she.cracks.me.up.
End of story.
We went to Chipotle (one of my absolute favorite places in the world!!!)
And took ridiculous looking pictures like this :)
And I totally fell in love with the littlest Ayon, Nellie (short for Janelle). OMW. What an absolutely gorgeously cute little girl she is. I wanted to pack her in my suitcase and take her home with me by the time I left!
We went to the mountains several times, and I couldn't have been happier. Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE colorado and the Rocky Mountains? In case I haven't, let me reiterate that fact.
I.LOVE.THE.ROCKY.MOUNTAINS.SO.SO.MUCH!
There, now you know.
We even played on the playground with the rest of the little kiddos one day while we were up in the mountains, hide-and-seek, tag, you name it, we were all over it. And even got a cute little picture taken while playing :)
*Photo taken by Mr. Ayon
And I have to say one more thing about this part of my trip. Krista and her family are hispanic and her mom makes hands-down-THE-BEST mexican food I have ever had. I seriously couldn't wait to get there just because I was dreaming about her enchilada's and fried tacos :)
And then on to LA! I got to spend a long weekend just outside LA in Hesperia, CA with the Hearn family. I have known Nicole for a little over a year now and was so excited to get to stay with her and meet the rest of her fam that I hadn't met yet. And let me tell ya, they did not disapoint! They were so so kind to me all weekend, and bent over backwards to make my time there as special as possible.
(I just realized that in this picture I #1: look way bigger than Nicole, almost giant-like in proportions compared to her, and #2: look like I am sitting in her lap, and I can assure you that neither is the case)
*Photo credit for both of these pictures go to Nicole and Emily Hearn :)
I already told you that they took me to Knott Berry Farm Amusement Park, which was in so many ways hilarious, fun, exciting, and a memory never to forget :)
After a whirlwind weekend with the Hearns, I headed to Northern CA to visit my best friend Sarah and her family! I had a week and a half of constant fun and activities with them. I did 6 shoots while I was there, so in between those, a concert, fun dinners with friends, getting to go out to coffee and meet another photog in the area Lydia, we were kept busy running from one thing to the next without a moment to spare.
There were two highlights on this part of my trip, and the first was getting to go to San Fransisco. I am a country girl at heart, but there are a couple cities that hold special places in my heart too, and San Fran is one of them. I fell in love with it when I visited for the first time about 5 years ago. So Sarah and I made the treck down there and stayed for two days with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins.
We got to walk around in the ferry building down on the bay, they have some of the cutest shops in there!
The famous bridge . . .
We had to take pictures of each other, since it was so hard to get good self portraits with both of us in the picture
. . . but we also did some fun self portraits :)
These pictures make me smile just looking at them :)
And then the second highlight of my trip was this.
#8. See George Winston perform live
check.
I was praying the whole time I was there that he would play my favorite song of his "Pachelbels Variations on the Canon" and at the very end when he started playing it I thought I'd died and gone to heaven for sure.
Sarah and I dressed all up and made a fun evening of it. We didn't have a chance to take pictures before the concert, and then by the time we got home it was very late, and everyone else was in bed, so we took turns taking pictures of each other and then using the self timer to take pictures of both of us.
Ok, ok....I know this has been an outrageously long post, but I didn't want to have to split it up into two posts, so hopefully I didn't put you all to sleep!
So happy that you had fun! Loving all of the pictures! :)
ReplyDeleteVery fun! Next time we'll make Chicago work!
ReplyDeleteNice pictures Jessica...but how come I wasn't your third highlight on your trip?
ReplyDeleteJessica, you seriously have WAY TO MUCH FUN! I am jealous. ;) Love all the pics...especially the ones of you and Sarah.
ReplyDeleteIf was awesome meeting you in person, Jessica! I'll probably have the pics of you and Sarah up on the blog sometime in the next couple of days!
ReplyDeleteOoooh I'm so jealous :) I wish I had some time for me and friends to go traveling :) I LOOOVE the shot of the bird :) Very awesome. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! They are amazing! I lovd pictures from trips, and you did a great job taking the pictures!
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ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures, Jessica! My word, you had way too much fun! LOL.
ReplyDeleteCute, cute pics! I'm SO jealous of you traveling all over and of people getting to see you! Love ya babe.
ReplyDeleteYou are completely adorable :D I wish you had come seen ME though! I would have taken you to Chipotle, toooo!
ReplyDeleteyay for long posts! and those little bows you wear in your hair are precious.
ReplyDeleteHe was our wedding music, well ok his CD :)
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