A little more personal...

So seriously the weather in Arizona could not be anymore perfect! I love these hot days then stormy nights. Which leads to beeeeeautiful sunsets! So before I go on to sharing these awesome pictures I took, thought I'd share some exciting news! (For me atleast!)

So we will be going on vacation to Washington the beginning of next month for my parents' 30th Anniversary/Vow renewals...is that even how you say it?...lol. Anyway, a fellow blogger (the awesome and very interesting alittleblueberry.com) went on a trip a few weeks ago and blogged the whole thing! This got me thinking because this trip will be the first time my whole immediate family will all be together...EVER! This will be such a special trip for me (God willing) and I plan to capture every moment to be able to look back and remember everything about it! I will try to blog everyday if not at least every other day! Even if not much is going on, but we plan on going to Seattle and the wedding will be like a reunion so there will definitely be much to talk about, I hope. 

STAY TUNED!!!

I love love love this picture of my beautiful girl! She's the best thing to ever be mine :)

I think this is my signature photo. This is my favorite way to take a picture...I have no idea why, but I think it speaks for itself!

The Lion King....anyone?

Fire &Ice: I feel like this is where our life is right now. We're in the grey area. We know what direction we want to go it just seems like we're not really getting there. We've been working hard and I know it will eventually pay off and it will feel soooo damn good when we do! I like to think "glass half full" kind of perspective, but it does get hard. I saw a quote today that made me realize that everything WILL be okay...

"On particularly rough days 

when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, 

I like to remind myself that my 

track record for getting through bad days 

so far is 100% and that's pretty good"

I leave you with that my friends :)

-mari

What the world around me has been up to!

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...this is what's been going on!

 The night of the SUPER MOON...OooOoo! Lol There was a haze over it so we couldn't really see it. Thankfully, I had my camera handy to capture these eerie shots!

 This is one of my favorites of D&G! The lighting was weird and the [automatic] garage light kept coming on. I think it kind of confused my camera and caused it to shoot as if it were daylight, if that makes sense or if that's even possible! HA! Anyway, check out the pic after this one.

These next ones are from Fourth of July. The kids playing with the sparklers (In their undies, because they were swimming right before this..or maybe we let them run around like this screaming like crazy banshees, hahah) Not the clearest of images, but suuuuper cool effects. That I have NO IDEA how they happened, but I just know they are awesome! I had never experienced fireworks in this way. So much fun seeing them for what they really are...lol?...but really these pictures are pretty intense! :)

 We decided that this one below looks like a character from Monsters Inc...the salamander or something? I don't remember what kind of firework it was though..

Arizona has some crazy weather. Yes, it may all be desert, but that makes for some interesting days. Especially during monsoon season! The clouds have been insane lately, and perfect for taking pictures.

Thanks for stopping by! Again, none of these are edited. My next post will include some of these edited, just so you guys can see the difference between the two and I'll do some fun things with the pictures.

-mari