picture post :)

Only one picture sorry... lol... there will be more.. this is Logan and I on our way to the Hoover Dam.. thats lake Mead behind us... HUGE and BEAUTIFUL! i really wanted to swim! lol you all know me... im a fish! :) anywho well not a whole lot going on... got off work on time today (5pm) which was nice i walked home, beautiful outside.. crispy leaves, blue skys, cool air... yum! when i got home i lite my beautiful smelly candle (birthday cake) and put in our glade freshener... its so yummy! its called festive vanilla but smells just like birthday cake as well... we have our home teachers coming over, hopefully it will be so good smelling in here lol :) i can smell it right now and im so excited :) anywho... hope you all are having a great day... oh yea only 26 more days until i fly into Seattle! im so stinkin excited!!

a short hello...

i really dont have much time but i have let my blog slide so much! this last weekend logan and i went down to vegas! his dad and stepmom where down there and we hung out with them the entire weekend and monday.. it was awesome to be around family again! i miss everyone so much! vegas was awesome as well... totally in love with newyork newyork and paris! so awesome!! monday we went to the hoover dam and that thing is amazing! so HUGE! crazy to think they did that way back when with not nearly as much technology we have today. well anywho i know this is SUPER short but i have to get to work... have a good day and i will try to load more pictures tonight.

just wanted to say hello

some awesome GOODIES!!

Diana and I went to Roberts crafts tonight.. they do a Girls night while the Priesthood confrence session is going on. it wasnt what we thought.. kinda lame but i was able to pick up some things i have been dreaming about for a while and finally i made my self buy them.
i have been wanting these beauitful flowers for some time.. they are so tiny and colorful! perfect for my art journal and scrapbook pages... cant wait to use them!

I have been looking for a good white pen for a while now and tonight i found one that i would try out and see if i like it. Right when i came home i wrote on black paper and i LOVE it! it works great! cant wait to use to for some good old doodling!!

check this out

well it starts TODAY!! go check it out!! im really excited to start this challenge... its going to be BI-WEEKLY... and i have tons of goodies in store for it. im really excited!!!

here is the link:
http://www.digiscrapshak.com/board/showthread.php?t=2124

First comes Spring, Second comes Summer, Third comes...

WINTER? where did fall go? is it coming back?? this is what we woke up to this morning... on SEPTEMBER 16TH!

CRAZY!!! its not alot but its something to make this little snowlover happy! i woke up and had to pee, and I walked into the living room to get my chapstick and I looked out the window to see if it was sunny and I got a surprise!! i get to wear my favorite long sleeve shirt, comfy jeans, and my wonderful leather converses... oh so lovin this! i liked summer but 105 degrees gets old after a week. lol i cant wait for my bright green snowboard jacket, getting my board waxed, going up to the mountians and hiking up before the season opens... hot chocolate, layers of heavy blankets at night, sweartshirts, snowmans, sledding, homemade scarfs and beanies. mmmmm... so excited!

we will remember.

5 years.. wow...

5 years since that tragic day
5 years since i was the most confused
5 years since everything changed
5 years since we became weak then stronger

my thing is i want to know how many people would have remembered if it wasnt all over the news this weekend? i feel as if our country is forgetting that day, we need to remember it and cherish that day for it brought all of us together, stronger, united as one.

my prayers to all those who died. you ARE rememebered

atcs...

okay there are things called ATCs they are like mini cards, but of art.. mainly digital art.. in my eyes they are to push the limits and go out tehre with your art... break your comfort level and try stuff.. here is what i came up with... the first one is pretty comfy for me but the second one is out of my bubble and i love it!

welcome!!!

welcome BRINNON ADAM CLINE!!!! im so excited to annouce the long awaited arival of my nephew!!!... so many prayers, tears, and miracles! Im so proud and happy for Adam and Carrie... they are already fantastic parents and will always be! i did this layout tonight with a picture from my sisters blog... family.grendell.net hope you dont mind Amy. i love this picture! anywho today Logan and I chilled hung out, and went to the Greater Avenue's street fair... its like giant farmers market.. in all honesty it really felt like i was in Washington downtown... it really made me feel like at home, which i needed. anywho well love you!

a blah day

do you ever have days you just fee like "blah" like there erally isnt a name for it.. you not happy but not sad.. your not mad or extreamly excited? i dont know how to explain it... im tired, but im awake and ready to work, but i dont want to work but i dont want to stay at home... i want to play with the kids at work but id also like to just sit and do lesson plans and clean up my classroom.... ug!

random

just a couple layouts i have done recently

getting excited for carrie and adam!! the little dude is due any day now!! i cant wait until i get that text mess
age on my phone with a little pic!!! sucks not being there

tragic...

my prayers go out to Steve Irwin's family... if you have not heard the famous "CROC HUNTER" from Austrilla Steve Irwin died this morning by a freak accident... he was in the ocean in shallow water on the reef doing a documentry on the oceans deadlest creaters when a stingray struck him with its barbed tail right in Steve's heart... it is said he died instantly but they quickly pulled him on the boat and did CPR on him for 30 minutes until they got to land and pernouced his death... he left behind two children, daughter Bindie (8) and son Bob (almost 3) and his Wife...

