My Grandpa Plays the Accordion

My grandpa is cooler than most grandpas. Why? Because he plays the accordion. He gave us a concert when we went down to visit my grandparents in St. George over conference weekend. Isn't he GREAT?

Easter

I love Easter! I especially love Easter in the springtime. There are some trees on BYU campus that I think are so beautiful - they have white and pink blossoms. When I look at those trees I wish that people were taller so that I could have a photo shoot in front of those gorgeous trees.

This Easter, I was able to take pictures of the cutest girls around- My cousin Matt's wife Julia and their two little girls, Alexis and Lily. They wore their cute Easter dresses and it was so fun! Alexis needed a lot of coaxing and refused to look at the camera mostly. I learned a lot about shooting younger kids from this session. Here are some of my favorites. Thanks Julia and Matt for the fun!

Draper Engagement Shoot

My sister is Teri engaged! Yay! Now she no longer has to buy a cat to keep her company. They are getting married at the end of May.

I am also very happy because I had two more willing participants partaking in a photoshoot. We had a great time. Here are some of my favorites.

valentine roses

My Valentine's Day roses died. The roses looked pretty sad because all of the buds fell over onto their stems. This event called for a sad black and white photoshoot in my kitchen--when I should have been doing my homework. Oh well.







I love the pattern on my kitchen floor.

Brooke's Senior Pictures

It was Karl's birthday this weekend so we drove up to Kaysville. We had a great time celebrating his birthday with his family. While I was up there, Karl's cousin Brooke asked me to take her senior pictures. A photo opportunity with a willing model? Sign me up! We had a great time. Brooke is gorgeous and great in front of the camera. Here are some of my favorites.

I Love Animals.

I got 13 hours of sleep last night. That means tonight at 1 AM, I am not tired at all. After Karl and I had an IBC root beer party where we scobbed Teri at word twist and then drank root beer to keep up moral, we then watch 4 episodes of Prison Break and now Karl is too tired to stay awake. So, I was reading some blogs and decided it had been a while since I updated my blog; however, I have no new pictures to update it with! So I scoured my hard drive and looked for something to blog about. Hooray! I have successfully located pictures. My family went to Sea World over Christmas break and I never blogged about it! I am so happy for a belated Sea World Extravaganza. I will now give you a tour of a wonderful place, full of magical mystery, and deadly fish.

It all begins at the very beginning, when my camera was too heavy to hold so Karl was holding it for me...

My mom, Teri, Me, Vincent (punk)

We decided that it would be best to go and visit Sting Ray Pond. This is a place where you can go and feel sting rays. I was very excited because I got to go see and touch a real animal that could very possibly take my life! (RIP Steve Irwin) You can tell by my face JUST how excited I was:


My Dad, My Mom, Me, Teri

After this, we have the Shrieking Eels, made famous by the most quoted movie in history. One of the eels gave me the "eelvil eye". Get it? I reclaimed my camera as we shot this memoric event:


Crazy Eel, hungry and ready to be fed

Lauren was pretty scared that she was going to be eaten by an eel. I comforted her by making her model her scared face for me.

Lauren, scared after an eel made an attempt on her life

Here is my hottie of a husband Karl. He is apparently needing a neck rub and his wife is slacking.

Karl is so happy to be at Seaworld!

Vincent (punk brother) stole a woman's wheelchair and tried to roll away before I caught him on camera. He returned the wheelchair.

Vincent, caught in the act!

Finally, we reach the Rocky Horror Shamu Show. I honestly thought Shamu was either going to eat someone or squash someone. Both would be equally horrible. Here is the evidence:


Shamu, after getting a running head start, begins to surface...


...right into the audience, where he proceeds to bite someone's head off!

Last but not least, we arrived at the Penguins, who were very cute. I can't think of anything really clever to say except that this particular penguin looked like it was trying to decapitate itself.

Cute Penguin

Overall, Seaworld was great. I had a lot of fun 2 months ago. I think that everyone should go. Time for bed. It's late.

Blue Background of Glory

I am entering a photography contest where the winners get to go to Egypt! I have a great partner. Her name is Chaela and she is great (check out her blog). We were scoping out some locations to do photoshoots at and we stumbled upon this awesome factory with cool blue walls, which Chaela so appropriately titled "the blue background of glory." So, being the photographers that we are, we got out of the car and did a photoshoot.

This is Chaela. She's beautiful!


Here is my favorite shot:


If you look closely, I'm hiding in her eye.


Blue Background of Glory - courtesy of:


PS. Got a new lens. THE lens. Will post more pictures soon.