Such a slacker!

I am so behind in my blogging. This is due to my busy life and lack of having an internet connection at home. Life has gotten a little less busy and I have internet now, so I will try and be better at blogging. Since all I am doing now is working and school...there is not much of interest to blog about, but I can catch up on all the things I haven't blogged about yet.

I have been busy because I am working two part time jobs - YMCA Afterschool program leader and teaching assistant for the department of child and family studies. And I am still doing photography on the side, about 2-3 sessions a month. I am also still taking classes at Weber. I am hoping to finish up this Spring and am planning on going to grad school for school counseling. I will be taking the GRE at the end of this month.

I am also part of the CFSSA...child and family studies student association...which doesn't take up much time, but I do have early morning meetings a couple times a month.

My nephew is now 6 months old (as of yesterday) and he cut his first tooth yesterday too! He is getting so big and so darn cute. This is a pic from his 6 month photo shoot:

to see more click here.

My nephew is 5 months today!

Hike 2: Skull Crack Trail

sorry it's taken forever to continue with the hike posts...

My sister and I did this hike over a month ago. When we got to the trail head and I pulled my camera out I realized I had forgotten my memory card. My camera doesn't take pictures unless you have a memory card. sad. i cried. not really...we hiked anyway. So this trail is very deceiving...online it says that from beginning to end there is only a 100 foot difference...they forgot the mention of the 700 foot climb and descension inbetween.

The story has it that James Slater and Marinus Johansen were up the Canyon hunting many years ago. One of the mules became unruly so Johansen hit the mule over the head with his gun barrel. He cracked the mule's skull, thus, we have Skull Crack Canyon.

I finally had a chance to go back up to Causey Reservoir and I decided to take some pictures of the area.

Check it out.

I have been super busy lately...
between helping my family clean out our basement, playing with my nephew, and taking pictures for these cute families.

I have sneak peeks of their family photo sessions on my photography blog if you want to check it out.

Oh and I finally finished editing the pictures from a wedding that i shot over a month ago...

Schuyler Fisk finally has a CD!!

Schuyler Fisk

(pronounced Skyler)

So most of you have probably heard her music around, but not really known who she was. She is also an actress and daughter of Sissy Spacek. I have loved her voice since I first heard it on a movie she starred in called "I'm Reed Fish" and wanted to purchase a CD then, but one didn't exist. I heard her again on a couple of songs from "Penelope" so I bought the soundtrack so I could have some of her music. Last night I found that she now has a CD so I downloaded the album and I am loving it.

My Funky Camera.

I came across the website myfunkycamera.com while browsing for a new camera neck strap. I absolutely love the neck straps on this site. The woman actually makes all of the neck straps. It is not a commercial company, just her making them individually. When she runs out of a particular fabric pattern she buys another and creates a new design. She has about 20 designs currently. This is a picture of the neck strap that I purchased and I can't wait to get it.

The most productive Saturday ever!

Anyone that knows me well knows that this picture explains me perfectly.

So this was my day...

1. Woke up at 9 A.M.
2. 9:15 Mowed my parents lawn and grandpa's lawn.
3. Vacuumed all the bugs out of the windows.
4. Washed all the outside windows at my parents house.
5. Washed 3 cars.
6. Fixed the shelf that fell down in the basement.
7. Took all the screws out of the wall in the room we are fixing. (post to come on this)
8. Talked to my friends and planned my camping/boating trip to Oneida next weekend.
9. Played with my nephew.
10. Packed stuff to go to D.I.
11. Checked online to see when the D.I. donation place closed.
12. Drove to Ogden since the internet said it didn't close until 10 P.M.
13. Found out it had closed at 6 P.M.
14. Drove back home.
15. Taped up the wall board my dad put in the room we are fixing.
16. Did all of my laundry.
17. Put together a jumparoo for my nephew.
18. Did I mention played with my nephew.
19. Stayed in my "pajamas" all day. (t-shirt and capri work out pants that I slept in)
20. Lauged when my mom gave the dog a whole hot dog and he tried to hide it under her pillow.
20. Blogged about my day.

Overall this has been the most productive day this whole summer!

Hopefully tomorrow I can actually catch up on all the blogging I've been meaning to do.