Tragic....

my prayers to his family and friends... to his children to know he's in a better place, and his wife for comfort and peace.

previews...

i just finished 4 kits.. yay!!! they all will be up at digiscrapshak.biz this week.. some already are!! they are have HUGE sales too!! so check everything out! :)

exciting news...

we bought Logan's plane ticket home today for thanksgiving!! we are way excited.. my sister bought mine back in June and Logan and I didnt have the money back then to buy his... so we waited and waited and forgot lol and then i remembered the other day and rememebered! and lucky us there is the 79 dollar each way goin on at southwest... so we got his tickets for 178 after tax and everything!! he does have to fly home two days early, but its cheaper and we still get to be together.

another note we saw cars the other night at the dollar theater SO CUTE!! i cant wait to get it.. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! it was awesome!! anywho well im going to get going gotta clean and sleep :) see ya

photoshoot retakes

these are the pictures from the photoshoot last sunday... retakes from the week before due to bad light... hope you like them!! :)

pictures from the photoshoot this last week.. retakes from the weekbefore due to bad lighting..

mock annoucment

this is an example of an annoucment that you could send out.. there are so many other ways of doing it... just give you some ideas.

beauty!!!

I love Utah's summer storms... they are beautiful and strange to me... in washington during the summer if it storms, its cold, wet, ugly and ug... but here its hot, muggy, and beautiful... the skys are always amazing to look at, and i was lucky enough it get these two shots while i was at a photoshoot on Sunday.

bountiful temple 

beautiful...

on saturday logan and i went up to the bountiful temple to take some shots for the photo shoot, and i got this picture and its amazing in my eyes... i absoutly LOVE it!

photo shoot

yesterday i had a photoshoot for a friend. we went up to bountiful and got some really cool shots.... but im kinda disapointed... the light went fast so i didnt get as many as i wanted though, but i did get some great ones... here are my favorite.

Quote of the Day

Okay I want to be able to keep this blog up and I thought that having a quote of the day... here is the first one :)

OH YAY!

i never thought i would be so happy to walk to work in the rain! yesterday morning logan and i woke up and i was freezing!! it was so nice to be cold for a change! it was starting to rain and then by the time i got to work, it started to pour, buckets!! it was crazy! knocked out power a few blocks away... lightening and everything... but it stayed cooled through out the whole day... i dont think it ever got up to 85.. OH YAY!! this morning it was so cold that logan and to get blanket around 6am. thats so weird because usually during the winter he could sleep with a light blanket at night and be fine... i hope this is a sign that things are cooling down... today i am wear pants! yes pants! crazy!! yay!! lol well have to get going!!

hey

okay so im a huge LAMO! sorry!! my mom has been asking me to take pictures of the flowers i recieved, which thank you to you all. I never did... lame yes i know.. its just so hot here, and i kept forgetting and with the heat the flowers didnt last too long, yes i gave them plenty of water :)! lol.. anywho this is a picture from the website that my mom, sister, and carrie sent me flowers from. it looks exactly like the ones i recieved. i promise lol. Anywho we are doing good... im not sure what we are doing today... probably cleaning lol.. i let that slip this past week.. oops :) anywho well im going to go. have a wonderful weekend!

beautiful

I was looking for lds quotes for my art journal... something im diving back into lately... help let go and get my mind off of things. Anyways I found this picture and felt at peace. Angels watching over us, guiding us, walking with us, teaching us, and protecting and loving us.

Reason for Everything...

Today could possibly be the hardest day I have ever had to endure. I know I never want to experience this again, but at the same time I know that this has happened for a reason. It was hard to see the screen and really see nothing, it was hard to listen to only my heart beat and hear nothing else. It was hard to look at Logan and see him crying. At the perfect moment Logan held me tight, as we waiting alone in the room, and whispered to me that in time we will raise this child. Comforting words to hear... and to know in the meantime the little one is safe in Heaven being cared for by all those who love us. Guess it's the hardest thing to let go of, but at the same time its peaceful knowing that the little one is okay.

PARK!!

We went to the park today and had a picnic and the kids had a great time playing on the playground! Andrew loves the "wee" also known as a slide and the whole time on the swing he giggled! Matthew loved climbing up the slides and also a little "mountain"climbing toy.. Maegan loved everything, especially the slide! they all had a great time!! Also the two pictures that are similar of rae and i are 5 years difference. One was taken today and one was taken 5 years ago!! im sure you can figure it out. well have a good day!!




Matthew has something to say to his Mommy and Daddy:
M iss you
A re you having fun?
T he park was nice
T he fireworks were loud
H awaii pictures are nice
E verything is wonderful
W e love you

That is a poem matthew wrote

update!

Hey everyone! I'm having a blast in Washington! the kids are keeping me movin! lol yesterday was the 4th and we had a blast. we went up to Grandma McGuires and had a yummy picnic and hung out with everyone. Made a quick trip to get fireworks, and then headed on home to light them off. The kids had fun lighting the little kiddy ones off, especially Matthew. Andrew was not as pleased by them... i think it was mostly the neighbors lighting on rounds of 100 crackers at a time... but he also only had a 30 min nap that day as well... so he eventually went inside with grandma and fell asleep quickly.. here are some pictures of everyone enjoying their day. first picture is Andrew of course... he insisted on wearing the glasses while the fireworks went off... comfort i guess :) the second one is just some fireworks the neighbors set off. third picture is of another cool picture of fireworks... The fourth is Adam with about 12 or more sparklers spinning around i thought it turned out super cool!! The 5th picture is Matthew with his punk... he had such a great time with the fire works and lighting them off with the help of Grandpa. The last one is of Maegan and Grandpa holding a sparkler... lets just say as soon as it burned about 1/4 of the way she would freak out and throw it on the ground! lol well hope everyone had a great Holiday!!
Maegan wanted to say something to her mommy and daddy: I love you and miss you. Matthew misses you too and Andrew. Laura misses you too. Have fun in Hawaii!