Good Things

I have a loonnnng list of things I should be doing right now, but I need a blog break.
Growing up my family used to say "good things" at the dinner table. We had to say something good that happened to us or something we were thankful for. It was a good way to keep us positive and remember that even through out the worst days there's always something positive that happened. I felt like I needed a little reminder today about the positives, so here are my "Good Things" for today.
*Chocolate coco puff ceareal with marshmallows and chocolate milk for breakfast. Yum! (I ususally have oatmeal or cream of wheat at work so this was a nice change)
*Getting kisses from my honey before he leaves for school.
*I got to drive to work in my car with freshly changed oil. Thanks Joel!
*I got a second part time job! Extra money is always nice.
*......hmmmm...yep thats all I got for now.

Heaps Cabin

Ahhh what a wonderful weekend. We were both in need of a little R&R last week so we went up to the Heaps Cabin to relax and enjoy some fresh air.

While we were there we:

Made smores

Took some nice naps

Read up on our National Geographic.

Took some pics

Rock climbed
And took a nice drive up the mountain.

This was the only bad part about the trip......we saw snow....I was not very happy about that... Joel was thrilled.

Joel, thanks for a fun weekend and for loving me even when
I'm stressed and cranky. Love you! xo

Coin Laundry

I love love love this song and the video. If you can, listen to it through some headphones, it will sound even better.
Oh and Itunes? Could you please get on the ball and add this song so I can buy it? I need it a-sap!

Taylor, AZ

Guess what we did this weekend?

4th of July!

We had lots of fun things to keep us busy this 4th of July. We started out our day bright and early by heading down to Provo to see the hot air balloons. They were amazing!
We got there too late last year, so it was fun to be able to see them all getting blown up and stuff. They are huge!
We went to the Provo parade after and had a great time hanging out with Joel's extended family.
Here are a few highlights of what we saw....
Trick horse riders!!! I don't think I really get the point of this now, but when I was little I sure wanted to be one of them! My sister Lindsay would teach me tricks on my little plastic bouncy horse Lol!
.....I can just imagine a conversation this young man might have had with his friends.....
Friend: "So what are you doing in the Parade again?"
Young Man: "ummmm.....I'm wearing a big blood drop suit...."
Sick!!!! He must have been bribed.
Isn't this car sweet!? I've never seen a snazzy copper penny paint job like that!
This guy was a very convincing Cpt. Jack Sparrow. The photo doesn't do him justice.
We also saw my good friend Abe :).
I had a very vivid dream once where I actually got to meet Abe Lincoln and shake his hand. Ever since then I've kinda felt like he's my buddy :).
In my dream, he was in a coffin wearing his famous black suit (only it was crocheted....haha). I shook his hand and I asked him "How come you were so cool when you were alive?!" He very seriously responded "Because I was part of the bow wow gang". And then the song "bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yea" started playing like back ground music.....
Ummm why does this High School band kid have a sword?

After a delicious dinner at the Smith's house we saw some fire works in Riverton. It was a great day!

It's Official!

We have the Internet!!!! ahhhhh I can pay bills in my PJs, look up recipes for dinner, and blog at 3am if I want....freedom, I love it. Speaking of that, happy Independence day tomorrow! I hope you get to see some of these.

We've been keeping busy with work and trying not to get sick. For some reason we've been getting sick pretty much once a month since we've moved.....I would like to know why, it's driving us both crazy. We bought a new lens a while back and it's been a dream to use, totally love it. We had to go down town to the FedEx place to pick it and just couldn't wait to use it. Here are a few we took.

salt flats

Yep thats thats right, a new post... finally. Well I will finish this as long as I don't go crazy first...am I the only one that can't seem to type on lap top keyboards?
We went out to the salt flats last weekend for a family shoot and decided to stay after we finished to experiment with my new lens! It's like a whole new world shooting with a wide lens... and I am loving it! It makes me want to sing the hallelujah chorus.
These were a few of my favs. Be sure to click on them for a larger view because they look saaa weet!

Yeah we like to think we're pretty tough




These are a few pics we took on.. Easter....umm better late than never?

Yay! the end of the post and no craziness, how about a poloroid to celebrate? This picture makes me happy.