Wow! Did you all survive the Great Blizzard of 2010?? I’ll fully admit that I bought into the hype of it being the worst blizzard we’ve had in years. I thought about convincing Scott that we NEEDED to buy our 1 year food storage that very afternoon! Then logic set in and I only bought a week of food storage. Don’t judge…we might have been snowed in for a while and Thanksgiving was right around the corner!
Ajax got to go play outside in his cute parka. Apparently he had a different opinion of it because he ripped it off somewhere in the backyard and it’s since been lost to the mounds of snow.  Ungrateful little thing but I sure am thankful for him!
Speaking of thankful, I’m thankful for this man!! Oh, and thankful for my new coat.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Technically I can post this picture on here since I did the settings for camera, posed Scott and grabbed my “little” 6’2 brother to take it for me! Today marks the day when I became the luckiest girl in the world. I married my best friend, my protector, my husband…5 years ago! If there is just one thing that fuels me, it’s him.

I braved the 112 degree weather and went to VEGAS for a photography conference! When I first signed up for it I was stoked! As the event grew closer the realization of what I’d have to do sunk in. I’d have to go to these classes alone! Me and my notebook. ACK! What if the other photographers didn’t talk to me? What if they made fun of my camera? Worse, what if NOBODY sat next to me?? The anxiety was a million times worse than a new semester of high school when you worry that none of your friends will have the same lunch period and you’ll be that kid who eats in a bathroom stall! I admit it, as we pulled into Vegas I almost cried. But I took a few big gulps of air, walked in, found a seat, pulled my notebook out and turned to my left and made a new friend!

Without getting way too cheesy, this conference was exactly what I’ve been needing! It not only reignited my passion for this but completely cemented my desire to be a part of this industry! I can’t wait to implement some of the things I learned there. There are so very exciting new things that are going to go down here at Memories in Raw!The conference was held here: Home of the $3.00 pancake. True story.
Sigh, be still my heart! This is the man who willingly walked me to my first class of the 4 days. Yup, just like many of you guys do when your kids start kindergarten!
And here is the brave one that not only didn’t cry in her many classes but thoroughly enjoyed them instead!