Life Lately

Wow, i feel like i just can't catch up anymore

life is busy with work and church and working out.

it just never ends. I don't want it to end up

but sometimes you just need a break. 

so glad we got to do that this weekend

with some friends from Idaho, 

Kevin & Gretchen

we went down the HB Pier 

enjoyed a stunning sunset

& ate at Rubys

The next day was hoping the beach would 

be warm.. but Laguna failed us.. it was

so windy and cold.. no sun :-(

we stayed about 1 hour, ate lunch

then headed back to our apartment pool

where it was much warmer!

aaron loves those chinese therapy massages..

we've gone to get massages twice this month 

already! we are in pain....

Aaron and Trigger napping... we find ourselves

here a lot..

                                      

Trigger and I running some work errands! 

it was about 100 in the car and 95 outside...

therefore the tongue is waaay out.

                                     

i love this little guy

with the weather being so nice in the evenings its

fun to go hiking or running nearby.

the aliso creek trail is a famous one for sure.

i find myself on it quite often.

the views to saddleback are great and i love

exploring back there.

the recent Super Moon.. it was way better

to see in real life!

 

I've found myself at the beach a lot

for work lately. I'm not complaining, trust me.

I have this awesome telephoto lens where

you can zoom in and see something a few

miles out. I spotted this ship in 

San Clemente one day!

another great shot from a Dana Point job I had.

I seriously love my job.

and I love my job so much that they even

put me on the cover of the magazine?!

I was soooo stoked! I'm front and center in the

purple shirt with my camera wrapped around

my neck. I have to say, in the 1 year i've had

my business... I never thought i'd make 

an impression so good as to get on 

their magazine. I must be doing something right.

YAY

Life has been great, just super busy.

I kinda like it that way though.

Things to look forward to:

4TH OF JULY

ARW PARTY @ HOUSE OF BLUES

5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY TRIP!!!

relief society night

Relief Society Night

don't you love it? i do. for the most part.

im on the committee so i help with set up, clean up, 

planning activities, etc... it's fun!

tonight was the RS Birthday! i'm not sure what

year. but it's a big number.

check out these ADORABLE cupcakes a very

talented sister in my ward made. 

we made a cutesy craft... quote with scrapbook paper,

ribbon, flowers and frames.... 

i invited my good friend Trish to come. i always try and 

invite her to the fun nights :-)

and lastly... what would be blog post with out a panoramic image!? 

This is in RSM from my church building.

 incredible view!

not sure what that white stuff is on my phone camera... ugh...

exploring on sunday

I love sunday. always have, always will. best day of the week i say.

and mostly because 1. church and 2. spend time with hubby and puppy

today trigger and i took aaron to the location where the lake forest

sports park is being built and walked around there.

we even got daring enough to let our dog off his lease! 

gasp!

there was no one around and no other dogs, in that case we usually

 let him off and run around. he needs to get some exercise! We love

when he runs around and gets his "zoom zoom" on!

awesome panoramic view of hubbster & trigger

i love my puppy.

and on a sadder note: i would just like to pay a quick 

tribute to my friend eric billings who passed away in a tragic 

bicycle accident on friday. i've known him since i was about 

9 years old. he was a wonderful & inspirational

man who i always loved to be around. he always called me Aubz, 

not Aubrey. my friends call me Aubz and i know that he was 

my friend. he greeted me with a huge

smile and a big hug. i loved his passion for the 

gospel and love for his friends. i am saddened for his incredible 

wife daren and their four children and

 four grand children who will miss him dearly as he 

went much too soon. our life on this earth is short. we never

know when it is our time. 

I came across this article and i believe it was no 

coincidence it was the same day i found out of his passing. 

life is hard and we go through hard things all the time. but its 

how we get through them that counts. how we react

to the things that happen to us in life. let us all life our life in a way 

even when we are going to through hard things that we have a smile 

on our face and a prayer in our heart. God is real. 

aubrey lately...

after this week of sitting at my desk for i believe 3 days 

straight i finally was able to

get off my butt and take some fun photos! a 50s mixer at the coto 

de caza country club for the orange county association 

of realtors which i am a member of as an affiliate.

i love working events where its fun and i know most of the people. 

that makes it worth the work. here is me attempting to 

look like im from the 50s era. which im not. 

I took some pictures of some fun people who dressed up too! 

that makes it even more fun.

once again.... #panoramia

the triggster and i went on a hike this morning and found a trail that leads up to the construction of the lake forest sports park that is getting built right now. We got this sweet panoramic view. im obsessed. i'm sure we'll go up there often as the work progresses. 

I am in love with lake forest and all there is to do here.

and just for fun... backyard of a house i took pictures of on wednesday in mission viejo.

i love my camera on my phone. samsung galaxy 3.

this is my good friend lindsay and she's having a baby girl due on my birthday! April 25th! 

Im looking forward to her baby shower on saturday as well as spending some much needed time with my hubby.

 yes. that one. love him.

panoramic obsession

I have this new obsession. i think i'm going to call it 'panoramia'. the act of loving taking panoramic pictures and doing them so often as to call it an obsession of sorts. 

yah, that sounds right.

at snow valley i knew i needed to get one of these and thankfully my phone obliged. 

((samsung galaxy III)

I only wish i had gotten one from on top of the highest run. it was phenomenal. next time.

you'll see more of these pictures, i'm sure of it. as for today, i barely made it out of bed, to church, and then came back and went to bed again. but hey, it was worth it.