A few weeks ago my friend Suz Broughton invited me to lunch with a few girls who are fellow bloggers in the Orange County area. We had a great lunch at the Filling Station in Orange.   Suzanne & I both splurged on the Filling Station special which is a burger with bacon, avocado, chedder, swiss, lettuce, tomato and onion. We both ordered it with “no yucky onions” said Suz and well if you are gonna order the burger you have to have the fries to go with it too.

We all had such a fabulous time that we decided to have lunch again today, so we made our way to the Irvine Spectrum where we met at the California Pizza Kitchen. Today we behaved and had salads no burgers! Some of the same girls came Suz, Marcy, and Julie, we missed Elaina she couldn’t make it this time, but we’ll see her again. Our new girls were Rochelle and  Kristin who makes fabulous cupcakes, she brought us each one…thanks again Kristin, I saved mine to share with the hubby!

So, today I was in good company thanks to all my new friends! Here is a shot I took at the end with my mad point & shoot Skills! Marcy is the fabulous red head who is laughing because I don’t think she believed I could get us all in, but I did it. Will have to get a group shot of everyone next time!

Have a great weekend…J+D

Rochelle, Marcy, Suz & Me

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Sipper Photography needs your support! We are competing in the MyFoxLA/OC HOTLIST for Wedding Photography. We are so lucky to have so many fabulous people in our lives! Our network of previous clients, friends & family have already shown their support by voting and currently we are in 3rd place!!! Thank you to all who have already voted, your support is greatly appreciated. The 2009 voting ends next Saturday, March 21st, so please help us keep the momentum going…We Need Your Vote…TODAY!

It is simple to vote:

• Click on the following link: http://myfoxla.cityvoter.com/sipper-photography/biz/162929

• Click on the orange “VOTE” button next to Sipper Photography

• Start a new account (it is simple login info, you will not get spam mail by creating the account)

• Login with the email you listed to verify the account, the link is provided
• If you have time, please write a review of the J+D experience you had and give any of the reviews you see a thumbs up if you find them helpful!

It is that easy! We thank you in advance, for taking the time to support us! Please share the vote with all your friends, family and co-workers…every vote counts! We feel so honored to be among so many talented artists and even more the people who believe so much in the J+D Experience. Jeff & I truly love what we with Sipper Photography and we are so happy to share it with all of you!

Thanks so much,

J+D

Well we made it…Friday is winding down and our exciting weekends are about to come upon us! Anybody have anything fun planned? The hubby surprised me last night and said he is taking me to Disneyland tomorrow, thought he would plan something fun for us to do! I felt like a little kid about to go on  Spring Break and we are going to Disney…ahhh my childhood memories are rushing back!

A little shot for you that I took last weekend at The Grove at the L.A Farmer’s Market, since we are approaching Happy Hour. I love the sign & lights at night, such a great mood!

Have a great weekend!

J+D

Happy Monday to everyone…it is a special Monday for us! Today is our dog Max’s birthday, he is 5 years old today! I don’t know if you all know the story of how we got Max…well a while back Jeff & I decided we wanted a dog. I guess we were gonna try a dog before kids or something like that! Anyway, we started to visit the local Pound here in Orange and on one day in October of 2004 we met Max. Jeff & I decided on a small dog since we live in a townhome with no yard…this was our second trip and we didn’t see a dog that connected with us, so we were on our way out. Just as we were leaving the gates and there was Max and his sister, a wiener dog  who were both going to be given up for adoption. The lady asked the two of us if we were looking for a dog, both of us said “Yes”! Jeff immediately knelt down and took to Max right away! Max’s previous owner had an ill mother in Europe and was going to have to take off for several months to care for her, she had no one who could take two dogs, so was going to give them up.  I thought the weiner dog was a good size, but Jeff really liked Max! He was happy, scruffy and just plain cute. We decided that Max was our dog, so the lady just handed us his leash,  she said he was fixed, had his shots and stuff and she would mail us all the paperwork. How lucky is that?

Jeff, me & Max walked back to the car, so excited to go home! We just loved our dog right from the start and he is still the best! He has such an easy-going personality, sleeps in with me, cuddles on the couch, just a great dog!

Here is a photo of him after his grooming on Friday…because everyone has to look good for their birthday! Max thanks his grammy, she got him his new look!