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Our visit to Stingray City

April 15, 2010

We pulled up to the sandbar known as Stingray City where the water is about 3 feet deep and there are about 200 people wading around with a huge number of stingrays from 1 foot across to 3+ feet across.

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Our sweet dog Goblin

April 12, 2010

We had an all day dog shoot yesterday at The Doggie Art Festival in Winter Park. Goblin wasn't too left out. Although he couldn't go to the festival with us, he was able to hang out all day with our

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Mandarin Oriental Spa products

April 12, 2010

Since I had just mentioned the new Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas and their spa I thought I would talk about a few other items I bought and fell in love with there! The Mandarin Oriental has their own

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Georgetown, Grand Cayman

April 12, 2010

We got up early because we had to take a tender to shore and we were told that we needed to get a ticket for an early tender because we had not booked an excursion with the ship. We had to meet Chip from

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summer food

April 9, 2010

It is a beautiful summer (it should be Spring - it is April after all) afternoon here in Orlando today so we decided to eat our lunch outside. We made grilled cheese sandwiches and salad and I decided

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ESPA Essential Moisturizing Balm

April 9, 2010

I was in Las Vegas recently for the annual WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention. I stayed at the new Mandarin Oriental and they had a great deal going on that included a

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Another day at sea

April 9, 2010

We had another sea day after leaving Costa Rica which we took advantage of by finishing our books and fighting for seats around the pool. We also discovered that the best time to go to the pool is just

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Losing your dog and photos

April 9, 2010

We did a really big family portrait session a few days ago - grandparents, parents, children and dogs all running around. I was really happy with the photos and one of the dogs was a sweet thing named

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Date Night - the Movie

April 8, 2010

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of 20th Century Fox. All opinions are 100% mine. Last weekend Sandra and I went to see "Hot Tub Time Machine" and saw a trailer for the movie "Date Night"

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sushi candy

April 8, 2010

Chris and I were visiting Lake Tahoe and I happened to take a look at a copy of Sunset magazine. I fell in love with it and started a subscription right away! It has tips on decorating, gardening and

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Tarte lip gloss set

April 7, 2010

I can't ever decide from day to day what color lipstick I want to wear. I really prefer glosses and when I saw this Tarte Crown Jewels Lipgloss Set I had to buy it. Here are the colors this

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makeup in Stanley Korshak ad

April 6, 2010

I get emails from Stanley Korshak in Dallas (An amazing department store you must check out if you are ever in Dallas! They also have a bridal salon there!) and the one I just got had an amazing makeup

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Mom made her dress!!!

April 5, 2010

We had a very busy weekend full of weddings and portrait shoots. But one thing stood out from the rest - our bride Kaala on Saturday had an amazing dress! And not just ANY amazing dress. A dress made

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Wedding band and engagement ring in one

April 2, 2010

I fell in love with my bride Amy's ring tonight! They had it made so the band for the engagement ring and band for the wedding ring were soldered together to make one ring with the large stone area in

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hot pink shoes

April 2, 2010

I knew it was going to be a great wedding when the brides shoes were hot pink! I love that Alison and her bridesmaids all had the same hot pink shoes. It was definitely the theme color for the

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fall runway set for Chanel

April 1, 2010

Year after year, Chanel's sets for their runway shows in Paris are over the top. The Grand Palais is gorgeous on its own and then Chanel takes over. Check out the runway from Paris last week - it

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yellow wreath

April 1, 2010

I was reading Brides magazine one day when I came across this gorgeous yellow wreath. It would look great on our front door - I need to touch base with a florist in town and have one made for Spring! This

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floral dog collars

March 31, 2010

We don't see dogs too often in weddings - I think people are afraid of how they will act. I know we were the same way. But recently we shot a wedding at the same location where we got married and they

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Back on the ship in Costa Rica

March 30, 2010

Once back on the ship we sat by the pool and swam for a while. It is much easier to enjoy the pool when everyone else is off of the ship. We headed to our balcony to read and take naps. It was great to

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single rose bouquet

March 30, 2010

I saw this blue and purple bouquet on the cover of Brides magazine recently and I fell in love with it. It is a single rose surrounded by cool-water rose petals and a handful of tinted blue curiosas. Floral

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We are Sandra and Chris, and this is OurBigAdventure, the story of our experiences and favorite things all in one place so we can share them with you.

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