This past week Troy & I made it out to our FAVORITE place – Forest Home! I grew up going to summer camp every year with my family…so it has a very special place in my heart. My dream as a kid was to someday work in the snack shop & make yummy shakes for all the campers. In college I did end up working at Forest Home…but not in the shake shack. I was on the recreation team life guarding at the lake and operating the challenge course. Those were some of the most fun summers of my life! Not to mention I met my sister’s husband & worship guru Brian Wurzell there…and I also met my Troy :)
Our day trip up to the mountain was SO much fun! I even ran into my friend and co-lifeguard Brother Nature – he looked pretty epic by his truck :) Seriously, this place has had an incredible impact on our lives! We love you FoHo!
I’m so excited for Tracy and Ian! They are having a baby boy who is due any week now. These pictures were taken in Seal Beach – one of our new favorite spots!
About a month ago my wife Aimee and I had the honor to be the models for Jessica Claire’s photography workshop. It was a lot of fun and they put Aimee in a beautiful dress. The pictures were recently posted on the Style Me Pretty Blog. It was a 2 part blog post, so here is part 1 and here is part 2
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Congrats dude. I saw the post on SMP and you and the little lady totally rocked it. I think the models made the shoot if I do say so myself. =)
Last week, Heather from Simply U Proposals contacted me to photograph one of her clients upcoming proposals. I always get super excited when I get to be there for the proposal and I think get even more nervous then the groom proposing. The couple, Kyle and Melissa, are from Alabama and came to California to vacation and watch the BCS championship game. They are both huge fans of the water and met while wake boarding, so Kyle wanted to propose on a boat. Simply You Propose arranged for a boat at the Carlsbad Lagoon for the couple to cruise around in. The driver, who actually worked for the Watersport company, pretended to be a past friend of Kyle’s. I was on board pretending to take pictures for the Watersport company’s website. Kyle and Melissa graciously volunteered to be “models” for some feature shots of the boat. After cruising around for twenty minutes we stopped the boat to do some posed “promo shots”. I arranged them in a few poses, and then had Kyle go down on one knee & take Melissa’s hand. Melissa was so focussed on the camera that she didn’t realize that Kyle was holding a beautiful engagement ring. I directed Melissa to look down at Kyle, and then caught her reaction as his proposal unfolded.
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Love it! The photos turned out even better than I imagined. Great job with capturing Melissa’s reaction. It was so fun working with you for this proposal.
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mark says:
awesome job…beautiful pics……..and roll tide……….
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How special!! I just did a proposal shoot this week and can totally relate to it’s amazingness!! you did a great job!! The last one is a total fav! ;)
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Melissa says:
I just wanted to thank you again for the amazing pictures and totally helping kyle pull that off! It was great!!! We are getting married 10-10-10…I will keep ya updated! Thanks again!!
This post made me so happy! I grew up going to Forest Home as well and I also met my husband there one summer while he was working at Indian Village. Thanks for making my day!
I ALSO met my husband there, when I was 15, so that would be 30 years ago now! We have lived up there and been on staff too! And we both were saved up there, me way back in Jr. High! Love, Love, LOVE… that place! It was nice meeting both of you at Brittney and Jeremy’s wedding last weekend! Can’t wait to see your amazing pictures!
This looks like so much fun! These photos are sweet :)
love that place. talk about a place and a group of people that impacted my life, WOW!!! amazing. wishing i could pop up there this summer. maybe i will! :)
so glad i met you that summer and forever grateful that i got to meet Promise. the greatest gift to my life of anything. wow, kinda got teary eyed thinking about that right now. hahah. super grateful for that place and how God has used it in our lives.
love you guys! miss you.
love,
brother brian
oh my gosh! i went to forest home as a kid also! that slide and “the blob” brings back so many fond memories!!!
What a BeAuTifUL pLacE !! hEY, I’M from Mexico and i live in Texas but… I just want to go FOREST HOME !!! jA!! :D
it is reaLLy nice to see peopLe that bEliEvE and pUt gOd in 1st. pLacE.. every single daY…
… MiL bEndiCioNeS..:)
I grew up going there, too! My love for malts and the blob knows no end. ; )
so wonderful! I live down the hill in Redlands and my church goes there for every church picnic :) Your story is so sweet!..silly question: I love your toes in the pool! Is that a french/american pedi?
So awesome Sarah – i love Redlands charm :) My toes were painted with OPI’s new Shrek line – the polish was called Rumple’s Wiggin :) The pool must have made them look fancier than they were!
Oh, forest home! I have a few memories from that place as well :)