thankful

hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving!

xox kitty

a Bad Blogger

I'm sorry for being such a bad blogger lately. Perhaps you feel I don't owe you an apology cause lets face it...I'm sure you aren't too upset or anything. I suppose I'm more sorry to myself. This blog is a journal of sorts and there are so many things worthy (in my eyes) of documenting! And for some reason back tracking is sooooo hard for me...I mean I've got weddings from the summer that have yet to be featured. bleh. I'll get them up someday.

life has been a bit on the busy side as of late {do I say that in every post?} I'm finally applying to my major in the next week or two and basically I'm super nervous. I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it. you can pray for me if you want?! or cross you fingers? or wish me luck?!

i could really use some good vibes...

for now here are some sneak peaks of some semi-recent shoots that I can't guarantee I'll post anytime soon.

engagements

family

graduating senior

i didn't plan on picking all walky pics...hah

carnations and chamomile

this morning felt poetic.

whistle while you work

I am very grateful to have the jobs that I do.

I work as the visual specialist at Banana Republic and am on call at Downeast Outfitters. I also {as you all know} do photography on the side.

Being a full-time student and a full time wife (haha sounds funny) and working can be a little {or A LOT} stressful at times. and it gets me thinking all selfish-like.

Luckily the companies I work for are amazing with their involvement in the community. There is ALWAYS an opportunity for service through my jobs. And there is no better cure to selfish ailments than service :)

In the past month I've had opportunities to:

Help build houses with Habitat for Humanity with my Banana crew!

Have a halloween party with the Make a Wish Foundation kids via Banana!

{sadly I only got two pics since we were so busy :( }

& paint faces at the BYU games with my Downeast posse!

ahem.

it's been done for a while.

and it's sitting there waiting for me to fix it.

and after 4 weeks i still haven't touched it.

so i guess it will do for now.

self portrait attempt #173

{that number sounds really vain. it's a made up number. i swear}

yes i might have trimmed my cheeks down a bit. ah the glory of being the artist :)

medium: acrylic craft paint

p.s. if i were you i might just brace myself for a post overload. I have weddings from summer that have yet to be featured! eeek!

showered

My dearest friend Lauren {or as i like to call her "la-la"}

is marrying her sweetheart in december!

Kait and I threw a shower for her last night, here are some of the photos!

{this is like the quickest turn-around for me ever!}

I cropped them all in squares. Why? cause it's challenging for me. and I like squares :)

Her wedding color is eggplant, a very difficult color to come by. So I added to the pallet more shades of violet and subtle greens and blues.

everything tastes better on/in glass

the yummiest little cupcakes made and decorated by my talented mother {they taste even better than they look! and with them being so small, you don't feel guilty eating 3 or 5 or 10}

carnations: one of my favorite flowers

paper garland {super easy to make!}

just a bit of the good eats

{there was another table adorned with goodies that my camera somehow neglected}

birds. vintage tablecloth, pitcher, and vases from my wedding

vintage glass party trays found at savers years ago

hanky panky panties

go away goodies

don't you just love love?

and parties?

oh how i love me a good party :)

guess what?

I am happy.

We are happy.

I wake up to my husband pushing the snooze button.

I wake up happy.

I get a ride to school from my husband.

I go to school happy.

I get texts throughout the day from husband.

{the silliest and sweetest of texts mind you}

I walk all over campus just beaming {happy}

I come home to my happy husband who literally sweeps me off my feet when I walk through the door. Sometimes he hears my car pull up and runs to the window to welcome me. Then he kisses me all over my face and tells me how much he missed me and I drop everything and we go and snuggle for at least a 5 minutes before we get started on whatever the next thing on the "to do list" is.

And I happily do that thing.

often, happiness is an impulse.

but other times it's a decision.

I suppose there are a lot of reasons I could be unhappy.

But I choose to be happy.

and the husband helps a lot a lot.

wishing you the happiest of days,

xoxo Kitty

Surprise. From Brandon.

She won't know the truth until she blogs again...

color study

color wheel

parent colors

transparency

untitled

medium: paint chips (thank you walmart)

As of late

as of late I've been a pretty "blah" blogger.

but I might have a semi-excusable excuse....

ya see, on friday night I wasn't feeling so swell. which led B and I leaving our pumpkin carving party early (thanks millers!). The next morning I felt the stone. Yes the very same stone that has been poking around this blog in complaints for the past few months. But this time it was a different sort of pain, it's like I just knew deep down inside that it was going to pass! Well that night (after a day of sleeping in till 3: the glory of pain killers) I DID pass it. And oh what a glorious (kinda painful) moment it was! B and I were at my parents when it happened and we had our friends, the Sorensens, with us too. It was like a big celebration since everyone there had seen me struggle with this thing and have played in active role in helping me feel better :)

It felt like I passed a huge milestone in my life!

heheh I think I'm punny

oh and the stone! let me describe it for you (I'd show a pic except thats a little weird + it's at the docs so they can analyze it?) Basically it was really really small. Like you'd probably see it and think i'm some wimp for bawling about it so much. But i tell ya, that little thing drove me nuts! It kinda looked like a crystal. Like it was sort of sparkly. weird.

So saturday night i'm shouting hallelujahs to the heavens.

and then the very next day i had stomach flu.

slept on the bathroom floor.

worst i've ever had.

And my sweet husband took such good care of me (LOVE HIM)

but the poor boy caught my bug the next day.

only a mutated version of it that has now lasted 3 days.

and I haven't taken good care of him.

(school ruins my life sometimes).

so basically my "bleh" blogging is only reflecting my "bleh" life right now.

maybe I'll post some art later....