Tuesday, January 20, 2009

History in the making!

Wow! What an amazing day. Whether you voted for Obama or McCain, today was a momentous event! Isn’t it something to witness history in action? I wonder how many of you made the trek up to see it in person. I was a little bummed that Andy & I weren’t able to go, but I am a weather weenie (not to mention the crazy crowds to endure), so I think I am happy to have watched it on television. I may not be able to say I was there in person, but how many of you can say you watched it on a portable tv in your car? Yes…I’m a bit of a nerd, but I was going to be out & about for about 3 hours today & I wanted to make sure I saw it.

Well, on a different note, Andy & I just got back from Arizona. The Professional Photographers of America had its national convention last week & we had a blast! The big highlight of the convention was Anne Geddes speaking. Believe it or not, Andy & I skipped it! We were just so exhausted, we just couldn’t make ourselves go. We had been out there for 5 days on the night she spoke & with classes running from 7am until 6:30pm, we were ready to “hit the hay” by 8pm every night. But even though we skipped her event, we still saw a lot of really talented people. It was very inspiring! We are looking forward to putting some of the things we learned into action right away. Check Andy’s facebook…I think he put up a few pics. One of the pics is of a man holding a bible in the air. It was really interesting…it was lunch time & people were everywhere & this guy was out in the middle of the food court just proclaiming away to any & all. But what was really funny was to see how many photographers rushed over to take his picture!! I’m curious to know….out of the 7,700+ photographers that were there, how many took a picture of this man??? Yeah…can you imagine over 7,700 photographers all compiled in one little town? Well, Phoenix is not exactly small, but still, that many photogs in that one town was interesting.




Don’t forget…the bridal show is this weekend! Come visit us if you are going to be there.

Ta ta for now!

Sunday, January 4, 2009

It's A New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

I can't believe it's 2009 already! This past year just flew by so quick. We had a great year & hope this one is better! We are starting off our year by going to Phoenix for a national photography convention. We leave this week & are so excited about all the great photographers we will get to see & learn from. I'll try to update the blog soon after our return & tell you all about all the fun!

We hope you all had a great holiday season. Ours was nice & spent with family. Well...my family...Andy's family all live out west in Oregon & Washington. My family usually gets together the weekend after Thanksgiving & the weekend after Christmas. It's so much fun getting together. It's such a huge crowd!...Mom, Dad, all the sisters, their husbands, and tons of nieces & nephews and great nieces & nephews. This year, two nephews are overseas in the military. Jason is in Italy & just sent pictures of his first trip to Milan. It was neat seeing all the beautiful places. Caleb is in Japan & during our Christmas party, he skyped in & we all got to talk to him & see him & his place. It was really nice & I'm sure it made him feel like he was home.

We wish you all blessings & happiness in the new year!