Thursday, August 18, 2011

roadtripping.



Roadtrips. I love them.


Roadtrips are for drinking chocolate milk, hanging your head out the window until you can't breathe, stopping for Mexican food, talking about relationships, and eating cheetohs continuously.



Something about me + Benjamin = roadtrip. I so wanted to do go on one with him before he runs off to get married, but it didn't seem to be working out, until Bethany only had a one-way plane ticket to Moscow and needed to be collected.

I do realize that the sunglasses make me look even more like a bug than usual... that's because they're Benjamin's. : )
I left mine at my sister's house.


So, we collected her.


We lived it up in Moscow, aka wandered around doubled over in hysterics about inane things, ate food, and then watched a movie in the park on a laptop. : )



 We went to Christ Church on Sunday, and I had my first-ever blogger meet up, with Sara from Music of the Spheres. She was awesome. : )


And then we went on a picnic and I found the wheatfield I have been waiting for my whole life.


I wanted to stay there until sunset so I could get some killer lighting... but we had to leave. :( I am literally going to go back there sometime soon just to do a photo shoot in the Wheat Field of All Wheat Fields.









The trip back was, of course, more insane, since we had Bethany. I laughed more than I have in a really, really long time. My laugh was literally gone by the time it was over. All I had left was hoarse wheezing and snorts. Think Lydia from Pride and Prejudice. 









Me: "Ben, please stand up there and be cool so I can get a god picture of you."
(definition of a god picture: a photo of a male doing something cool with the sun behind him)


Speaking of gods. I named my Mac "Ares", the god of war. : )


It was The Adventure of a Lifetime.
And most importantly, now we have Bethany back. : ) 

My first-ever attempt with any kind of slideshow/video thing. I used iMovie, which is beautifully intuitive and my new best friend. Let me know what you think. : ) 


p.s. Alabama's "I'm In a Hurry" is me and Benjamin's Song. : )

51 comments:

  1. Obsessed with the pictures on here! :)You're really good at photography.

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  2. i loved this! now i wanna go on a roadtrip with friends!

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  3. Cool a wheat field!! I want one!! Mommy can we have a wheat field? Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee??????? And I love that slideshow/video!! I just love anything that has music and iMovie is involved. *sigh* I need a MacBook. Pro. Lol, great post, glad you had fun! :))
    -Jocee <3

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  4. I love it!!!! Road trips are so much fun, the pictures are just lovely! :)

    Johanna
    http://kidsonthefarm.blogspot.com

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  5. Awesome wheat field!! Take me with you when you go back and do a photoshoot there!!
    AW!! I love Bethany's new dress!! Stunning pics of here in the wheat field :)
    Love the one of Ben ;) haha Nice! I bet Rebekah likes that one too :D

    Very fun! Glad you guys are back, though!

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  6. Great pictures! It looks like it was a lot of fun!

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  7. I love that picture of Bethany in the wheat field—the one with the "What am I doing?" face. Cute dress, too! I just love the area up there. My great-aunt has an old Victorian house on the edge of a teeny town in that area. It's surrounded by wheat fields and barns and silos. I have dreams that I live in that house.

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  8. Oh yeah, and "something cool" = showing off muscles: nice!

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  9. fabulous photos. =) you and your bro have such a sweet relationship!!

    And is that you in the wheat field pics? For some reason I can't tell. Gah. =P But I needneedneed to know where the white dress is from. I want a white summer dress desperately! PLEASE tell me where it's from (if that's you int those pics. LOL.)

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  10. Wow! That wheat field looks like a little slice of Heaven {OK, a huge chunk of it!}!!! Where on earth is it? I want it so badly :)

    Emily

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  11. I love roadtrips - it looks like y'all had such fun, and the pictures are totally lovely.

    Oh, and I might really need to go find that wheat field sometime. ;-)

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  12. That wheat field is gorgeous! I loved your video. Especially Alabama. :) It's sort of a joke in my house- when I say, "I'm in a hurry to get things done," my parents start singing the rest.

    ~Kristin

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  13. Moscow is such a beautiful wonderful place! Looks like you had a blast :D
    Miss Mim
    from On Top of the World

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  14. ha ha Ares. have you ever read the Percy Jackson series? one of my personal favs. they are all about Greek gods!

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  15. Those wheat field photos are to die for!!! Gorgeous. Oh, how I love roadtrips. Thanks for sharing yours!

    ~Larkin

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  16. Field trips rock in a major way.

    By the way, that is gorgeous country. Love the vivid colors in all the pics.

    You look adorable in your bros glasses.

    I ditto Anna Olivia! Is that you? It's awful but I can't tell either! :/

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  17. SO MUCH FUN! I just *love* roadtrips! Oh, and I also love yours and your bro's shades, heh heh...they kind'a resemble mine:D
    Loved the pics!

