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Black & White Photography

2009-12-14T12:13:00.000-08:00

So for Fall semester I decided to try a Photography class to see how I liked it. All the pictures we took were in Black & White film and it was so fun to learn all of the basics of photography. We even got to develop our own film!!EVERYTHING was done manually and I really learned a lot that will help me with my future photography. As you can see from the photos I had a lot of fun shooting a lot of different subjects in a lot of different lighting and environments. Let me know what you think! This may be a future career =)

Matty

Kimber & Chaize's shoot before Brycen was born

Geoff & Daisy

Kaden

Daisy

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-08-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

So its been an extremely LONG time since I've updated my blog so I figured it was time. The past week especially has been so crazy! Non stop GO GO GO. Between all the concerts, the beach, Reese's blessing and work I've been exhausted. Here are some pics from my crazy life over the past few months. (This is a post I had saved an totally forgot to post back in August lol)

Mother's Day at the Park

KBBQ!

Susie's Baby Shower

Sea World

Liam

Kayleigh & Joey's Wedding

4th of July

Concern Foundation Block Party

No Doubt Concert

Daisy getting a bath

Valentine's Day

2009-02-16T11:56:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day was AMAZING this year! We got to spend it with Tim, Ashley, Geoff's dad and step mom. To start out the day, I made Geoff heart shaped pancakes for breakfast along with chocolate dipped strawberries. We relaxed for a bit before heading out to take Geoff's mom to lunch at Macaroni Grill. We were so stuffed we had no idea how we could eat dinner after. We headed to Geoff's to get ready for the night. We headed to Geoff's dad's house and we were totally surprised when we got there. There was a huge balloon with all our names on it on the walkway on the way up to their place. We got upstairs and there were more balloons and individual cookies for us. They had set up sparkling cider, crackers, cheese, meat and cheese spread all out on the balcony that overlooks the water. They had the outside fire going and had the tv out there and everything! It was WAY more than we were expecting! After Tim and Ash showed up we headed to dinner. The restaurant was SO nice. They had live music and the waiters were so great. On the menu for me: Shrimp & Corn Chowder, Fillet Mignon and Mango Sorbet. It was all so good!! The meat was cooked perfectly and the sorbet was so sweet! After Dinner, we headed back to his dad's place to watch a little of a movie and then check out the spa. It was pretty cold outside but the spa felt great anyways.To end off the night, Tim and Ash ended up with a dead battery. Geoff's phone was dead and mine was on silent so they had to freeze in the car for a bit before we both realized they were trying to get a hold of us.LOL Not how we expected the night to end, but I don't think anything could have ruined the night we had ♥

♥ Geoff & I After Dinner♥

♥Geoff & I♥

♥Geoff being Geoff♥

♥Dinner♥

♥Ashley & Tim at Dinner♥

♥Who wears the pants?♥

♥Ashley & Tim♥

♥Ash & Tim in front of the fire♥

♥The Awkward Prom Picture lol♥

♥Tim & Ash Being Silly♥

♥The Group♥

Catch Up

2008-12-03T22:36:00.000-08:00

So I haven't been on in a very long time since I'm so busy! Here's are some pictures of what's been going on. Maybe after the semester is over I'll have more time to blog :)

Korean BBQ

2008-08-21T15:26:00.001-07:00

*The Group*

Jim, Mom, Tracey, Mason, Me & Geoff

*Playing In the Parking Lot*

*Mason & Tracey*

*My Goofy Parents*

*Geoff & Me*

*My Sister, Mom & Me*

*My Sister & I*

My mom's and Mason's birthday happen to be within 2 days of each other so this year we decided to celebrate them as a family together. Geoff & I absolutely LOVE Korean BBQ so we decided to share it with the family. They complained about the drive a little since its in LA but they ended up loving the food. It was fun to have the whole family together with such awesome food! Everyone got to try new things and a few were a surprise in taste to some of us ha ha ha. Definitely going to stick to the steak or beef. Pork was pretty much bacon that was a little thicker. The marinated steak is the best with the rice and lettuce and sauces. MMMmmmm. Can't wait to go back!

