Photo Session, Brea & Family

Saturday I had another great opportunity to take pictures of one of my co-workers & friends family pictures. Brea, Nathan & Katie were so much fun!! Despite the chilly weather we were able to get some great shots of the family, and Katie's fun little personality.

Happy Birthday Kristine!

Yesterday was one of my BFF's birthday. That's right! The world celebrates that special day with her. I know we all think that on the 17th of March we celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but really it's a celebration in honor of PK (our nickname for Kristine).

Let me take you back to the day when I met Kris in High School. It was in Orchestra, Kris rocks it on the Cello, and I play the Violin - I should say "played" because I certainly don't play it much these days, which I'm sure the angels in the heavens are leaping for joy - really, I AM that bad. Anyway, back to Orchestra, 1993 as Sophomores at Orem High. I didn't know her because she went to the rival Jr. High School, Canyon View, as I went to Lakeridge. I was a little afraid of her because of her expert Cello skills were quite intimidating. It was our Senior year of high school that we became friends, (I'm pretty sure that's when it was, correct me if I'm wrong, Kris). We went with a big group to Sadie Hawkins...man those plaid shirts were AWESOME!!

My memory after that gets a little foggy, but we continued to be friends after graduation; going to the same singles ward. Actually, she and our other friends wanted me to switch singles ward so I could be in their ward and be with the gang,( Kris, Jaimi Young, Wendy Smith, Megan Leeper, Tiffany Smith, Marilyn Hullinger...ummm...am I forgetting someone?? Those were good times doing drive-by's, going to Institute dances, road trips, drive-by's, etc. Then I went to China, Chile and came home and of course everyone was married...but not Kris. She and I continued to be BFF's.

She was the one I could tell anything to, the one who would laugh at me when I was silly, who didn't make me feel like a nerd, even though I was...am. She was always coming up with fun things to do, and to always make everyone feel included. It's because of her that we all still have contact with each other.

13 years later she still one of my BFF's. We still have as much fun as we did back in the day. We laugh until we cry, we even made a pact, with Michelle Bailey, that we can fart in front of each other and not frown upon it. We make sure that we tell each other if we have a "cliff hanger", you know what I'm talking about.

So, to you Kris on your very special day, yesterday, I salute you and wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

This is the only recent picture I have of Kris. This was taken last week when Kris, Brooke Bailey, Michelle Bailey - in spirit (she's in Nashville right now, we sure missed having her there) and myself enjoying a night out at Wingers. It's not the best picture - it was taken on my cell phone.

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!

To get an idea of how we celebrate St. Patricks Day, check out Ryan's St. Patrick's day post on his blog...too funny! May the luck 'O the Irish be with ye.

Flight of the Conchords

If anyone has watched this show on HBO you know how funny it is. Flight of the Conchords is about two guys from New Zealand who are living in New York trying to get their band going. In each episode they always have a couple of songs that they do - where it coincides with whatever is going on in that specific episode. The songs are random and hilarious. The guys in general are just plain funny!! I highly recommend watching it if you get HBO. If you don't then check out the clips of these music videos on Youtube.com. Here are a few of my favorite....

Ok, I can't figure how to turn these into links. I tried and it won't work. Just copy and paste it on your web browser.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FArZxLj6DLk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TLEK0UZH4cs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3OnUz1QZXs

Photo session

So, Saturday I had the wonderful opportunity of taking pictures of my friends daughter, Chasia Jensen. Violeta and I work together at XanGo. Not only are we co-workers, but she's a really good friend too.

Those of you who know me, know that my favorite pictures of kids are the kind where they're not all posed and smiling, but showing their personality up close. I think we definitely were able to capture Chasia's personality on these pictures. Enjoy!

Seanie's getting Married!!

Back in December my younger brother Sean proposed to TeriAnn Radmall, of Orem. We love her and are so excited to have her be a part of the family. They will be getting married April 3rd, in the Salt Lake Temple. YAY!! :)

I've been begging them to let me take some pictures of them so I could post on my blog for everyone to see. Finally on Saturday we took some pictures! I won't spoil things and put the picture on here that they're going to use for their Wedding announcement, but I'll post some of the fun ones. LOVE YOU TWO!!!

Valentines Day

Each year for Valentines Day I tell Ryan, "all I want are roses". He is so much like my brother-in-law, Kurt, and doesn't want to buy them because roses die and that's no way of showing his love for me...yada, yada, yada.

Being the great man that he is this Valentines Day was extra special. I called him around 5 or so to see what time he would be home from work, so I could cook a special dinner. He said he wasn't sure, in a little while. So I said, "ok, just let me know when you're on your way". Around 5:45 he texted me and said that he would be leaving around 7, so that he could get all of his hours in (we were snowed in from the storm that happened Wed. night and had to wait 'til they plowed so we could get out). So, I decide to go ahead and make some valentines cookies to kill the time before he left work and I could start cooking.

6:30 or so rolls around and I hear the doorbell. Being the paranoid person that I am, and seeing as I'm alone, I wasn't sure if I would answer it - you never know who could be on the other side(I'm a nerd...I know). I got up the courage to open the door. Lo & behold (and after freaking me out) I see that it's Ryan at the door with a bag from Macaroni Grill, my favorite restaurant, (including a slice of their chocolate cake, my absolute favorite cake)and a bag from Borders. "Holy crap, you scared me" I said. It was his intention to do so...aww...so loving. :)

He pulled out a gift for me from the Borders bag. It was the movie that I had been looking for!! Was it a romance movie, a comedy that we had seen in the theatres?? No, sir. It was a movie that I enjoyed when I was in my younger days. A movie that reminded me of Hawaii (because that's where it was filmed). And like I said before, being the great man that he is - he bought me something that was better then roses. Something I could have forever without it dying. It was...

Babe, you're the best!!!