Its BLOG HOP time!!

It is the 3rd Anniversary for Scrapbooking from the Inside Out and in honor of that they're having a Blog Hop.  Being on the design team for SFTIO was a highlight of my 2010 and I'm so excited that they've included me in the hop today!

Now if you've arrived at my blog and are just now hearing of today's HOP, please jump back to Melissa's blog. That's stop number one! There are some amazing prizes and giveaways available.  You do not want to miss out!!

In honor of SFTIO, I wanted to share one of my favorite layouts from my term on the design team.  It was from the month of ENLIGHTENMENT.

So maybe you're new to this blog, or Scrapbooking from the Inside Out in general and you're wondering... "what's it all about?"  Scrapbooking from the Inside Out is more than just a kit club.  Their emotion-based kits encourage a deep self exploration with a theme each month that pushes you to scrapbook about yourself and the things that are important to you.  And on the forum you'll find a warm, welcoming community who share daily triumphs and struggles, and scrapbooking challenges that match that month's theme.  And even if you don't have a kit, you can participate and scrap right along with us.  We'd love to have you!

This month's theme is INDEPENDENCE.  Swing by and check out the inspiring layouts and projects created by the current and newly announced Design Team.  They'll also each be sharing a layout in the rest of this hop!

So make sure you keep on HOPING!  Your next stop is Pamela's blog:  HERE.
And keep going till you hit the Scrapbooking from the Inside Out Blog.  There will be lots to see along the way!  Enjoy!

Masquer's Theater

For the last few months Chris and I have been hard at work with the most recent play at Masquer's Theater called "The Doctor in Spite of Himself."  Its a seventeenth century comedy by Moliere (see details here).  Chris played the young man in love with the daughter who fakes loosing her speech so she won't have to marry someone else.  And I was stage manager on this performance.

This is the 3rd production Chris and I have been a part of, and its something we really love to do.  The Masquer's Theater is an intimate local theater in Soap Lake, and when we're involved in a play it feels like our second home.  The Doctor was our favorite so far...we loved the cast and crew and just had fun every performance.  The play is full of subtle humor and some laugh-out-loud moments.  So that was my other job: to sit in the audience and laugh.  :D  I love laughing... and even after seeing it so many times, I still genuinely laughed at the jokes.

I also took pictures one of the performances, so I wanted to share them here.

I made Shutterfly books for everyone and they should be here tomorrow or the next day.  I am eager to see how they turned out.

the last performance was last Sunday the 26th.  We're both a little sad its over, but I am eager for a bit of a break.  It has kept us so busy this last month!  This winter there will be a production of "The Wizard of Oz!"  I think Chris would make a fabulous Cowardly Lion, don't you??  :D

So now you know a little bit more about my life "offline."  Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

SHADYlane Photography

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of meeting up with Rob and Kirsten again.  Last year I shot their family pictures, but this time it was just the three of us.  They recently got engaged and wanted pictures to commemorate this time in their life.  We picked a crazy weekend in Spokane (it was Hoop-fest) and all the roads downtown were blocked off and we couldn't get to where we wanted to, but we made it work.  Here are some of my favorites.

It was so good to get behind the camera again.  My days have been so full lately, and I've been missing a bit of "creative time" and this was just what I needed.
Thanks Rob and Kirsten, for thinking of me for your photography needs and for being repeat customers. :)  gotta love that!

Project 365: Day 1-7

Starting the day of our anniversary Chris and I embarked on a project 365:  a picture for every day of our 5th year of marriage.  I think these images and the book we create in the end will be a treasure.  A day by day account of this year together.  I'm super excited about it, and we've been having fun so far working together on it.  Here is our first week of images...

And here is a link to our Facebook album: http://goo.gl/dBpjD
On each day we've written a little explanation about each picture, so pop in there for more details. :)
Im excited to keep sharing the pictures that result from this project.  Hopefully every wednesday...that's my plan.

P.S. Can you believe its almost JULY!??

our anniversary celebration

Yesterday was perfect....

Chris bought me an orchid that I can keep and work.  I think its so beautiful!
And we spent the whole day sending "Happy Anniversary" texts to each other.  We're a little over-the-top cheesy like that.  LOL.

Then when I got home from work he had my gift waiting for me...  He couldn't find the the right anniversary card, so he painted me three canvases to create a card of sorts.  It just touched my heart...

Then we got dressed up and ready for our dinner reservation.  I wore my new favorite dress from Ruche and Chris wore his purple shirt to match my hair. :P  We took some pictures really quick before we left.  These are my favorites.

We had dinner at Michael's in Moses Lake and sat for a couple hours slowly eating and talking.  It was such a gorgeous night and we watched the sun go down over the lake.

It was the best anniversary. :)  I know we've only had 4 but this tops them all.
Thanks for all your kind words and congratulations.
We're so happy being in love....