HALLOWEEN

 For Halloween we had a cookie decorating party at our house! It was way fun! I made a ton of cookies to take to my neighbors and we had a blast decorating all of them

 This is Simone and Trevor.... we love them lots....

 This is their daughter Lanaya... Brandon loves her lots :)

 Heres the group!

 At our ward party simone, trevor and lanaya dressed up as royals! I loved it!

My FAVORITE was the cute little blake family! They were awesome!

My momma and jared came down to see us too! They stayed all weekend and we had a blast! Shopping in st. george, watching movies, eating good food, and movies! doesn't that just sound like a weekend with my mom?... I'm behind on my blogging so more pics to come!

Nails

A friend of mine is learning how to do acrylic nails and I volunteered to get some! She did a really good job but I CANNOT get used to these!! I can't open things, I can't zip my pants, I can't TYPE! I cant pick things up, I can't scratch an itch through my jeans!! They look cute but boy these things are ROUGH!!

Weekend with Mal Pal

Last weekend my good friend Malorie and her friend Rose came down and stayed at my house. It was so fun to have some friends over! We never have visitors and I LOVE them! On saturday I had a wedding to shoot and they had a baptism so between the 2 events we went for a hike up in the St. George red rock. It was fun to get Charley out of the house and back into hiking mode! 

 Charley is the best outdoor adventure dog EVER!

 Tired and a little dehydrated (I left her water in the car oops)

Climbing the crack!

Also, my little sister-in-law Aubrey and her boyfriend Brady had homecoming this weekend and since it was semi formal they decided to make they're outfits out of duck tape... they are pretty impressive...

Love you guys!

Christmas Fever!

I am one of those annoying people who start the Holidays WAY too early. I whip out the Christmas music November 1st and I can BARELY make it to Thanksgiving without setting up my Christmas Tree! Don't get me wrong I LOVE FALL but this year, fall stinks!! I mostly love fall because of fall CLOTHES, pea coats, hats, sweaters, scarves and MOST OF ALL BOOTS!! I LOVE BOOTS!!!! LOVE BOOTS!! I don't think you are understanding how much I LOVE boots! It's october 6th and as of last week it was still 85 degrees! NOT boots weather! This week it has rained for 3 days straight and it's been FREEZING! People are pulling out the fall clothes left and right and braving the rain! so SINCE fall is half way over and it's STILL not acting like fall my biological clock has already started to skip Halloween and move right on to "The Holidays"! I have had to PHYSICALLY stop myself from watching a christmas movies and I've already started  my new Christmas playlist on my Ipod! So yesterday I decided in order to stop skipping October and to stop wanting to pull out my christmas stuff  I needed to try to be more welcoming towards fall. So I went and bought a fall center piece for my table! Maybe if I TRY to like fall a little bit more I'll stop trying to skip it? ...We'll see how the experiment goes?

Sorry Art Wins!

This semester of school is a big one for me. I am taking 16.5 credits and out of those there are 3 classes that require "my FULL attention". The first is math, math is my nemesis... this is my 5th semester of math classes, out of those 5 I have failed 4 of them, I'm taking it online this semester and I HAVE to pass this time! So obviously math needs to be my top priority! NOPE! I'm also taking Advanced Contemporary Landscape. In this class I have ONE assignment, Shoot a series of work, print it, frame it, curate it, advertise for it, and hold a gallery for it. So OBVIOUSLY that gets my main focus! NOPE! I'm also in my Senior Portfolio class which requires us to make our own website AND produce a series of work to display on campus in the Senior Portfolio Gallery at the end of the year! So duh THATS my main focus! NOPE! I am applying to Grad School in January! I need to have my applications done, my grades up, my portfolio perfected and my letters of recommendation sent.... so WITHOUT QUESTION this is my TOP priority!... nope....All my main focuses are shadowed over by my LAST priority... my job. My job requires me to sit on a tall stool in a tiny furniture store and try to sell home decor to the 2 or 3 people that come in everyday. The only work I can get done at my job is my Math but I am taking it online so 90% of the time I don't know how to do it unless i'm in the tutor center receiving help... So how do we solve this?.... 

YEP! I am quitting my job for the sake of ART! I am meeting a lot of really important Grad School connections this month at a conference in Arizona and I NEED to revamp my portfolio before I do that. I'm realizing that in order to have my portfolio where I want and to be able to focus on my art  the life of a furniture salesman has got to go! I'm SO LUCKY to have a husband who understands my need for art and is so supportive about me quitting for that reason. I'll support him in Medical School if he'll support me through Grad School :) we're a good team I think. I'm putting in my 2 weeks notice on Monday so wish me luck! My boss is NOT going to be happy.