Racing cars and photographing piglets

This last friday was packed full of activities for me! I woke up at 6am and drove across the Narrows Bridge to watch Dad race his Miata at the Bremerton Motorsports Park. I only got to see his first race, before I had to head off to work, but here are a few pictures of him...

It was pretty cool to see him race his car, definitely looks a little scary! I headed from the racetracks to work to meet up with one of my co-workers, Lauren. She's the same age as me and a writer for the magazine. We were going to a farm in Puyallup for a story she's writing on localfood. She interviewed and talked with the woman while I photographed the farm for the magazine, how fun! Here are some of my favorite shots of the two week old piglets. More to come when the magazine comes out at the end of September :)

How stinkin cute are those piglets?! One of my favorites is the muddy pigs butt. hehe. 

Nearing the end of summer

I can't believe it's practically the end of August. This summer has gone by so fast, it seems like just yesterday I was getting ready for Paris. I tried to pack everything in this summer, seeing as it's my last "school" summer, and although I'm practically working full time it still is my last summer of freedom before I'm officially in the real world. I managed to be gone every weekend except one, either venturing down to Portland to be with Dustin or up to Kirkland to be with the fam. Needless to say I have done my fair share of driving in summer traffic and gas guzzling (sorry environment!).

A few weekends ago our landlord stopped by to fix our sink and left us with about 4lbs of fresh caught salmon. He fishes on his boat and brought it to us two days after it was caught, (what a nice landlord!). This was the first salmon I've cooked and I think it turned out pretty well! My roommates and I invited a couple friends over to partake in the abundance of salmon we had gotten.

A few of the girls at our dinner party...

This last 4-day weekend I drove down to Portland to go camping with Dustin and his family. Every year they go with about 10 or 15 other families to the Oregon Coast. Everyone there was at one time a part of a company called Premia and they get together once a year to catch up. It's actually pretty amazing that they've kept it up for the last like 15 years. This was my third year getting to join them (and im finally seeing familiar faces haha). We went to Fort Stevens State park which is out on the peninsula, so it's on the Columbia river and the Pacific Ocean. The Oregon Coast resembles the California beaches most of us are familiar with, but the weather is soo much cooler. There's no way you'd catch me swimming in that water. Overall camping was a lot of fun, we went to the beach, hung out around the campfire and ate way too many things sugary. But it doesn't count when you're camping, right? :)

I have two more weekends of summer left! Hopefully more pictures to come :)

One last piece of exciting news, the magazine I have been working on all summer at work is officially back from the printer. It's beautiful!! And the largest magazine our company has ever produced. That's saying a lot since it was only me and our new designer, Anna who put it together and we're both the least experienced with this magazine. We had a lot of fun with it though and even gave it a little bit of a facelift, updating the look of some of the pages. When it's officially hit the newsstands maybe I can post some of the articles I designed. It's off to designing the next issue! 

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer!

Mt. Rainier

Dustin and I ventured to Mt. Rainier saturday for some hiking. We climbed roughly 1500 ft in elevation and covered 5 miles. It was gorgeous, even on a foggy day. Once we got above the fog and clouds we could see the mountain. Above are some mountain views, some fog views and a little marmot animal who came out to pose for us Lion King style. Hopefully this is the first of many hikes this year. We're hoping to go back and do a little bit longer of a hike when the mountain is out more. Overall a great day!