New family for exchange student

Guess which Flanigan brother is from Senegal? ha! The family christmas card has another member this year, as Daniel (yes he plays hoop!) makes Idaho his home for a year. I can only imagine what HIS parents will think of these photos! I don't think they have snow in Senegal. They built an amazing home up north, but one of the coolest parts was this old barn.

Only a thin dusting of snow on the Boulders, but what a warm day! Beats the blizzard on Sunday when we had originally planned for it.

I was an exchange student when I was in High School, and it was one of the best years of my life. I owe a lot of who I am today to that year in New Zealand. Keep an eye out for Daniel, cuz I bet we'll see him playing ball in the big leagues in a handful of years.

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Making Mom Cry for Christmas

Todd hates having his picture taken? and that's why his midwest mom doesn't have ANY pictures of her only son. Well, if you want to count that one high school portrait..ug

So, I'm here to help. We took the dogs for a walk out Adams Gulch and got lots of candids and doggie portaits, too. We both think mom's gonna love this portrait of Todd and the 'grandkids'.

Blaze uses mental telepathy to say "Stick? Stick? Throw the stick! Throw the stick! Stick? Stick? Stick!!! Really, you should throw the stick!! Stick? Stick!!

Beauty is Everywhere

Look what I found on my car door this morning...

Have you ever seen frost so beautiful?!

Lifestyle images used by StockShop for promotion

Maggie over at stockshop.com used one of my lifestyle pics for her promo campaign. Good luck to all those images! - let's hope we both make a million. Or ok, a couple thousand. She used some of my pics for the last promo, too.....

to see all the pics I have with stockshop click here

Hotsprings for Halloween

So while this blog is mainly business, from time to time I'll post personal things, especially if it falls within the catagory "why I live here". So for halloween I escaped Ketchum and took the van on a hotsprings road trip. It was cold and nasty weather - PERFECT for hotsprings. The colder it is outside, the sweeter the gift from the earth. Truely remarkable that warm water bubbles up from below - it's free - and people before me have worked very hard making tubs and moving rocks. Thank you whoever you are. We started with a little dip in the Boat Box near Stanely before heading up Slate Creek for an evening soak, camping, and a morning soak before heading to the gem - Gold Bug Hotsprings.

Slate Creek

Darrin needs more coffee, but I seem to be wired for already being wired

Here's my wedding segue.... leftover from over a year ago, these little champagne splits from Joe and Michelle's wedding, made it even that much more decadent. Thanks, Michelle - and cheers to you guys!!

The gem of the trip was Goldbug - halfway between Challis and Salmon - and requires a 4 mile round trip hike. Totally worth it for this little slice of nirvana.

A hot waterfall?! and a pool that looks out over the valley. Are you kidding me?

In these bleak economic times, sometimes it's good to step back, and relish in all the wonderful things that this planet offers - for free. Pack a picnic - where would you like to go?

Zeke and Annmarie's Coffee Table Book

Zeke & AnnMarie by Tbia Konig | Make Your Own Book

This book is a collection of the brides favorites. Even though she picked too many (it's ok AnnMarie), it really shows how much FUN this wedding was!, and how much fun I think this newly married couple will have for the rest of their lives. These books are completely personal anyway, as I work with the brides to put together something totally custom that they will love.

Brought to you by Sun Valley wedding photographer Thia Konig.

Another wedding featured in theKnot!

What a pleasure it was photographing Joe and Michelle's wedding last summer - I've known Joe for over 20 years! and I'm so happy for them... Michelle designed all the paper products for the wedding, too! What a talented, artistic couple! Click on the image below to see the web article live....