A day of Love!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Thanks for letting me play with your ring Julia at the beautiful Siobhan's bridal shower!

...This shower had so many cute details that filled the air with love.... 

Nice job JAMS!

With that being said love IS definitely in the air. So many friends are getting engaged and are about to be married. What a beautiful thing love is and it's so awesome to get to witness that from my friends but more importantly how cool that as much love as we see on this earth that Christ's love is far more greater than anything we can imagine! What a blessing that Christ's love is perfect and that he pours that love and grace on such a sinner like myself. So thankful for the love I receive from Him each day. 

 So exciting that less than a month and this girl will be married! 

You are going to be such a beautiful bride Siobhan!

Well, I hope these pictures got you in the mood for Valentine's day as much as it did me :)

Have a great Day!

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day Steve! 

Maddie is MARRIED!

Beautiful Ohio. Perfect place to be married...and that's just what I got to witness.

Maddie was another one of the summer interns at Lost Canyon this summer and I can not even express to you how blessed I am that I know her and can call her a friend. After spending everyday for three months together we got to know each other pretty well if you ask me. We could tell when each other was having a bad day, we could laugh together, cry together, learn about the Lord, run together and BEST PART OF ALL, we got to CELEBRATE HER ENGAGEMENT together! Yup, that's right... this girl who grew up her whole life in Ohio got engaged in Arizona! Jeff, her now husband flew all the way to Arizona to visit Maddie and little did she know that he was going to propose to her. Let's just talk about Jeff for a sec shall we. From the first time Maddie spoke about him I knew he must be a pretty cool guy. Turns out he is. It was so fun to have him at camp for the short time he was able to come, he fit right in. It was like we had known him for ages. But the day he came to camp there was a HUGE storm, the biggest we had all summer! Hail was falling, more like POURING from the grey skies. If you walked out into it you would be drenched in the matter of seconds. It was wild. BUT all of us knew that Jeff's plan was to take Maddie to the Grand Canyon to propose and this weather definitely made us all nervous, but none the less we encouraged them to go and told them that the weather would be clear at the Grand Canyon...and it was. They drove out to one of God's most beautiful creations and Jeff washed Maddie's feet, said some beautiful words, gave her a bible that had Madison Elizabeth Thompson written on it, and popped the question. And then we got to celebrate!! It was so fun to get to be apart of it all. And what was even MORE fun was to be at the wedding. I cannot even begin to tell you how welcomed and loved us Arizona folk felt when coming to Ohio. Her best friends and housemates definitely made me feel like an "unofficial" best friend while I was there. And to see Maddie walk down the aisle was something I am so happy I got to see. Oh gosh, I could go on and on. To sum it up, Maddie and Jeff are a great couple and I see Jesus in them like no other. I just love LOVE so much. 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thanksgiving is definitely the start of my favorite time of the year. Winter. SO great... You get to pull out your cute jackets and coats and actually sit by a fire cause it is actually getting cold out :)  I love coming home from college and getting to spend the weekend with family and friends, it is exactly what you need right before finals... knowing that I just have to get through two more weeks and then I will be back at home for winter break! But yesterday was perfect. Woke up, turned some Macy's Day Parade on and cuddled in my blanket. Then the cooking started! We cooked our Turkey outside in a smoker and the smoked turkey taste was very delicious! As we were waiting for it to be done my dad got to watch some good ol' American football while my sister, mom and I searched through all the Black Friday ads scoping out and making lists of what to get everyone for Christmas. And then us girls made the other side dishes and at around 3:30 the meal was ready! Chelsea even redeemed herself with the dessert this year :) (haha, not that last years was bad, but you know haha.. love ya Chels!) It was a chocolate trifle to die for! Then we got to enjoy each others company and play some games and laugh A LOT. It was a great day! We missed Chaz, Jenny and Nicole who were all back east, but still a great day! I sure have a lot to be thankful for!

Thank you Cheema

My roommates are great. I seriously love every night I get to spend with them. Everyday I learn something new about them that well usually cracks me up. They are so loving and encouraging. I know, so cheesy, but true. Today my actually room roommate Lauren helped me with a school project showcasing non other than my love, peanut butter. This picture cracks me up. She looks pretty good with a peanut butter handle bar mustache right? Well, this post is to you Lauren. You're hot.

also... another shout out to my other roomie Lauren for helping me scrounge money tonight! so funny....

Pizza Night!!

These are the nights I love.

Best Friend Nights

Here's to the nights you won't forget. To a best friend that no matter what you're doing, you're having fun....even studying for finals late at night.

Awesome.

It's only day 4 and yet again I am not posting one of my own pictures! I promise this is not how i meant for this whole 25 in 25 to turn out :)...but until i figure out my battery on my computer I may be showing ya'll a lot of things that I am inspired by or simple just think are awesome.

OK. so about a month or two ago my roommates had shown me this video that they found on this really great photographers website... Brandon Kidd... He is a photographer based out of California, you should check out his blog, its great... anyways he recently got married and this video is about how he and his wife met, how they got engaged, and then clips of their wedding! Literally, watching it makes me so happy. They have such a sweet love story and truly love the Lord and are striving to grow closer with Him each and everyday. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Oh and Shade Tree Films created it!

PS: I would suggest going to the bottom of the blog to turn off the music playlist I have that automatically plays!! Then scroll back up and get ready to fall in love with love.

25 in 25!

So its come to my attention... well actually, I've known all along.... that I have been slacking on posting on my blog! It been almost a year and a half of having this blog and I barely have 30 posts... SO here is the CHALLENGE... Everyday for 25 days I will be posting SOMETHING on my blog. Whether it be a photo shoot, or just a simple picture of something I come across through out my day, or even a rad picture I have found online that someone else took, I WILL POST IT. There are a few reasons for taking this challenge. 1. I really love taking pictures and want to push myself to become better, so this will stretch me and push me to new limits. 2. I NEED to take my camera more places so I can capture all the awesome moments throughout my days and weeks. 3. I will never not take a challenge haha. SO there's the jist. IF YOU FIND ME SLACKING ON THIS CHALLENGE, please, CALL ME OUT! and hey, if this whole 25 in 25 works out... maybe I'll make the challenge longer :) Thanks for reading! and happy viewing!

Urban Ad

For my photography class I am in we had a project where we had to recreate ads... Here is the rad outcome...thanks Mar! :)

The Graduate!

My sister graduated this past Saturday from U of A as a Studio Art major!! From the suprise visits to the tortilla throwing it was a GREAT weekend! I'm not going to lie, I wish I could have spent at least another year with Chelsea at U of A with me but I'll try not to be too greedy :) Congrats again Chelsea! You Rock!