friends is visiting for the week, and after i let him borrow my computer on a walk around richmond, this is what i found... completely un-edited, wonderful pictures of the city of richmond from the eyes of someone who hasn't seen the city in 9+ years... i love it. (although i wouldn't expect anything less from him.)

maymont

james river

vote for layne!

my dear, dear friend layne is in the gap casting call... if you like what you see VOTE here everyday!

fine print: through november 17, 2009 - registration required

h. age 16? grand canyon.

photo shoot.

photo shoot for inserts for our new address cards (below) from paper source in dc. that store is my addiction. the cards should be in the mail shortly... ( ;

new banner.

i took these photos (banner & below) in evanston, chicago. i'm excited for some upcoming visits to the midwest! ( :

and p.s. i lovvvve sunflowers!

thanks to picnik for editing tools.

props!

photo credits to miss carolyn s. ( :

april showers bring may flowers.

sorry for the delay--work has been crazy busy and there have been weddings galore! this weekend was absolutely amazing. one of those weekends that goes by so fast that you forgot you didn't take any pictures (shame)!

first i had a hot date at comfort in downtown richmond. it's everything it appears to be & more. great beer (i was drunk off a bell's oberon & a german canned beer that was wonderful). you choose your meat (i got pork tenderloin & h got mahi, but they had everything from fish to fried quail to venison), and then your sides! i tried thier braised greens, a little spicy for my liking, but everything looked good. the best part was we got to sit right in the front on the corner of broad & jefferson and watch the people go by. i felt like the world was flying by--so many people were out b/c the weather was beautiful and it was first fridays. followed by my first game of kings (i'm not very good at it) & me falling asleep mid-conversation w/ h's housemate ( :

saturday we ran errands, i gave h a mohawk, and then buzzed it all off & we got ready for j's wedding. she's a great friend of mine since grade school, so it was almost surreal to see her get married! she was a beautiful bride!

sunday was h's football game where v tried her hardest to run into the field as they were playing. i'm just glad we didn't get kicked out for v crying so loud! then we went to h's dad's for some smoked chicken & i met the cutest yorkie-poo ever, izzy! then we ran home to watch slumdog millionaire with some friends at the byrd.

now it's half-way thru the week! hopefully the weather will hold out for el's bday camping trip on friday. we have lots to celebrate!! ( ;

(my hot date! w/ a hair cut!)

dog days.

venus & h at barker field & watching the redskins win on sunday afternoon.

oh to be seven.

this weekend was absolutely phenomenal. i know i say that after every camp, and i really do mean it, but, whew. working with the itty bitties #1, puts things into perspective, and #2, wears you out!

when i called my little buddy (all 52 pounds of her) on wednesday, i cried. a small, fragile voice picked up the phone, answered my questions politely (yes, she was excited; and yes, she was nervous, and was she going to sleep outside?). my heart broke for her. this was a seven-year-old girl who had lost her everything- her mom- just a few months ago, moved to a new house with her aunt & uncle, started at a new school, no longer had her "fun summer" of playing with mom and doing any 'ole thing. her uncle told me that he was worried she wouldn't talk to the other kids, let alone share her story with anyone. she started out shy, but by the morning of day two, you couldn't peel her off of me if you tried, she continuously posed as america's next top model for all the cameras, and she wouldn't stop talking and creating nicknames for everyone. she even sang every karaoke song they'd let her up there for. we really did have a blast.

but still, my heart ached. this girl was seven; only a few months had passed, and she was already afraid of losing her memories. as i was walking back from the staff meeting on saturday, h and i talked about the strength of our itty bitties and mentioned he had no idea what it would have been like to be me- to have experienced a loss so young in life. i fought back tears as i walked inside and my little buddy ran to me and threw her arms around my neck like she hadn't seen me in years. as we walked back to the cabin, she had her arm wrapped tightly around my waist, wrapping tighter as we walked further. she was excited about her new friends and heat lightening and eating s'mores.

when her aunt & uncle dropped her off, i remember thinking what a blessing camp was going to be for her. when they came to pick her up, i realized i what a blessing she had been to me that weekend. what a blessing she was in my life.