inspiration for a thursday

August 19th, 2010 | Filed under journal | Leave a Comment

I just came accross this verse that touched me deeply. I share it here because it speaks volumes to what’s going on in my world. Since I have no fun photos or stories at the moment, this serves as my blog update…*smile*

“Hold on to what is good,
even if it is a handful of earth.
And hold on to what you believe,
even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life,
even when it is easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand,
even when I have gone away from you.”

~Pueblo Verse

I’ll pick up my camera again soon.
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320 more…

August 1st, 2010 | Filed under snapshots, wedding | 1 Comment

and if you are truly a dedicated photo viewer (erica!), the rest of our wedding photos are now uploaded. the new set is of the reception and they are fun! you can click right here and view “reception” to see the rest.

this pic makes me laugh because it looks like i’m strangling my new husband…

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…but i was really just signing and dancing with him, i promise. ha!
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July 25th, 2010 | Filed under family & friends, snapshots, wedding | 3 Comments

If you are looking to kill some time and you love looking at photos, then click right here to see all eight-hundred, forty eight photos from our wedding ceremony…

Here we are with all of our siblings. Can you guess whose sibling are whose?
(Hint: Most of them are Mister K’s)

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Reception photos are coming soon!
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planet gazing

July 22nd, 2010 | Filed under life in LA, snapshots | Leave a Comment

Last weekend I surprised R and his friend, Dan, by taking them on a little excursion to the Griffith Observatory for a star-gazing event. There were knowledgeable telescope owners all over the front lawn who allowed people to gaze at the planets and stars. It was very cool and quite a fun free evening! We saw Saturn and her rings, Mars in her red glory, neat-o Venus and a “Double double”. Not to be confused with the double-double cheeseburger from In-n-Out, a double double star is where you can see 2 double stars in the same area. I didn’t even know that double stars existed. It was fantastic! Venus was my favorite planet to see because I know so little about it compared to Saturn and Mars.

Here we all are outside, looking up, at the observatory…

things are looking up amazed at the sky

And gazing into the telescopes…

taking a gander at Venus peeking at Venus

After enjoying our sky, we went to House of Pies. We had never been there before and were surprised to learn they serve much more than pie. It is a diner with a retro/modern feel inside (yes, that is contradictory)…

hip/retro house of pies

I had chocolate cream pie! Mmm delicious…

yum

Click here for the small set of photos. Hooray for new adventures.
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introducing…

July 16th, 2010 | Filed under family & friends | 1 Comment

My dear friend Erica had her baby on Wednesday! I am so excited for her and her husband and Baby Boy Bruen is as cute as expected.

Here he is, John Richard Thomas, born July 14th at 5:56pm and named after his three grandfathers…

Erica is already home and introducing little JR to his doggie brothers. How cute is this?

And this photo makes me really happy. It’s so cute. I think he’s going to be a good skier, just like his parents…

Congratulations Erica, Kevin, Tula & Moose on the newest addition to your family!
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