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Category Archives: Personal

Dan and Helen | Las Sendas Wedding, Mesa, AZ

Dan & Helen’s wedding at Las Sendas was extra special because the groom was MY DAD! – DeniseView full post »

101 in 1001 Updates

It’s confession time. I’m a little behind on updates from our 101 in 1001 list :-(  Yes, I know. I’mView full post »

Merry Christmas to All!

Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us!  May you all enjoy a wonderful holiday full of God’s blessings.  View full post »

Denise’s Surprise 30th B-Day Party!

On Saturday I turned 30! I like to refer to it as “Denise 3.0″ – that way it sounds like more of aView full post »

Makena & Kaleb at the Pumpkin Patch: Gilbert, AZ

A couple weeks ago we spent the day at the Pumkin Patch with our niece and nephew, Makena & Kaleb.  This particularView full post »

Babysitting Kaleb

Happy Wednesday everybody!  I stumbled across some pics of our sweet nephew Kaleb last night and I couldn’t helpView full post »

How NOT to Shoot a Family Session …

We’re always in the mood for a good laugh so when we saw this video on PetaPixel, we couldn’t help butView full post »

Brandon Miller Freestyle BMX Photo Shoot: Chandler, AZ

Ever wonder what it’s like to fly?  Last Saturday night we got the chance to photograph some amazing (gnarly)View full post »

Stuff We Love

One of the wonders of the internet is connecting with other people and discovering new stuff through what other peopleView full post »

#74: Go Two Weeks Without Drinking Soda (Denise)

I’m turning thirty in November. Yep THIRTY. As I inch closer and closer to the big three-oh, I’m realizingView full post »

#87: Read 5 Novels in One Year (Denise)

5 novels in a year – doesn’t sound too hard, right?  That means I’d have to read a novel about onceView full post »

Our Trip to Chicago

Last week we took an unexpected trip to Chicago.  As you know, we love to travel whenever we get the chance, but inView full post »

The Gotchers Went to Mexico!

To celebrate my (Ryan) 31st birthday, we decided on a whim, to take a little road trip down to Puerto Penasco (RockyView full post »

#89: See a musical at Gammage

A couple months back, a friend of mine invited me to go see Billy Elliot: The Musical when it was playing at Gammage.  View full post »

Our Anniversary Adventure – In a Hot Air Balloon!

On April 25, we celebrated SEVEN years of marriage!  Crazy, right?  I can honestly say, it’s been an amazingView full post »

#64: Get a makeover & invest in new makeup (Denise)

I guess I should preface this post by saying that I’ve never been one of those girls that was really into makeup.View full post »

Oscar Predictions (#90: See Every Best Picture Nominee)

Woo-hoo! We did it! We managed to see every movie that’s nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award BEFORE theView full post »

Oscar Countdown: 5 Down, 5 to Go

So we officially hit the midway mark on our Oscar Countdown this past weekend by renting “Winter’s Bone&#View full post »

Oscar Countdown: 4 Down, 6 to Go

My #90 on our 101 in 1001 list is to see every movie that’s nominated for best picture before the Oscars.  As youView full post »

CHECK! #25, #41, #47 #50

Playing a little catch up on posting about the completed goals on our 101 in 1001 list and also excited to report thatView full post »

2010: The Gotchers In Action

We LOVE being photographers!  And the fact that we get to do it together, as a married couple, makes the gig evenView full post »

#43: Make an album for Makena (and Kaleb)

When we came up with goal #43 on our 101 list – make an album for our niece Makena – we had no idea that byView full post »

NYE 2010

After such a busy holiday season, we decided to stay home in our comfy PJs to ring in the new year.  And what GotcherView full post »

#33: Decorate Our House For Christmas!

We have been having so much fun enjoying the holidays for the first time in our very own home these past few weeks!  View full post »

#73: Go to a Suns Game (and have lower level tickets)

Ok, so as you’ve probably all noticed, all of our recent blog posts have pretty much been about our clients in theView full post »

Kaleb Daniel: Newborn Session

On October 17th our sweet little nephew Kaleb was born!   On Sunday, my sister Amy brought him over to do some newbornView full post »

From Apartment Puppy to Jungle Dog

(0 loves) Since she was about 8 weeks old, our pup Molly had been raised as an “apartment dog”.  Grass wasView full post »

Happy Birthday Baby!

Happy 30th birthday to my sweet Ryan: my husband, the love of my life and my best friend!  You are the best thing thatView full post »

Home Improvement 101

As new homeowners, we have come to realize that there ARE a few advantages to apartment life.  When something breaks,View full post »

#32: Buy a House!!! (Ryan & Denise)

So we realized today that it’s been over a month since we posted something new on our blog.  FAIL!  Well atView full post »