Help this puppy find a home!

This morning we found this malnourished puppy in our front yard. She looks about 6 months old and is very sweet though timid. We can't keep her but we really don't want to take her to a shelter as pit bulls usually end up getting put down. It looks like she was taken care of at one point -she appears to know how to shake and is very happy around people and inside the house. We called all the local shelters to see if anyone reported a lost dog but didn't have any luck. We really hope we find a loving home for her a.s.a.p. We gave her a bath, flea medicine, and food and now she needs a home! Email me at amy@amyhinden.com

Avenue

She's lucky she has such a cute face. She completely depleted my tomato garden. All 200+ of them, even the green ones.

Paris and Normandy

I don't want to jinx myself but I think my Paris album is done!!!! Just need to design the cover tomorrow.....
Here are a few favs I stumbled on today while wrapping up the album.

Paris

I can't believe it's already been 9 months since I was in Paris and I am just now seriously getting around to putting an album together! It's been an overwhelming task with over 2000 photos to go through. I finally edited it down to my favorites and Matt was kind enough to organize the images into appropriate folders for me so I have been trying to do a section a day. Hopefully I will be done by the end of the month and then I will start my London album. I thought I would share a couple images from the section I am working on today.

We're having a girl!

We can't wait for 4/26
Only four more months to go!

We got our tree!

Family photo?



Ave helped sniff out just the right one.



We were super excited to cut down our own tree this year!



Us on our hayride



Now we get to decorate it tonight :)

Halloween

I'm not usually a big Halloween person but when I saw the pumpkin costume at Petsmart I was done for. It was all downhill after that. I think we had an Avenue themed Halloween:



Our friends and neighbors brought their dog, Sage, over to play and I took advantage of the opportunity and asked them to snap a family photo of us.

any given weekday morning

you will find us here.




We started surfing together last summer and it blows me away how fast time flies. Now I have 3 days left here before I'm off to a new beach and a new life.
We thought it would be fun to buy some disposable cameras and document a favorite part of our lives. Finishing one roll of film took way longer than than we expected because we had to wait for the wave, catch the wave, and have the other person be in the right spot to take the one shot the camera allows you before winding it again. We got some pics back today and get to pick up the shots from camera #2 tomorrow.




I'm really excited about how the pics turned out-none of these photos have been through Photoshop. Just lovely film goodness!
If you're reading this, we would really love to have you come join us! Even if you don't surf, grab a body board or disposable camera and come out and play...summer will be over before you know it!

The Wedge

The waves were huge today! I love watching the crazies at the wedge!

my dog is cuter than your kid

Sometimes the split second between realizing I'm awake and opening my eyes to the morning I find myself wondering where I am. I find it amusing to intentionally keep my eyes closed and see how long it takes me to remember.

We've been in and out of our house a lot this year (yay for traveling!) We just got back from 4 days of relaxing with the family: hiking Bishops Peak, riding bikes on the Bob Jones trail, celebrating birthdays, and eating way too much!

One birthday we celebrated here. Avenue just turned one!! We (of course) took her to the beach.

So this is what it looks like in slow motion when dogs shake!



playin hard



doing what she does best-being cute

Photo Displays

And the cool photo display ideas are here! I have a huge inspiration folder on my computer and whenever I am browsing online and see something I like I save it in my folder so I can remember it when the time is right. I can't wait to put some of these ideas to work in my new office. Count down to move day is officially here! (about a month away) This weekend we will be checking out some places to live so if you want to setup a photo shoot before I move hit me up now! amy@amyhinden.com

Most of these are taken from this cool website.

commissioning artwork?!

I never thought I'd be one lucky enough to be "commissioning" personal art work, but I've been pretty blessed in that department lately! One of my friends, Ron, asked if I would be interested in having him turn one of my favorite photos into a painting in exchange for a family photo shoot. I jumped at the chance! Ron has been an artist literally for decades and has been in numerous art shows. And he wanted to trade with me?! After a few months of work, the painting is complete. I am so thrilled with how it came out! This is one of my all time favorite photos that Aaron took of us shortly after we got Avenue.

dolphins

This was so me this morning! I was surfing with my friend Karey and just as I was thinking I should go under the wave I see 2 dolphins coming straight at me. Karey and I always talk about buying a waterproof camera but today we really wished we had it. It was amazing! Shortly after this a few of them swam under our surfboards. Too cool!

Happy Friday!

The lightning storms have left and we enjoyed a beautiful morning at the beach. Here's a couple iphone pics of Ave engaged in her latest obsession- digging to China or something! Hope you have a fun/sun filled weekend!

Slowing Down

I don't know what it is lately but it seems everywhere I turn someone is writing, talking, teaching, singing, ...about slowing down. About being present, taking breaks, and turning off the "noise" we have come to view as life.

A few months ago I had a pressing need to get away from this place I love to call home. I just felt claustrophobic in many ways and needed some air. I hopped on the 405 North and made my way up the coast to a little town outside of Pismo Beach, Nipomo, and spent a few days visiting my grandma in the country. It was sooo peaceful. The air smelled clean and I could hear the birds chirping. I heard my own footsteps crunching the leaves on the dirt road and laughed when Avenue tried to play with a stink bug. In that moment something changed. I called Matt and said, "Ummmmm I think I wanna move." I think we were both in shock for a moment that those words had been uttered from my lips. I love southern CA. But its true, suddenly I'm done. I am craving fresh air, longer days, space... Luckily for me, Matt was all about it. In 8 weeks or so we begin a new adventure.

805 Collective

Before I post anything else, I just have to say a HUGE thank you to Jeremy and Seth at 805 Collective. These guys are ridiculously talented and when I knew I needed a new site and blog there was no question who I would hire. They are hands down the best I've seen and I am blown away by their ability to make my vision a tangible reality. Plus they are just super rad peeps anyway! I knew I wanted someone who could design with a bit of heart and soul and not just some corporate company. They are the best and if you want to be blown away you simply must hire them! They are also making some collateral pieces for me which I can't wait to get.

Brixton

I love Brixton so when I won a contest they were having with this photo I was stoked!

Here are my prizes. Isn't there stuff awesome?!

Hanging out

The best thing to do in Paris is to just hang out and picnic at a park with the locals.

Paris

Here's some of my favorite pics I took of the Parisian life. The first pic is the street that our hotel was on.

Reason #101 to travel with friends

I think this might be my favorite pic of all time of Matt and I. Thanks Jeremiah!

World War 2 Battleground

Hitting the road again to check out one of the battlegrounds.