My name is Suzanne Thompson. I enjoy photography, dining at non-chain restaurants, trying new vegetarian recipes, reading, blogging, and exploring new locations...the three most valuable are family, faith, and friends.
I was born in England, moved to Ethiopia when I was four, then to America when I was seven. In American, I have lived in eight states. Bob and I were married in January 2010 and we currently live in California and North Carolina.
Today, I got to meet Bob’s children, their spouses and his two adorable grandkids. We all went to eat Mexican food, then afterwards, we played some of the games at the restaurant. Unfortunately, the pictures we took didn’t turn out as the lighting was poor. But, just so you can see some pictures of his...
On our one day trip to Colorado, Bob and I went to Garden of the Gods which had some really great rock formations. We stopped by the trading post and got some fresh fudge to take to Bob’s kids. Then we went to see the Air Force Academy which is really beautiful inside. Only Air...
This evening, to celebrate applying for the marriage license this morning, Bob and I had a great dinner at The Broadmoor. The Christmas decorations were incredible with lots of sparkling white lights that glistened on the snow. I wished I had my tripod so I could have gotten a better night shot. These were taken...
Today, Bob and I went to the San Bernardino County Clerk and Recorders Office to apply for our marriage license. To apply, we had to enter all our information into the computer…how fitting since our first communications took place over the computer. Right before we signed all the paperwork, we had to raise our right...
Bob and I received a surprise gift made by my sister-in-law, Marlene. This past year, she has started up her own custom quilt business called KISSed Quilts. Click here for her website, or you can find her on Facebook at KISSed Quilts for pictures of her quilts. She did great copying the colors on the...
After the night photography this evening, Bob and I stopped by the historic Mission Inn to see the Festival of LIghts with around 3.5 million lights. It has been a hotel since the 1800′s.
Matt Baldon invited some photograhers to get together this evening to practice some night photography at Woodbridge, near Irvine, CA. Bob and I went along to learn how it’s done. Here are a few of the photographs. Almost a full moon.The sky looked much darker than what showed up in the photograph below. It’s amazing...
This break, Bob and I have worked on clearing out the garage…even Christmas Day. We bought some shelved and plastic containers to put things in on the shelves. It looks really nice! Last evening, we went out to buy more plastic containers and saw this big Christmas tree. We stopped for a couple pictures.
In England (during the middle ages), servants were required to work Christmas Day, so they got off the day after Christmas. The lords and ladies gave the “Christmas boxes” (gifts) to the servants to take home to their families. My “Christmas Box” today was the cupcakes I made to take to the church lunch. I...
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all had a great time today. Bob surprised me with a flash for my DSLR camera. He also got an instructional video so I could learn how to use it. It will be fun using it.