Lake Nacimiento

2008-08-19T15:28:00.000-07:00

*Geoff & I After a Long Weekend*

*Geoff Hitch Hiking*

*Our Campsite*

*Geoff & Andy Cleaning the Boat*

*Andy*

*The Group Hanging Out in The Cove*

*Lucas & Kim*

This past weekend (Thurs - Sun) I had the privilege of joining Geoff and his family on their annual trip to Lake Nacimiento. The water was perfect temp and the weather was amazing. His brother, Andy, has a wake boarding boat that all 15 or so of us were all able to enjoy. We found a great cove to hang out in while others went out on the boat to go tubing or wake board or surf. I tried tubing for the first time and it was a lot of fun! We found a campsite that had a view to the lake that was awesome. We all had an interesting time setting up camp. A few of us were less knowledgeable on setting up tents lol. We all had a meal assigned to us and I couldn't believe all the yummy food we had! Tostadas, Soup, breakfast burritos, dutch oven cake and of course smores! We had a few little ones with us and they were so well behaved. It was so much fun having them there as well. Geoff and a few of the boys decided to cliff jump of this few story high cliff. It was nuts! Geoff and I got up Sunday morning and taped the sunrise. It was so beautiful. We found the perfect spot where we saw the sunrise come up over the mountain and reflect off the water. It was a perfect ending to the weekend.

Avon Representative

2008-07-10T15:39:00.000-07:00

So I am now an official Avon Representative! My mom used to sell it, so it was pretty easy for me to start up and get in the groove of how things work. Its really easy and extra money in my pocket. Everything can be done online in the convenience of my home! Avon issued me an online website that my customers can go to and view the products, order, become a rep themselves or see what amazing deals they can get!

As well as selling Avon products I am also selling Mark. A line of Avon designed to be more geared towards the younger crowd. The fashion and spunk in Mark is not just made for those who are young of age, but for those young at heart. There are so many cute items such as jewelry, make up, purses, clothes, the works!

People like Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Conrad have joined up with Avon and show what their favorite Avon and Mark products are. I'm really excited about my new business venture :)

www.youravon.com/tdaniels3723

Be Mine Premier - June 3, 2008

2008-06-26T13:15:00.000-07:00

Be Mine premiered on June 3, 2008 and we got to be there :) Geoff and his band as well as me and a few other friends got to extra in this movie. The Band was the life of the party scene. The movie was amazing! It was so much fun meeting new people and watching them film the movie and then seeing the end result. The basic movie plot is that a gay man has never had his first kiss and with Valentine's Day approaching, the pressure just gets more intense. Check out the trailer for the movie at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0EOH6H4wU

Graduation 2008

2008-06-26T13:09:00.000-07:00

So my sister graduated from Santiago High School a few weeks ago. Can't believe she's graduated. But with graduation comes pictures of course. Our good friend Heston did us a huge favor and took some pictures of us. Now both graduated, we had our Letterman's Jackets finished finally and figured we might as well show them off :) Congrats Class of 2008!!!

Memorial Day

2008-05-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

Tracey, Mason, Geoff & I decided to head out to Long Beach to spend the day. We started out with the Long Beach Aquarium. I love going here because I love all of the marine animals. It's like a mini Sea World. :) Unfortunately, there were a lot of kids and people due to it being a holiday weekend, so it was not as fun as it could have been but we made the best of it. After the aquarium we headed over to Shoreline Village to wander around and see the sights. Geoff introduced us to a new Iccee concoction. Vanilla ice cream topped with Icee. It was actually really good, I must admit. Unusual but good. After wandering around, we built up an appetite so we decided to head over to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Mason had never been so it was an awesome choice. The food was amazing and our waitress was very entertaining. She definately made the experience that much better. After dinner we decided to go try our luck at the beach and get a fire pit. Amazingly enough there were a few pits left down in Balboa so we enjoyed the fire and Geoff's guitar playing. smores of course are a must at a bonfire. We brought Daisy with us so she kept trying to get a hold of the chocolate. She loves the sand. Its entertaining to watch her run around. She has so much energy! I would definitely say we had a fun filled day.