iBand.

my dad emailed me this and it was too funny not to share.
(pause the music on your left for sure.)

we got another one...

this time is was an anonymous gift card to walmart.  people are so nice to us!  if this gift card was from you...thank you, thank you, thank you.  we are super grateful for your generosity.  and we know exactly how we are going to use it! 

sorry to keep posting about our anonymous gifts, but i just want to make sure that whoever is sending them knows that we are truly grateful for them. and since i don't know who it is, i am hoping they read our blog!  i can't get over how generous people are.

merry christmas to our secret santa's.
we love you!

i will never get sick of captain jack sparrow.



no orlando bloom or keira knightley.  i am a little sad about that.

(found via "a man's blog by a man")

we totally have secret santa. or 2.

i just got an anonymous gift card in the mail today for Toy's R' Us.
we are so excited to get the boys some really great toys.
thank you so much if this was from you.
you are a blessing in our lives.
merry christmas to our secret santa!
we love you!

it's christmas card time.

and i never ever seem to keep my list from the previous year.
so i am gonna need you to email me your address!
heathermichellemann@gmail.com
thanks ya'll.

i always love a good flash mob.

sister-in-law-julie emailed this awesomeness to me.

an email from my brother eric...

 "Here's a story of what a bad husband I am.

Last night Julie and I were just getting to bed, laying there going over the day talking about that kind of summary type stuff... you know what I mean.  Now, I had already taken my phone out and was looking to see if there were any new emails about scout stuff, but I wasn't really reading any of them because I was listening to Julie. 

Well, then she was talking about how it had been a crazy day with the kids and she hadn't felt too hot that day and was really tired and whatnot - stuff that a good husband stops what he's doing and listens to with undivided attention and empathy while soothingly combing her hair or something like that.

But then I absentmindedly clicked on the email below and saw this picture and lost my mind.  Right in the middle of Julies woes I could not stop laughing and crying like Peter does when Shaun does something stupid and hurts himself while Heather watches and feels bad for Shaun but laughs at Peter laughing and Dad tries not to laugh too hard so that Mom doesn't think he's encouraging Shaun to do dumb things and I laugh at Dad turning red trying not to laugh while Mom rolls her eyes and pretends not to have seen Shaun do it. 

Like that.

But fortunately Julie knows how to laugh and was soon laughing more at me than the actual picture, which is true love indeed.

But the picture is still pretty hilarious. 

Look."


ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING OF...


evan and i have taken the plunge and are finally ready to launch our new photography company Studio M Wedding Photography . we are totally excited about it and are looking forward to working with lots of fun couples in and around washington. plus, i mean, we do love to travel, so if you know of anyone looking for a wedding photographer...we would love for you to send them our way. especially if they are getting married in hawaii or germany or russia or fiji or ireland or australia.  (we are still tweaking the website and blog a bit.  let us know if anything is misspelled. and don't make fun of our "this is us" picture.  we will be putting on a new one soon!!!)

here are all the links so you can bookmark them, blog about them, share them, and become a facebook fan with them!

blog

what about Heather Mann Photography?

don't you worry. it is still alive and super duper strong. Studio M Weddings is mostly for high end wedding clients who are interested in 2 talented photographers and affordable complete packages.  Heather Mann Photography is geared more towards brides on a budget along with family, maternity, newborn, headshots, and senior photography sessions.

oh, and evan has a little something up his sleeve that he will be announcing very soon.

so basically what we are saying is...IF YOU NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AT ALL....WE ARE YOUR GO TO PHOTOGRAPHERS!!!!!

and also. we love you.

evening angels.



listening to Kurt Bestor's "evening angels"
and looking at the art of James Christensen
always makes me excited for Christmas.