All Ya Need Is Love

Since I have been on the internet for pretty much the whole day I thought, hey what is another few minutes? Blame it all on my in laws for going out of town. We have nowhere to go and no one to see! Thus, I am stuck here ON THE COMPUTER working. If I can't sit and relax and eat someone else's food, I guess I must finish things.
I just couldn't help posting some more of these photos. I sort of get OCD about each shoot and can't leave it alone until it's all I think I can make it. I am going to leave you with the words to a song I love. I was listening to it last night while doing dishes and I just love the words. I also love how she portrays wrinkles as stories of her life, which is an amazing. (However I will still put on my wrinkle cream tonight...) I love the thought of knowing one another that much and accepting the messes we have in our heads and still being together. That is what love and life is about. Having someone accept you and love you who you are without all the expectations and happy faces that we often have to put on in our everyday interactions. Someone to know how all those lines on your face got there (one name-Piper).

The Story.. Brandi Carlile

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do
I was made for you
You see the smile that's on my mouth
It's hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
No, they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what
I've been through like you do
And I was made for you...
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you

True Snowboarders Don't Get Cold

As opposed to me that is a self proclaimed now ex snow boarder. "Snowboarders don't get cold," she says. And she didn't! Ok, one thing that is so shocking to me about this business is the friendships that are formed, I love everyone I have worked with, but especially these two. What an awesome couple. And a perfect location for them, it was so fun, but us wanna be's froze! And seriously, Juliette, you definitely should try out for America's Next Top Model! ( Inside joke)
A special thanks to Erin Langford, whom is becoming a good friend of mine, for your company, support and some great pictures as always.
Here are a few. I have seriously not even gone through them all the way yet and already there are so many I love so here is the tip of the iceberg. Thanks Julie and Jared for being so awesome and so hot.

It Must Be Love

I'm in love, it's official. This is my new significant other that I got a little bit ago.. she is fabulous. I guess since she is a she and I am in love with her, I might possibly be swinging the other way. Either way just thought I'd introduce you to her.

Sundance

I went up to Park City today and I walked down main street to get some ideas about an up coming shoot and Sundance was starting up so I basically walked up and down the street with the paparazzi. It was so fun! And hilarious! Too bad I didn't see any stars I could have really upped my print pricing for that!





These two shots are for my bride-stick yourself in these shots.

He's One!

In Celebration Of His B-Day week, Here Are Some More.

I have sort of had some down time after the Christmas rush and wedding anticipation so I figure I will fully take advantage of my opportunities to take picts of my peanut and post them! So if you are sick of his sweet face, YOU ARE NUTTS!

The one without the hat, bless his heart, but I think he looks like an old man. Not sure if it's the old man shirt or not. Any how I still want to kiss his cheeks from morning til night.
P.S. Thank you thank you for the comments.. the crickets are chirping a little less. But hey, at least we have winter crickets. I do love the sound of them in the summer.

I Just Can't Get Enough

What else would I be doing at the wee hours of the morning but looking at my peanut's face! And blogging of course. He turns a year next week and I guess I am getting sentimental and making sure I have some documentation of it... So done and done, documented. I just want to kiss those sweet cheeks until they fall off!

Done

So now that the holidays are over, breaks are over, the new year has come can it be summer now? Winter with kids is not very exciting. Oh how I long for the boarding days at Utah State when winter was heaven, however, I am sort of done. I can last a little bit longer, but I hope it goes by fast. I long for days of play dates at the park and running in the heat. I was going through these photos of our family trip to California to give to my sister in law, Jen, and it so made me excited for the spring to come! But, for now, back to real life of work everyday for Jake and school for us all (or at least the ones crazy enough to be enrolled). So hopefully amidst all the online assignments and tedious textbook reading I will still find time for you dear, sweet blog. Maybe if more people start to comment (people do actually visit to some degree....), I will make it a priority, however until that happens you are going to have to take back seat to my multiple internet classes. So maybe people will start commenting and making me feel popular so I have reason for being irresponsible with my education... Much Love!

The Rest!

I finished these this weekend so I thought I would post some more. I am quite happy with them, we just did them a few days before Christmas in freezing weather in about a ten foot radius, my kids and hubby waiting in the car, it was a mini session to say the least! Paul, well he didn't stop moving for one second! We enjoyed seeing our friends for this short time while they were in town. It's so nice to keep getting more and more experience, mainly the editing is cutting in half every time, so that is nice. But it is amazing the amount of time me and Mr. Mac spend together. Good thing he is so good to me! I shot this shoot with my 28-75 2.8 and I am really pleased with the sharpness and light overall that it has, it took me a minute to find the sweet spot that I like it at, but.. I think I conquered it. Just FYI, for those of you who care! I also changed my focus mode to focus priority and I got a lot better shots, it was nice to not have to weed out ones that were out of focus and they seemed in better focus overall. You know, FYI for those Nikonians friends of mine :)

If I Did Make Them...

I don't believe it'd be a proper blog without wishing you the most for the new year. So welcome, new year of 2009. I, like my spouse, am not too keen on News Years Resolutions because it seems like they are forgotten within weeks. Although I can't help but to let it cross my mind, if I DID believe in them whole heartedly, what would they be? Well, for starters my main priority and biggest goal this year is to (finally) graduate from college. That will be done this year, so it's a pretty special year for me. I also have planned on doing a half marathon, mostly because I have almost done a bunch but just decided I didn't care to do the whole shabang, running most everyday has been enough for me. But this year.. hey why not? I mean I should be able to officially say I have done one. Also, I want to join a road biking group this year so I have some biker buddies. I think I may have found that in my long lost friend Mark, so now I just have to gather some courage to throw myself into that. As for photography, I don't really know.. I want to get better and have fun, and hopefully that will entail some money. My life is pretty complaintless and I just want to keep it that way. I have so so so many wonderful people in my life that I really can't ask for much more. The last year brought on a lot of really great things and a lot of growth on my own personal part that as long as I keep getting better as a person, a thinker, a mother, a wife, a friend, a scholar, a photographer, a cook, an athlete, and hopefully something more I'll add this year, than I think I'll be pretty well off and don't think written in stone resolutions will really be that necessary. Just keep on keeping on bettering myself and hopefully a few of the great people around me.

A Few More Actual Goals:

To find a maid, a makeup artist, and hairstylist that are free and can accomplish the get ready part in 15 minutes, or the span of an episode of Max & Ruby.

Diet Coke to be made full of great nutrients.

For pregnancies (no.. not now, but this year probably) to be enjoyable, and comfortable, and full of energy.

It would also be nice if the Band Of Horses would come out with three or four (or more, I am not picky) more albums of equal or better amazingness of their priors.

Also I am hoping this year someone invents a black nail polish that will last more than a day through dish washing, bum changing, floor cleaning, laundry, and hand washing after hand washing. Us housewives have to trendy and edgy too, so.. someone please make my year by blessing me with cute hands. Ok... dark brown would do too if black is too much to ask.