Radiant Wellness

When my dear friend and kindred spirit Angela asked me to help her out with her website images I jumped at the opportunity! Angela and I met at our old "office space" job in 2003. We lived the cubical life together, but had so many great talks about life, spirituality and love. We also liked to go get sushi and coffee and shop at the mall.... and well, be total slackers. This is when I knew office/cubical life was NOT for us. Fast forward to today. Angela is an artist like me, she dances, is a yogi, a healer and most of all a wonderful person. She RADIATES light and love and I just get so excited when I get the chance to be around her. We had a great shoot...Josh got a rub down, and I got to shoot something I have never shot before....HEALING. The energy was amazing......and she is a true healer. Oh and she got me hooked up with a great book about cleansing. "Perfect Weight" by Jordan Rubin (my Jewish brother from another mother). I am excited to "clean" myself and start over. Everyday is a new day right? Love you so much Angela. And watch out for her new website "Radiant Wellness"....coming soon!

Oh Mo!

Yeah, Mo is pretty much the epitome of the term "basketball belly". It's amazing to see. I swear I saw her abs through that bump as we were shooting. I am in awe at how organized and ready she is for this baby to get here. Did I mention she is due in 3 weeks? Yeah, again, basketball belly. I am so happy I got to shoot these images for her. She will love looking back, as I still do (thanks Kathy!) at how big my belly was, and how you kind of miss it in a way, even though at the time you just want to get that freaking kid out! Brian was a total crack up as usual, the dogs were adorable as usual and Mo was the "perfect" model as usual. Thanks you guys, and I hope you love these as much as me!

Box Wine Betty

Baby Mama is now Box Wine Betty, the amazing pin-up inspired accessories line my friend Jessie and her friend Karrin co-created. I own several pieces of their line and let me tell you, it's beautiful. No glue, no fuss and super hip-rocker style pieces that make any girl feel like a TOTAL Betty! This shoot was so fun,especially because I met some amazing artists. I met Karrin and Mark who own wwww.skybluenetwerk.com which is a local print ANYTHING company. They did the Box Wine Betty logo in these images which they printed on a giant sticker. I will definitely be using these guys for future print jobs. They also brought along a hair stylist Jen who helped out with the 50's retro hairstyles. The girls sipped wine while we listened to Bjork and laughed alot. My cat Paris Hilton decided to get in on the action as well. Box Wine Betty is going to be big and I am so glad I can be apart of it. I hope you all can make it down to First Friday in a couple of weeks at La Reve in downtown Camas....there will be tons of jewelry and amazing artists to meet! Love you Jessie you're wicked awesome and thank you to Karrin and Mark and Jen as well!

Family day trip

I have taken the twins to the Oregon Childerns Museum before. But not with Josh. I knew he would enjoy seeing the kids in this discovery playland. It's the cutest thing ever to watch their faces light up as soon as they walk in. We start with the "Waterworks" section. They give all the kids these mad scientist plastic smocks and they run around and play with all these pulleys, fountians and waterslides. This time I came prepared...brought each twin an extra set of clothes and made them wear their rubber boots which totally saved a crying freak out once they got cold.




Next you move into the grocery store area, which was entertaining to watch. Tons of kids stealing mini shopping carts and fake food from eachother. I felt a little mom rage when a little girl older then Aubrey swiped her cart from her, then she left it for a few minutes so we went over to get it back and the mom of the little girl said "Oh, that's hers!" It wasn't the first time I have bit my tounge in that situation, but the good news we were at the Childerens museum and there was pleanty of other distractions for us to go play with.

We then moved over to the baby discovery area. It said up to 36 months and we are just under that so, we went for it. Lots of fishtanks and faux riverbeds. My kids of course wanted to drink the gross water, but they had fun playing in the water and looking at all the rocks.


Towards the end there was a face painting section, which Aubrey was all over. The "grease crayons" are no joke as they stained my kids faces for 2 days...even after scrubbing. But it was fun to watch them look in the mirror and paint on themselves. It was a great day that ended at Popeyes Chicken and a major nap afterwords. I am living my dream life with the 3 most amazing people I know! Thanks God!

"Ragen, Gay-cub, Roar-en"

This is what my kids call Bino's kids. She and I both think it's the cutest thing ever to hear them say it. As if that isn't adorable enough, every time my kids see her kids, they get so happy. Gavin runs to Lauren (Roar-en) and holds his hands up to be held. Aubrey goes to Meghan (Ragen) and does the same. After a few minutes, Gavin starts to copy Jacob (Gay-cub, yes, it's funny, I know, but so cute) since he is 9 months older and so cool to him. We had a great time hangin out and getting the kids 7,5 & 3 year pics (I cannot believe they are this old already!) I remember when Lauren was born, and Megs and Jacob for that matter. Seems like just yesterday they were all lil babies. Now they are big kids and great role models for mine. Thank you guys for everything and I can't wait to all hang out again! The twins are already asking!

Chills

You know you have a love for something when it sends chills up your spine when you are doing it! I had an amazing day last week with my friends Carla and Bianca. These are the two most beautiful girls I have ever met and I literally got CHILLS shooting them! We set up the date for Bianca to learn more about her new camera. I was mentoring! I felt really excited and wanted to teach Bianca everything I could in our short time together. The good news is we will do this more often. She is a raw talent and I know she will be doing great things with her work very soon! And Carla......all I can say is THOSE EYES! What a pure beauty and such an amazing soul....and a phenomenal cook to boot! Thank you girls for a fun day, for taking risks, getting out in the rain and freezing our butts off for the perfect shot! Brunettes really do have more fun! ; )