livin it up with these folks.

{why is this one of my favorites? i don't know. it just is.}

I had way too much fun with my cousin in Oregon for it to have been a business trip! Rachel, Chad and Lily are the best. but of obviously they would be. they are MY family of course. I had tons of fun just hanging out between wedding shoots, walking around Willamete, eating all healthy (I am TOTALLY inspired. I lost two pounds  this week following the Rachel and Chad diet-  i.e. lots of veggies, sea food and whole weat, minus the french fries I have been consuming lately) and of course taking a few family shots!  oh and p.s. we entered a pie contest at the church using our grandma's F-A-M-O-U-S apple pie recipe. we WON. ok, we didn't. but we CLEAAAARLY should have. no seriously. the pie that won tasted like baked shiz. 

take a quick break to gaze at us cousins. do you think we look alike? we think we do.

then chad wanted to see how fast my camera could click, so i started moving all over like a crazy lady while he shot six frames per second. Needless to say, there are plenty more where these came from. don't worry, i will spare you.  

awesome. 

now on to a cute shot, intended to erase the previous picture from your memory. 

awwww.

hoooolyyyy eyes. and yes. they REALLY look like that. no photoshop involved.

well meynders-es, i love you. love your guts actually (which is the opposite of hating someone's guts). I had so much fun! somebody else please get married in oregon and let me be your photographer so I can come again!

the end.