The Ocean

A Few of my Favorites

Hello! I have had a few people asking me to do senior pictures, family pictures, cards etc. And they have asked to see more of my work. So, since I do not yet have a blog or website for only my photography, I will display a few shots for you here (there are a few scattered through my blog on previous posts) this way you won't have to search. I have included several that I have not shown before. Enjoy!

Trevor's Senior Pictures

Iowa City West Homecoming

Trevor and Emily

Wiles Family Photo Shoot

Marshall Allen's Senior Pictures

Monica

Graduation Invites, Christmas Cards Etc.

*  Just a note, I did not take the photos for Alison's invitations, I did design her invites.

A Day at the Park with Stephanie and her Girls, Jaeden, Caitlin & Lauren.

It's been about a month ago, I am kind of behind on things, this summer seems to have flown by so fast! Anyway, I spent the afternoon at the park with my cousin Stephanie and her three little sweeties. We took some photos and played on the playground, a good time was had by all!!

Our Little Tybee Beach Cottage, Omm Sweet Home

Well, we had so much fun on our trip to Tybee Island and many people have asked about the cottage we rented. So, I thought I would share a little bit more about that with you. I rented the cottage through a company called Mermaid Cottages and you can visit their website at http://www.mermaidcottages.com/ They have so many cute cottages, ours was named Omm Sweet Home because it was owned by a yoga instructor.

This is where Todd and I slept, it had 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, enough for 5 people to sleep. Everything was so comfortable and decorated so cute. I think our bed had a memory foam mattress, I had never slept on one but it was so comfy.

I think my favorite spot was our nice big screened in porch, I love how it was all lit up at night with these cute little lantern lights! Wait, I take that back, my FAV.OR.ITE. spot in the whole place was definately the outdoor shower. I loved talking a shower outside, I'm not sure why I liked it so much, maybe because it is something we would never be able to have at home. (Can you imagine a great big icicle hanging off the spout on those winter Iowa days!) Probably just because there is nothing like being outside, smelling the ocean, feeling the breeze and listening to the birds while showering. I. Loved. It.

We also had a little library room, fuuly stocked with dvd's, cd's, games and books. That was a nice idea but besides listening to a couple cd's, we really didn't use much of those. We really just wanted to be outside at the beach as much as we could. I just couldn't get enough of the ocean and the sand and the breeze!

The entire upstairs was one bedroom and private bath, Trevor slept here, isn't it cute!?!

I love those light above the bar and you can't see it very well but there is a little teapot collection on the shelf behind the lights. The kitchen was fully furnished with everything we could need and a few surprises!

On another note, this is not a picture you really want to see ten hours into your fifteen hour trip! That's right, we said good bye to our faithful old minivan. Not a good day, that first day of vacation. We broke down on the side of the highway, in the mountains in Tennessee. Not good. So, we waited for a tow truck and the only place open was the Wal Mart service center, the people there were so nice and so helpful. But, the van was going to cost more to fix than it was worth. So, we rented a car and we went on our way and we actually managed to put the car on Craigslist and had a buyer for it by the end of the week.

Anyway, our sweeeeeet little cottage and the rest of the trip was so fun, it more than made up for it!!!