Monday, July 19, 2010

I Leave You With...

...pictures from an amazing party I attended last week. There are some amazing, amazing writers that I've managed to pay become friends with.

Nisa Swineford and Tess Hilmo

Jenn Wilks and Ali Cross

Stephanie McGee and Windy Aphayrath

Danyelle Leafty and Nisa Swineford

Alaina Evans and Angie Lofthouse

Sara Larson, Natalie Whipple, and Nichole Giles

Alaina Evans, Suzette Saxton, Angie Lofthouse, and L.T. Elliot

Everyone! 
(back row, L-R: Alaina Evans, Angie Lofthouse, Jenn Wilks, Stacy Henrie, Tess Hilmo, Nisa Swineford, me, Danyelle Leafty, Nichole Giles, Mary Campbell, Carolyn Vawdrey, Sara Larson.
front row, L-R: Ali Cross, Suzette Saxton, Windy Aphayrath, L.T. Elliot, Stephanie McGee, Natalie Whipple, Michelle Argyle (photographer extraordinarre)

I'll be gone this whole week, camping in Glacier National Park. Hope you have an amazing week, filled with good writing, fun friends, and epic news!

Catcha on the flip side.

59 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glacier, eh? You're in my neck of the woods! Enjoy!

Natalie Aguirre said...

Great pictures. That's so cool you are all friends and can see each other. Have a great trip.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

No men???

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness that looks like it was so much fun!!! I wish I lived closer to so many of my writerly friends so we could enjoy an afternoon just as you did!!! Maybe one of these days!!!

Christina Lee said...

I should say so!! How fun does that look?

Enjoy your vacay!

Kristi said...

Love the photos...how fun!!!

Jessica Nelson said...

Fun pics! Be careful camping!

Golden Eagle said...

Have fun camping!

Martina Boone said...

Have a fantastic trip. It is so gorgeous there. Hope you come back with lots of inspiration and renewed energy.

Martina

Caroline Starr Rose said...

What a great group!

Enjoy your time away.

Anonymous said...

Have fun at Glacier National Park!!

Jaydee Morgan said...

Love the pics and have a great time camping!! Enjoy your vacation :)

S.A. Larsenッ said...

Awesome photos. Enjoy your time camping!

Matthew MacNish said...

Wow! What a cool party. Enjoy your trip Elana, Glacier is such a beautiful place.

Kelly Polark said...

Awesome pics! What a gathering of beautiful, talented people!

Have fun camping! I just returned from a camping adventure!

Kerri Cuev said...

Fun Times!!!
Have fun camping. Hope there is electricity to plug in a laptop LOl!

Sara B. Larson said...

It was so much fun!

Hope you have a great time camping. :)

Michelle D. Argyle said...

It was great! Thanks for a great party, you and Nichole!

Krista said...

Glacier is in my novel! Have a great time. And I wish I was closer so I could come to your parties.

Claire Dawn said...

Wow! That does look like an amazing party! You guys are so lucky to live near one another :)

Enjoy the vacay!

Elana Johnson said...

Alex, I know! Can you believe there are no men? We really need to remedy that, I suppose...

Thanks, everyone! Leaving in just a few hours...

Tricia J. O'Brien said...

Great pix. Have fun in Glacier. It is soooo gorgeous--and full of bears!

Jennie Englund said...

What great girls! What great friends!

Looks like you all had oodles of fun -- and now, more for you in Glacier!

You're making the most of your summer. Enjoy!

Renae said...

Great Pics! Have fun camping!

Lydia Kang said...

So cool to see so many of my blogging friends in these picts! Hi everyone! (*waves*)

Have a great vacation Elana! Gotta rest up before WriteOnCon!

ali cross said...

It was a ton of fun as always. Michelle did an amazing job with the pics. Speaking of pics - have a fab and beautiful photo shoot today!

Tess said...

you mean we could be getting PAID?

haha

have a great vaca!

Jemi Fraser said...

Awesome photos!

Enjoy camping - it's such a fun time!

Krispy said...

Saw the pics on facebook. Looks like fun times. :) Have fun on your vacay!

Angie said...

Have fun camping! That sounds like heaven. Thanks for putting on such a great party.

Nichole Giles said...

It was a fantastic success. Have fun in Glacier with the fam.

Liza said...

Enjoy Glacier...one of the most amazing places I have ever been, although the thought of driving Going to the Sun Road again still gives me the chills.

Lisa_Gibson said...

The party looked like fun! Thanks for sharing the pics. Enjoy your trip.

Carolyn V. said...

Aw! I had such a great time! I love hanging out with other awesome writers! Have a great vacation Elana! =)

Janet Johnson said...

Looks like a fab party. Enjoy Glacier! It's on my list of places to visit. :)

Anonymous said...

I hope you'll have a fabulous time! It sounds so great. :)

Theresa Milstein said...

I'm hanging out with my dad and the mosquitoes in Maine. Have a fun week camping!

Heather Kelly said...

Wow--what a huge collection of awesomeness all in one place! Have fun camping!

Jill Kemerer said...

Boy, you have an amazing line-up of writer friends in that picture! Have a great vacay!

Katie Anderson said...

Oh my goodness. You suck! What an amazing group of girls. I need to move out to Utah :)

Maybe you'll hit the South one day.

xoxo

Patricia A. Timms-McGehee said...

Great pics! Funny thing, I was born and raised in Utah and didn't realize just how great it was until I moved to California and started really missing the seasons.

Thanks for letting me link up. Have a great time camping!

Anonymous said...

Brilliant pictures!

Sounds like so much fun :)

Leigh Hutchens Burch said...

NPR (not party related)... but I tried pretzel m & m's for the first time yesterday and I thought of you! Just sayin'.

Jai Joshi said...

How lovely! You all look ecstatic to be together. I bet they love you as much as you love them

I adore my own writer's groups so I know the feeling.

Jai

Heather said...

Thanks for the great pictures! Your friends rock. Have fun camping!

Unknown said...

*oozing with jealousy*

Anonymous said...

Hope you have an awesome time camping.

Anonymous said...

how cool and fun that you got to see all those writer friends! Have fun camping...I'm craving the great outdoors right now too.

Robert Guthrie said...

Don't forget about male writers. We're here... really :)

Shelli (srjohannes) said...

im so jealous right now!

Paul Greci said...

Have fun!!!

Patricia A. Timms-McGehee said...

Roasted marshmallows sound good right about now. I hope you have been able to roast some.

I accidentally burnt the edges of some tortilla chips in the toaster oven last night. The burnt pieces tasted a little like roasted marshmallows. It will have to do.

Julie Musil said...

Now that's an awesome get together! Enjoy your trip...

Shelli (srjohannes) said...

gave you an award today on my blog :)

Unknown said...

I'm loving the dog in the back of Jenn & Ali's photo ... He's all like, "There are strange folk abroad." Daily Lord of the Rings reference: CHECK

Love Glacier, but don't pet the wolves! They're not nearly as squishy-friendly-cute as they look.

Lindsey Richardson said...

http://lrenees-fictionalwriter.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-you-guys-who-are-amazing.html
You got an award on my blog. Go to the link to get it and show to everyone.

Nicole Murray said...

Glacier. Please take pictures!

Susan Fields said...

That's like a who's who of blogging - cool!

Have a great vacation!

* said...

The perks of being a connected writer/author in Utah! So. Not. Fair. :)

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