Despite being in the loving arms (and paws) of Chris and Felix, I find myself already missing California! My trip went by way too fast, and now I’m back in the grind of being a second rate barista by day and obsessive photo editor by night.

I still have plenty left to process from the wedding, which I’ll post some highlights from when they’re finished, but I wanted to give a quick taste of another session I can’t wait to share: Jillian and her pup, Sir Didymus, at the Little Yellow Door (which also happens to be the namesake of her Etsy shop!).

Yes, I made friends with a dog. :P

My first day in Redding I went to a baby shower for my former room mate, Christina, who’s less than 2 weeks from her due date. Despite the adults outnumbering the children, there wasn’t a single conversation that wasn’t overshadowed by the rampage of giggles (and Jedi mind tricks) from the little ones.

Lavender is Christina and Jim’s first born. She wins the award for biggest ham of the evening.

And Jim gets the award for best dad / uncle of the evening… Or maybe just the only one with enough stamina to keep up with the kiddos.

Well, I survived my train ride afterall! And not without more than one test of my mental strength.

I thought I’d get so much reading done on the ride but as it turns out, it’s very hard to read, or do much of anything, when you’re constantly craning your neck towards the window. So, here are some scenes I managed to capture while whizzing by on the Coast Starlight, until it was lights out and time to catch some z’s.

Enjoy!

Tomorrow afternoon I’m hopping on a train and riding down to California to shoot a wedding, attend a baby shower, and visit with friends and family during the downtime. I’m beyond excited.

Unfortunately, this will be a 12-hour train ride, by myself, so I can’t imagine I’ll have anywhere near as much fun as I did when this photo of my friend, Ryan, was taken in Thailand last year.

I will be bringing my laptop with me, and keep the posts comin’ when I have the time to write ‘em. All orders for actions will still be sent out promptly, as well– I just wanted to give a head’s up in case I decided to totally bail out on the blogosphere for the next week!

These are a few scenes taken at the Campbell Family Reunion we attended about a month ago. Chris is giving moose ears to Ginger, his… Cousin’s daughter. I guess that makes her his second cousin? And my second-cousin-in-law? Er… All that family tree nonsense confuses me to no end!

Oh yeah… And Happy Bokeh Wednesday! It’s a blustery one in Portland today, not exactly my idea of a day off, but I’ll take what I can get.