note worthy goings-on, somewhat out of order

i spent the night in south jordan on sunday. i am in love with sophia. i love that she calls me "my header" as in "look mom, i found my header!" which is what she says every time i come over. ha, love love love. i loved these so much i had to edit them a bit in PS, even though the resolution is crappy:

family portrait:

i think it would be hilarious to take a family picture like this for christmas cards sometime. maybe i can convince my family to do it when i'm home in a few weeks:D HAHAHAHAHA best christmas card EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

sometime last week i went to janey's final dress fitting.. her dress is gorgeous and is a perfect match. janey definitely found her dress!!! it only took 3 stores to find it, woot, and on the first day of shopping too! ahh i can't believe she's getting married, she's not mine anymore!!!

last saturday i went to nickel city with holly. i won the jackpot game.. 100 tickets!!!!!! woooooo!! all together i had about 450 tickets at the end of the night, which is more than i've ever won

we pooled our winnings and bought matching/cool accessories:

i rediscovered my mac photobooth.. it's the bomb-diggity:

yesterday was my bro damon's 20th birthday, he still in denver colorado serving a mission for the LDS church.. his 1 year mark is at the end of this month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i put a package together for him, including this dinosaur that reminded me of him for some reason.

i loved on it for a while so i could send him love in a package, and also so that when he needs a love we can hug via the dinosaur. i'm hoping he comes up with an awesome name for it and tells me.

the grey blanket in these last two photos is a new purchase, it's a delicious microfiber blanket i bought recently. when i make my bed someday i'll post a picture so you can see how cute my bed is. maybe i love it just because i LOVE the colors, gray blanket, a large pink embroidered pillow, my white pillow, and a green body pillow. also my stuffed friends, spencer-cow and bear. since i am lazy, currently in my bed, and not in the mood to document it yet, here is the color scheme i quickly created in photoshop:

since i'm already in bed and i've exhausted myself working hard on this post, i think i'm going to roll over and take a nap. ahhhhh summer. ahhhhhhh self employment with flexible hours and month long hiatuses. ahhhhhhhhh awesome sound tracks to work/play/sleep to. currently playing is "glamorous indie rock and roll" by the killers but i'm in a more low key mood so also on today's soundtrack:

"virginia" chris merritt

"paperweight" joshua radin and schuyler fisk

"streetlight" joshua radin

"yellow" jem

"love like a sunset" phoenix

pretty mellow today.

we all secretly share the same fears and dreams

i'm cleaning out my computer and while doing so i found this art by kim smith. i love saving images i find online, i have hundreds saved on my hard drive. soon i'll upload a bunch to share:) i love this quote and i love poppies.. they're my favorite flowers i think.

three photos making me happy that i must share immediately:

i just barely woke up. i got up to brush my teeth because my mouth smelled like something died in it, and when i came back to my bed i saw it like this:

i was so happy at the sight of white fluffiness to crawl back into, plus i loved the blue color of my body pillow, my happy stuffed cow and bear awaiting my return, and my fan making it a cool haven! i had to take a picture. and then i had to share it.

i was going to blog this second picture a couple of days ago, it is ov (i just tried to write "of" and "ov" came out. HAHAHAHA. i think i'll leave it) my lovely car outside of the laundromat. it was a cloudy day, but the clouds were dark like they are right before rain. it's my favorite weather, SO moody and mellow. ahhhhhh i wish more days were like this! anyway, that's why i love the picture.. my car+moody weather=love.

this third image is of a journal i bought yesterday. i LOVE it. i think i might display it in my room so that i'm reminded every day of what i'm trying to do. right now i'm arranging my life so that i can pursue my dreams. i have so many goals that are making me SO excited! most of them involve my photography business. oh my goodness i have so much to do and it's EXCITING!!!!

COOL - buy these

i was at the grocery store a couple of weeks ago and saw the most genius thing ever! biodegradable garbage bags. WOOT! i wouldn't say i'm particularly a tree hugger, but when it's so easy to do my part, why not, eh? this is an awesome way to take care of the earth.. i mean, when it's as simple as just switching the kind of garbage bags you use, why NOT? they're really sturdy and cost barely more than glad bags. plus there are cute pictures on the side, making them more fun to use. so here's to being somewhat environmentally responsible:

p.s. i like this picture because if you look to the right you can see a little colored thing. it's a paper airplane that janey decorated and stuck in the blinds, i don't know why. paper airplane competitions have become quite popular activities. we've done it in fhe twice this year. i always lose.

this has been a good week because:

FINALLY THE POOL IS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!

this one's for stacey

the moon was beautiful tonight. i couldn't capture it the way i wanted to in the time i had but i like it anyway. this picture is thanks to my friend stacey who told me the moon was pretty tonight which got me outside to see.

suncrest

this weekend we drove to a beautiful place in draper. a cloud came down over the mountain. it was so cool. i've decided i want to be on every beautiful mountain possible. i want to collect pictures.

a couple of portraits:

on a side note, i'm eating several bowls of cheerios with sugar tonight for a midnight snack. delicious.