Last Post for the Day :) Fun with Erin and Mark!

On Tuesday night, we met up with the wonderful Erin and Mark Adams of LaCour Photography. We decided to drive to a midpoint, and eat there. Mark sent us a link to a cute little restaurant in Acworth, GA called The Old Mill.

Food was good, company was even better. Excited that we actually managed to get together on this side of the world!





Good times! Mark and Erin, let's do it again soon! Rachel and Andrew can even tag along ;)

iWhat!?

Oh yes, I am now the proud owner of the coolest phone on the planet....



Woohoo!

OSP Lunch...

This post is well overdue! Last week, we met up with a load of local photographers for what is becoming a monthly get-together. We're excited to spend time with so many different people, all brought together by OpenSourcePhoto.

We didn't remember to take a group photo before people started leaving, but I did grab a few images here and there!

Me and Becca!



Nathan with super cute Melody Hood and the wonderful Rich Smith.



The stragglers :) The Nudds, Melody, Spencer, Kandice, and us!



Thanks so much for coming guys! We'll see you next month!

How Ironic!

Long live the Mac!

LA, final recap!

Whew... what a wirlwind week! I'm so glad that we posted as we went, so I have very little left to share with you guys!

The conference was wonderful fun... Nathan already posted the images of us speaking... so I'll just post the fun self portraits from the point and shoot!

I don't really have any images from the first day of the conference... I was to busy being a nervous wreck. One of these days, we'll kick the nervousness out, and I'll just enjoy hearing all of my amazing friends speak! (I was privileged to hear many amazing speakers including Corey McNabb, Chris Humphreys, Kevin Swan, Mike Colon, Bob Davis, David Jay, Adam Linke, Robert Evans, and Davina Fear! Goodness, I am blessed to be able to call all of these amazing people my friends!)

Here are Nathan and I, just before we spoke... (joined by uber-cute Mike Colon ;) and our very cute poster, which I sadly think we forgot at the conference!)



What a relief to finally have that over with! I was so excited to get out and spend some time with my friends at the KISS and Show-it Party! It was fun to get a little dressed up and just kick back!

Prepare for the onslaught of self-portraits... as always, I hijacked the point and shoot, so Nathan has no pictures from this trip :(

Me and the hysterical Kevin Myers.. Man I adore this guy! Kevin, come to Asheville in October! I wanna hang out again soon!



The brilliant Davide...



My buddy and most brilliant chauffeur (we adore you!!!!), Regina!



Half of the most amazing quartet on the planet... Mark and Erin... (Ladies, let me tell ya, that Mark can dance ;) )



My dear friend, Rockstar Wedding Photographer, Corey McNabb...



Two of my VERY favorite people. I am still angry with Pictage for having them speak at the same time as us... I absolutely adore Justin and Mary... I better be seeing them down here in December!



The stunningly beautiful Shyla. I love Shyla.



And finally, the world's most amazing blogger, Jasmine Star!



Well, all of those were taken while waiting on the limos to take us off to the party... Sadly, I never really took another image the rest of the trip!

We do have a couple of SUPER fun shots from the Foto Cabina...

Nathan and I with the other half of the world's most amazing quartet... Rachel and Andrew!



Corey and I with the hysterical and adorable Crystal Goss!



And the illustrious Shaun Austin, of KISS wedding book fame hanging out in the booth with that same super fun poster :)



Fun times! There were so many people that I was blessed to spend time with, but of course took no pictures with :( I cannot wait til Vegas, so I can spend time with you all again!

Partner Con LA!!!

(A special thanks to Loren Scott for all of his work in getting these photographs!)

I'm sitting in the Dallas Fort Worth airport waiting for my gate time. It's been a crazy three weeks! Canada, then a quick trip home, and then LA for a week! I'm so ready to get home to my kids and do the family thing... and get some sleep!

