Canada has candy too! The Candy Store.

Well, hello cameo! What? What's that? You can barely see me in the mirror behind all that wall of awesome goodness...I don't blame you. haha!

Love the way they package things. I am a nerd for things like that. And the wallpaper...so fun!

Seriously...yum.

As much as I could have shot there all day, the lighting was super glowy and dim. It was to make you feel cozy about buying a lot of sugar, but not conducive to a photographer trying to not draw attention with a flash! I didn't want to be kicked out of what had to be a window into what heaven will be like! ;) hahaha!

Sneak Peek: The Candy Store

In honor of Halloween and basically any excuse to eat candy...I give you a sneak peek of The Candy Store. One of the cutest little shops I've ever seen.

More to come of the whole shop...keep a look out! :)

Canada...Dinner in the city.

We spent part of the trip in the city. Obviously, we were going to do some good grubbin'. Here is one of many places we ate at.

It was delicious!

The Brimhall Eye Center - Open House

I am so beyond happy to be a part of this institution. Dr. Brett Brimhall is an extremely wonderful doctor, ophthalmologist, boss, and person. I could go on but when I show him that this blog post is up, I don't want him to think I'm brown nosing. I've been called out more than once for doing that! ;) hahaha!

By circumstances that fell into wonderful perfect place, I have been blessed to say my other job besides photography is working for Brett and Holly Brimhall. In short, they are amazing people. Genuine and kind people I hope to grow up and be like one day.

There was an open house for the Brimhall Eye Center and I was able to take some photos of the fun, that is when I wasn't stuffing my face with the most AMAZING food ever!!! The Brimhall family came down in family supporting greatness and helped Holly throw the best food party...I mean open house I've ever been able to say I was slightly attached to. ;)

Here are some shots!

Yes, that's right. I'm gonna start the series of food pictures with the desserts. Duh.
I love oranges, but orange butter...seriously...heaven!


The amazing "catering company"!


Some of Dr. Brimhall's family...he has some pretty awesome sisters & dad! I totally loved them before the open house was over and hugged them good bye like I had known them forever when they left! I appreciate that they went with it! haha!

I had a hard time putting this next picture on here. I mean look at me...ruining this picture of extremely photogenic people!! hahaha!

If you need your eyes checked for any reason, or maybe you need contacts or glasses. Even cooler thinking about LASIK or BoTox...The Brimhall Eye Center can do it all!! 702-263-2020! :) We are in the medical office building next to Centennial Hills Hospital. Hey, maybe I'll answer the phone! haha!

Quenching that thirst.

I drink a LOT. I am part camel, I'm sure of it. On a good day I can probably drink about 5 liters of water. That doesn't include the glass or two of o.j. I probably drink in the morning, or the can of soda (sometimes two) I drink here and there at dinner.

Well there is a restaurant that my sister has to eat at whenever she is in town. Here is what they serve the drinks in.
I am in heeeaaven when they bring these jars out! And I think, "oh good, I won't be waiting forever for the server to come back around to fill up my empty glass." I can almost guarantee you that I can have probably 4 of those jars in one sitting.

It's the little things in life I tell ya!

Starchy, smarchy...deliciousness!!

I love homemade french fries...probably too much. And I probably make it the wrong way, but it's my way and they are delicious to me.

I have discovered one thing for sure, vegetable oil will make the potatoes stick to the pan and extra virgin olive oil will not.

One in the a.m. snack!

Yum...peanut butter.
I have ruined my sleeping schedule and have become a night owl again. So while I am working on photos really late at night, every once in a while I get the munchies. Usually I cure it by just going to bed, but not this time. I took one bite and I had to share how much I was loving my late night snack!

It's really the simple things that make me the happiest!


(and can I also mention that I was taking it back and listening to stuff I use to have on cassette tape back in the day but found it on cd/iTunes...I forgot how much I love SWV. hahaha!)

Warning...!

I was at the store finding a gift for my niece's birthday, I saw this really cool Play-Doh ice cream maker and thought it was super cool.


Then I saw this on a back of a toy and couldn't stop chuckling.

[Fun to play with, but not to eat.] It's fun to play with kiddos, but not very fun to eat! hahahaha! So funny.


(sorry they are blurry, I was laughing too much to hold still for a steady picture with my iPhone, which is key!)

Childhood Candy

My mom can make a good number of Asian dishes. So here and there she would have to go to the small grocery stores that had nothing but food that catered to Asian dishes, and a lot of the time those foods would only be found in these stores. Whenever she went, or if we tagged along, for as long as I can remember, my mom would buy us rice candy.



Whaaaat? Rice? As a candy? Yep. They are chewy and just fun to eat! They were a real treat for us as kids. Not too long ago, my sister found some of these yummy candies at a store and bought some. When she gave it to me, a flood of memories of eating these as a kid came back to me and just thinking how special they were.



On the box, it says it comes with a sticker. And we LOOOOVED to compare and swap stickers, but in the box my sister gave me, it had a rub on tattoo. Booo! I guess the candy surprises/toys are changing with the times. It's so sad.

What I eat after shooting a wedding...

Get me a double double please. :)

I call dibs!!!

No not that kind...this kind!




Seriously...these things are delicious. And addicting. I tried them on a whim, and they are great.

I wish I could say they are good for you, but they are not. But they seriously hit a spot. I think they are perfect when you want a lot of ice cream but know you shouldn't. They come in a small container and when you are about half way through you are starting to feel that fullness that I think you wouldn't after a bowl of three scoops, you know what I mean?!!?

Try them. They are the goods.

(I've only had the Crunch flavor. I'm not sure what all the flavors are though)