not so much

i thought i'd be back to blogging after that last entry, but after nine days between posts, i guess i'm not. and my plate is full right now, so i doubt i'll be back again before another nine days pass.

last week i went to the enlighten: lite class by blue lily photography in scottsdale. it was fantastic. there were about 8 of us and wendy instructed us on all the basics. i finally feel like i internalized a lot of the photography lingo. i had an idea before of what everything was but i would always forget and then question myself. but now i feel like i truly understand it and how it works, which means i'm much more confident shooting in manual. it's very exciting because shooting in manual = better pictures. now i just need to practice.

my parents arrived (with rusty) on thursday night for a quick visit. friday started off fantastic. we went to the mesa farmers market and then to the riparian institute in gilbert for a little walk. after that we ate lunch at joe's farm grill {it was very tasty} and then headed back home and relaxed a little. in the late afternoon we decided to take rusty to a nearby dog park.

well, the dog park didn't go so well. rusty got attacked by a pit bull and E's finger got bit as he was trying to save rusty from death's grip. we ended up taking rusty to the emergency animal hospital and E to urgent care. E's finger is alright but sore and very bruised. rusty is one lucky little dog... he could've easily died. but the bite by-passed all major organs. they bandaged rusty up for the night and we took him home.

on saturday morning we took rusty to a non emergency vet and they checked him out again, decided to put a drain in the wound and stitched him up. while all that was going on {pretty much the whole day}, we went to the gilbert temple ground breaking, which was very nice {i drive by the site to/from work everyday, it's so fun to see the progress}. my parents left in the afternoon and we picked up cute little rusty dog from the vet. he gets the drain taken out today and the stitches out in another 10 days.

i am anxiously waiting for this week to end. I worked late monday and wednesday night and i can't wait to do absolutely nothing over the weekend. and then it's thanksgiving, which will hopefully be anxiety and stress free break from everything.

and the pictures

E got the Iphone4 last week {it's sweet} so I took a ton of pictures with it because it was very convenient to pull out and use.

Hanging out at C & A's house

Park City with A & L

Bells Canyon Hike and Waterfall

Bella {wish I would've taken pictures on Sunday night with the friends}

Lake Powell

Sunset on the way back to AZ

my thursday thoughts

we started season 3 of 24. i don't really like kim.

i ate a paradise bakery snicker doodle and doritos for lunch today.

probably my favorite fruit next to watermelon are peaches. i am so excited. you want to know why? schnepf farms in queen creek, AZ is in peach season. and you can go pick your own peaches from their farm. oh yeah baby, fresh peaches.

this job i have right now, ends in september. i am starting the process of looking for another job. oh how i hate this process. oh how i wish i didn't have to work anymore.

i love being warm. for me, this weather right now {low 90's} is perfection.

lately i have been a total slacker in cooking dinner {and doing the laundry and keeping the house tidy}. sorry E.

2 for 1 massages this weekend at AZ school of massage therapy {a division of UCMT}. $25 for 2 massages, E and I are there!

i am feeling a lack of pictures on the blog lately. so here's 2 from our trip to canada in aug 07. sure do miss that time but sure love looking at the pictures.

baby A & sister C

i am so excited to share these pictures. i LOVE them. my good friend jen had a baby girl and i got to take pictures of her and her older sister. they are both so cute!

i took over 700 pictures and had a hard time picking which ones to post. if you want to see more, go here.