Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Colorado

Well, Crested Butte, Colorado was definitely my kind of town. There were dogs everywhere! People brought them to the base area, walked them around town, and they were even inside some of the shops! I talked to a few and they were all very calm...which means my dogs wouldn't fit in. Oh well. The trip was great because even though we went on a bus, we could do whatever we wanted the whole time we were there. It was really fun to just spend some time away with my husband!

We left Thursday evening and made a stop in Dodge City for supper. Adam and I decided we needed some portraits of each other eating fast food...


After a not-so-fun night on the sleeper bus, we arrived at our condos early Friday morning and immediately changed and headed out to the slopes. I didn't bring my camera while I was skiing, but each evening we took the shuttle into town to explore and eat. I, of course, had to take pictures of the mountains.

This was the view from our condo.

To get to the slopes, we had to walk across a bridge that went over the main street through the condos. This was the view from that bridge.

One of many dogs wondering around the ski base area. Since it was a Welsh Corgi, I had to get a photo for my parents!
This was the bus that we took into town each evening to shop and eat.




On our way into town, we passed this guy on the side of the road, painting. So when the bus stopped, we walked back over to talk to him. He paints for a living and had already put in 20 hours on this painting.

We found a cute little dog and cat boutique called Mountain Tails. I resisted from buying Diesel any clothes, although they had a super cute little raincoat that looked about his size... :)

This photo is for Lindsey. Gingeroots is everywhere.


A dogsled team! This truck passed us as we were walking downtown and I was bummed because I didn't get a photo. Later on, we found it parked on the side of the road, so I took a few photos and also talked to the dogs. Most of them were sleeping though and didn't give me the time of day.



A view from the bus stop of the little town of Crested Butte.

Icicles that looked like they could kill a person.

Giant snow drifts. They were up to the roof in some places.

There were cute little houses all over, this one looked too small for people. But what else would it be for?

Waiting for the bus.

Sitting in the Brick Oven Pizzeria. We ordered a half mushroom and tomato, half pineapple and onion. It was the best pizza I ever had!


We stopped at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory twice so that Adam could get his fill of caramel apples.



Sorta kinda like Dreher?

We bought stuff for breakfasts and some shampoo here. I had to take a photo of it for Rachael CLARK.

The mountain at sunset.

A firepit that always had a fire in it by our condo.

The view from the other side of the bridge. You can see the town off in the distance.


We took our little point-and-shoot on the ski lifts and slopes the second and third days. Adam also got a couple videos of me skiing...I'll have to get those from him sometime to show you.




In front of our condo right before we left for Kansas on Sunday afternoon.


The name of the condos we stayed in.

This was the lift that Adam and I spent most of our time on - the Red Lady Express. It took us to all the greens. :)

Monday, March 16, 2009

We're Back!

Our trip to Colorado was really amazing. I couldn't wait til tomorrow when I get into the studio to upload all my pictures, so I looked at all the ones from our little camera. Here's one of Adam and I on the ski lift. I'll post more tomorrow!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Woosh Woosh Woosh

Well folks, I'm heading out to Colorado this evening to go skiing. I haven't skied since my freshman year in HIGH SCHOOL, so I'm a little nervous. On that one and only ski trip, I had to go to ski school, where my instructor kept yelling at me for running into people...which I was only doing because I didn't know how to stop! Let's hope I have better luck with that technique this time. Lindsey's hubby Chris was explaining to me yesterday about what a yard sale is, and I'm pretty sure that's going to be happening to me lots. :)

Adam and I will be traveling in style (with some other teachers from his district) on a sleeper bus so that we can rest up during the drive through the night and be ready to ski tomorrow morning. I hope to take tons of pictures to share with you! I should be back sometime Monday, so I'll be able to begin returning phone calls and emails on Tuesday for sure. Have a great weekend!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Things Lindsey Says...

"That's too much hours."

Things Lindsey Says...

This is the kind of love I get around here:

"You shouldn't be so crappy. You know...as a photographer."

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

LIFE

So I've been feeling really guilty about not blogging much lately. The warmer weather is coming, and so are a bunch of photo sessions and weddings...so regular blogging will continue soon! I decided to blog something a little different. A post about some random stuff in my LIFE. This is normally something I'd put on my personal blog because 1) the photos are really crappy quality due to using a little point-and-shoot and having poor lighting and B) it's about ME, not YOU. Anyway, here we go!

First, a little bit of doggie love. The other night I was sitting on the couch and Axl jumped up there to lay next to me. No biggie, par for the course. Awhile later, I look over, and his face is completely smooshed against some pillows and a blanket so that his head is straight up and down, but he's fast asleep. I gingerly got up so as not to disturb him, and grabbed the camera to document his ridiculousness. He woke up, but you still get the idea...from all angles. :)




I LOVE DARK NAIL POLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I painted my nails for the party on Friday, and I'm still rockin it. PS - I live in hoodies when I'm at home. They're the best!

I even love the look of it chipping off. Kinda sweet.

This is what I come home to each day. I love my little boys!

The big guy was ready for his closeup. The past couple nights, I've been sleeping in the guestroom due to Adam's NON-STOP coughing, and apparently Axl's been making the most of my absence and sleeping on my side of the bed.

Had to get one of Diesel too. He's a lot harder to photograph. Especially when he's trying to crawl in my lap. Cute story about him...when Adam got up in the middle of the night last night to go to the bathroom, Diesel came downstairs and sat outside the guest bedroom door where I was until Adam let him in. He slept with me the rest of the night. My little spotty mama's boy.

I'm a little bummed because I had an engagement session scheduled for Thursday when we're supposed to have 80 degree weather, but they cancelled. I'm trying to figure out what to do with that gorgeous afternoon. Ideas?

Adam and I are going to see Shane Claiborne speak on Thursday at Bethel College. He wrote a book called The Irresistible Revolution. I'm interested to hear him talk for one reason: he got my husband to READ his book. Adam doesn't read. Hates it. But he read that book. Gotta meet this guy.

Adam's been doing a workout called P90X. Today after running on the elliptical for awhile, I joined him in the middle of his workout. OH MY GOSH. Talk about killing yourself. There's no doubt in my mind that if you stuck to this workout for the full 90 days, you'd be ripped.

Can we just take a moment to acknowledge what happened on The Bachelor last night? I am still in shock. Mr. Nice Guy is now one of the most hated people in the media today. Poor Melissa. She was my favorite from the beginning. Definitely looking forward to ATFR 2 tonight.

Next week is going to be a great week. My bestie, Rachael is coming down from KC to visit me for the first part of the week. Woo hoo! Let me tell you, Rachael is awesome. She drove all the way down here on Friday night to come to Final Friday, SURPRISING me in the middle of the party! I was so excited. Other reason next week is great...Adam and I are going on a ski trip! I haven't been skiing since my freshman year in high school, so hopefully I don't seriously injure myself.

And for those of you who've been having withdrawals, here is yet another series of me trying to get Adam to take a good picture with me.





I've recently made a change in routine that causes me to be hungry all the time. I'm really struggling with not eating everything in site. Tonight we went to Chipotle and I almost finished an entire burrito. I need to get this problem under control!!!!!!!!

Funny Face

As I was editing Lisa's maternity session, I came across this funny face. Couldn't help but laugh. What's with all my client's kids making funny faces while I take their pictures? Click here for another one.

Things Lindsey Says...

"Okay, well then, you just text me. Oh wait....I'm 30."