Impromtu surfing leads to...

...being extremely cold and slightly disappointed in my newly attained surfer girl abilities. Yes folks, we should have listed to the surf report when it said it was NOT going to be good.  Yet, we preservered into the stormy waters of Westport, Washington.

The boys picked me up (after being trapped in my apt for 3 days with no human contact, who was I to turn down a free trip??) and we set forth on our trip!

One of my goals is to start putting together surf videos for a blog.  In reaching that goal, I'm practicing with the camera (iPhone for the time being-high class I know) out of the water for now.  So here's a look-see at our pre-surf adventure/check up on my video editing skills!

Unfortunately the surf just wasn't great enough for any action shots/ I was too much of a pansy once I was out of the water to go take more photos.  To warm me up after surfing the frigid waters , there was only one thing I desired- a donut. Look at that happy face.

Take One

Yes. This post is mainly a video slide show. But there are a couple reasons I am doing it.

I want to share one of (there are many) my absolute favorite memories of 2011 as well as prepare you for what I hope I will be posting much more on this year. 

 Tim taught me to surf in September of 2010..it's something I've wanted to learn ever since I can remember (growing up in Montana did not make that dream easily attainable).  My first time catching a wave was a feeling I will never forget.  Imagine joining with such an incredible force of nature as the ocean to fructify an amazing feeling that no drug will ever come close to creating. Memorial day weekend of 2011 was when I got to share my new passion with my closest girl friends and that meant the world to me.

Hopefuly, in this new year, I will have actual surf videos to share (my fancy phone shall make that a possibility).

Photography: D'Everaux Photography

*Note: Though I wish I could say it was me, the shots with the amazing surfing are of Tim's friend Eric :)