Amber and I once again had the incredible opportunity to share with fellow Pictage users at one of the two annual Pictage Partner Conferences! Pictage is so good to us and our clients, and it's so great to be able to be involved in an event that they host! We had the opportunity to share on a topic that has become more and more important to us.... relationships and business!

A fun series of images from the meeting!











It's so hard to know what to do with your body or face when you know that people are watching you or a camera is pointed in your direction! Hahahaha! I guess I took the serious route... I really do love speaking!






Thanks so much to all of you that came to hear us, and always let us know if we can do anything to help you and your business!

We love the McNabbs!

Monday was McNabb Day in LA! I was so excited to get to spend some time with my favorite people, in a city that is so important to their lives!

We stopped by Butterfields auction house, to meet Corey's cute mom Barbara... While we were there, we saw a very exciting piece of my history... Kit from Knight Rider!

So cool!





After that stop, we went to feed our bellies. We stopped at Yuca's and had the best tacos and burritos ever!



We then went on to the shopping extravaganza portion of the tour! Corey managed to find some AMAZING deals, Jill bought the best two pairs of shoes EVER (that I believe I may steal on a regular basis), and I found a fun hat and even more fun skirt (now to find shoes and a top to match, eek!)

We spent A LOT of time watching Corey model for us...



After shopping was over, we went to P.F. Changs, where we met up with Corey's family and Corey and Jill's wonderful friend Eva for a yummy dinner.





Then we went extended the night a little longer, enjoying each others company on the last calm night before the storm! Fun times!







My camera battery died, so we grabbed a fun shot of the four of us from Corey's iPhone. Had to have some documentation of ourselves on our fun LA day!

We love you guys loads! Thanks for hanging out!

Hangin' with the Gordons...

So we drove down from Santa Barbara yesterday to LA to hang out with our friend Shaun and his family, and we've had an incredible time together!

We found that our families are very similar in a variety of ways, including our kids who aren't very far apart in age and personalities. Noah and Haley are absolutely adorable kids, and it made us miss ours back home!


The fam:



Us and the fam:



And you can't have a visit to a photographer's home without some Mac time!




Shaun, Jamie, Amber, and myself all went out for dinner at a great local Italian place, and then later enjoyed a few rounds of The Newlywed Game - one of our favorites!

Thanks to Shaun and Jamie for being incredible hosts, and we look forward to a friendship for a long time to come!

Thanks to a great friend!

Thanks again to our wonderful friend David Jay for allowing us to stay at his new party pad in the hills of Santa Barbara! This is the view that we "had" to wake up to this morning! This image is stitched together from 8 photographs. The view is amazing!!! (Click here to see a larger version of the image.)

Alright... A little presentation prep, and then off to visit with Shaun Austin and his family in LA!

Woohoo! We're in Santa Barbara!

After a crazy day of traveling started at 3:30 am, we finally arrived in Los Angeles. We grabbed our rental car, and headed to David Jay's amazing house in Santa Barbara. Sadly, I didn't snap any images of the house (will try to grab some of at least the view in the morning) but I do have some fun people pictures to share :)

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We went out for sushi with Amy, Janey, and David. We had loads of sushi, and a little chicken for those of us who prefer our food cooked :) Then, we swung by and picked up Bob Davis who just happened to be in town, and Janey's uber cute boyfriend and went for some ice cream... YUM! Check out this brilliant self portrait! (My favorite part are the floating heads in the background ;) )




What happens when professional photographers take pictures. My husband is the owner of the first and last image... world renowned David Jay took the middle one...




After a nice dip in the hot tub, and an amazing sleep in the best bed EVER, we woke up refreshed, and met the Halbergs for breakfast. Fun!





Beautiful Shyla met us for lunch, and then we gals went and did a little shopping while Nathan and Mark went down to the beach.









Our shopping complete, we headed back to David's for some relaxing (poor David is out of town, and yes, we crashed his place :) ).







Fun Times! and it's merely just begun!