I can’t remember the exact date that we closed on our new home here in Lacey, WA but that day was the beginning of an amazing friendship.

I remember standing in the voyeur of our home and seeing this curly brown haired girl knocking on the door. She smiled and said. “Hiii, I am Tera and I live right there…” (pointing out to the house right next door). She had this amazingly beautiful smile on her face and I immediately wanted her to be my friend.

Tera is an amazing person. She is strong, ambitious, dedicated and so loving.

Would you believe me when I say that she is a Captain in the United States Army? Yup, and her better half is in the Military too. Seth is currently overseas on a deployment and we are all eagerly awaiting his return. I hope that we could send him some of these beautiful pictures of his wife.

Tera I hope you know that when I win the Lottery I am gonna buy a house next to every home you will ever own. Just FYI, so be ready. *wink*

Thank you for your friendship to me, Pablo and Abigail. We love having you as a neighbor. I love having you as a friend.

Have you ever heard people say “enjoy your children because they grow up so fast”.

It’s true! Believe it!

My baby girl is growing up way too fast. I was looking through old pictures today and came across some images from when Abigail was 2/3 months old. I can’t help to have tears in my eyes and realize that time went by so fast. She will be 3 years old in December.

There were a few things that stood out from these old pictures. She has the same smile in her eyes. The same little yawn, and the same adorable giggle when I tickle her. I am so grateful that I have her in my life, she brings so much joy to our lives.

This was my first visit to Seattle. Yes yes I know, i’ve lived in Tacoma for over two months now, and I have not had the chance to go “sight seeing” in this beautiful city. This particular day was probably not the best for sight seeing as it was very cold and rainy. But we had a special reason to go. Rensche my friend from South Africa was here. She attended a Mentor session with Sarah Rhoads and visited with me for about 2 weeks. I enjoyed having a friend here. Rensche and I know each other from Stellenbosch University. Back in the day when I was convinced Law was for me. Needless to say we both ended up studying Photography and absolutely love our jobs today.

We were pretty excited about the trip to Seattle and honestly hoped for the weather to  give us a break to explore a bit of Pike Place Market.   Here are a few images taken on that rainy Sunday afternoon.