I know it has been almost 3 months from our trip to Italy but I am just finally getting around to showing you some of the awesome fun we had here are a few of my favorites of Italy in the colorful theme.

Being behind the camera all the time I rarely get pictures of me, so I decided at this last wedding to take a self portrait with my wonderful associate photographer Celeste. It came out pretty cool. Check it out.

Rome is an amazing city and I am so blessed to be able to be here. Jeff and I arrived early Friday morning. We spent most of Friday as a zombie after an 18 hour day of travel and almost 30 hours of no sleep, but we are still enjoying every minute. We have been so blessed by our stay. We have an amazing hotel in the Aventino area with an incredible view of the city just a block away, the food has been wonderful and we are enjoying our time getting lost as we explore the alleys and hidden streets of Rome. We spent most of today in the Palantino and Roman Forum. I love the ruins but even more I am enjoying learning about the culture. The churches are amazing. Tomorrow we are heading to Virtebo a small town north of Rome to get out of the city and hopefully see some Roman baths.

Here are a few pictures of the day

One of my favorite pics of the day.

The view from our hotel

Just over 4 years ago I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I am so proud to say today that I am a healthy survior of 4 years.

Thank you to all my friends family and God for the unbelievable amount of support, love, and prayer that you have showered over my life.

I am so blessed.

photo by Dan Dawson

photo by Celeste Duran

I am so sorry that I have not had a chance to document my trip to Thailand sooner. Ever since my return it has been a world wind of weddings, weddings, and more weddings. For those of you who haven’t heard I had the chance to photograph a destination wedding for my uncle and new aunt. Jeff and I had the most amazing time traveling from Bangkok, to the country, to the most beautiful and amazing islands. For those you who are thinking of a honeymoon, Koh Tao island in Thailand is the most magical and amazing place I have ever seen. Below are a few pictures from out trip I will post more of the wedding over the next couple of days.

All of these pictures were taken on Jeff’s camera

The elephant safari was one of my favorite things we did.

The food was amazing and the restaurants were all on the beach.

Everyone has to ride a tuk-tuk when they travel to Thailand but this one was called a limosine. Arun’s brother picked us up from our bus ride to the country and we stuffed all our luggage and 5 people on this thing.

The rest of the time we soaked up the sun