Fall = Done

Impromptu photo session with Joelle and some leaves that we found while on a Sunday afternoon stroll through the park. Yah, I guess she's pretty cute ;) Look at that second chin she's got going on.

Here's a sneak peak into the real life of Joelle Zoe. (Aka, "little terror" - just kidding, she's actually a really good baby... most of the time.)

Joelle + Mac + iChat

Here's a few pictures of Joelle lovin' her moms Mac, and doing her first video chat with the Keating family... she loves it! We've been Video iChatting like crazy lately. It's pretty much mind blowing to think that we can have full on conversations with any one on the planet... and it's free and NO BIG DEAL anymore, it's just expected. What a crazy world we live in! Anyways, Courtney's created a public folder on Picasa with a few videos and photos for those of you that can't get enough of Joey - VIEW IT

GIVE US A JINGLE:
iChat user name: "garyachristenson", "cdchristenson"
Skype us: "garyachristenson", "courtneychristenson"

Print Piece: Emote360

We've been "busting our chops" (whatever that means) on emote360 stuff lately... we've basically started a small movement that we named Schmooze-Fest 2008 ("schmoozing: to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connections"). We've been attending meetings, chamber of commerce events, non-profit forums and all that crazy stuff. I secretly hate doing all the salesman stuff, it's pretty far out of my comfort zone, but we gotta get the word out somehow. So in order to properly schmooze, one must have something to handout to help inform (along with our b.cards of course), or as the biz calls it: "a leave-behind or handbill of sorts"... so we've been making some pretty sweet print pieces for emote360. We may suck at being salesmen and we don't have a sales strategy of any kind, but at least all our materials look slick. This particular large print piece has a nice heavy stock, die-cut corner, basic info on the back and some selective UV coating just on the logo and text... the little details make for an overall great impression.

Emote360 Pic's + Launch

Ben and I took some emote360 staff pics yesterday. The first series of images say "Trust us, we know what we're doing", the second shots say "We view things a little differently", and the third image says "We're secretly gorillas"... look at those lips, too funny. Or it could mean "We get punched a lot, and this is what it would like in slow motion"... whichever you prefer - tomAtoes tomOtoes. I had a mentor tell me to "Never take yourself too seriously" and I'm still livin' by it. In all seriousness, tomorrow officially launches the beginning of emote360. Please check out our New & Improved Website and Blog. We're stoked to start providing a solution to help nonprofits meet more real needs, and on a global scale.

Website: http://www.emote360.com/
Blog: http://blog.emote360.com/

Portraits: Parla Family

Spent the afternoon on an outdoor adventure to photograph "Team Parla"... who just so happens to have one of the cutest babies alive (2nd to Joelle of course).

Meet Anthony, Heather and Samantha. Anthony (lets call him "A-Train" for the time being) & Heather (aka "H-Bomb") were both born at a young age, grew up in Bend and fell madly in love with each other sometime back in the day. A-Train asked H-Bomb to marry him while on an afternoon hike through Shevlin Park. H-bomb agreed. A-Train made the arrangements and they got married in Shevlin Park. A year later they did the deed (probably at Shevlin Park), and before they knew it, Samantha was born... also at a very young age. They all return to Shevlin Park today to proclaim their love and celebrate their family. Oh, and Samantha's middle name is Shevlin. Now that's a lot of Shevlins.

Oh, and did I mention that A-Train is a rock-star...