Our adventures continue.....

So this blog has been dead for quite some time , but i figured our life is exciting enough it was worth another attempt :) Ill try to keep everything nice and short for all of you and stick to just family photos. It won't be updated as often as my regular blog but ill try to keep it updated. Yesterday we took a nice little outing with our 2 fun dogs. As always Kai was full of energy and made a lot of noise when he saw another dog, but despite the frustrations we had a lot of fun. I brought my camera along and with some beautiful sunset light took some photos. So here you go our little family :) Enjoy!

ok i lied.....

in my last blog post i said i would try to keep this thing updated and as you can see i have utterly failed at that. oh well, what can you do except keep trying......or maybe quit. ok im not going to write long because im really tired. so several weeks ago we went back to Coronado, as our usual tradition dictates we rented a surrey. We love those 4 person bikes, they are full of 4 person goodness.......yeah i dont know what that means either. at any rate they are way fun, except that im to monstrously huge for the stupid thing and so every time i pedal my knees have a violent encounter with the metal bar........it equals major suckitude. After our fun little ride around the the Coronado hood we decided to go to the beach, nice hot day but overly freezing water and getting numb is not that fun. to top it all off it was ridiculously windy!! so you would lay down and feel like youre getting sand blasted......i think i still have pieces of flesh missing. We later decided that being sand blasted wasnt all that it was cracked up to be, so we went for some mexican food and yes that was all it was cracked up to be. overall, a very pleasing outing, as always camera came along and i shot some photos. As i am doing some experimenting with post processing right now i figured i would start with these. only 3 for now as im still learning and they take a while to finish. So for now enjoy these 3!

Its not that were boring people.....

Oh np, far from it.....but i think that i understimated how difficult it was going to be to maintain 2 blogs a myspace profile for the my photography updating the website....and the list goes on. Lots has happened since i updated the site (no kids yet so dont ask) Weve had many adventures, i got me a car (scary), jens car died (sad), she said goodbye, she got a new car (big pimpin), she loves her job and i love mine (smile), holidays came and went but a great time was had by all ( i got an optimus prime helme and its amazing)........and that list can go on and on as well. So to make up for my lack of posting i figured i would start up again and see if i can keep it up. So 1st blog post of 08? We got Disneyland passes!!! Yes i know, all of you are wondering how in the heck anyone got me to go to D-Land as i have been so outspoken of my utter hatred for the place in the past. Well basically i was held at gunpoint while tied up and threatened by my family.....either go to D-Land and have a good time or well....you know...die. Ok so no gun but i was given a "choice" if you can call it that, my options were D-Land or go line dancing at Stampede.....i chose the lesser of 2 evils. While i went expecting to hate my time there i will admit that i had more fun than i thought i would have. We hit both parks and got on a bunch of rides, did the buzz lightyear shooting thing ( will is grand master i absolutely sucked ), space mountain was cool, california adventures was pretty cool too. Soaring over California was awesome ( i loved all the footage they used and the experience was amazing), Tower of Terror was well terrifying ( i screamed like a little girl ) by far though my favorite thing there was Turtle Talk with Crush.....if you dont know what it is go check it out next time you go. If anything is going to bring out the kid in you.....it that. Ok ive blabbed for long enough....heres some photos.





Casie before she found out that the Disney character she was most like was a dog from Lady and the Tramp.....she later destroyed the machine


Jaw breakers were purchased and consumed....the obligatory showing of colored tongues soon followed..






Awwwww how cute!



Yeah shes probably gonna kill me for this but hey its my blog. Lava cake was ordered....


The aftermath

Look guys it sparkles......hahahaha

It really is better if you dont ask..

