Sunday, November 15, 2009
No, we aren't getting engaged again...
Wow, we're so lucky! There is a girl in our ward Victoria, who is amazing! She offered to take any free photos for anyone in our ward. I didn't know this when I went to her website http://victoriabainesharris.com/ and requested a pricing on how much it would be for Denis and I to get family pictures. Victoria emailed me back and said that it was free for anyone in her ward, I was SO excited! So we planned a Fall day in September with her to go to the canyon and get some pictures done. It was a lot of fun and the pictures turned out beautiful! While we were taking them people kept walking by, pointing, and whispering...I'm sure they were saying something like, "Oh look, engagement pictures!" Haha, but not really! They just look like that because we don't have any kids yet. Here's a few of our new family pictures!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sometimes you have to make life exciting!
My life is kind of BLAH at the moment. Let me explain before you start thinking I'm all depressing and negative. Maybe some of you are in this situation now or have been or will be in the future...my situation. What is that situation exactly? Working full time. Ya, it's kind of boring I decided. Don't get me wrong, I love the girls on my team and the people I work with...that's all good. It's not really so much my job that I'm bored with...it's more the life routine of having a full time job. I get up, go to work, come home, cook dinner, eat dinner, hang w/Denis for a little, work out, go to bed...and then I get up the next day and do it all over again. Day after day, its always the same thing. See what I mean? Its a little boring, right?
Let me explain a little something else. My hair is boring too. See I have had it long basically my whole life. I cut it short for one year in 9th grade, but other than that...its long, really long. There is a reason for that, I LOVE my long hair. Seriously, I love it as much as I love ice cream...which is a whole lot, for those of you who don't know me that well. You know how girls are...all self conscious and stuff, but I've always been very confident about my hair. That's why I've always had it long, because I thought if I cut it then in some strange way I'd be killing all my self confidence...kinda sad right? Ya, I know it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
So how do things two things go together? Well, I'll tell you...see since my life is a little BLAH then I thought I would do something about it. And what did I do to have some excitement in my life? I cut my long, locks of hair. That's right! I did it! I cut it and not only did I cut it, but I cut it short, short. You can see for yourself ....
After
Guess what else? I LOVE my short hair!! And it didn't kill my self-confidence, in fact it has made me more confident. Weird right? I won't always have short hair and I won't always have long hair, its fun to change it up. So the morale of my story is don't wait for things to happen to you, MAKE things happen!!! Its fun and you never know how much better life could be if you don't ever try it :)
Let me explain a little something else. My hair is boring too. See I have had it long basically my whole life. I cut it short for one year in 9th grade, but other than that...its long, really long. There is a reason for that, I LOVE my long hair. Seriously, I love it as much as I love ice cream...which is a whole lot, for those of you who don't know me that well. You know how girls are...all self conscious and stuff, but I've always been very confident about my hair. That's why I've always had it long, because I thought if I cut it then in some strange way I'd be killing all my self confidence...kinda sad right? Ya, I know it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
So how do things two things go together? Well, I'll tell you...see since my life is a little BLAH then I thought I would do something about it. And what did I do to have some excitement in my life? I cut my long, locks of hair. That's right! I did it! I cut it and not only did I cut it, but I cut it short, short. You can see for yourself ....
Before
After
Guess what else? I LOVE my short hair!! And it didn't kill my self-confidence, in fact it has made me more confident. Weird right? I won't always have short hair and I won't always have long hair, its fun to change it up. So the morale of my story is don't wait for things to happen to you, MAKE things happen!!! Its fun and you never know how much better life could be if you don't ever try it :)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
This is what I do now instead of homework
I convinced Iliana to take family pictures for Kell...I wanted to see what kind of a team we could make :) I got to say Ill, I think we make a pretty good team. Iliana, my sister-in-law, is super creative and has such a good eye for anything involving color, texture, light, etc. Pretty sure she is better at interior design than I am and I went to school for it! I didn't really have any doubts that Ill would do a great job and she didn't let me down! But I still had to do my part of the work...editing.
It's been a blast! I love trying new things, experimenting with different tools, and even discovering how to make myself skinnier in pictures! I think it's a great new hobby for me because I can spend time with Denis too. Like tonight, he's writing a 15 page paper that is due tomorrow by 5pm, nice Honey...gotta love the procrastinating. So while Denis is doing homework I can edit pictures, I think its a pretty nice gig. Anyways, I just wanted to show a few of the things I've done so far just for fun. A lady, that I know in Lehi, randomly found out that I'm trying this editing stuff and asked me to edit her family pictures as well. To see some of the changes on the pictures you might have to zoom in on them (Just click on the picture and it should enlarge).
