In between the rain drops

We had scheduled to shoot the Collins and DeWitt family yesterday since the forecast said it would be sunny! So you can see our dilemma when it began pouring down rain. Luckily, none of us gave up hope and saw there was some blue sky ahead. We all met earlier than we had originally planned, and honestly got the only 30-45 minutes of no rain for that late afternoon. Since they were so flexible with the time, we knew it was going to be an easy photo shoot for us.

There are so many reasons why I love my friend Rosalie, and last night just added to the list. Her family was so awesome! David and I loved how fun and willing they were. We got in, got what we needed, and got out moments before the rain started again. Then Rosie's amazing chef of a brother, Ian, cooked us all dinner...along with the help of Martha of course! MMMmmmm, Martha, I am still tasting that yummy dessert. Thanks you guys, it was a blast!

Play that piano!!

Yesterday we did another promotional shoot for one of our senior reps, Eric. He loves to play the piano, so he kinda wanted that to be the focus of the shoot...lucky us! We had him play while we were taking some shots, and WOW! He is amazing. Not just is he awesome on the piano, but he is just a super nice guy! Totally laid back and down for whatever. There were a couple times when he wasn't quite sure of what we were doing, but he went with it and like the results. Thanks Eric, we had a great time.

Day Shift...yes day shift again

well, it's been 2 weeks on day shift now. holy cow! i had forgot how good the real life was. after 6 years on night shift i had become accustomed to not sleeping well, being tired, addicted to sugar and caffeine (still am!), and not having a life, or feeling like a had a day off. all apologies for spewing about day shift again, but wow what a blessing. when we were working nights, i was always upset about the day lifers mowing lawns, building things, playing in the pool,and yelling while i was trying to sleep. i didn't go out at 3:30am and mow my lawn when i was wide awake. now that i'm on days, i still feel that way , but i'm care less. day lifers surely take the people that work nights for granted. here's a shout out to all night lifers!

Happy birthday Vicki

Our beautiful friend, Vicki, invited us to join her and her husband, Bob, for her birthday! As you can tell by the photo, we had a great time. Bob did too, he was just a little distracted at this point. I know I can speak for both me and David, when I say that we feel so blessed to have met them! We love all the fun we have when we're hanging out. We can't wait to spend more time with you guys!...oh wait, we are coming over tonight...YAY!
Happy birthday Vicki, we love you!

Jack Johnson!

Yesterday, me and my wonderful husband ventured to Vancouver to pick up my cousin Beth and her fiance, Daniel. Our mission...to go see Jack Johnson in live at St. Helens. This is us on our drive to St. Helens. Can you see the excitement??!!!

This us after we hit the traffic and had only traveled 2 miles in 15 minutes.

Finally we get into St. Helens, and take the left that our GPS and mapquest directions told us to. It should have tipped us off then that maybe we were taking a wrong turn when all of the traffic was still going straight. Turns out that the directions were taking us to Columbia meadows, Oregon near Dear point, instead of Columbia Meadows Amphitheater. So, here we were, going deeper and deeper into no man's land, when our GPS goes out on us. Then, the little cell service we had...GONE! Then, the batteries to the phone...DYING! WHAT! We thought we were in a horror movie. Beth and myself were being the stereotypical girls and were freaking out. We had Daniel stop on top of this hill, so we could try and get the GPS going. So David, be ha-freaking-larious, opens the door, and we started screaming. Not that we were being dramatic in the least. Once we hit the gravel road, we thought it was best if we turned around. Don't ask us why we didn't turn around earlier. Needless to say, the concert started at 7:00 and we got there just after 9:00. Jack had only been playing for about 20 minutes, so we didn't miss too much. Here we finally were, in the midst of his fabulous talent and 20,000 people! We enjoyed ourselves.

100 degrees! whooooo weeee

This past week as been about 100 degrees everyday! The pups have been so good while we were working all week, so we decided to treat them. We took them to the doggy park once this week, which they love. It's pretty hilarious actually! Porter, such a friendly little pup, runs around to all the different dogs and plays with them all. Gertrude, however, is quite snobby. They discovered the little pools there and were enjoying them. But, this other dog got in the pool, and Gertrude immediately gots out. As soon as the dog leaves, she gots back in. That is just one of the snobbish things she did while at the park.

Besides hitting up the doggy park, we took them to the river! As you can see, they had a blast. Porter is such a little water dog. He swam around quite a bit and would even come way out in the middle with us. Gertrude loves the water, but doesn't really like to go where she can't touch. I think she got that from her grandma P. We found a great little area where the mckenzie passes through close to our house, so I think the pups will be enjoying the river more often!

Representin' Creswell!

So, I know it has been a little since we have blogged. And not to make excuses or anything (of course here come the excuses), but we finally switched over to the real world. This is our first offical full week of day shift, and we love it so far!

However, it is taking us just a little to adjust, and it is a super busy week. Both of us picked up a bunch of overtime at the hospital and will work everyday! I did have Wednesday off and spent it with my mama, whom I love! We did some shopping and I finally convinced her to eat somewhere other than Olive Garden. Needless to say, she loved Cafe Lucky Noodle!

After that, we did a promotional shoot for another one of our senior reps, Amber! It was really great to shoot Amber because she didn't take long at all to warm up. She showed up and was totally kicked back and ready to rock! Which, we were thankful for. It's always fun when things are really relaxed. Amber's mom was way kicked back too! She just hung out in the car while we went to a couple different places.

Amber, we are really excited to have you as a senior rep and look forward to working more with you!