Mike and Diana's professional wedding pictures are up (for those of you in the family who visit here to see what's going on- even if I rarely post). Go to Pictage and in the search box under "Find an event" type in "Leep". Pick the Event that says "Leep and Radomille Wedding", not the one that says "haydee leep prints". It will ask you for your name and email for the guestbook (I believe you have to register to see them) and then you'll see the wedding pics. They are divided into sections like Reception, Formals, Rehearsal and Ceremony. You'll have to use the menu to check out eah section. Their photographer was Jennifer Angeloro and her team and Jennifer and her assistants did a wonderful job!
You can also order prints direct from Pictage, so if you were there and there's a cute shot of you that you want, you can order it direct from the site.
You can also check out Rob's pictures from the wedding on my Flickr pages. Actually, I've been using Flickr to upload most of my pictures. So if you want to see the most recent pictures from my life, I would bookmark my photos on Flickr. If you are registered witb Yahoo! Photos or Flickr, you can order prints from Flickr and pick them up at your local Target.
I think the most recent pictures on my Flickr page are from Dylan's First Birthday. So scoot on over there and take a look!
ETA: And again, another blog post, where I tell you about blogs that I read instead of writing one of my own. It wasn't intentional! Maybe I'll Start a series Called "Blogs I Read When I Should Be Writing One for You"
So, my amazing artist, new friend, and wedding phtographer- Jessica Strickand took some awesome new pictures of me for some print and ad things I have in the pipeline for the real estate business. She is totally awesome and I cannot recommend her enough. You can see a few more pictures on her blog.
Here's one for a preview (don't worry Jessica, I uploaded a copy on my own, so I am not leeching your bandwidth):
I visit Jessica's blog and the blog of my OTHER wedding photographers, Stacy and Mary, on a weekly basis. They totally rock out too. They are photographing our wedding rehearsal dinner festivities at the zoo. They (and their work- and to be fair, I haven't actually met Stacy yet) are way amazing too- just a different kind of amazing!
I am so lucky to know and have been acquainted with so many talented people. The world is beautiful enough just looking at it through my own eyes on most days, but knowing lots of talented artists, musicians, and photographers just make the world seem even cooler and life even better sometimes. I am such a cornball nerd.
So, I know everyone else is probably like, "Oh man. Where have you been?" But I will blog about my adventures later*. First and foremost is to unveil my dad's Father's Day present.
I volunteered at an art event on Friday night. Basically, the paintings compete with each other and the losers are met with destruction unless they are saved by a philanthropic patron of the arts. It's called Art vs. Art. It's an annual event and it's attended by lots of different people from all walks of life.
So, I saw a painting there that was going to be destroyed if I didn't buy it, and I picked it out for my dad because...1.) He likes art. 2.) He likes planes. 3.) It's blue and gold. 4.) I just thought he'd like it.
So, the painting that is my gift to my father is:
Happy Father's Day MoRo!
*I am bad at blogging right now, so you should check out Rob's blog while you wait months for me to post. He blogs almost every day about monster movies, records he finds at thrift stores, and stuff.
So, Rob got me an electric blue Nintendo DS for my birthday with Nintendogs and a couple other games. Nintendogs is so awesome. It's basically a virtual pet ownership simulation game. Your puppy always stays a puppy and it doesn't die or age. You have to train it and teach it tricks and take it out for walks. And to earn money to buy supplies like food and water and shampoo, you have to enter the dog in Frisbee, Agility, and/or Obedience Competitions. When you go on walks you can encounter other dogs that your dog may or may not like, and you can find presents, like accessories such as different colored collars or sunglasses for your dog. When you're walking the dog, and he poops, you have to pick up the poop. It is so stinkin' cute!
This is my Pembroke Welsh Corgi and only dog, Scooter. Isn't he adorable? He loves belly rubs and playing with the soccer ball. I've taught him to sit, lie down, roll over on his side, and roll over on his back and give me his belly. he even won first place in his first frisbee competition!
Here he is sleeping and getting his belly rubbed 
So, Rob and I went to Cincinnati this weekend for the 20th Century Cincinnati show. It was nice not have to look past butter churns and spinning wheels and other Cracker Barrel-type stuff to see stuff we were interested in. They had about 50 vendors, and we didn't buy anything, but had the price been more reasonable, I would have bought this Air India advertising poster from the 60's as a birthday present to myself. It was $2500 though, and I couldn't come anywhere near justifying that. I like art and all , and I really appreciate it, but i would have preferred to see it cheaper and unframed.
Rob almost bought an Astro Fighter table (it was in really good condition), but the attract screen (the screen that runs when no one is playing it to"attract" players to the machine) didn't work. Astro Fighter is basically an old-skool Space Invaders rip-off.
Good times had at the show, and our bank accounts were happy we didn't buy anything. Although, I hadn't planned on buying anything taht could be considered "collectible". It had to have a function- like a lamp, dish, or piece of furniture- if I was going to buy it.
Well, Rob and I are taking the plunge and getting married next year. I'm sure some of you knew it was coming at some point, seeing as whenever I talk to you,
you're always asking, "So, when's the wedding?" when I didn't even have a ring.
So, now it is offical- I am truly the luckiest and happiest girl in the world!
Rob was going to buy me a ring for my brithday next month, and do up a surprise proposal, but we were in St. Thomas this last weekend and diamond shopping came up, so we figured we'd pool our resources and buy a ring there where we can get more for our money.
I am way happy, and Rob's a little relieved that the pressure's off him to pick out a ring since I picked it out myself. And we decided together, which I think really fits us. We make a good team and are good for each other, so it's kind of fitting we decided to buy my ring together.
I won't have an elaborate proposal story or anything, but I don't really care since I'll have Rob for the rest of my life!
You can go to my Flickr photos (link at left) to see a couple more views of the ring and some pics from St. Thomas, including some of Mr. Punkin Head- Dylan!
