just had the most joyous shoot with this girl.

yes, joyous is the only word to describe it :)

more to come

in the meantime, check out her wonderful blog here.

Birthday Boy

Dane (my big brother) got quite the surprise yesterday:

{on his birthday mind you!}

A KIDNEY STONE.

he and his wife spent the larger part of the day in the hospital.

some birthday right?

seems these stones run in our family.

remember mine just days before my wedding?

nightmare!

isn't he such a stud in this photo?

Dear Dane,

here's to a happy 23rd birthday and big wishes that this stone passes quicker than mine did! look at it this way, now you'll know what Brittany will have to go through when she gives birth. :) you are the best big brother ever! stay strong!

la la love you!

x0

-sissy

if you ever come across this door

you should knock on it.

only if you find it tonight.

don't knock.

cause i won't be there.

i'll be working.

:(

but any other time.

seriously.

Brandon picked out the color.

nice right?

*photo from a final last semester. hopefully i'll have the rest up soon :)

lets talk

I'm not about to pretend that this whole comment hooplah didn't happen.

it did.

and i'm not going to pretend I didn't think about it an awful lot.

i did.

So to all you lovelies out there who wrote/emailed sweet words: THANK YOU!

i wish i could give you all hugs.

& to the anonymous(es) out there, i wish i could give you a hug too.

cause i think you could really use one.

The fact of the matter is

1. this is my blog

2. this is my life

If you don't like the way i live my life or write about it (I've never claimed to be a perfect person or to be good with words) and my human contradictions (which I'm still not sure were, in regards to that post) bother you so greatly then simply

don't.

read.

my.

blog.

and if for some reason you still want to read my blog, maybe to inevitably find more flaws and faults {which frankly is kinda sick} then please refrain from unkind comments.

cause they are just that.

unkind.

and maybe you forgot but the opposite of kind is unkind.

which i'm sure no one intentionally tries to be.

especially anonymous people :)

thats all i'm going to say on the matter.

and now for some photos!

I took these quickly yesterday for a photo assignment.

we had to shoot raw and couldn't post edit.

i decided to document a few of our collections.

his.

hers.

xoxoxo

Kitty

a girl who may or may not contradict her self and likes to collect stuff.

and blog.

imperfections and the color green

why this room was documented?

i do not know.

B took it while tinkering with some old school filter caps he got me for christmas last year.

hence the uber green hue.

i'm happy to admit our house doesn't look quite this bad at the moment. this photo was taken pre-christmas....when everyone's house (lives) are a hectic mess....

right?

anyway, i love it and it's imperfections.

my friend made a comment the other day how blogs/facebook/any cybereality can be a big fat lie. people put out how and what they want others to see. sometimes whilst stalking others (probably YOUR) blogs, i find myself envying them. the perfect furniture, big houses, glamorous and easy lives, fancy clothes, blah blah blah {you get the point right?}. Well they have issues too. and i don't mean that to be rude...just to be real. we all have imperfections right? right.

well i do.

lots in fact.

some are very evident in this photo.

should we embrace imperfections? maybe not.

but should we sweep them under the rug and pretend they don't exist? probably not...

the reality is Brandon and I don't live a very glamorous life. We both work (real hard) and any time in between is spent kissing each other's boring days away or procrastinating on school assignments. We don't have fancy clothes. we shop at DI and savers. We rarely go out to eat, when we do it's In and Out and we eat our burgers pinky up. We steal toilet paper from our parents homes (and we aren't talking about a tiny roll, we are talking about the whole 24 pack-family-size-deal, it's getting harder to be sneaky...). we don't have a TV. We hack into my parents netflix account for the occasional movie. We leave our house a mess because we are always in a hurry. we eat on paper plates cause we hate doing the dishes. we let our laundry pile up week after week. cause we are lazy. and we make love.

like i said,

we don't live a glamorous life.

but we do live a pretty charmed one

wishing you a charming friday!

xxxx

-kitty {who just realized she never posted about christmas...}

6.25.10

marrying my dear sweet Brandon in the Temple was

no doubt the best decision i ever made.

and i want to say the best day of my life....but everyday just gets better.

so today was the best day of my life.

and i'm sure tomorrow will have it running for it's money.

p.s. this photo was taken by the amazingly talented and beautiful Elise Lauren. In case you didn't know, i LOVED having her as my photographer. I recommend her to anyone and everyone. And did you know you can view all my wedding photos here? well you can. {and for those who are waiting patiently for me to post some...i promise the day will come!} and you should, cause you are probably in some of them! {look in "reception"} and you of course look so darn good, so guess what else? you can purchase them! wahoo!

have a lovely night :)

xxx

kitty

sebastiaan remer

i've been doing some self-encouraged research.

for art.

{the good kind}

and there is a lot out there.

