glimmering beside our window...

a few days ago i was mesmerized when i saw my vase of weeds.

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enjoy enjoy enjoy your day,
shannon leith!

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we've bought some birds for our apartment.

FYI: I now live in a new apartment.
Sadly, the adventures with Hollie and Ellen have come to a close, and I now live with Rosanna, Kerry, and Lauren! Hollie is taking the semester off to get MARRIED (I'm the maid of honor! woo!) and El will be living with two amazing girls: Danika and Madison. Rooming is crazy in college, and the logistics worked better for me to switch apartments, so now I live across the way from my old place. BUT DON'T WORRY. I'm still in the ever-so-teal Tropicana!

In an attempt to fill our blank walls, Rosanna and I drove to LA to buy a birdcage. We saw the perfect one hanging in a window at a vintage shop on Fairfax one night and just had to go back and get it. I do all the cooking at our place, and Ro handles the projects like: birdcage hanging.

She became insta-friends with our little feathery guys.

Odysseus and Penelope. These two are lovers. Like all people in love, their eyes are only on each other, throwing anything unnecessary to the wind: blinking, eating, bathing... who needs those things when you've got each other? Anastasia (ah-nah-stahs-ia) III is the Queen of the cage. She makes all the rules. She gets the nest 100% of the time and never shares. She's pretty stuck up. And pretty beautiful.

They came all the way from Michael's, since real birdies aren't allowed.

and i need to go put a towel over the cage before i go to bed.
we wouldn't want them blinded by the morning light.

when they say you cant have pets just buy fake ones,
shan

blythe hill, looking smashing

blythe is an exotically beautiful girl.
she is just so unique.
don't you think?

her and i have recently become disney annual passholders.
so, we went to disneyland on monday morning. MORNING! so fun!!

here is my totally radical friend, loving her life on the bumblebees in California Adventure.heeeeere we are. little besties. (since 10th grade!)she has had this amazingly orange orange coat for a year, and hasn't ever worn it. she told me that she FORCED herself to wear it so that it wasn't wasting closet space. FORCE? you had to FORCE yourself to wear that beauty??
shining, as per usual with herthis is our documentation of her detesting her coat.
i made her smile a little though.

disneyland is just making me so happy.
and the people i go there with.

with love,
shannon

Jamie and Mikey at the Fullerton Arboretum

Jamie and Mikey have been dating for about 6 or 7 YEARS! I've known them both since high school, and I couldn't be more thrilled for their wedding coming up in June.

They were so much fun to photograph, partly because I know them so well, and partly because they made it so easy for me. We had a blast.

I want to start with my absolute favorite image of all time,

and next, i love this one because to me it shows their friendship. Mikey and Jamie are best friends!

and how perfect is this moment?the Fullerton Arboretum was beautiful...they were totally fun
:)!heres a nice smiley oneand a shining glowing one!they, are, so in love.i think we called this a Lord of the Rings moment.i really want to write ahh! so cute! for each one of these photos. i loved photographing these two.ahh! so cute!

this one's fun :)

i love how Mikey rocks the side-part.

I was in love with Jamie's dress, so-- I had to use it for a polaroid background---

and along with all the others, i love this one too. :)

Juli and John's engagement session

I've known Juli for almost 3 years-- and I couldn't be more excited about her recent engagement. John is perfect for her, and it was fun to get to know the guy she's been talking about for the past year!

We kept it simple, and did their engagement session at a local park in La Mirada. It was rainy, muddy, and I was surprised (and relieved) that none of us fell down...

I love that Juli and John are such good friends

they are so perfectly gorgeous in this photo.
i love john's vest. he got it at a thrift shop for $5.
now that's a man that i appreciate.

this one gives me an epic feeling

:) they were fun.

okay, this is a possible favorite. i love it.

the leaves! the people!

glowing,

this is one of my new favorite angles. so cute.

ooooooooooo

its fun to me that the tree wraps around them.
and even more fun, is the way that juli glows around john.

i'm so glad they're getting married :)
look at them!

to the two J's.
you are truly beautiful people.
- shan

Sun From Shadow

a long time ago Donny, my sister, MaryKate, and I went to my brothers' concert. that's brothers', plural. two of my brothers are in a band! here's their myspace.

Let me tell you about my musical self.
I like Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, the Weepies...
essentially, quiet...girls.

When it comes to rock I'm not the one to ask,
but I hear from other people that my brothers' band is legitimately good.

I mean, of course iiiiiiiiii think they're good, but they're my brothers.
So I want to let you know, the general public has declared Sun from Shadow a great band. They're this epic group because they're all still in high school.

So young! So good!

the lighting at the Vault was awful.
Just want to let you know why he looks like a skeleton.

Carson is the main guy.
He sings and plays guitar

Jason plays the keys. and ohhh does he ever play the keys.rock, star

jason likes to turn his head to the right.

one of the most fun parts was bringing MaryKate Reynolds to the show! She's a Sun from Shadow fan :) Here she is with Carson.

and all the guys! woo!

and here I am with my three brothers. i really like that I have three little brothers, and its weird that they're not so little anymore. i'm in denial that they're now taller than me.

nighty,
shan