-weeeeee

the best part about being my friend wife at disneyland:

you get to wear a matching shirt.

the worst part about being my friend wife at disneyland:

you get to wear a matching shirt.

3 cheers for summer of twenty ten, disposable cameras and going a million miles an hour.

and to think- we still have a whole month left!!!

silly monkeys

-momma- i'm coming home

photo by jose de orta

if you live in or around the tri cities in washington,

i would love to take your pictures.

i will be there august 12-29th.

tah dah (me opening my hands and shaking them like they do at the end of a tap dance routine).

please check the calendar on my new website to see if there's a day available that you'd like to snag.

-we miss you laurel, tom, isabelle, grady and mia!!

this is picture is the most accuarte portrayal of how much i loved my utah trip:

it was indulgent, sweet and super carefree. and probably had a poopy diaper.

first off- we finally got 3 of the 4 monkeys together for a photoshoot:

darren, hayden and ade

two things to really love:
1. a little girl with blue eyes
2. a sister in law eating a hotdog topped with doritos.

a hot dog in my pocket.
this may be the last year this is funny.
probably reaches an uncomfortable funny next year.
which is only ok with one person: me- the queen ruler of uncomfortable funny.
but i won't subject my sweet niece or first born to it.

here's my family. although we look bored, we were very happy.



by living down here in arizona, we're missing out on some major cousin time.
brooks and ade had SO much fun with their built in blood line friends.

this picture is the worst thing i love.
a baby in oakleys and jorts (jean shorts).
it's like he was born in a walmart.
but just check out that proud look on his face.
all he needed to complete this outfit was a cool iguana perched on his shoulder and a 44oz mountain dew in hand.
dave, kym and boston.
don't stare too long. your eyes will burn out of their sockets.
it's like looking into the sun. but shiny-er and more intense.

i have never had so much fun in utah.
i love my family.
i miss my family.
too much.

-finally

brandon has 12 nieces.
pretty crazy marrying into a family where my age was halfway between my new inlaw siblings and their offspring. i couldn't WAIT for the girls to grow up and become my real friends.
that day has come.
this is jenn-
she's brandon's oldest niece and the one i love very much.
over the past 2 years we've had some good talks. all night. very very late. just the 2 of us.
she's having her first baby soon and it was so fun to talk about braxton hicks, dialation and cravings while i was in utah last week. more fun than i'd have ever thought. fun enough to blog about.
congrats jenn on finding michael, getting knocked up almost a full year after marriage and growing up to be my friend. xox

-happiest 4th of july week in UTAH

ahh.
you know a trip was a good one when not even a flat tire in page, 6 days of constipation or having to share a bed with a 3 year old and his egg beater legs gets you down.

our road trip to utah was so so great.
great to get away from the phoenix heat.
great to see my 3 brothers, their families and my parents.
great to watch my boys feed chickens and geese at my sister in law's.
great to observe my father in law read a direct tv manual for 3 straight days.
great to eat a sandwich from ernie's and a salad from bajio.
great to talk pregnancy shop with my 9 month pregnant niece.
great to sit around a campfire and watch my husband compete with my nephew for the perfect toasted marshmallow.
great
great
great

i was so sad to leave but had the beautiful drive home to look forward to.
seriously.
i put my little camera phone to work.

and my dad would be super disappointed in me if i didn't give some sort of report on carrie underwood and the stadium of fire in provo. it was fun. she was thightastic and thrusty. and the fireworks made me cry- like always.

and through all the "greatness" i have to say my favorite part of the entire trip was being in the car together, as a little family of 4, with the windows down, unbelievable scenery giving us all a glimpse of god's grandeur and a heart full of gratitude for this life i've been given.

-winner winner chicken dinner

(my big brother Aaron and his fam on the 4th of July)

Congrats to the 4 winners of my first give away. The following entries will receive free sessions:

Family: Brooke!

Maternity: Holli!

Portrait: Amy!

Engagement: Benjamin & Abby!

If you entered and did not win- check your email. I sent you a special little gift!

-new website. FREE photography session giveaway!!

let's start this off the right way!!

it's been a full year of taking pictures and i'm ready to launch my new website with a BANG! i'm doing a drawing for free sessions!! i'm crazy right?!?! (imagine a car salesman shouting and waving his arms madly in the air).

that's right- free sessions! here's what i'm going to draw for: a family session, an engagement session, a maternity session and an individual portrait shoot. all sessions will come with a cd of 20 edited images.

if you want to get in on the action, please send me an email (arizona.lewis@yahoo.com) including the session that you'd like to win. i will be selecting the lucky entries on July 7th.

i'm traveling this summer and may be coming to a town near you! please check my calendar to find where i'll be with my camera through september.

so there! are you as sweaty reading this as i am writing this? i hope so.

check it out: www.arizonalewis.com