We’re home now and missing Hawaii! And not just missing Hawaii but the family we shared it with! We had the best time. It was the perfect mix of relaxing, doing fun stuff and being very active- We got more exercise that we normally do!

The next few days of Hawaii.

We went snorkeling and saw all these awesome fish!

Jellies.

Not sure what this guy is.

Shark.

Ha. Just kidding. Jeremy actually shot these at the Aquarium. But we did go snorkeling a few days later. Jeremy took a bunch of pictures with an extremely overpriced underwater camera that we bought on our Kayaking trip.

Cool stuff Jeremy and I shot on our bike ride to the coffee shop.

I love this sign Jeremy shot and processed.

I really like little old churches.

Our favorite Chai. We ended up buying 4lbs of it. It’s soooo good!

Jeremy got up early one morning and shot these:

My Jahnke Family Fave.

I love this photo of my sister and Dad that Jeremy got.

Last ride to the coffee shop.

These are for Patte since she really wanted me to take some flower pics!

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We’re in Hawaii having such a great vacation! And it is so wonderful being with my family that I don’t get to see nearly enough. The first night we got here I went outside with my nephews to shoot some photos. Here’s what came out of that:

My sister’s front yard. She lives about a block away from the beach.

My nephew Jack.

My nephew Joey.

They’re really camera shy! And before we got here they were saying that they wouldn’t let us take their picture!

They were really interested in taking photos so Joey shot this one of Jack and I love it!

The next morning I woke up at 5am and went on a walk with my Dad, Patte and Jill (my sister.)

The very same day, we hiked up to Makapuu Lighthouse. It was a really great scenic workout.

Fun fact: My sister tells me that this is where they shot the episodes of Lost (it’s filmed on Oahu) where the others are pretending to live in the teepees.

Jeremy got this cool shot of my Dad, sister and me when we didn’t even know it.

This is the lighthouse at the top of the hike.

The next morning after a rainy night, there was a beautiful rainbow.
Amazing day as usual.

On our way back from the coffee shop. Jill and Joey.

Stay tuned for part two of Hawaii and I’m sure I’ll end up making a slideshow too!

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We had the greatest time on Saturday shooting this cute couple! They are so nice, laid back and have a really cool style. They rented an old limo, which we loved! We also got to drive down a couple blocks to the Orange Circle to shoot some fun pictures. And we ended the evening taking the other kind of shots with our couple! They really took care of us!

Cute little church where they got committed.

They all started crying after this!

Getting ready.

Nice bright happy wall and groom!

I just love how interesting this came out.

Awesome old car and couple:

Love her hairpiece!

The fun party.

Mrs. Mitchell cup!

Thank you Stephanie and Matt for taking such good care of us! You guys are great!

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One of my favorite stories about Geoge is when he started calling himself “Cinderfather”. It’s a term he came up with one year as a joke to mean he is a mistreated step dad. Like Cinderella is abused by her step mom, he is mistreated by me, his step daughter! He turned the big 60 and we had a little party at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

His cake said “You’ve still got it baby!” (My mom’s doing of course.)

Hula games.

Me attempting to hula.

I’ve never seen Jeremy move like this! And he actually won the game! Who knew?

Jeremy trying to get the blindfold on but his head is too big!

George with two of his Grandsons.

We hope you had a great Birthday George! You are loved!

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We’re off to our annual trip to Yosemite National Park. Here’s the blog from Last Year’s Trip. What do we have planned this year? Well, I’m so glad you asked! Our “shootivities” include but are not limited to: family/maternity shoot, ringed session, nature-y film shoots, Super 8 film and a few surprises involving yours truly! It’s going to be way too much fun!

We’ll be in Yosemite for about a week. We can’t check our emails but can check our phone messages on the pay phone (we get no service up there). So if you need to get a hold of us, please leave a message and we’ll call you back.

One of my fave flower images from Yosemite last year.

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