Lisa Ornekian Photography: A Year in Review

Junk food is out of the house, relatives are back to their respective homes, nail polish chipping off my nails - this could mean only one thing. Break is now officially over.

I am now sitting in my cubicle (on break of course) thinking of how fast 2009 was. It almost felt like a blink of an eye. There were so many great things that happened that honestly felt like they just happened yesterday.

This year I was introduced to Lady Gaga, who in my opinion had an amazing year, and Owl Eyes. I have seen some of my favorite movies which included The Hurt Locker and Avatar. The year 2009 is when I ended up giving in and reading the Twilight series - and thank goodness I did. God bless you Stephanie Meyer.

Besides entertainment, I turned 25 and I decided to make photography my life. What was first an obsessive hobby had turned into something of a business. Although I have not yet had too many sessions, I feel very confident about 2010.

Instead of taking a photo, today I decided to put up photos that sum up 2009 for me.

Let's start from the beginning…

In February Adam and I celebrated four wonderful years together. To celebrate, we went to Frankenmuth for the weekend!

March Madness! In March our Spartans made to the final four and moved on to the finals. To watch the final four Adam and I went to a local East Lansing bar and had a blast!

In April I had a bachelorette party for one of my favorite people - Cindy! We bar hopped around Novi and stayed the night in a hotel.

May is when the wedding of Cindy and Adam happened. What a wonderful day - filled with happiness!

The first weekend in June Erin and I headed South to Ohio to visit Michelle. It was a great trip that will most likely be happening again this year!

July was Julia's second birthday. And boy was it a party! Family and friends convened to celebrate the wonderful life of Julia Ornekian. I am blessed to have her in my life.

At the beginning of August the girls side (on my mom's side) headed for a weekend trip to the cabin in Manistee. There was plenty of girls talk that will last us until the next trip!

In mid-August Adam and I took our big trip. We drove out East to Cape Cod, Gloucester and New York City. I couldn't have imagined a better trip with a better person. I will have memories from this trip for a lifetime.

End of August/beginning of September was Jen's baby shower! I was so happy that I was finally able to introduced my mother to my second family. :)

October brought a new addition to the Thomas household. Derek and Jen had a BEAUTIFUL baby girl named Cami. Couldn't love her more!

In October Dikran came for his second visit of the year. There was trips to the apple orchard and of course, Halloween!

In November I bought myself a lens, which I loved, and photographed my family for their last family shoot until baby G makes her arrival.

November 14th was Adam's 24th birthday!! We celebrated in style and got a hotel room at the Greek Town Casino and went out and about in downtown Detroit.