See the bags under Phil's eyes? Boy he's workin' hard! (Sorry Phil, just experimenting)
Now you don't!
Now you don't! I also enhanced the color a tad.
Can you see all the things different with this picture?
I removed the poll and the cars through the bridge, changed Jack's frown to a happier face, enhanced the color a little, made the bridge a little more "rustic looking", and turned Jack's spider man shoes to black...I think that's pretty good!
And this last one is just one of my fav's...
What a beautiful little girl! Love you Mag's <3
It's been a blast! I love trying new things, experimenting with different tools, and even discovering how to make myself skinnier in pictures! I think it's a great new hobby for me because I can spend time with Denis too. Like tonight, he's writing a 15 page paper that is due tomorrow by 5pm, nice Honey...gotta love the procrastinating. So while Denis is doing homework I can edit pictures, I think its a pretty nice gig. Anyways, I just wanted to show a few of the things I've done so far just for fun. A lady, that I know in Lehi, randomly found out that I'm trying this editing stuff and asked me to edit her family pictures as well. To see some of the changes on the pictures you might have to zoom in on them (Just click on the picture and it should enlarge).
See the bags under Phil's eyes? Boy he's workin' hard! (Sorry Phil, just experimenting)
Now you don't!
See the two poles and white sign in the distance??
Now you don't! I also enhanced the color a tad.
Can you see all the things different with this picture?
I removed the poll and the cars through the bridge, changed Jack's frown to a happier face, enhanced the color a little, made the bridge a little more "rustic looking", and turned Jack's spider man shoes to black...I think that's pretty good!
And this last one is just one of my fav's...
What a beautiful little girl! Love you Mag's <3Sunday, November 1, 2009
Pumpkins, Costumes, and Rides!
Denis and I had lots of fun this Halloween! We carved pumpkins for FHE with Adam and Sarah, our neighbors. I dressed up with my team at work as 80's chicks! Denis thought I was hott in my 80's outfit :) And we went to Frightmares on Halloween with some of my family and Denis' sister. Too bad people frown on 22's year old going trick or treating...or else I'd SO be there ;)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
I think I'm thermophilic...
While Denis was doing homework all day today, I decided to go play out in the beautiful weather! I went on a "nature walk" with Dave and Iliana and the boys. I loved it! Right when Gav got out of the car he ran up to me saying my name over and over, he says it so cute! I guess all my candy brainwashing is finally starting to pay off with him :) I felt bad that Denis couldn't be there with us, but I don't miss doing homework and studying...I don't think I ever will. It is a beautiful Saturday and I'm so glad I got to spend some time outside enjoying it! I'm going to miss the warm weather SO much!
Warm Weather= Happiness and fun
Cold Weather= Nastiness and no fun
Let's make a Pro/Con list for each of them.
Warm Weather Pros:
1. Swimming
2. Biking
3. Sand Volleyball
4. Hiking
5. Picnic's
6. Camping
7. Boating
8. Canyon going
9. Star gazing
10. Park playing
11. Jogging without a millions of layers
12. Grass between your toes
13. Water fights
14. Gardening
15. Reading a book outside
16. Flip Flops
17. Shorts
18. Flowers
And I'm sure you can think of many more...
Cold Weather Pros:
1. Snowboarding
2. Snow playing
3. Christmas!
Well I'm out....
Warm Weather Cons:
1. Sunburns
Hmmmm....that's all I got
Cold Weather Cons:
1. Slipping on ice
2. Trudging through 5 feet of snow in the mornings only to get to a freezing cold car and having to scrape off 3 inches of frozen frost on the windshield.
3. Frostbite
4. Covered shoes
5. Layers, so many layers
6. Waking up in the mornings and not being able to get out of bed because you know how cold it is going to be even inside the house.
7. Of course on the one day you decide to do your hair cute, it's a blizzard outside.
8. Driving in snow
9. One foot of the bottom of your pants is always soaking wet.
10. It gets dark outside so early
And I'm sure there is much more I can't think of right now.
As you can see, I'm a warm weather gal through and through! Here's to the last couple weeks of blessed warmth!!!!!
Thanks for inviting me Dave and Iliana!
Warm Weather= Happiness and fun
Cold Weather= Nastiness and no fun
Let's make a Pro/Con list for each of them.
Warm Weather Pros:
1. Swimming
2. Biking
3. Sand Volleyball
4. Hiking
5. Picnic's
6. Camping
7. Boating
8. Canyon going
9. Star gazing
10. Park playing
11. Jogging without a millions of layers
12. Grass between your toes
13. Water fights
14. Gardening
15. Reading a book outside
16. Flip Flops
17. Shorts
18. Flowers
And I'm sure you can think of many more...
