Five Things for Friday
1. 11 years ago on May 1st, a 15 year old Shawn told me to pull the car over when I was driving him home and said, “I like you…A LOT. Will you be my girlfriend?” We went out last night and had a little weeknight date celebrating 11 years of love, laughter and life together.
2. I’m not the only one in this marriage losing my mind. Shawn and I went to the post office together, then next door to Trader Joe’s to get groceries. As we were walking out to the car the following happened:
Shawn: Give me the keys
Me: I don’t have the keys, you have the keys
Shawn: No…I thought I gave them to you…Oh wait…Did I leave them in the PO Box?
Me: SHAWN!
Luckily someone turned them in and they weren’t lost forever. I was nice and tried not to make fun of Shawn…too much…*wink*
3. My beautiful friend Aubrey let me do a maternity session for her. I just love this picture, it might be my favorite from the session. Isn’t she beautiful?
4. Shawn and I filmed and photographed a 50th birthday party on Saturday. And now I know I really need to work up my arm strength before heading into wedding season. Holding a big camera with an even bigger flash for 4 hours actually left my shoulders a little sore the next day. Better start doing more pushups!
5. My sister and brother-in-law live on this beautiful hill right next to the freeway. While the girls were inside drinking wine, the boys decided to climb the fence and take some long exposure pictures of the cars driving by at night. The picture turned out so cool! What wasn’t so cool? That there were ticks in that tall grass and each guy had at least 1 tick on him when they got back. Shawn had 2, so creepy!
21 Comments on “Five Things for Friday”
Awwwwww, so sweet! I bet they have been a fun, memorable 11 years!
Your friend Aubrey just exudes happiness! She definitely has the pregnancy glow, too! What a great photo for her to hang onto in the years to come. I didn’t do maternity photos with either of my boys, and I kind of wished I had.
That long exposure photo is beautiful! I hear you on the ticks. I get so paranoid every time I walk in long grasses. Those little boogers just way for a leg or arm to grab. Ewwwww!
You two are so cute! And I just LOVE all of your photography shots. Seriously, so beautiful. I am always in awe of people that have a talent for photographing everything. I can photograph food, but besides that, I’m not a very good photographer.
Aaw, you guys make are so adorable together! Happy anniversary Natalie! Hope you guys had an awesome time celebrating 11 years together :) Wow, that is such a gorgeous shot and Aubrey looks stunning!
Awe, how sweet. Congratulations! What a beautiful photo of your friend. I love photos like this.
Oh my gosh, you guys have been together since high school?? That is SO CUTE!! And I love that maternity session, she’s adorable. You guys are so talented!!
Happy 11 years!!! What a cute story, warms my heart. You two are adorable together, I can imagine even more so in person ;) Haha key incident reminds me of a friends episode where Monica and Rachel fight over the phrase “got the keys?!” You’ll only understand what i’m talking about unfortunately if you’re a friends fan…which i’m thinking you might be? Enjoy the weekend darling…hope you eat some good MEXICAN food!
Awww, you guys! Happy anniversary! What an amazing accomplishment, 11 years together. Definitely worth celebrating. Have a margarita for me, will ya? ;) Have a happy weekend, Natalie!
Congrats on the 11th year together! How sweet! Stunning photographies.
I really enjoy your ‘Five things for Friday’ post, Nathalie. I can’t believe you and hubs have been together for 11 years! Wow … that’s fantastic! And I just love that photo of you and him at the top!
So cute!! Happy 11 years! I love the photo of your friend and the one of the cars. So great! Glad you at least noticed the ticks and were able to get them off!
I just had to scratch my neck when I read about the ticks. YUCK. That picture was definitely worth the tick infestation though! What an amazing shot. I also LOVE the picture of your pregnant friend. Beautiful!
Congratulations! What a special anniversary! I love that long exposure shot, what a neat photo!
11 years! That is impressive, congrats! I love the maternity photos you look, they are so beautiful! I didn’t know that you did portrait photography also, that’s awesome! Have a great weekend :)
Aww, happy date-aversary! :) Love all the shots here. And that’s too funny about the keys . . . I’ve done things like that, too. Happy a kind soul turned them in for you!
Congratulations on eleven years, love the picture of you two, very nice. Wow! your pics are getting better and better Natalie!
You take beautiful pictures Natalie! they all look amazing in their own way. Congrats on 11 years of being together! I think you guys are such an adorable couple :D
Aww, I hope you enjoyed your 11 year celebration! Congratulations!
I’m not looking forward to the ticks starting to come back around as it warms up here :-/
You guys are perfect together. Congratulations. I am so happy for you. You tooka beautiful photo of your pregnant friend. And that pic on the guys by the freeway is amazing.
Congrats! Life together with the one you love is the best!
Love all of these pictures; you and Shawn, the maternity photo shot and the cars one.
The long exposure shot is so cool! I need to play around with that a little on my camera.
Have a beautiful weekend Natalie!
11 years! Wow, that is so incredible. Congrats to you guys! and I laughed out loud at your little post office adventure — men will be men, right? *wink* Have a wonderful weekend, Natalie!