My birthday is Sunday, but my wonderful friend, Julie, took me out for tea this afternoon to celebrate a li'l early! We went to the Milk and Honey tea room in Tampa, and it was amazing! The owner was so sweet, even brought out the little girls in us, encouraging us to pick out and wear bright hats and feather boas while we ate! I truly felt so special. Here are some pix from my playful (and yummy) afternoon!
Julie decorated the box herself! What a creative gal...


Inside was all kinds of fun, girly stuff!


Then, of course, I cried when I read the sweet card she gave me. :)


Like our hats??


Time for tea! Okay, so it was actually Julie's tea...mine was iced, but we wanted an authentic look for the photo!


I love...LOVE...this picture of Julie.


Even the salt and pepper shakers were tiny!


And now for the sandwiches...mmmm. So good, and so tiny, yet so filling!




This one's probably my favorite! Julie took a pic of me holding my cute li'l heart-shaped sandwich, and when I thought she was done, I took a bite. But then she goes, "Wait! I didn't like that one, let's do it again." This is my sheepish, "Too late! Already took a bite!" face. Heehee.

It really was a wonderful afternoon. I'm so blessed to have so many wonderful friends in my life! Thank you, Julie!! Hmm...wonder what fun things I'll get to do on my ACTUAL birthday... :D

My amazing, awesome, goofy, fun, spunky, beautiful, witty and talented grandmother's birthday was yesterday! (We call her MomMom.) :) I took her to the gym to take some pix to commemorate her special day. She goes to Shapes 4-5 times per week! She totally rocks! Here she is, lookin' as good as ever AFTER her workout. (This is the part where I'd be all sweaty, draggin' my feet out to my car to collapse.) Not her! 84 years old, and putting the rest of us to shame! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

One of my best friends in the world, Aimee, ran her first half-marathon today! I can't even describe how proud I am of her. And she totally kicked butt! She finished in 2 hr and 10 min, just amazing. CONGRATULATIONS, AIMEE!! I <3 U!

Courtney's hosting a photo contest over on her blog from this past Sunday's shoot...the entry with the most votes wins a cool prize! So head over to her blog and vote for your favorite photo by leaving a comment!

(Mine is #4, heehee.)

Cheers! ~Zekeshem

WOW! Yesterday I had the extreme pleasure of hanging out with some of the most awesome and fun photographers in the Tampa Bay area. It was a chance to network, get to know each other better, take photos of each other, and have a blast while doing it! Courtney Fries of Courtney Fries Photography organized it, along with Nick Haskins. Also there were Steven Dohring, Will Hawkins, Taka, Erin and Chris, and Travis. Here are some highlights from the afternoon!




























































I had soooo much fun! If you care to see some of pix that were taken of me, Nick has some up on his blog, as well as Courtney. Steven made up a really cool slideshow as well.

Thank you so much, everyone!! I can't wait to hang out again soon!

Cheers! ~Zekeshem