Teri's Wedding

Last week was my sister Teri's wedding in San Diego. It was so beautiful and we had a really wonderful time visiting with family before and after the wedding. There was a reception the day of the wedding and an open house a week later for Michael's side of the family. I snapped a few photos at the open house and here are a few of my favorites.

This is Michael's niece, who is about the cutest little girl alive. She grabbed my leg and wouldn't let go. We were playing animals together and she was a butterfly and I got to be a bunny, since those are both "girl animals." "Boy animals" included sharks, tigers, and worms. I could not convince her that there are girl tigers too.


I really liked the centerpieces. Orange sounds like a crazy wedding color, but it really was beautiful.


Candid shots are great because they show real expression, in this case, you can tell that they really like each other!


My fave of Teri:

My House

We just bought a house. We are going to build it. We will move in before halloween of this year. Here is a picture of me on my land!!!!!!!!

more deets to come...

GUNS and stuff

I have never understood what all of the excitement about shooting a gun was about. This weekend, I got to experience that excitement FIRSTHAND. Karl and I went up to his family's ranch/farm up in Idaho to celebrate his Grandpa Jay's 80th birthday.

Going to the farm means a few different things for me, namely, camping, bbq, nature, hiking, atvs, etc. etc. Going to the farm for Karl and the other boys means another: GUNS! RIFLES! REVOLVERS! 45 SOMETHING! MOSSANS (sp?)! In other words, "IT'S THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE" - Karl (well actually he didn't say that but I know he thought it.)

So after the families with little kids left, the guns were brought forth. My brother in law Johnny received a gun for christmas this year that is very big and called a mossan. I shot it once and that was enough. After shooting the .45 for 4 rounds and hitting the dirt instead of the target each time, I decided that I was having much more fun taking pictures of the gun show than actually shooting the guns.

I'm glad the boys had fun. It was fun for me to shoot, but I don't really mind if I don't ever do it again. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend.

This is Johnny, posing with the .45 and the mossan. I told him to think "movie poster" and then I snapped this shot.


This is my cute husband Karl, who I might add, is hitting the target aka the balloon on his first shot. Robbers beware!


Between shooters, I would wander around and take random pictures.


Here's Johnny again shooting the .45:


This is Karl's cousin. Check out the smoke and the cartridge!

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.