We've been busy!!


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We've been busy!! Well that seems like an under statement. Jay is currently out of town training with the good 'ol National Guard, and my little bro Jesse has been in town. I've been doing double duty and playing host to a 17 year old! Between his age and the Arizona heat (115*!!!), it has been a bit challenging finding things to keep him occupied, but I think I've done fairly well. :)

The first day Jesse was here, we surprised him with a trip into the dessert for a shooting lesson. Jesse, William, and I have hit up the Phoenix Zoo (he didn't have too much fun, but I did, hehe), took a visit to a Marine recruiter, been working on hitting the books and getting in a substantial amount of study time, and you can't come to Arizona and not go swimming. But I think yesterday was the biggest his yet. We went on a 6 hour round trip drive to a mission, gotta love history lessons!! We were still recovering from our events today, and I have a feeling it will continue into tomorrow.

As for myself, I am trying to prepare myself for my first two (FREE) photo sessions this weekend! I am scared out of my wits, but practice makes perfect, right? Well that's what Jay keeps telling me at least. I tried getting a bit of practice with Jesse the other day at the park, but I totally bombed. Well we shall see what happens. :)

Off to bed now. Keep an eye out for photos from our adventures from this past week!

First Time Shooting

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My little brother Jesse is in town and we surprised him with trip into the dessert for a bit of shooting. He did pretty good for his first time and had a great time. William didn't do so bad himself, except he probably could have done without those crazy head phones we made him wear.

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Since we had a rental truck, Jay decided he wanted to explore a bit... well that just ended up getting us stuck in sand, lol. Poor guy, our day trip turned into four hours stuck in the dessert. I did not mind, it gave me some great photo opportunities. :)
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Jesse and William were defiantly over the trip towards the end....
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And were pretty tuckered out on the way home....
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