Perfect Sunset

This sunset made my night tonight! I was talking to my sister and saw these beautiful colors through the window. I told her that I had to grab my camera while we talked and shot a few pics.

....Life is scrumptious!

Atlanta & D.C. Visitors

My cousin, Ali, came to visit this weekend from Atlanta! I finally convinced her to visit me in Ohio. My friend, Angela, was also in town from D.C. We had a fabulous girls weekend...going to dinners, saw 'Mamma Mia', got our nails done, tried 'Pistachio Honey' ice cream at Jeni's, did some shopping, hit up the pool and caught up on the bachelorette episodes we miss. ...Ah...what a great weekend! We hung out a Goodale park for a bit one evening while we enjoyed our ice coffees. I only wish I had taken more pics of our weekend. Someone was being a bit camera shy though...

Bridal Shower & Family Reunion

The real reason we made the trip up to Cleveland was for my cousin's wedding shower. His fiance is Sarah, who we all adore! She is so sweet and fun to be around! She braved coming up to Ohio and meeting our large Italian family (and this is only half of us!). We had pizza, rigatoni, stuffed shells, pizzelles....mm mmm mmmm!

Gone Fishin' With The Boys

Here's more photos from my Saturday fishing trip with the boys.... my two uncles, dad and brother. I had a great time and can't wait to get back on the lake!

Lake Erie

This weekend I went up to Cleveland for a family gathering and cousin's bridal shower. My Uncle took us out on his new fishing boat on Lake Erie! I was so excited just to get out on the water! We got up way early to head to the lake to fish. This boat has radars that detect where the fish are. It was so cool! It was more of a leisurely ride...so we only caught 3. My dad caught a bass and I caught 2 (4lb.) walleye!! Here are some pics of his boat, I will be posting more from the weekend up north soon...

Bento Box

Lately, I've been assessing how I live and trying to be more environmentally friendly & healthy. I'm trying to use less lunch baggies, less trash in general, recycling and carpooling to work (which is way far! Go me!). I drink out of a reusable Sigg aluminum water bottle that I keep at work. It's supposed to be healthier to drink out of than plastic bottles. It doesn't release toxins and chemicals into your water. Also, I got this idea of a bento box from Erin's blog, which is such a good idea, and you don't need to use extra baggies! This is just a regualar sandwich size container, I used calphalon cupcake holders (bought at marshalls for 1/2 the target price) and cut my sandwhich in half and stacked it. Here's a picture of my environmentally friendly bento box lunch!

Plain O'le Parking Lot

...so continuing on from yesterday's post. All I found was just a parking lot. A parking lot with railroad tracks! Hopefully I made a plain, old, empty, parking lot look interesting. Let me know what you think....

The, Not So Sunset, Shoot

A good friend of mine challenged me to capture the sunset from the beautiful day we had today. It was gorgeous today that was semi-cool and low humidity. Lovely! I headed out to find a decent spot to take some pics. Tyring to avoid the highway (under construction) & high gas prices I found a cool spot to shoot right around the corner. Anyway, I got out there....about 8:00 and realized that the sun wasn't setting too fast. Oh well, I got some good shots anyway and found a cool new spot. ...And guess what else I found?! Railroad tracks!! I've had this intrigue to shoot on the tracks, and I think I found just the spot. Now I only need a willing model. :)

Here's a photo of my spot...you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see more!

Cougar

I finally got to meet, Michael, aka 'cougar'! He was so adorable and such a happy baby! The Kelchner's had a cookout to celebrate the 4th of July with friends and family and I had so much fun with everyone. Except, I'm sad that Brian didn't make it, but he came around and we got to see him on Saturday. Shhh....I think Centerville fireworks were better than Red, White & Boom. I was impressed! Here was my favorite photos of Michael (told ya he was cute!).

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! I hope everyone had fun celebrating independence day with friends and family. I didn't have the best view...wanted to avoid the crowds downtown. I was just happy to see them! This was only round one, I watched them on Friday night too in Dayton!