6 months later....

I've officially decided that time flies when you're having fun! Okay, okay, so it's a little cliché...I know. But it's true! when you've had the most amazing time of your life, doesn't it just seem like it buzzes past you like a bullet train!? It's amazing. Adventure after adventure, Studio 22 High School events, Sunday night worship, family parties, graduations, holidays, times apart, new friendships forged...all of these have been whipped into the batter of my life over the last 6 months. Each part adds a different flavor, and while each flavor is great on its own, when combined, the final cake is AMAZING...Life-changing even! Ok, so for those of you who didn't catch my silly baking analogy...while all the adventures and such are great individually, they are made a thousand times better when experienced hand in hand, adventure after adventure, with the one you love.

A few days ago was the 6th month anniversary of our dating life. And although to most it seems pretty trivial, to me...its an enormous milestone. In 6 months we've done everything I could have imagined. And More! We've danced in the rain, we've been to the happiest place on earth, we've frequented the beach, we've made lots of friends, made amazing food, gone on a hundred different adventures, and so many more things, I cannot even describe them! But beyond all that, beyond the giddiness of dating, and the silliness of receiving flowers for no reason; beyond the late nights of movies, and beaches; and beyond the simple thrill of feeling like (and knowing) there is no one else in the world he would rather have his arms around, there is love. Love that seems to get me through the long days, the short ones, and the ones that just won't go quickly enough. A love that is constantly encouraging me in every avenue of life be it, my times with the girls, or my walk with the Lord. When its been a long day, the girls have been in one of those moods, or I have work to do up to my eye-balls, or when its just been a really long day, and I can't quite figure out why... he, and his love are there. I am so very blessed to be in a relationship that makes me feel like no matter what is going on, no matter how frustrated I am with life, or work, or people, Zach is always there to wrap his arms around me, and remind me that he loves me with all his heart, and tomorrow is another day. We've had our moments, and our disagreements (that never really last all that long), but I wouldn't trade even those for anything! We grow closer together by the day, and even more importantly, closer to Him.

This last half a year has been the best of my life. When I was frustrated about finding a job Zach constantly prayed with and for me, and reminded that God had a plan. When the Kavadoy family fell into my lap, it was almost too good to be true, and only could have been orchestrated by Him. If not for Zach's encouragement, I probably would have had something else going on when Caeser contacted me.

Anyway, all this utterance of garbled thankfulness, and excitement is to say that I'm in love. I'm with the the man of my dreams. We have a story that even the best writers in Hollywood could not have concocted, and we are blessed beyond belief in every area of life. I'm so thankful that Zach is there to make me laugh and smile, and even catch my occasional tears. I Love You Zach! Happy Six Months!

Zach had a plan to celebrate on Tuesday, but we decided that would better work out another day when we didn't have other commitments. So, he said he would come up with plan B and all would be well. I was supposed to work from 12-5, and then head up to meet him for our plans. However, Linda's meeting ran long (completely NOT her fault...it was an all staff meeting with LOTS of "tech difficulties" that she was required to attend) and I wound up not actually being able to leave until about 7. Thankfully, Zach is a saint, and completely understood. He was amazing about the whole thing. I finally met up with him about 7:45 and was ready for dinner by 8:15. We jumped in the truck, and while he was peppered with questions about where we were going, and what we were doing, he managed to maintain a secretive smirk, and did not divulge. We parked, walked through the shops and headed down street. As we approached I wasn't really paying attention, in fact, I was probably totally immursed in the monolouge that was flowing quickly from my lips. We walked up to a door, and I looked up at the sign.

"MELTING POT?!?! You're taking me to the Melting Pot? Ooooo! I'm soooo excited!!!"

I threw my arms around him, and gave a little jump for joy/happy dance as he opened the door to my all-time favorite dining experience. We had a fantastic night, and all healthy eating habits went out the door for the evening! :) Here are a few shots from dinner!



we were both getting facials from the steam from the broth...





Thank you babe!!! :)

Delaney's b-day

Hi all!!! I know, I'm in desperate need of showin' the love to my blog readers! I'm sorry! hopefully this weekend I can catch up!

Today was Delaney's 6th birthday! I was off, but was able to join the fam for dinner at the Rainforest Café @ South Coast Plaza. We had so much fun! More pics and details to come...but here's a teaser! (these were all with my p&s, 3 of us adults at the table own mark III's, but NO ONE brought them...go figure!)

Alexa, Delaney, and Sophia...(Sid was too scared)
sweet butterfly hat from the balloon guy!
MAKE A WISH!
Sportin' Laney's cute new hat! (she's wearing her sweet blue glasses)
ooo....I forgot to mention it was ALL Hello Kitty! :P

Rebecca and Savannah...

Poor Sid was petrified of all the noises!

She even ate with one hand over her ear!


more later!! love love!

Jordyn turns 2

My sweet friends Lindsay and Steve Reskey have been blessed with a Beautiful little girl. Jordyn was due in August, but born in May 06. She is a perfectly healthy terrific 2 yr old now...here is a slideshow of her birthday party on Saturday! Her amazingly crystal clear blue eyes hold so much wonder it's impossible to not capture the pure innocence of her 2-yr old thought process! Enjoy! (click on the photo to watch the show!)

Shooting with Katie Grace

A few weeks ago, I had the privledge of shooting a wedding with miss Katie Grace now, as anyone who has read my blog nows, Katie is one of my bestest friends in the whole wide world! So, we turned the weekend into a fun girls weekend, mixed in with a little work!

From the moment I met Becky, I knew we could be friends. And even though we only spent the day of her wedding together, I could tell she was a total sweetheart with a heart of gold! :)

Here are my favorite images from their wedding day! For the pics from the head photog, check out her blog! (click the photo for a slideshow!)

Graduations...

Last weekend I had the priveledge of attending the graduation ceremonies at both Cal Baptist University, and Azusa Pacific University. I watched a dozen or so friends that I had grown up with shake hands with the presidents of their schools, and waltz across the stage when their names were called. I am so very blessed to be part of their lives. Several of us have grown apart, as happens with life, but these will always be people close to my heart. I'm especially thankful I was there to see Lo graduate from CBU, and my sister (Megan...ok, so she's my God-sister) graduate from APU. Both of these girls are amazing, and I am thrilled that we are still close!

Here are the slideshows from the ceremonies/parties.....

CBU's grad was @ 9am on Sat morning...Ryan (Zach's brother) and his fianceé Whitney graduated that day as well as Lo, and her boyfriend Jon. The party was at Whitney's dad's house in Riverside...



APU's grad...
Megan, Jason, Cara, Peter, Zach, Stephanie, Shannon, Deanna, Becky, and several others graduated from APU at 6 the same night...needless to say it was a LONG day. Although well worth the 1300 names we heard called!!! :)






**I know I still owe a few wedding pics from a couple weeks ago in SB...I'll try to do those tomorrow! key word being TRY...lol.