Underwater Fun

We get to go to Hawaii on Friday for 10 days!! I, Alex, have never been; we are both very excited.  In anticipation of snorkeling and other water related fun we got a digital water proof (30') underwater camera.  We looked into renting an underwater case for our Nikon but the cost did not seem worth it.  We will still be taking our DSLR with us, but we will have our new camera along for the fun too.  We settled on a Vivitar Vivicam 8400 for cost and functionality.  It is a regular digital camera so setting customization is much less.  It can take 8 megapixels photos as well as video.  It arrived today so we played around with it in Elise's parents pool for an hour or so to get used to it.  These are the first pictures on the blog not from a DSLR.  Besides our Nikon D60 we had used a Nikon D80 as well.  Below are some select pictures from our first go at it.

I snapped Elise floating from below the surface.
The light diffraction between water and air is pretty apparent.

Right after I jumped in.

Elise cruising around the pool.

Right after Elise jumped in.

Toy animal enjoying the jacuzzi jet.

Bubbles!

CSULB "Graduation"

On May 23rd I "graduated" from CSULB with my masters degree. I say "graduated" because I still have to do summer school before I am officially done. Nonetheless, it was an awesome day with some awesome girls. We started off the day we brunch at Mimi's Cafe, then headed over to campus for some pictures and the ceremony. After the ceremony I headed to my parent's house where my extended family came over to celebrate with some carne asada! It was a great day of celebrations!

Brunch with our GRAD glasses

The brunch bunch

Irvine internship buddies

Carpool

Clinic partners

Having some fun

Walking into the ceremony

Graduating

Pfotenhauers

Sisters

My amazing parents

The fam

My awesome husband

These are just some of the pics from the day. To see more or to download copies (all my speech ladies) click here: CSULB Graduation