Zaldivar Baby

I recently photographed a family who just had their 3rd and last baby.  After having two girls, a little boy was the perfect addition to their family.  He was incredibly alert and pleasant to work with!  The sweetest thing about this shoot was that friend gifted it to them!  Zaldivar Family, you are such good friends to have someone love you this much!  Here is an easy idea for a Christmas card.   Take any photo, add a fun filter and some text.

Tomato or Tomatoe

I've been trying to keep myself busy so I don't have to think about how much I miss Matt while he is gone elk hunting in Colorado.  I heard that there was a tomato field in town that was all you can pick because it was in foreclosure.  On my way home from a birthday party I saw it being disked so I pulled over and started picking what was left!  Ha ha!  My friend and I came home and roasted them.  You can use it as a spread or pasta sauce.

Recipe:
Slice tomatoes and spread them on a cookie sheet covered in foil paper for easy clean up.  Drizzle olive oil over tomatoes and sprinkle with salt, pepper, sugar, rosemary and thyme.  Mix with hands.  Cut the top of a garlic head, drizzle with oil and bake for 45-55min at 375 degrees.  Puree roasted tomatoes and garlic.   I used one garlic head with three cookie sheets worth of tomaotes.

 i couldn't decide which "bag" photo i liked more, so i included all of them:)

for dinner we enjoyed trader joe's organic tomato red pepper soup to keep with the tomato theme.  on the right is the tomatoes and garlic pureed. 

Ten years

This past weekend I attended my ten year class reunion!  Crazy!  I feel like high school was just yesterday.  Though I would have loved to see so many more people there I had a great time catching up with those who where there.  I wish I could find my year book to take a before and after picture of me but oh well.

some of us girls, ten years later and they still look the same

h&m top and rachel roy bottoms

these are the center pieces i made for the tables

Santa Barbara

Sometimes when I visit a place I can see myself living there.  This is how I felt about Santa Barbara! Now I just have to convince all my family and friends to move there with me:)  It was a nice place to celebrate our Five year wedding anniversary.  My goal was to choose a place that both Matt and I would like and so I chose  El Capitan Canyon Campground.  It was more like glamping than camping.  Glamping= Glamourous Camping.  If you know my husband you would know that he loves everything outdoors and I love to create a fun atmosphere anywhere we are.  It was a perfect place for the two of us.  I brought a few personal items to make it feel like home.  We had two candle lit dinners in our little cabin, went on a hike,visited downtown Santa Barbara and our favorite part was driving through the beautiful estates in Montecito!  You can hardly see house but the gates and landscaping were jaw dropping.  We would freak out when we caught a glimpse of a house.  They were amazing!  I can't wait to go again!!!

we had the queen creekside cabin 

i brought my own comforter..... i love white linens:)

i brought our bathrobes to make it feel like we were at a resort

day and night view of the cabin

i had originally booked the canvas tent bc they are so cute but didn't have as much privacy as the cabins did.  this would be fun for a girlfriends trip

anthropologie mugs

this is the courthouse....so beautiful and the neat things is that it still functions today as a courthouse. info on it here

views from the top of the courthouses bell clock tower

i love old doors

iPad

For our five year wedding anniversary, Matt bought me an iPad! He couldnt wait until the 14th to give it to me and I don't blame him. It's so fun. The only thing is that I haven't figured out how to post to my blog using photos. Since my computer is at the apple hospital getting fixed, I will not be able to post:( I will have some of my adventures and projects to share with you soon!

JP

Welcome Fall

Yesterday a big group of us went up past Sacramento to Apple Hill.  It was the perfect outing to kick start my favorite season, Fall!  They have activities for all ages and all year long!  Check out their site here.

there was hardly any apples left on the trees

i love this time of year

all of us:)

i love his kisses

you can buy food to feed the animals

you can buy food or bring your own.....the trip tip sandwich was so good, i ate it all

the picture on the right has to be my favorite of the day.  am i really that heavy:)  i look like his kid! ha ha

she totally belongs there

delicious apple doughnuts

if you stick your thumb out, the man will give you a cored and peeled apple for free

$5 poney rides

wow, look at him juggle apples......pretty cool what photoshop can do

this is how we started our day and how we ended it

Happy Fall everyone!