these girls...

are photo blogged right over here!

back.

and i will have a few things to share with you soon.

like how this guy is awesome. and i love him.

and how i wish i could see beautiful trees like this every day of my life.

and how i got to see my sister (who is up at school) that i miss dearly!

and how i got to see my other sister (and take her pictures!)

and even got to stop and see a friend of mine that i havent seen in years and take her family photos!

and how i got to take another family session for my friend Lauren and her family! ps..today Lauren is a birthday girl :)

yes. it was a fun few days away. and i miss it already!

be back soon!

leaving bright and early (3am!) tomorrow morning to spend some time over here.

see you next week!

greeting cards- "Fall Collection"

remember this post?

ive been putting together some photos for a "fall collection" of greeting cards.

these (7) images below are the candidates for the pack.

(i know...its a little late to be putting together a fall package.)

im thinking that each pack will come with 10 cards total. (5 images with 2 copies of each.) which means that 2 of these guys up there wont be included in the printing process...any voters??

more info coming with many more collections! :)

Oak Glen

a few years ago, Darren and I went with my family to Oak Glen in Yucaipa. I fell in love with it! The trees are beautiful. its as close as california gets to "seasonal." We decided it was time for a return visit.

you can pick your own apples here! how fun!

lunchtime.

candy time. this place had the

best.

fudge.

ive ever.

tasted.

petting zoo!?

and finally, if you asked both of us what we would say you just had to leave with, if nothing else?.....this is what we'd tell you:

him: apple donuts.

her: the cider. really. its that good!

feet day.

thats weird. i know. but i do have a large "feet" folder in my pictures file. and these two are new... enjoy?

he fell asleep practically mid sentence.

it was 6:30pm.

its November. right? the trees tell me it is. but the heat is telling me its still summer. its 90 around here these days. what is going on?!

Proud.

to be an American!

i voted today.

did you vote?

three (plus!) years ago...

(July of 2007 if you want to be exact..)

i started working for bare escentuals.

well...

i also started gaining a family (of sorts) there that i absolutely love love love.

and today, sad day of days, was my last day.

let me tell you what was not easy about that last statement:

1. all the "last times" i did today. "last time clocking in.." "last time wearing my name tag..." "last time doing someone's makeup.." dramatic? maybe. but im allowed to be for this one.

2. cleaing out my locker. weird. just really weird.

3. trying to make my shaky hands stop shaking and my watery eyes stop watering as i pack up at the end of the day and hug my friends goodbye.

3. typing this blog post.

i brought my camera today to take a picture of my "family." its too bad i forgot until the end of the night when there were only a few of us left. So..Brandi and Selena made the cut. (im a little embarassed at how much of a towering giant i look like in this picture?!)

so now that ive sobbed my sob story, i should tell you why i left: my photography business!! this is the happy part. Working retail on saturdays just doesnt and cant work with photography.

..Saturday is wedding day...

..Saturday is picture day...

..Saturday is the day dads have off for family pictures...

..Saturday is the day.

soo it is a happy thing too. I am so beyond excited to use this opportunity to do what i love and make more time for photography. soo excited.
but its bittersweet. those three years are stuffed full with such fun memories, lots of black clothing, long holiday hours, and a lot of laughing. and i love them.

but....
change is good. and exciting. and fun. and needed.
so i will be happy:)

setting up shop??

hello friends. i have an announcement!

i will be "setting up shop" for purchase of my photos made into greeting cards.

its all still a brand new idea...so the actual "shop" is still in the works and has yet to be fine tuned..

but heres a look at what im thinking??

yes? no? thoughts?

if you are interested in a set of cards, (selling in sets of 10) just email me for now at tegynfriedman at yahoo dot com :)

we finally did it.

we finally finally got around to pumpkin carving this year.

darren's came out pretty cool.

and are you ready for the cheesiest of cheesey pictures?? here you go:

dont judge my "owl." thanks.