Neighborly Love 2.0!

Alas, I've been so bad with keeping this thing updated, but I honestly believe it's something that I should do just to help me... focus.  On the good.  On the memories.  Even if no one else sees this, it helps to look back and cherish it all, reflect.... etcetera :)

So, on that note, a great friend of ours had her husband return from overseas after their first 6-month-long deployment.  Now our family, we've been there (two 6-months and one year-long deployments) but we've never had pictures done for our homecomings.  My friend was kind enough to allow me to practice doing such with her family.

Since we didn't get nearly enough pictures (in our opinions, haha) we did a 2-day photoshoot of their family, with the first day as a sweet lil picnic, set up, quite literally, on our doorstep.  We're so lucky to have such a gorgeous field and park at the end of our townhomes here!

Day Two (done about a week later) was done in Annapolis on an absolutely gorgeous day before all the rain and thunder storms that followed (and have continued this week).  ALSO, thanks to my AWESOME husband, I finally have Photoshop again!  However, I haven't really even BEGUN to master it's many uses, seeing how the last time I really used it and took courses was back when CS2 was new.  So I've been working on a new logo, something not too bland, but at the same time, not too crazy...

They're an awesome, fun couple, with adorable kids to boot!  It was a fun time, followed up with some good BBQ & s'more makins.... and eventually, drunk husbands, and that's ok!  Good times :)

About Me & What I Do

Though we currently reside on the other side of the country, California will probably always be the place I call "home".  It's where most of our family still lives.  It's where we "grew up".  It's where we went to school.  And if we can afford it, it's probably where we're going to retire.  My husband, our daughter, and myself were all born there.  And of course, home to Disneyland, "the happiest place on earth" ... outside the politics, I truly do miss everything Cali has to offer, including my family and friends.

Currently jobless since our move across the states from one coast to the other on my husband's orders; a special "thank you" to our darling government for the hiring freeze.  I'm hopeful to land some sort of income soon.  As much as I love spending more time with our daughter, I'm not the SAHM sort.  I stay at home, and most of my time (when not entertaining the toddler) is spent surfing the net or playing video games.  I'd rather pull my weight "working the field", not just handling the chores at home.  I like working.  I enjoy helping others, working on projects, providing leadership... granted, I do that as Mom, but it's nice working with adults, too, ya know.

So, I figured, while I'm out of a job, I can hone in my photography skills some.  I read various sites, books, & magazines, and *hope* for better equipment one day, but for now I utilize what I have and make the most of it and my "creative" ideas, and see where it takes me, yes?  And one of my favorite subjects would be our daughter, of course :)

Saying "goodbye" to the Golden Coast

Playing with the lighting when the power was out