New Zealand.

Below are photos taken with my Canon Powershot SD700 Above: the view from my home in new zealandthe west coast of the south island of new zealand

Below: the cows of new zealand

Below: my sunrise that i woke up to every morning

London.

Below are photos taken with my Canon Powershot SD700 Above: Big Ben Below: The streets of London at Night Below: View of London from the Eye of London

Below: Westminster Abbey

Below: Eye of London

Below: London

Ireland. Scotland.

Below are photos taken with my Canon Powershot SD700

Stroll through Dublin in the rain (a raindrop landed on my lens!) Above: Irish Sailboats Above: Another shot of walking through Dublin in the rain

Below: Dublin Castle

Below: The streets of Glasgow, Scotland

Surprise!

All i have to say is, thank you to everyone who surprised me for my birthday!! and thank you for the Christmas theme! if you know me at all, you know i love surprises, and that i love to start celebrating Christmas in October...so thank you! not only was the whole surprise party a total shock, but uncle jim was in town to celebrate with all of us! and...a few days later, my brother nate surprised me with a GORGEOUS bouquet of red roses, and he delivered them to me himself at my work (emdchemicals.com)! i had no idea he was even in town! so thank you again to everyone (and valerie for coming down and spending saturday with me!) for making it such an incredible birthday. Below is the link to my surprise party photos that evan yamada took (thanks evan!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdomlight/sets/72157608670275273/

Above: their 3rd "happy birthday" song celebration! (w/ pizza this time...)

Above: my friend dave knew the minute he saw me eyeing these rudolph nose and antlers in restoration hardware that he couldn't help but get them for me for my b-day

Above: my family! (plus nate's consistent pose ;)

Above: awkward pose with the guys
Above: my hunco jim and i
Below: everyone who came! (minus a few who left before this picture was taken)

San Diego.Washington.My Two Homes.

Below are photos taken with my Canon Powershot SD700 Above: Orcas Island, WA Below: Mt. Soledad

Below: San Diego Cliffs

Below: Balboa Park Shots

"The Four Seasons"

So seeing that it's still summer here in San Diego in the middle of November, while everyone else is all bundled up getting ready for the winter season that is fast approaching, we San Diegan's have to be creative and make up our "own version" of the four seasons. So, to do this, my friends and I decided to be the four seasons for Halloween. I embraced the one and only San Diego season (summer of course), while the others clung on to the seasons we forget exist. Above from left to right is Bekah (spring)- Merrilee (winter) - Heather (fall). That, my friends, is how desparate we are for a change in the weather... (but, while everyone else is freezing across the U.S., we're still in our little summer dresses going to the beach, so i can't complain too much ;-) Cheers!

Below: My lovely small group girls!

Below: My roommate Heather and I

Autumn in Colorado

There's nothing that I love more than waking up early to a hot cup of coffee and going on a hike in the gorgeous fall season with the vibrant leaf colors all around. It's the best form of therapy out there in my opinion. I couldn't have asked for a more relaxing weekend flying from San Diego and meeting up with my mom to go visit our relatives in the southwest corner of Colorado (Dove Creek to be specific, population 50 ;-) From hiking every day in the mountains to visiting the local truck stops to getting eggs from the chicken coop to eat for our breakfast, it was everything that I had hoped for in my time away from the busy life of San Diego. It was like entering an entirely different world. Now I am back in San Diego, clinging on to any fall leaf that I see fall on the ground and claiming that it's the fall season...while it's 80 degrees outside :)

Happy Birthday- To Me!

La Jolla with Valerie, celebrating my birthday a little early. Valerie Paige helped me set up this new blog to show off my photography portfolio. Professional looking pictures to come asap!