fall weather....

besides the freak hail storm on sunday morning...i must say i didn't mind too much our weather this weekend. bb and i went for a drive up the alpine loop on saturday while listening to conference and this is some of what we saw....

i am a little sad by the fact that it is so cold that the leaves are changing much quicker than normal :( but i am glad we took the opportunity to go see them!

photos by billy bush

in support of....

because i love my husband...and because he is really excited about his new ventures...i am being a supportive wife and doing a little bit of advertising....

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we all know that billy has been on a painting/photography kick lately....well now he is posting his pieces for sale....

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you can find his lovely art at.... imagekind....here is a small sample...

california dreamin'...

we did a lot of cruisin' around the santa barbara/ventura area when we were in cali....we went with some friends from utah...cassi, alan and little chloe (she's one)...

we stayed at my family's beach house....

we didn't take this picture...in fact we took pictures of everything...except the actual house...so i borrowed this from the house's mls listing...(it was for sale but no longer as of tomorrow!) yay!

lions, giraffes and flamingos...oh my!





we went to the santa barbara zoo....

she loved it....

fun shots of the beach....

so now we are home...and we will all miss this....







and those may or may not be girl's sunglasses billy is sporting... :)

sunday stroll...

on sunday after church bb and i decided to take a stroll around downtown....partly because i love me some downtown....and partly because he loves his new fun camera....we both dreamt of the day we can continue our love affair with slc....(anyone want to rent out our little house in riverton?) ;)

although we can't be downtown all of the time, we sure do love our time down there...we made sure to take some good pics....

on wednesday we will be heading to california....and i am sure we will get some more photo time in then....yay for slr's... (and a little bit of photoshop...shhh...)

ooo la la....

so billy literally jumped up and down today with joy over the arrival of his new best friend....the canon rebel xsi.....i must say though...i jumped up and down a little too....because once i took my first shot with our new baby i seriously thought: where have you been all of my life!

photos that would have been nothing special prior to our new toy all of a sudden took on a whole new light! and every picture seemed more and more magnificent...i am in love.





that last one is for you whit! :)

say cheese...

so bb has been begging for a new camera...but not just any camera....the slr...

i'll be honest here and admit i was never against the idea of this new camera but the price tag has kept us at bay for a little while yet...but then i saw these photos taken by my beautiful cousin who is getting into photography and right away i thought, i really do need that slr... :)

i think i might frame my new fun finds in bb's office makeover that we will get to....someday....and every day from now until i finally break down you will probably be able to find me drooling and googling slr cameras.... ::sigh::

on a side note....well done ash!

Why we fell in Love with SLC...

No I did NOT take ANY of these pictures... :)