The Duce Scoop

Monday, September 6, 2010

Bachelorette Finale

Les and I wore our wedding dresses for our Bachelorette finale night! Too, too fun...it had been almost 5 years since I put mine on and I just couldn't contain my giddiness. =)

Kaci & Jessica also dressed up...they were our hot bridesmaids. =)

Me, Jessica, Leslie, Kaci & Aileen...Amber took the pic. =)

Had to document this moment in the bathroom...how often would Leslie and I get to wear our wedding dresses at the same time?!

SHEnanigans Old West Photo Shoot!

This was the photo shoot I did for July! We were assigned Old Western Movie as one of the many movie genres handed out to all the groups. MY goodness we had fun! The Silly Girls photography group has now changed it's name to SHEnanigans, due to a leadership change. Still the same ol' "worldwide photo shoots just for kicks" kind of a deal. Here's the website - http://her-nanigans.blogspot.com/. I'm just so glad that I can be a part of all the silliness, because it really brings out the fun and confidence in all of us. If you're in the area, you're more than welcome to join us! If you're elsewhere, this is worldwide, so get a group of your girl friends together and join in the monthly shoots! All the themes are posted on the website and you just let Laura know on the Silly Girls United facebook page. (Still under the old name.) I can't tell you how much fun we all have! (Let me know if you need any help figuring stuff out!)

Anyway! For this shoot, it's kind of a long story...but I found this location out in the boonies on Ebey Island, which is all farming land. We drove to the field I wanted to use and knocked on the owner's door asking if we could take pictures there. (I tried earlier in the week, and no one answered, so I had knots in my stomach about it up until this moment...) A man named Roger answered the door and said "Sure!" He dropped what he was doing and took us out to the barn area, saddled up the horses, gave us all a quick lesson and let us ride the horses around! That was icing on the cake...I just wanted pictures on the property...I had no idea we'd get to ride horses! He then just let us wander around and take pictures wherever we fancied. I was so pleased I could've cried! I got his address from him before we left and have since sent him a thank you note with one of the pictures inside. =) Thank you farmer Roger! And thank you Leslie F, Kali, Heather, Leslie P, Katie, & Kaci for coming and being so amazing!

Seattle & Part of the Torchlight Parade

We had planned to go see the Torchlight Parade in Seattle, but didn't get there in time to get seats...so we sat on one of the side roads where the sidewalk had be stay clear as a fire lane. So we had a semi-sweet view! Until the two cops in charge switched out and the new set lost control of the mob of people wanting to stand around. Oh well! So we headed back, but I always enjoy a walk in Seattle! Such a beautiful city. This was all after a delightful dinner at Dicks. =) =)

Mount Rainier in the middle of Quest Field! Beautiful. Took this from the bridge that connects to Pike Place.

In our spots for the parade. =)

A glimpse of Apollo Ohno! Woo! (Here's a visual of what I was talking about...those two cops kept people from sitting or standing in that sidewalk...so we could see from the side street we were sitting on. haha.)