Cold Weather Pros:
1. Snowboarding
2. Snow playing
3. Christmas!
Well I'm out....
Warm Weather Cons:
1. Sunburns
Hmmmm....that's all I got
Cold Weather Cons:
1. Slipping on ice
2. Trudging through 5 feet of snow in the mornings only to get to a freezing cold car and having to scrape off 3 inches of frozen frost on the windshield.
3. Frostbite
4. Covered shoes
5. Layers, so many layers
6. Waking up in the mornings and not being able to get out of bed because you know how cold it is going to be even inside the house.
7. Of course on the one day you decide to do your hair cute, it's a blizzard outside.
8. Driving in snow
9. One foot of the bottom of your pants is always soaking wet.
10. It gets dark outside so early
And I'm sure there is much more I can't think of right now.
As you can see, I'm a warm weather gal through and through! Here's to the last couple weeks of blessed warmth!!!!!
Thanks for inviting me Dave and Iliana!Tuesday, October 13, 2009
No Need for Words
(Sadly, my camera was on night mode when we took all the pictures, but happily there were other cameras there so we still got some good pictures!)WELCOME HOME STEPH!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
You can't distract me with a candy filled Angel!
Well, well, well it is finally time...
Time is funny isn't it? You know when you're waiting for something really exciting to happen, or maybe not so exciting, but just a big event? Time seems to crawl. I mean seriously, why does it have to go so slow? Just think about Christmas when you were younger, all those agonizing days days of counting down. And distractions don't help, they just remind you that you are trying not to think about something, but in the process are still thinking about the thing you're trying to distract yourself from. We use to have this angel decoration made out of felt that my Mom hung up on our entry way wall every Christmas, oh how it mocked me. It had a pocket for every day from December 1st to the 25th. Sure there was candy in it that my little brother and I would fight over everyday, but this distraction didn't really help to distract at all...it would just remind me of all the long days I had left till Christmas. But then it seemed like all of the sudden Christmas Day was here! All of the angel candy fighting days were over...gone, like they never even happened. On December 25th, December 1st - 24th seemed like a complete blur, a long foggy memory. How did this happened? Time. It's funny that way.
And well I guess that's how I'm feeling this week. My older sister is coming home from her mission on Friday. I don't think I've ever been so excited for anything in my life, with the exception of my wedding day. Boy did time play its wicked tricks on me! She's coming home. I can hardly believe that its been 19 1/2 months since we sat in the MTC crying as we watched her walk away, but it definitely has. I have the calendar to prove it! I'm grateful for time and that it made the long, sometimes painful days without Steph seem a whole lot shorter...otherwise it would be almost impossible for us to keep doing hard things. So instead of cursing time for not getting to Friday faster, I'm going to be thankful that those 19 1/2 months seemed to go so fast.
Time is funny isn't it? You know when you're waiting for something really exciting to happen, or maybe not so exciting, but just a big event? Time seems to crawl. I mean seriously, why does it have to go so slow? Just think about Christmas when you were younger, all those agonizing days days of counting down. And distractions don't help, they just remind you that you are trying not to think about something, but in the process are still thinking about the thing you're trying to distract yourself from. We use to have this angel decoration made out of felt that my Mom hung up on our entry way wall every Christmas, oh how it mocked me. It had a pocket for every day from December 1st to the 25th. Sure there was candy in it that my little brother and I would fight over everyday, but this distraction didn't really help to distract at all...it would just remind me of all the long days I had left till Christmas. But then it seemed like all of the sudden Christmas Day was here! All of the angel candy fighting days were over...gone, like they never even happened. On December 25th, December 1st - 24th seemed like a complete blur, a long foggy memory. How did this happened? Time. It's funny that way.
And well I guess that's how I'm feeling this week. My older sister is coming home from her mission on Friday. I don't think I've ever been so excited for anything in my life, with the exception of my wedding day. Boy did time play its wicked tricks on me! She's coming home. I can hardly believe that its been 19 1/2 months since we sat in the MTC crying as we watched her walk away, but it definitely has. I have the calendar to prove it! I'm grateful for time and that it made the long, sometimes painful days without Steph seem a whole lot shorter...otherwise it would be almost impossible for us to keep doing hard things. So instead of cursing time for not getting to Friday faster, I'm going to be thankful that those 19 1/2 months seemed to go so fast.
I love you Steph! I'm SO excited to see you!!
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