& and i think someday i'll make a little post series about the stuff i find.

but not today.

today i'll just share

sebastiaan remer

my favorite:

it's almost like a dream no?

check out his site here

i like you

tregani.

i like you.

like a lot.

and for many reasons.

you are a good person.

you listen to me.

even when what i'm saying is pointless.

which it often is.

and you don't judge me.

and you aren't just understanding.

you really understand me.

which is crazy...

cause i don't even understand me.

and you know what else?

i know God put you in my life.

he knew i needed you.

just like he knew you needed me.

and even though that's a lot of needs..

our friendship isn't needy.

it's about how much each of us can give.

and we give a lot.

and then when taking is needed,

we take.

and it works out.

and when it's been months of seeing each other,

we don't have to go through any routine awkwardness.

nope.

just right back to normal.

like we are at the ranch.

laughing cause our first kiss was with the same guy.

and talking our mouths off

and peeing our pants.

and i happen to think that is pretty cool.

and i think you are kinda really funny.

and i like playing PL with you.

and doing big eventful worthwhile things.

and also the little worthwhile things.

like just sitting.

and talking.

and remembering.

and dreaming.

anyway,

like i said,

i like you a lot.

out the door

I don't have a full length mirror.

so sometimes, when I'm a bit hesitant about what I threw on and whether it actually works, i pull out the handy dandy photobooth.

and usually by the time i've gotten a good look, it's taken so long i've got to run out the door no matter what i'm wearing.

like today.

p.s. yay for sunglasses! It's the sunniest it's been in a long time today!

42 days

the 42 day challenge

today I had 10 and 1/2 hours of classes. with zero breaks

(since i don't count sprinting across campus to my next class as a "break")

....I about peed my pants.

and i must say i was a bad student today.

my mind refused to focus.

instead i'd day dream about

longer hair.

and lovely trousers

and scotty dogs

and thinking of ANY excuse to buy this:

and I finally came up with a good one! Brandon and I were talking about goal setting the other day. B doesn't like making new years resolutions cause he thinks any day is a good day to make a resolution. me thinks he's right. We both have an individual daily goal we'd like to make a habit so we decided that after 42 days (6 weeks) of hard work at our goals, we'd treat ourselves to that adorable mr. crosley above.

and I'd like you to join us in our 42 day challenge! lets be honest, you already broke 10 of your 100 goals, and the other 90 you forgot about.

so lets make TODAY the day to:

-start that project you've been dreaming of

-drop those few pesky ounces

-break that horrid habit

-write in your journal

-START A BLOG!

-learn a new skill

-be brave and woo that handsome devil you've been eyeing!

Goals turn into wishes if you don't write them down. Which is why I'm pledging on this here blog. and why you should comment your pledge as well! Tell us what your goal is {or if it's a secret, like mine, just say so} and for goodness sake, give yourself some motivation! Pick a treat of sorts as your prize and stick a photo of it on your mirror to remind yourself daily! And if you can't think of a good prize let me know....I'll make you cookies or send you a little sussy when the 42 days are up!

the 42 day challenge starts tomorrow!

READY

SET

GOal!

in other words: art

incase you missed it, my sissy announced my acceptation into BYU's Visual Arts program. And yes, it was (is) kind of a big deal, but just mostly to me :) Ya see....I've tried my hand (or mind) at many a different majors. Not a one was even close to a good fit. It became a process of elimination. I knew all sorts of things I couldn't do {physcology, english, communications, advertising, anything that involves numbers or stats, anything science, anything "techy", SFL, anything that requires long research papers...} And the list was getting longer. And, frankly, time was running out. It was one of those times where you just have to make a decision before you know if it's the right one. For reasons I either can't remember or that don't matter anymore, I had decided in highschool that I was NOT going to go into the arts.

but then something changed. or lots of things rather. and it became clear to me that this is my "calling". and when I say calling, i don't mean i'm some super gifted person whose work is going to change the world or even affect another, but calling meaning it's what I need to do for me. This is going to make me happy. And it does just that.

so instead of writing long research papers I wrap yarn around trees.

which I actually did once.

just a few months ago.

and the coolest part is i get to call it art.

oh and I got an A.

video to follow shortly. or longly {depending on how quickly i figure out how to post it}

i'll be your bird

this is the

first photo

I took of him.

he was working late.

I brought him betos.

{and won him over in the process}

I know it's needy, but I miss him all the time

even when he's in the opposite corner of our studio

i want him by me always

at first it was probably weird for him

I wasn't so needy when we were dating

But now that we are married it's like he knows me too well

like we are one person

so when we are apart I feel uncomfortable with myself

we both need our space and time alone

but I'd much rather have him by my side

holding me

with the profile of my face resting

inside his

like a puzzle piece.

he's my best friend.

& i'm his bird.

bravery

Yesterday I did something very brave.

I dyed my hair....

RED!

before:

gross nasty face with bad lighting typical "before" photo

oh, and the hair.......

After:

lovely lighting and pleasant demeanor

oh...and RED HAIR!

*hair in photo is redder than it appears

*also note I'm wearing the same shirt although pics taken on separate days...

it's my new favorite shirt

the combination of Walmart not having what we went there for, being with my encouraging mom and sister, and a sale on this particular hair color made it impossible to pass up. {and perhaps the fact that my hair was way over due for some spunk}

I'm excited for this bold new do to kick off what I know will be an amazing year.

My red hair, in a way, is a sort of symbol of how i want to face this next year:

with bravery.

all my new year's resolutions have to do with courage.

courage to try new things

so bring it on 2011!

p.s. you should really probably click on this right now, it's the ultimate to do list, the perfect way to get all that 2010 stuff out of the way and embrace 2011 with an organized life!