I need a new planner

I am a paper planner sort of girl. I know some are super electro with their calenders, but I need to scribble. I had a perfect 2008 planner from staples. It had monthly views and weekly with tons of blanks pages and spaces for my lists, but it is no more! I can't find it anywhere.

I did find these:

..from here and they look pretty great, but I can't see the month view...what if the cover is flimsy and the paper is cheap?

does anyone have any paper planners they love? or are all of you reading this post from your iphone and wondering what "paper" is?

purrrlicious

saturday we took some pretty great shots of purrington. we needed to showcase his long hair before a cut. more of these lates.

just got back from hawaii and have a lot of stuff to edit through and will be doing that in the next day or two..be expecting, more white family, more hawaii, more purrington, more weddings.

lauren-kauai

white family- sneaky peaky

riley, you are such a heartbreaker. more when I return to the mainland.

kalihiwai beach- kauai oct 2008

(shauna and lauren's bums)

shave ice w/ ice cream

since I am in hawaii again I thought it might be fitting to post some more hawaii images from my last spin here.

here is coconut and passion fruit shave ice on top of macadamia nut ice cream, oh with toasted coconut on top. thank you ever much shave ice truck in hanalei. I love you so very much.

what's up to me

just a little shadow of myself saying what up to my initials I saw in the sidewalk while strolling through hanalei a few weeks ago.

...and now I am in oahu, staying in laie for the week... here for the photography workshop. thanks to the interweb I will still try to post something every day I am, but don't mistake post blogs with me being in front of my computer. you can still email and call me if needed but I might not be able to respond till the evenings.

aloha and mahalo.

happy halloween!

here are two of my cutest of cute, ms. bat woman and mr. car man.

they tried their costumes on for me last time I was in utah. you should have seen mr. car man's face when he saw himself in his car outfit standing on top of the bathroom counter....It's the first time I've seen his expression say "I am seriously the coolest".

so today I am imagining their little faces making all sorts of expressions as they stuff their faces with candy and feel super awesome.

happy happy halloween little monsters!




(ps. line through the images due to a bad scan. argh.)

hanalei valley- oct 2008

my kauai peeps

grandpa smoot and grandma thurston/smoot are two of the crumpliest people I know. I could just squish them up. love, love, love them. I will never be able to shake the tune of "you jack of diamonds you rob my pocket.." from playing in my head. thank you for an amazing vacation.

kate sometimes can be found in trees. she is no doubt thinking some deep profound thought. ke'e beach makes you do that. love you little climbing tree sister.
shauna is maybe the worlds "hippest" mom. she was an inspiration and I found such a great friend in her. Loved getting to know her. can I be like you when I grow up?
lauren (shauna's daughter) was on a bit of a roller coaster this trip, but handled everything she is going through with the grace and the poise of someone much older than her age. she is a beauty inside and out. LOVE her and can't wait to see how her story continues.
bye bye hawaii...until sunday.

creep me out, PLEASE!

all I wanted was to take a graveyard tour this last weekend, when I discovered los angeles doesn't have NIGHT time tours (due to safety, permits, blah, blah, blah!!). who wants to walk through a graveyard at noon? not this gal. so I suggested sneaking into one....I think purr was the only one who supported the idea. he also suggested we try to get abducted. that's what I'm talking about!! what can I do that's really scary for halloween? ideas....

lisa and dave's wedding

I guess when I promised I would post these the next day...I meant the next day I posted. I don't usually post on the weekends. sorry about that. to make up for it I am posting a lot of images from this wedding. when I say a lot I mean almost 80. you might wonder if I have an editing problem. YES! Is there a help group for people like me who can't choose?! the real problem I have (among many) is I feel like I am doing an injustice to the "story" by taking parts out. How do you know it was snowing if you can't see the children reaching for it outside? how do you know lisa let her hair down if I don't show her letting loose? how will you become as obsessed with dave's infectious smile if I don't show the smile while he's busting some hardcore moves on the dance floor? see my dilemma? dilemma solved! post 80 images!

A really, really fun wedding. this group can dance. I wish all of you could have seen and heard their DJ. amazing is the only word to describe him. He participated almost more than best man or girl. wow.

love you two!!!! happy life!