Haircut time...

...so yesterday I called the person who has cut my hair the last few times to hear on her message that says she is now with Holly James Salon. So I asked her about it when she called me back, and she ask "when was the last time I cut your hair?" to which I reply "a few months ago" and she goes on to tell me she has been working at this salon for 9 months now! Then I felt bad that it had been that long, but she said my hair was really healthy so guess it really wasn't a problem :-)

So you can go here to see the pictures my husband took of my new 'do.

Multi-Colored Hydrangeas

I love hydrangeas, especially the rich blue ones, but for some reason I really like this one and the way it had blues & greens and hints of pink.

BiPlane Rides Available Today...

We took my family to the Museum of Flight while they were here a few weeks ago. When we were wandering around outside there were signs for biplane rides, so while I was up in the "control tower" this one was taking off, and I thought it looked cool against the sky.

Russian Space Capsule

This was a Russian Space Capsule, and it blows me away that someone could spend more than a couple hours in this. I would go crazy if locked into something this small, especially knowing that I didn't have anywhere else to go.

Blue Angels~Old Logo

Here is a picture of an old Blue Angels logo. I thought it was neat to see since we saw the Blue Angels not long ago.

A confused Dad

Dad can do lots of things, but this plane looks like it is confusing him :-)

I think he eventually figured it all out...

Big Stud

There are tons of WWI & WWII planes at the Museum of Flight. The planes are really cool, but hard to take photos of because of the lighting & all the background stuff, but I like this one...

Old Wooden Plane

Here is one of the planes in the WWI exhibition at the Museum of Flight in Tacoma. It blows me away that people were okay with how little is around them in a plane like this. We have become so used to the jumbo Jets that we fly in now. Such a stark contrast.

SeaFair 2006

My husband and I went to watch the Blue Angels at SeaFair. While waiting I decided to take pictures of the waves splashing up against the cove. This was my favorite of the pictures.

We had an opportunity to see the Patriots before the Blue Angels flew, so there is one picture from that. The rest are the angels. Hope you enjoy :-)

Sailboat

P.S. We had 3 photos left after watching the Angels (out of our 4 gigs) so I decided to take a couple photos of the sailboats that I liked.

single flower...

Awhile ago Matt & I went to Discovery Park & I took all kinds of flower photos, so here is one that I thought was unique & I liked.

One lone elephant

This elephant posed so nicely for me, unlike his counterpart who was off playing with a beer keg & not cooperating at all. This & the past few photos are from Point Deception Zoo & Aqarium down in the Tacoma area. We decided we like Woodland Park Zoo better & Woodland Park is a whole lot closer.

sleepy cat

This tiger was sleeping, but for a brief second he lifted his head just slightly, almost as if he wanted to see if he had an audience, and then promptly went back to sleep.

fishy stars

There were some pretty cool star fish, but this one I was able to get all the detail of its underside being up against the window, which I thought was pretty cool.

spiny, hairy thing

I have no idea what to call these things, they were really cool and swayed all over. The light was hitting them in such a way at times they looked almost clear.

An Enemy...

...or how about anemone? This guy doesn't look too scary, so I don't think he is an enemy, at least not to me who is much bigger than he.

Coral the color of the animal?

A few weeks ago we were at a friend's house who runs an aquarium care business, both Matt & I sat and looked at her "show" tank forever because it was so cool to see all the corol types, shrimp, crabs, snails, etc. So when I saw this tank I thought of Melissa and tried to see if I could capture how vastly different the coral types are.

Big Red

This little guy was had such bright colors in contrast to everything else in the tank, it made me wonder how he would stay alive if not in a protected tank.

Horsey

Matt keeps asking for a pony, so I told him that while we were at the aquarium we would have to see the ones that live in the sea. They actually had quite a few different ones, this was one of the more traditional ones.

There was one that looked like a plant, maybe later I will post that one. He definitely could blend into his environment.

Tropical Fish

I loved the way this yellow fish looked. He looks like he is ready to eat pebbles, which made me think of some of our friends who have fish who pick up the pebbles then drop them to make a kerplunk noise.

Happy First Anniversary to Us...

My husband took me to a wonderful dinner at a well known restaurant called the Herbfarm. There we enjoyed a 9 course meal with 6 wine pairings. Here is a picture that shows our menu. We also stayed at the Willows Lodge which is at the same location, and had an opportunity to stroll along the Sammamish River.

Water Droplets

This was a cool photo because you see the spray of water coming off the water wheel. I had a couple of these, but I like the fact that I have zoomed in a bit more on this one.

Water Flying off the Wheel

Water Wheel & Tulips

Another photo of the water wheel, but this one shows the gorgeous tulips and a little more of the grounds. It rained off and on over the weekend, but it took a break Saturday afternoon so I could go wander around with my camera.