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  18. How did your brother hurt his foot?????????!!! Pooorr thing. :-/ Love the slide show!

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  19. Nana! I think it's her sister! ;) Maybe not... ahhhh... I can't decide. This is too funny.

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  20. I love how you've assigned a personality to your mac! It's nice to meet other Apple people! I love your pictures! You're very talented

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  21. The video was just awesome.
    And the ending was epic.
    Wow Moscow must be amazing :)

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  22. oh and i thought i'd add that your website makes me extremely happy :) I am a workaholic, trying to get out of New York, and well-- I'm pretty lonely :) so your site is an instant pick-me-up. Thank you and keep it up!!!

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  23. I love roadtrips... Sadly I haven't gone on one for a long time!

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  24. Love it, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful memory making. My husband and I love road trips. I'm so happy I found your blog. Hugs!

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  25. added you blog button to my blog love page today :-)

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  26. wow this really makes me want to take a road trip now!!!!:D

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  27. This is one of my fave blogs:D Oh, and Best. Wheat Field. EVER. :P lol anyway you are an amazing photographer:)
    ~Haley~

    P.S.
    It is her sister in the wheat field pics:)

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  28. gahhh...i wanna go on a roadtrip now. like, really really really BADLY.
    oh yes.

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  29. Beautiful photos, Susie : ) And next time you go back to that wheat field, take me with you ; )

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  30. Fantastic post!! Great pictures and awesome video!! I love your blog!

    Sydney
    Secretlifeofdrama.blogspot.com

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  31. Aaahh! I love that you listen to One Republic! Love the video, love the pics; adore the wheat field! I see (or saw before they harvested) lotsa those. =) They are my favorite. =)

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  32. First of all may I just say, I LOVE your blog! I love your pics! And I LOVE this post! And also I'd like to say that ya'll have some extraordinarily beautiful people in your family!

    Ok, I'm done. lol =P

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  33. awesome! i love road trips too :)
    they're so much fun

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  34. Love the pics, and the video too!! It looks like y'all had tons of fun. =)

    <3

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  35. That wheat field looked absolutely SPECTACULAR.
    And you're slideshow was awesome! Usually I get super bored watching slideshows from other people, but that kept me entertained for the whole 5 minutes and 54 seconds ;)

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  36. Your pictures are just gorgeous! And your video is really cute. ;)

    Katie

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  37. Gorgeous photos! I was just in Moscow on a road trip with friends two months ago - so much fun. And I saw, perhaps not that same breathtaking wheat field, but one just like it. Only in green... =)

    The Columbia river gorge is the place for epic sun flare shots...have a few of those;)

    Just found your blog and I love it!
    ~Kellie~

    KellieFalconer.blogspot.com

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  38. That IS the holy grail of wheat fields, holy cow! Lovely pictures as always. :)

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  39. I just wanna say that whenever I see that you've done a post on my dashboard, I practically rush to click it. Your posts are always so amazing, your pictures are SO great and the way you write is so wonderful. Your blog rocks! Keep up the good work.
    Oh, and can I have those sunglasses?
    Cheers.

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  40. Wow! Yeah, I really need to take a roadtrip after ready this great post! :D Once again, I LOVE THE PICTURES!!!! :D You definitely have talent. :) Oh, and the video was nice ,too!
    -Sarah

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  41. roadtrips rock! :) i love 'em and with brothers you can't make is much better. You need to visit the mid-west girl, in June that is when we have the most gorgeous wheatfields (in KS)...pictures in them are the best!

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  42. This video is awesome! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. What happened to Ben's ankle?

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  43. Where are my friends? And my car? And some rad sunglasses? I need a roadtrip NOW.

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  44. Oh, and I thought that the slideshow was pretty great. You ask for my opinion, I'll give it to ya.

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  45. Awesome pictures! I am extremely jealous of your wheat field :) My Mac's name is Louie.

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  46. This looks like an epic trip all around. =) That wheat field makes me jealous, not gonna lie.

    Oh, and OneRepublic's "Good Life" was totally the theme song for the trip to Chicago I took last month. I love it.

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    http://justmenotawannabe.blogspot.com

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    :)

    Thanks!

    {I'd also appreciate if you would do a post about it! :)}
    ~Miss Grace~

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  49. OMG. Well, it's been said. Like 48 times already. But let me just add with the rest of this flock of fun blog lovin peoples...these photos are SICK! Absolutely rockin a sweet new tune. heehee Seriously love the color intensity in the landscapes...magazine quality!

    Love good times, with friends...logging in miles.

    :) Jeanine
    wayfaringgirl.blogspot.com

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  50. Awesome blog! I'm your new follower! YAY!

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