I suck at life.....

ok not at life but at updating this blog, its not that we dont do fun things mind you. its just that we have been really busy lately, so just a couple of quick posts to keep you entertained. 1st up is our bike riding adventure in Coronado, we went with Will and his wife Cassie and had a blast. We renter one of those 4 seater bikes with a cool yellow canopy. it was friggin sweet!!! well aside from the fact that it had 2 steering wheels (which at 1st i thought was cool) and then i found out that mine was just for show.....i was bitter. the other thing being that trying to get 4 people to pedal in sync is not easy task we found out, so that made for some fun. long story short, rented 4 seat bike, cruised coronado trying to pedal in sync, didnt die in the process, had fun returned bike safely. heres a couple pics.






our mighty chariot in a parking spot.......i think we had the more pimpin ride for sure..



getting clocked at 8-mph, yeah dont mess with us or we'll run your butt down!!



our ridiculously sweet bell on the bike....amazing how a stupid ringing thing can be soooo entertaining

Mini Vacation......

So this week my brother inlaw and his wife are house sitting for his boss out in fallbrook. They were nice to invite us over and let us stay the weekend here with them. Now normally this wouldnt be a huge thing but his boss's house is HUGE and super nice!!! So this whole weekend has felt like weve been staying at some nice resort or something. Plus with how hot its been lately its been nice to have a a sweet pool to jump into to cool off. Havent shot a lot of photos yet but i will soon especially since labor day were going to have a little bbq so i should have some fun stuff to post. Ok im of to bed since we have to get up to go to church in a few hours. Heres a real quick shot i took today, nothing special just a real quick one. Enjoy!!

Someone stab me in the eye!!

Its 3:25 am and i have been editing all night long.........the cave gets a little boring sometimes. Thank you God for inventing music cus its the only thing that keeps me sane as im waiting for the G5 to run photoshop filters.



Just so theres no confusion, i absolutely LOVE what i do and consider myself very blessed to have this job.

Fun with Photoshop......

Old photos+Photoshop=Cartoon Zo!!! Pretty lame i know but it was still fun. Enjoy!!

The Ultimate Souvenir.....

Wow!!! its been forever.....no we are not dead and yes we do have lives. Its just been really busy, never have anytime. Ok so this news is old but i have to post it for those who dont know yet. While we were in Kauai we bought the inevitable souvenirs that come with going on vacation. Well Jen and I kept wondering what we could get that would be really cool.........the answer was to get tattoos. We had always talked about getting them but never got around to doing it, so we decided that at the end our second week that we would get our tattoos.....finally. Well apparently Casie also wanted to get a tattoo and jumped aboard the tat ship, so at the end of our second week we talked to some of the locals and the recommendation was unanimous "go to Island Tattoo II" yeah say that 10 times fast. So we go there to set up a time to get it done at all is good until i read the appointment slip telling me that i should not be sun burned on the area that im getting tattooed. I pull up my sleeve to show Thad ( our flippin amazing tattoo artist) and he gave me my deposit back. Disappointed as i was, Jen and Casie decided to go through with it. Jen was pretty nervous on the day of, but she took it like a champ. No tears no nothin.........although she did hold my hand the entire time and i though my finger were going to fall off but thats ok. Thad and the crew were incredible, they were all way chill and laid back and we just sat and watched movies and had some Coronas while he worked his magic. I had Thad draw me up a design to have someone do here in California.....but later decided that i would have it done when i returned to the island and i will tell you now that its going to be SICK!!! Thad you do incredible work man, cant wait to go back and have you do mine. Heres some pics i will post a photo of jens finished tattoo as soon as i take a new one....all the ones i have are kinda bloody.








If youre ever on Kauai and have a hankerin for a tattoo then check these guys out and ask for Thad.

Island Tatoo II
4369 Kuhio Hwy
Kapaa, Hi 96746
808-822-2588

Back Home......

Well after 2 weeks in Kauai we are now back and staring reality right in the face. Hard as it is to leave the island it is good to be home. We had an incredible time both weeks that we were there. the 1st week we were there with my parents and then Jens family met us there for the second week. We did tons of stuff while we were there, kayaking, snorkeling, took a cruise to see the Na Pali coast and tons of other stuff. I was shooting all the time while i was there so i got tons of photos, i did post some already while i was there. The internet connection there was so bad thought that it took forever to get the pictures up so i stopped after like 2 posts. So now im playing catch up and updating everthing, so keep an eye on the other blog for some new stuff. For now heres some photos of our family on vacation. Enjoy.