Life :: Lac Le Jeune Drive

Theres one thing Christine and I always try to do when we're together. No matter if it's home, or elsewhere, we always pull out our cameras (or at least one of us does), and take photos of wherever we decide. Normally that involves a trip for tea, a drive, and then photos of whatever we see. Sometimes you can add in playing with camera settings and lighting, falling into a snow bank, or tresspassing... but those last ones we're not gonna talk about (and didn't happen on this trip...)

Not exactly what you expect to find on a dead tree...

 The day wasn't supposed to be great - we were expecting some rain, and wind... but when we got up above the city, everything seemed to clear up on us...

And we managed to find the small ray of sunshine.

Some nice redheads watching us...

It may be the end of March, but of course theres still snow at Lac Le Jeune.



... some at least.

Upon driving back into town, it began raining and the wind picked up - not much, but it was nice to know we dodged it a little...

Pets :: Pioneer Park Walk With the Girls

It's not very often you get a group of girls and their dogs (or not) together... but when you do, it's always fun. This sunny Easter weekend, we opted to meet up at the local dog-friendly beach, and go for a walk around. It was a prime time to meet little Mei, and enjoy some quality time of friends together outside of class and work.

Blue running along the beach to find his friends

Two things Scrappy Doo loves - water and tennis balls. :)

Blue and Rosie running through the river

Handsome Scrappy Doo...

Rosie and Blue playing in the sand.

Life :: Sofia's 3rd Birthday

Where else do you take a 3 year old on her birthday but to the most magical place ever?!
Okay... so maybe we couldn't afford that... and what fun would that be without your friends... and I may be slightly biased (but more on that later)...

But we did take her to her favorite place ever! A birthday at the local Wildlife Park, with her very own encounter, and a nice quiet day to see the animals...

Kylie, Sofia, Cara, and Leo

Leo the long eared owl

Princess Birthday!!

Can't go that far and not ride the train...

My favorite... I LOVE Barred Owls!

For a March day, it was cold, and cloudy. It made for good animal viewing, but no one wanted to be out in the blustery weather for long... thus, we kept our visit short and to the front half of the park...

Life :: Sledding

In our program, there's a small chance that you can actually have any sort of social life/job. It doesn't matter who you're with, or when it is, but chances are, there is probably some assignment, project, or quiz that you should be working on instead. Thus, in between crazy weeks of something due each week, we opted to take time for ourselves. This could be seeing my horse, going out for dinner with your classmates, the odd chance you hit the bar, a movie, or just generally enjoying eachothers company outside of the stresses of school.

Today, that meant going sledding together!

The gang, post sledding - pre coffee. :)

Teasers :: A Girl and her Pony

Teaser from today's shoot. Having an iPhone is so much fun sometimes.

Weddings :: C + R Get Hitched!! :)

Well. This is an awefully overdue post... particularly since the photos have ALL been posted publically for... three weeks now? I've kinda been neglecting computer stuff in preparation of school (baking/cooking lots), enjoying the sun, and having a social life... Haha.

But alas, in June, one of my besties got married. It was a very exciting day for all involved.
I was lucky enough to hang out during the BBQ instead of shower...

And, being a biologist, you can't fault her for reading wrapping paper instead of unwrapping... We also learned that I can make a pretty good florist...

We moved on to the rehursal the next day... Where we made due with what we could... ie: fake table, narrow aisle... and a fake pipeist.

There is something wrong with an official telling you to "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle" now...  Thanks LMFAO.

Day of the ceremony was crummy... Threatened rain - we were almost prepared to move inside... Thankfully, we didn't have to... Barely.

But, we got everything done outside - which was a good call in my honest opinion...

Instead of a 'cocktail hour' we did a tea party! Which was 100% what the bride and groom were all about... So much fun... and the cookies were SOOO good... I'm still dreaming about how yummy they were. Haha.

After the tea, and during the rain, we hid out and played games... and watched the bear on the hill (apparently there was 3 at one point, but I only ever saw one). If there was three, it was probably a good omen that it rained all day so we made a point of camping out in the lodge...

The rain lightned just as dinner started - although not stopping completely...

But it did finally stop... and we ventured out into the sunshine to get some fun photos of the bridal party... without wet shoulders and umbrellas.

Not gonna lie - I had the most fun with these...
We finished off the official part of the night with the speeches and cake!, seeing as we didn't have a working stereo system for anything else - but we made the best of it.

Following the gathering and mingling - when everyone left (bride and groom included), those spending the night in and around the lodge settled in for some games and music (yes, we got the stereo working)...

And we rounded out the festivities with breakfast (a large chunk of which was made by the groom.. that doesn't seem right), and bouquet toss before we ended with more mingling and packed everything up.

Congrats to C and R!! I <3 you, and hope the day was everything you wanted! :)