Water Wheel & Tulips

Water Wheel

Last weekend I went on Women's Retreat up at Cedar Springs near the Canadian Border with my church and got some good photos, so I will share some of them.

This one is of the water wheel that is connected to one of the pond and river.

Snoqualmie Falls on a Blustery Day

So I know I haven't posted anything for a while, but I am going to try to blog some of my photos over the next few weeks. We finally got Aperture this weekend, and we got our new Intel iMac so now I should be able to go through my photos easier, and edit them as I see fit. This group of photos is from Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie (near North Bend). We had wanted to go out and take photos, but it was raining. I decided, lets go to the falls regardless. Last year when we took a trip out there during one of my visits everyone said it was a dry year and normally there is a whole lot more water in the falls, so I decided that we needed to go again. Because of the rain and mud we didn't hike down to the bottom, but I still got some great photos with my new 18-200mm lens with Vibration Reduction that I got as my early birthday present.

This first one I took as an afterthought on our way back to the car, and it is one of my favorites.

Waterfalls behind the Branches

This second one is of the bottom of the falls where the falling water hits the pool of water at the bottom.

The Bottom of the Falls

Here is a picture of the top of the waterfalls. I love the way you see the texture on the rocks next to the water.

Top of the Waterfalls with Texturized Rocks

Ok, that is good for photos today. Maybe I will post more in the next few days :-)

Work, Work, Work

So if you read my past post you know that I started work this week. So far things are going well. Today was my second day and I felt much more productive than my first day. Still don't know everything, or everyone's names, but it will all come with time. The people I work with are great. They are all friendly and helpful. I am doing a lot of small projects right now, and doing some travel arrangements and such. I will keep you all updated as exciting things take place.

Job...

Hey everyone... I know some of you were wondering if I gave up getting a job, but no...I have taken my time looking, and was waiting for the job God wanted me to have. Well, this week that job came along. I had a phone interview last Friday, and an in person interview on Monday and was offered the job after the one on Monday. The job is for a Venture Capital company that does mobile communication, and bought out 2 different companies. One is a company in Indiana and the other was in Vancouver British Columbia. The new company currently is going by the name VantagePoint Mobile. It is located in downtown Seattle right next to Pike Place Market (anyone familiar with Seattle, knows the Pike Place is like a huge farmers market open 7 days a week). I am starting off as an office administrator, but there is room for growth (a key to my job search, which is why I didn't find a job sooner). So I will be starting in about a week and a half. I am very excited to embark on this new adventure.

Tea Time...

Yesterday, Matt and I went to The Country Village in Bothell, and were amazed by how unique of a place it is. It would have been fun to wander around on a sunny day. While there we had tea at the Peach Tree Bakery & Tea Garden It was so much fun and delicious. We ordered Sir Mumford's Grand Afternoon Tea, which includes for each person a pot of tea (each person can choose a different type--I had apricot peach black tea, and Matt had Rose and Black Cherry Blossom Green Tea), two pieces of scones with lemon curd and cream, a cup of soup, 5 different tea sandwiches, fresh fruit, and an assortment of cookies and cakes to finish it off. We did not manage to finish all of our cookies and cakes, but the whole thing was delicious.

We have decided we definitely have to go back. It was very good and very enjoyable. We did this in place of lunch, and it was a great choice, and a grand time.

Pittsburgh...

Well, this weekend we took a trip to Pittsburgh to attend the wedding of one of Matt's good friends. I didn't take too many photos, but Matt did if you want to see them visit Matt's Blog.

I took some of the city though, and this is one of my favorites. It is just outside the Carnegie Science Center, and shows one of the 12 bridges in Pittsburgh.



We enjoyed visiting Pittsburgh because of the people there, but it is not somewhere we would return to just for the sake of going there. The city was gorgeous with all the bridges lit up at night when we came in on Thursday evening though.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Well, it is officially January. We have returned from our trek to California to celebrate Christmas and New Year's. So I am posting some photos from our trip. Also, for those of you interested, I did cut my hair again before Christmas, and you can see those photos on Matt's Blog.

So first off is a picture Matt took on Christmas day of a group of bows that had come off various packages. It is a really neat photo, so I thought I would post it.



Next I figured I would post one of my Dad and Kyle since they were excited to receive the next season of Star Gate SG-1, which they will spend many hours watching. It seems to be one of those addicting shows (like Star Trek) for those who are into that kind of thing.



Lastly, I thought I would post the photo Matt took of my mom and me. Throughout the week people commented on how much we look alike, and how everytime they see us we look more alike. This photo shows that pretty well. The photo didn't come out quite as well I would have liked, but it is still neat.



Well I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas celebrations and hope the New Year is a good one!