Franklin's 2nd Birthday!

Our puppy was born 2 years ago today! Or actually yesterday, since I'm writing this post so late at night. Seems like just yesterday we were dying to bring him home from the breeders :)

Here's a few snapshots I took tonight on his birthday.

The next couple he's doing ballerina twirls for the camera!

And these next four are my favorite. Hilarious!

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Photo Shoot

Here's the second official shoot (I obviously took many "unofficial" photographs while in PR!!) while in Puerto Rico. For this shoot, we walked out the door of our rental house in Old San Juan, and made a loop just one block around. In just that one block, there were so many different colored buildings! I absolutely love that. I love color!

I wanted to spice it up by having a bit of an old feel to the shoot, so my lovely couple dressed up a bit :) So much fun, I want to go back! If anybody wants to have their wedding or love shoot in a cool place, I'm game!!

We had some goofy shots at the end :)

Puerto Rico Beach Shoot

My hubby and I recently went to Puerto Rico with some friends, and we decided to have a steamy beach shoot! They were such troopers for wearing clothes in the water :) And I'm sure they're still washing all the sand out of the clothes! This was such a fun shoot, and I probably should post some of the hilarious out takes from it, but for now, just the steamy shots ;)

We also had a fun shoot in Old San Juan the next day...I'll post those soon!

Saying Goodbye

My family's dog Dasher, that I grew up with, is leaving us today. I just wanted to share some images of one of the sweetest dogs, and a real part of our family.

Dasher got her name because she was a Christmas puppy. My sister and I had no idea we were getting a new puppy until she was brought home on Christmas Eve :) She was so tiny and had beautiful blue eyes. Dasher is the perfect dog - never got into trouble, never ran away, always affectionate and loving. She has always been a huge fan of tennis balls - and even today, before taking her to the vet, she tried to chase after a ball.






These next two were taken today. We will all miss her so much.

France!

I'm so excited to share my pictures from my recent trip to France!! I hardly have any pictures of me and my husband, and instead felt like I was on a class trip in high school and just took pictures of everything I saw!

After looking through all of my images, I've come to find out I must have a small obsession with doors and windows...at least 1/3 of all images is an opening of some sort!!

These first few are from Annecy. GORGEOUS!!! If I had to pick a place in France to live, it'd be there. Ok, so I've only been to three places in France...but I just loved this little city!!

Annecy city is right up on Lake Annecy, which is right in the middle of the French Alps. Part of the canals from the lake run through the old parts of the city.

The building below is an old prison in Annecy. We went inside, but the best pictures were from the outside. I'm a sucker for buildings on water. Next trip: Amsterdam.

And yes, I have 3 versions of this building, as it is THE picture to get in Annecy (or so I noticed from all tour books and postcards :))

The next city we went to was Beaune (THANK YOU to Kate and Tim for suggesting this city!!). It is right in the Burgundy wine region in France, and is known for all of it's wine cellars (dungeons!!) for tastings and tours.

This cave was the most beautiful of all that we visited.

Most of the tours were set up so that you are on your own, with a little metal cup, and you walk through the dungeon and find these barrels with wine on them for the tasting. Scary? Yes. Awesome? Yes!

After leaving Beaune and on our way to Paris, we stopped at a little village called Chateauneuf en Auxois. It's small town with a big castle in front, built in the 1100's!! Very interesting to see!

And finally, Paris. Not too many pictures there, but I got the Eiffel tower, of course!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!!