DECEMBER-vol2

Christmas day was perfect! We celebrated with just us that morning, and then went sledding with Tom & Jess in the afternoon! Later that day we went down to southern Oregon to celebrate with Gary's side of the family! It didn't stop snowing for the 5 days we were there! So naturally we spend a lot of time in the snow...sledding and snowboarding!

DECEMBER-vol1

Well, A LOT has happened in the month of December. We moved (again), and LOVE LOVE LOVE our new place! It's on 2.5 acres of mature Pine Trees located in the Old Mill District of Bend... a little "country oasis" in the heart of the city! We ALSO flew down to SoCal before Christmas to see the Keating Fam! It was filled with great company, delicious food, a crazy-fun wedding and plenty of days at the beach! The picture on the left probably needs explaining, so here it goes: All of our friends make fun of the way I (gary) surf. They say I always have a "barrel stance" regardless if there is a barrel or not. So I caught this wave and made a little picture to send to all of them...proving that I DO INDEED always have a barrel stance...for good reason though...b/c I'm all about the barrel!

COMMUNITY

Here's a quick pic of our community group (minus 2 couples) that meet every Tuesday at our place..and no Courtney is not prego (she's just standing next to one of our friends that is). They're basically our FAVORITE people in Bend! It's crazy the amount of young people that move here, it's a really fun "breed" of people that WANT to BE here, as opposed to being FORCED or STUCK here! It creates kind of an unstable lifestyle living in such a privileged place, but it's all about the ADVENTURE! We just feel blessed to have so many like-minded people that we can share and experience this stage of life with!

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Engagement Shoot

Last night we had a photog session downtown with the BEAUTIFUL Kip & Kristin...check 'em out under "wedding & engagement" on ye ole website! We're honored to announce that we'll be shooting their wedding in Jan!!!

Our Fake Life

We're crazy blessed! We moved into a house that we've been "house-sitting" until it sells for a family from our church. With the housing market being so lame we thought it'd be a while until it sells, but it looks like it will be a short stay...but that's expected (it's a beautiful home)...I guess we were hoping for a few months to live in what we've title "The Fake House", but it's out of our hands! At least for a month or so we've lived the dream :) Now back to reality and back to small-ass rentals! :)

Miller Family

On Saturday we did a Christmas shoot with TEAM MILLER! They are an awesome couple here in Bend with a new(ish) baby named Isaac...freekin' cute!