Behind the Sun

As you can see I have this lovely sunflower theme going on and I'm sure you're wondering why I posted this photo. Well, a few months back I entered it in an online photo contest and I'm proud to say that it got "editor's pick". How cool! So now, I've ordered this huge gallery wrap of it for our living room. I think it will look really great in there. I'll take a picture of it on the wall to show you, which I'm sure won't do it justice.

The one you see above was also taken in this series I did. My little story is that I was at publix one day and they had sunflowers on sale and I thought "oh cool, these would look good in the foyer", but I really didn't like them there when I got home so I put them in the bedroom in the window and turned off the light and they just really popped with color. Of course, I ran and got the camera. All of them were shot in natural light and in this one I'm like pinned against the window zoomed in on the flower with the lights off and that's how I got the black background. Anyway, I thought it was cool. :)

Stars and Stripes

A couple of weekends ago Matt and I headed to downtown G-Vegas to watch the National Championship in Cycling. This is huge guys! I don't think Greenville really understood how big this race was. It's like the Superbowl of cycling. Anyway, Matt and I took our bikes and basically rode all over downtown and followed the race at as many spots that we could get to. It was really cool to watch the peloton. You get this big rush of wind when they come by. It's amazing. Tyler Hamilton ended up winning by two hundredith of a second. He used to ride with Lance during the tour.

Greenville did get the contract to have the race again next year, but they're on a type of probation and basically if the city doesn't do more marketing and advertising to build up the race and get more participation, the race is moving to another city. Boooo. So I hope you can come because it's really fun. :)

A Mattisim

Sometimes I can't tell if what is funny to me is funny to everyone else, but really who cares so I'm going to give this a shot. Let me first lay the scene for you. So I'm doing my makeup and it's 6:30am and Matt keeps walking back and forth in front of the bathroom and I realize that he's looking for pants (as he does every morning) even though I tell him where they are every time. Too cute. That's not part of the story (the pants part), but it's still funny to me. :) Ok, so yeah I'm putting on makeup and one time that he's walking by he in passes says "Hey Olivia, you ever thought about how funny the word "partypooper" is? Role that around on your tongue a few times". At first I didn't think about what he had actually said and then moments later I thought about how irresistibly cute he is and how much I just love the little things he does (most of the time). Oh, and I busted out laughing. He keeps it young for sure.

One of his other favorite things to do is to sing the Star Spangled Banner in the morning while we're getting ready. Oh for any of you to be a fly on the wall!! LOL