Dane Graduates!

My big brother, Dane, Graduated from BYU today!  I'm so proud of him!  We all are :)  He's really set a standard of hard work for my sister and I.  (I wish hard work was hereditary....nope.  But we learn by example!)  I'm so excited to see him continue on in his career.  He'll be going to law school in August (crossing my fingers for Columbia) and will eventually follow suit and become a professor like my dad.  Whatever he does, he'll master it, it's kind of his thing ;) I LOVE YOU DANE!

peeks of an engagement session from last week.
we climbed a mountain.

*I'm in the process of creating a website/blog exclusively for my photo work! It's been on my list of things to do for some time now, and this summer it's been bumped up to the very tip-top of the list. I can't wait to share more of my work, I'm behind by about a year....sorry for those of you who email me and I refer you to this silly blog here where you have to shuffle through my mantras and musings to find a single shoot. It'll be better in the future, I promise ;)

as tall as the trees

"I'm on the roof"

something about being as tall as the trees breaks my shell and has me pouring out my deepest secrets and insecurities. Brighton, I needed our friendship more than you'll ever know. I'll miss our shared space, on the roof, in our little red brick house.

like a kid again

i'm getting old. it's evident from the changes all around me. My brother and his wife, Brittany, will be moving away at the end of the summer, doing big grown up things. Although I'm sooo excited for them (and crossing my fingers they move to NY cause i'll take any excuse to visit) i'm sad to see them go. And a bit scared, cause I know big things like moving out of the state are just around the corner for Brandon and me.

Perhaps it's because of all this growing up, or maybe just cause I have the coolest mom (yes, I said coolest) but we went all out this Easter. We used our Easter baskets from childhood. Mine with the little yellow chicks painted on. We went hunting high and low all over the yard. And in true hunt tradition, my mom had the most clever spots to hide the bootie, my brother scored the most treats and I the least and we afterwards we divvied them up just to be "fair".

and of course my mom found a few eggs we missed the next morning ;)

jackpot

is it possible to miss something before it's gone? just knowing it might be years or a lifetime till I find another window like this one makes me a little wet in the eyes. I'm scared. I'm scared we wont be able to find a place to live that isn't cookie cutter, that doesn't have itty bitty basement windows, that wont have cracks in the floor to hide little notes and tall tall ceilings and warpy glass and clawfoot bathtubs. I'm scared of the new.

but it's time. and it's official.
we are moving.

we just don't know where yet...

If you know of a place in Provo, your help would be greatlly appreciated!