I love the look on our faces in this photo- such genuine expressions which are rarely captured snapshots. I think this was when Brandon had turned around and was taking photos over his shoulder, one right after another, as we acted like twins. Sometimes the random photos are the best. I'll occasionally take a photo walk with Brandon where we'll take what we like to call "hip shots," where we hold the camera down by our side and snap away. It all started one afternoon in a coffee shop. The sun was hitting the wall just perfectly, and I wanted to capture a photo of the moment but didn't want to be obvious about it. The result was neat, so we occasionally go for the crooked, imperfectly-framed hip shots and the results are sometimes crap, but sometimes end up being unlike anything I could plan or try to capture.

Sometimes we like to make Brandon cover his eyes and we take turns saying the same word, phrase or funny sound, then we make him guess which one of us spoke first. Sometimes we fool him. (Denver peeps really know how to party)

This is the cutest picture ever!

Do you want to know what a neat sister I have? She took time on a day off last week when Brandon and I were at work, picked up her dog-nephew Koda from our apartment and took him for a long run. When I refer to me and Koda venturing out in the city, I usually call it jogging, but Becki is definitely a runner! One who climbs up the sides of really tall, flat rocks with teeny rock ledges sticking out and jogs while hiking fourteeners no less.

From the looks of this photo, Koda was on a huge runner's high. They say that dogs don't smile. I think that's a smiling dog.

What I don't understand is, well, several things:

1. Did you take this photo of yourself?
2. If so, how did you manage to sport the same face as Koda while taking a photo of you two?
3. Finally, how did you get Koda to shake and stick his tounge out while shaking his and AND snapping a perfectly centered photo of you two?

My sister has skills. You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills... Guys only want girlfriends who have great skills.