Happy Holidays!

Wow, I just looked at our blog and remembered I haven't posted in really long time. Your not missing out on too much though. Nothing too exciting has happened. Halloween was fun! We had Bill, Melissa and Olive come up and stay the weekend with us. We took little Olive to the mall to trick or treat and planned on going out but it rained almost all day... so we just stayed home and had a good time... dry! Hope everyone had a good and safeThanksgiving. We spent the day with a friend and her family. Monica and Keith made an awesome dinner with a fried turkey, (my first time having a fried instead of baked turkey and may I say... FABULOUS!) and all the traditional sides. I made a peanut butter tart that was surprisingly delicious and rich. Then we all made gingerbread houses. Also a first for me. They had every kind of candy and we had so much fun. We ate more than we put on the house... but it got finished. Nate's grandma past away last month so we've been spending time with his parents. She was very loved and we will miss her. Nate and I miss you all. Hope to see you soon!

Casey is coming! Yay...Part 2

So a little over a week ago my sister flew in from Michigan. We've been having a ton of fun together. I love spending time with my family. It's so easy to let go and be myself with them and I love that I can talk to them about anything. It really helps when you live so far away from everybody. We have gone to Salt Lake City, out to the Salt Lake to take some pictures (posted below are Casey's senior pictures out by saltair at a really cool graffiti train), and yesterday we went up to Lava Hot Springs with some friends! Had such a blast! We went tubing down the river, to the swimming pool with the slides, and then last to the hot pots. So beautiful up there and we were so tired and watered out. But... we are going up to another river in Idaho tomorrow to go again with another group of friends. We've been busy! Update more later! Hope your having a great weekend!

What's been going on at our house? I'll tell you...

It was a busy couple of weeks there for a while. Nate's brother John Alan came up from Arizona for a family birthday gathering for Tom and his brother John. John (nate's uncle), is from Oregon and drove down here to have a joint celebration with the whole family up in bear lake. We all got to go up to the cabin and spend time with all the family. It was fun! Then getting ready for Lacy's wedding was hectic. It turned out beautiful though. I just wish the rain would've held off til after the reception was over. It rained through the whole reception. We were lucky enough to get through the ceremony without any which was a miracle. Nate was the photographer since I was the maid of honor and couldn't take them. That was on a wednesday, then on that next saturday I had to shoot a wedding for a family friend. That was a long day! You can see all the amazing pictures at islandportraiture.blogspot.com. I just celebrated my birthday yesterday! It was a relaxing day. I wasn't feeling too well though. Nate has been sick this past week and I think I started to come down with the same thing yesterday. Ugh, of all the days to get sick, it had to be my birhday. oh well. There are many other things... but I am still not feeling well but I had enough energy to get on the computer so I wanted to quickly write a little something. Hope you have a safe and fun fourth of July! Love ya!

Back from Michigan

So... my trip to Michigan was Awesome!! I had so much fun. I got to see all my friends and family. I even worked a little while I was there. Well actually, a lot. My last few days there it seemed like all I did was photo shoots. I am posting them on my other blog, islandportraiture.blogspot.com, if you would like to take a look at the shoots I have done so far. I did a few senior sessions, a couple family sessions and some just because shoots. It's not too bad working while your on vacation if your still making money doing something you love! I didn't do anything too exciting. Just spent time with everyone I could. I wanted to stay longer. But was missing Nate and my pooches. And I was actually excited to get back to work. Anyway... I haven't blogged since before my trip and I just wanted to update you all and post some pics. Peace.

A week apart :(

I leave for Michigan on the 14th to go see my family and friends... and although I am really excited and just itching for it to come, the realization of how much I am going to miss my husband is getting to me. Last time I went to Michigan was in March of last year and I had a really good time and was busy, but after a couple days started to miss Nate and our pups way more than I could imagine. I have always wanted to go "home" to the place I know best, but when I went there I realized where my home was. It's wherever Nate is. No matter how much I miss my family and how I dread the fact that we aren't as close as we were... I know the only thing that matters now is getting closer to my love. And even though I am not a huge fan of Utah, I don't notice where I am when I am with him. So I just want to tell you babe that no matter how excited I may seem to leave you, I am going to be 100 times more excited to come home to you! And I am not going anywhere without you anymore (after this time cause i already have a ticket ;) But I love you and just want to say thank you for being so supportive! I can't wait to start a new chapter in a new place with you and I know things are going to work out.

Spring time

This past weekend Nathan and I went down to G-ville to visit his parents. We were actually kinda excited to be getting away from Logan and the terrible cold weather we had been having the last few days. Grantsville is always warmer and the snow there melts so much faster. So when we woke up there in the morning on Sunday... it was already about 60 out! I spent all morning, went to church, and then came home, changed and went right back outside. LOL. I cleaned out our 4runner while Nate and Tom changed the oil. Which is a pretty funny story but i wont embarrass them. (Maybe later Hehe) Anyway it was an amazing weekend. We let the dogs roam outside all day, ( we really need a fenced in yard like them so we dont have to keep an eye on them constantly). So i grabbed my camera and took some of the dogs and Tom's beautiful yard while they played ball. They are so cute and at times like that... I am so glad to have them. Here are a couple pictures of my little girls. LOL.

The last of Kiddie Kandids

If you haven't already heard... Kiddie Kandids went under and screwed all of us employees. It's really sad because I really loved that job and I will miss it so much. It's been really hard to deal with especially with all we're going through right now. But I know we will get through it. I am just glad we went and got our pictures done before all this happened. I feel horrible for all the people that ordered pictures and payed for them and won't get them. Here are the pictures we got!