Family Fun

One Sunday we had some extra "old school" super 8mm reels and wanted to finish them off, and we had a great time!

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Offically Homeowners!

Well, yesterday Erik got the most expensive birthday present...and we are officially homeowners now! YAY! We have some work to do on the house before we can move in...bummer... but in a couple of weeks (cross your fingers) we will be moved in! YAY! Pictures are coming soon!

Sunday Afternnoon

We were playing "Quiddler," a spelling game, on Sunday afternoon, and those of you who know Erik might be suprised that he wanted to play, I was too! He normally skips out on those types of games, however he totally slaughtered everyone! Hummm.... wonder why here he is totally checking out my cards.

Our House!

We found a house! YAY! We made an offer and it was accepted! Okay so the shot above isn't the house we found, but I though it would be fun to post this shot of a sand castle (although "castle" not the right word)...shack would be more appropriate I think! Anyhow, Erik created this while we were in Hawaii in Febuary! Here is a shot of Erik looking oh so cool with the sand shack!

Africa Memories

Every so often on our blog we are going to share an Africa Memory and so I hope that you don't get too bored.
Have you ever been so focused that you become oblivious to the things around you? This happened to me last summer when Erik and I were in Africa. We went to a Wild Life Preserve, which is kind of like a zoo except no cages. We were walking and as is my habit, my face was stuck behind the camera and I was snapping pictures like crazy! While we were walking there was an ostrich and our guide was explaining how dangerous they can be and I obliviously kept adjusting my lens trying to get the perfect shot. After I got this shot I went to look at it through the LDC screen and then made the mistake of looking up. I was about a foot away from the ostrich! With a little scream that never made it all the way up my throat I jumped back and nearly fell on my kaboos! Luckily Erik was there to catch me, although he nearly failed in this because he was laughing so hard.

Leaks

Have you ever had the feeling that something was going on but you couldn't quite get it? It's like the stage between wakefullness and dreaming, when someone asks you a question but the answer is just out of reach! Or have you ever walked out of the house in Arizona only to have your feet burnt because you forgot to put on shoes? Or the feeling that you are forgetting something and then you look down and realize that you aren't wearing any pants? Okay so not all of those things have happened to me, but I was sitting at my desk (I work from home) and I was trying to figure out why my computer monitor had spots on it! We had been out of town so I couldn't figure it out. Oh well I said to myself it's not a big deal. Later that same day, I was again sitting in front of my desk reading a piece of paper when, BAM! I was attached! A giant smelly water droplet hit my paper. I looked up and what do you know...there is a leak. Of course it is just my luck that the only place that it is leaking happens to be right on top of my computer.
Now I am sure you are thinking...monsoons...but that is not the case! It was actually our AC unit! Crazy eh?! The problem is now fixed and I can get back to work....or just back to blogging...

Shameless Plug for Work!

This is something that my work is doing and it is AWESOME! Check it out!!

Photo shoots

If any of you are interested, this is something my company is offering..... to see the photos go to Darby Elizabeth Photography Blog



Darby and Amanda are going to be offering really fun shoots for families/couple/small children who want photos ready for Christmas and Christmas or holiday cards. Or if you just want to get some killer family photos done!

The packages will be $200 and will look and be just as fun as all of our other shoots, include the digital negatives, a 1-1.5 hour shoot and have a 60 day online viewing page where you can order photos, cards, ect right from our pro lab! All shoots will include photos of each group and individual if wanted.

If you think you may be interested you can email us at darby@darbyelizabethphotography.com, please put CHRISTMAS SHOOT in the subject line!

We are so excited about doing these shoots and can't wait to get started. We are hoping to shoot in August and September primarily in order to get the photos back in time for cards!

-darby

ps. We are in the process of putting up a bunch of fun examples of our family work you can view them under the Category "Here comes santa clause" to the right on the darby elizabeth blog