Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2011

Dean and his cousin, Charlie, are going to be Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody from Toy Story this year. We were lucky enough to have my sister and Charlie visit right around Halloween time! They wouldn't sit still so it was difficult to get photos together in costume. See below for our attempt at getting them to sit together. What characters they are!

Comical boys!

My sister and her little cowboy! :) Enjoy and be safe this Halloween!





pumpkin time!

Posted on October 16, 2011

Dean off to find his pumpkin! I love this time of year. Enjoy your Sunday, Samantha





exploring.

Posted on October 8, 2011

Hello!

We went hiking by our house the other night to watch the sun go down. This was my husband’s bright idea to hike up the side of this mountain with two dogs and a baby! We made it to the top and it was definitely worth it for the views.

Hope you enjoy these photos too, Samantha

heading up to the top.

gorgeous!

Dean having a good time in the backpack carrier.

I love these photos of Dean and Dad!

our neighborhood from above.

we made it to the top and now were headed back down before the sun completely sets!

dogs enjoying their hike!

getting down the mountain. this doesn't look as steep in the photo but i'm telling you it was!

all done with the mountain climbing...just hanging out enjoying the views!

having an after hiking snack on the picnic tables!

Dean had to collect some mountain rocks and we had to keep them!

as we were leaving the sun was going behind the mountain.

driving back home. what a view!





NC —>AZ

Posted on October 2, 2011

we stopped in Colorado to see our best friends. this is my son and my husband standing in front of their mountain view!

we went hiking with our friends in the Garden of the Gods! Beautiful place.

our dogs enjoying Garden of the Gods.

my best friend, Ann, who we were visiting in CO!

Dad & Dean having fun at the Garden too!

all the kids hanging out before we left for Arizona!

Dean loved it in CO!

just leaving Colorado to head into New Mexico!

on the road in New Mexico…you can see the shadow of our SUV and the Uhaul!

We had other stops along the way from NC—>Louisville, KY—-> Kansas City, KS—->Colorado Springs, CO —-> Albuquerque, NM—> to our final destination in Arizona! We were so happy to make it to our new temporary home and we are excited to continue to explore this new place. Hope you are having a nice day!

Samantha





Home is…

Posted on October 1, 2011

“Home is wherever I’m with you…”  -Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Our new house in Arizona! We are renting on base since we are only here for a quick course! I can't say I mind the view from our front porch (see below)!

This Arizona move has been a big change for our little family! Also, it was quite the road trip getting out here with a 1 year old and 2 dogs! We made it though and are getting all settled in. I don’t know quite what the next 8 months holds for Samantha H. Photography. What I do know is that I am appreciating the slower place and I welcome this break to recharge. Of course I am still going to continue offering my photo services down here (& Minneapolis next Summer) but I am going to take full advantage of this down time.

I want to spend more time on personal photos as we explore this new area on little weekend trips. We have a lot of traveling to accomplish before we move out of here and we need to spend as much family time as possible because with the Army you never know what’s coming next! So if you need me I’ll be down in Arizona…enjoying this amazing view! I do miss all of you in Fayetteville (and of course Minneapolis—I’ll see you again!) and thank you for helping this little business grow. Keep in touch!

Stay tuned for some NC —> AZ road trip photos!

If you haven’t already you need to go to iTunes and purchase this catchy tune. Or you need to listen on their myspace page…the theme of our Southwest road trip and I guess the Army experience in general. Enjoy! http://www.myspace.com/edwardsharpe