Night Slides!!!

The LDS single ward activity was fun! We went to the night slides at Sunsplash from 6 30-10, for FREE. :D Brandon and I went on all the rides with Lauren and Kyle. The sun didn't go down till about, 9. What a beautiful sunset! Anyway, i am wiped but i'm very happy that we went. OH and Brandon is getting used to all the water slides!!!! So proud of him! He's afraid of falling. so rollercoasters, water slides, eh. not so good. but he's conquering!!!!

Amber

Shopping Malls

I love people watching. Especially at the mall. You never know what you will see there. Something different every time, guaranteed. You might see someone waiting for a first date, an interview, a group of girls who spent their whole morning fussing with their hair and figuring out what clothes to wear that day, a couple fighting, a mom and her kids in line for Rubio's, a single guy smirking to himself as he looks at his phone, etc. i love it all. I love trying to get in their minds and see what's really happening. how they feel, what they are thinking, what they think when they realize i'm staring at them. :) Tonight as i was on a break from my 4 hour shift, i found the young boy i wanted to watch haha that sounds so bad. i just came across him you know? This youngish boy, probably 15/16, was dressed up very nicely. Things i noticed right off the bat: no name tag, so he doesn't work here. Cellphone out, waiting for someone? Pacing and scanning the area, never good haha He was fun to watch because he was so anxious to find something or something. i still wonder what he was looking for and if he ever found it. He kept walking back and forth right in front of my table, so i didn't look like such a huge stalker. That's good news! Well, goodnight. The rest of my shift went well if you must ask.

Is it just a wednesday?

In fact, its my 6 month mark with my man Brandon! It's been a marvelous ride :) Thank you for being so wonderful.

Happy Six Months Brandon!

Honey Bee

This song by Blake Shelton makes me so happy!!! My dad always asks me what i want for christmas because when it comes time for me to tell them what i'd like, i can never remember. Well, I want a video editing program, and a nice video camera. a professional one so i can make little videos for people.

Like engagements, this couple is so cute!!

Learning to Flash

People pictures

1. Meter the Background by pressing the (green button)
2. Guess on flash exposure (sunny and on them, MORE flash. shady on them, maybe less flash)
3. Take a shot with flash first, and see how it looks.
4. Compensate if too light or dark with f/n brightness button
5. Take a shot without flash to compare

This is what i'm practicing. Every great photographer needs a flash. now, i always HATED flash because it looks so harsh and you can't capture all those candid moments. but the picture looks so much better with it. so, no matter how much i struggle to get this down, i'm GOING to get this down. i have a photoshoot tomorrow with whitney, addie, and kyle...so we'll see how it goes!!

checklist

So did i finish everything i needed to today?

Lets take a look see...

go for a walk. YES

go to the bank. mmhmm

clean my room? mmm nope

make a list of everything i need, CHECK!

Well, i still need to work on that room but other than that i had a very successful day! 

I had a meeting to go to also and that was good. I got a lot of information. ok i'm tired. See ya tomorrow!!

I DID IT!

I FINALLY WENT WALKING!

Jen and Amilia went with me. I wish i could say it wasn't bad, but it was. =) I am so out of shape. I'm going to try and walk every morning again. A while ago, Brandon and i tried this and we did it for a few mornings. But then, the fact that he got an early morning job, i stopped for some reason. 

Jen and i are starting this new idea together. We are eachother's support systems. Basically, what we are doing is: Learning about our hobbies, one week at a time. For each hobby we have, we are going to (even if we force it) learn a new aspect about it and work at it that week. For instance--My hobbies that i can think of....photography, singing, viola, working out, blogging, scrapbooking, cooking. So, each week for me in particular, i'll learn one new thing about photography and practice it the whole week. one thing about singing and practice it while i'm driving in the car. maybe learn a new way of practicing my viola so i WILL practice. working out is interesting because there are so many ways to work out, so many different muscles and specific work outs. blogging, ya...i gotta think of something still lol scrapbooking...cooking, i really dont want to learn but i need to. 

Goals. for. today.

1. go for a walk (CHECK)

2. go to the bank for luxembourg trip

3. clean my room

4. go to my luxembourg meeting at 7

5. make a list of everything i need!!

Let the madness begin :)