Snowbird with Friends

Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture??

Okay, if not then let me help. In the front you have a little girl wearing a cute little pink hat...and in the back you can see that there is clearly snow on the ground...now look in the middle...WHERE IS THAT GIRLS PANTS?? Seriously, what is wrong with some people? We went up to snowbird to ride the tram with some friends a couple of weeks ago. Down at the bottom it was a nice fall day temperature-wise, but at the top it was about 20 degrees colder with the wind blowing. Every one of us was cold and wishing we would have brought a thermos of hot cocoa and a heavier jacket along...and then we see this person walking around without pants on! I guess some people will make huge sacrifices for the sake of looking....good? Oh well, we all got a good laugh so for that we must be grateful to this young lady. This is how normal people dress when going up a mountain in 40 something degree weather...

Brian, Maggie, Me, Trav, and Angela

We all had a great time! The only thing that would have made the trip better is if John, Angela's husband could have come along!

Underwater Photo Shoot

Before we release our 2009 product at Bullfrog, we still had one more photo shoot to take care of. Of course we saved the most interesting one for last. I'll just say this, shooting underwater in a hot tub is a lot harder than you would think. to get some of the angles we needed, I had to resort to some contorted positions typically only seen in the "Cirque du Soleil" show in Vegas. It was a fun shoot and by far the most interesting environment I've had to deal with so far. Here are a few of my favorites...

Happy Hallowen

Apparently I have been a bit preoccupied lately and haven't posted any new pictures! Last Saturday night we had our annual Halloween party with Travis' family. It is a tradition that started a few years ago. We get together for dinner and to carve pumpkins, and we are not allowed in the house unless we come in costume. Therefore we all get dressed up and keep our costumes a surprise until we arrive. We have all agreed that the best part of this party is in the first 5 minutes when everyone is able to reveal their costumes! After we get done laughing at each other and taking pictures everyone (well almost everyone) takes off their costumes and changes into more comfortable clothing! Silly as it may be we all have a great time! Here are this year's get-ups:


Travis and I as G.I. Joe and Barbie..in case you were wondering, no..that is not my natural hair!

Heidi and Ben as Hippies...that is not their natural hair either ;)

My In-laws (Shallon and Bryan)...also Hippies...and they didn't even plan that...I think Bryan just had to dig out that outfit from the back of his closet! :) Nothing like seeing the world through rose colored glasses!

Parker as Nacho Libre... isn't he buff?..and yes...the kid is wearing womens underwear!! Shallon said that she had to by a package of 8 pair to get the red pair she needed! LOL :)

Keith and Heidi as Kermit and Miss Piggy...don't worry..she didn't get a permanent nose job for the party..it's fake :) They made the Kermit "mask" by taking apart a stuffed animal...cruel or creative? :)

Thanks everyone for a fun filled evening...now we all can get busy planning for next year!

Smile...It Confuses People

Yesterday someone shared this FANTASTIC picture with me and I laughed sooo hard...Seriously, if this doesn't make you AT LEAST crack a grin you are taking life WAY to seriously!

Now...go have a WONDERFUL day...and don't forget to SMILE! :)

Another Day at the Office

Things get a little crazy around this time of the year here at work (Bullfrog Spas). The three of us have to overhaul all of our marketing materials for the new model year. This means redesigning all of our brochures, owners' manuals, Showroom materials, dealer guides, and everything else we produce. Part of this process involves photo shoots to highlight the new product the will be introduced on Jan. 1st. Over the past few weeks we've had two of our photo shoots; one on location lifestyle shoot with professional models and another one in a studio to shoot all of the new product. I've been lucky to be dubbed the photographer for these shoots and even though I initially thought i'd gotten in over my head, things have actually turned out really well. Here are a few highlights from the past few weeks:


This is one of my favorites from the studio shoot.


This is our NeckBlaster JetPak.


Fall colors and a great mountain view. How would you like to have a back porch like that?

Great lighting! Nice red-orange glow as the sun goes down.

This is the older couple we used as models.

This is one of the younger models we used.

Nice view! This house belongs to our dealer up in Ogden and it's huge! I love all of the different types of lighting in this shot.

We are considering using this shot for the cover of our 2009 brochure

These photos will be used in all of the things we're redesigning now as well as in newspaper ads, billboards, websites, and other projects throughout the next year. It's really fun to see your work out in the public.

The Economy

My friend Clay showed this comic to me at work today. I thought it was pretty funny so I thought I'd share...