BYE BYE BLOGGER....WELCOME NEW BLOG

Well its officially time to say good bye to my blog here on blogger. I have been working on the new blog for a couple weeks now and while its not 100% ready I thought I would start the move to the new blog now. There are lots of posts on deck and as usual I am way behind, but my new blog is much more efficient which allows me to spend less time on posting and more time on creating posts. There are still changes to be made but for now check it out at

http://www.gartnerphotography.com/blog/

And because posts are ALWAYS better with a picture. Check out Stella Evangeline Gartner. You will find the full post over on the new blog.

ON DECK......

I'm a terrible blogger, I will just admit it. I have lots on deck for blogging because I am way behind. But.......I wanted to give you a sneak peak of what's up next. Check back for the full posts in a couple days!! For now check out the Reid & Lyndsey Price Wedding and the Ristow family shoot. Till next time!!

CAMPING {ROCK CREEK LAKE}

Okay so I know that it has been FOREVER since I said i was going to put this post up. So here it is finally!! All I have to say was that this trip was AWESOME!! We had the best camp spot in the whole campground. It was so beautiful and a ton of fun to hang with FAMILY!!

The view of the lake not too far from our camp site!! BEAUTIFUL!!


Our campsite!! Yes we did pack 3 tents on our site with tons of room to spare!!


The bridge to our site......


This creek was right next to our spot. We woke up to the sound of rushing water every morning.




Our nightly fire...it was roaring.


Matt was so excited to fly fish on this trip!! He got many chances...and caught a few fish!!






One of my Favorites!!




This guy was pretty small...but he was caught in an Alpine Lake.


Even Matt's brother Aaron gave it a try. He has such concentration!!


The view from one of our hikes. LOVE IT!!






This little guy was sooooo cute!! He kept trying to cross a log we were sitting on.


These 2 girls could potentially be my future sister-in-laws!! I would LOVE it if they were one day.




Matt and 2 of his brothers...




This trip was so much fun. God's creation is so beautiful. We will for sure be coming back to this spot next year!!

GRACEY & MAX

Well as you can see these are not camping pictures as promised. Unfortunately all the photo's are with my husband in White Mountain. Oops. So next week camping photos for sure!! But for now here are a few photo's of my parents new dog Gracey. She is so cute and the epitome of a puppy (which means she did not sit still for 1 second). She LOVES people and just has a joy for life!! I also snapped a photo of Max, he looked so handsome!

BUSY

I know that it is every photographers excuse for not posting!! But we truly are. Not only have we been busy shooting, but we have been editing for another photographer, deigning graphics for our church and trying keep it all balanced so we don't drive each other crazy. Wow a big step for our business!! So besides the daily grind we have added even more to plow through. Please don't get me wrong we LOVE it and are so blessed to be doing it but God only gives us 24 hours in the day. So if you think we have disappeared rest assure.......we haven't! I have a few blog posts in the queue. Next on deck is our much requested camping trip post. I promise it's on the way!!

CAMP PENDELTON SPRINT TRIATHLON

Yesterday, Matt and a few of his freinds and family partipated in the Camp Pedelton Sprit Triathlon. The tri is a 500yd swim, 18mi bike, and a 5K run. This was Matt's first tri, and he placed 19th out of 89 in his category. Not bad sweetie!! It was super overcast in the morning, but later the sun came out and it was a beautiful day.

A few bike details :)

Checking in...

The race was on the Navy base. All over the base were these huge hovercrafts....they were awesome.

The race even ended on one...so cool

The guys had to go set up there stuff in the transition area....spectators were not allowed :(

There were so many people....thank goodness for the 70-200mm!!

And the race begins!!

Back from the swim....Now for the bike

And the run...

Matt's parents even did the race. GO GARTNERS!!

Great job guys!! Next year....matching jerseys :)