Kristin and I had a wonderful time in Portland a couple of weekends ago, visiting with a bunch of friends and family. The weather was amazing, which we were told was not the norm – so we made sure to take advantage of every moment.

The highlight for me might have been visiting the Oregon coast to see what I prefer to think of as where the Goonies grew up. The same rocks from the movie are there and I couldn’t help put shout out “Baby ruth” in my best Sloth voice. “Babyyy…Ruuuuth?!”

We enjoyed wine tasting at the various vineyards in the area – especially Lemelson Vineyards.

Many thanks to Dave and Julie for being our gracious hosts! We had an amazing time!

You can view ALL the pictures HERE. Enjoy!

I finally got to visit my sister in Durango last week. What a beautiful place!

Murphy turns 1 today. Happy birthday, buddy. Enjoy your Snausages.

Murphy loves to chase tennis balls. This past weekend, I took my new Nikon D90 out to try to capture Murphy in action. The two pictures above are two really neat pictures that catches him mid-stride. Enjoy!

My new Nikon D90 came in the mail yesterday. I finally got to take some shots this morning, playing around with the RAW format for the first time. Super cool. This is a picture of Murphy lounging in the morning sun.

I can’t wait to get back into photography – it’s been too long.