A little place called Ashton, ID

Last year, Chris and I took a random drive to a corner of Yellowstone and found this little town on our way called Ashton. We stopped at a drive-in called Frostop and ordered a rootbeer float and fries. Holy Hannah were they good! Recently we revisited and were not disappointed. Chris had a hot dog and I had some chicken strips. If you order some chicken strips when you go don't forget to ask for some ranch dip(no ranch should be that good).   

I'm part of the instax club

We bought ours from Walmart and we are very happy. 

I give it five thumbs up for being a fun/cool camera. I give it one thumb down for being so fun/cool that I want to use it all the time.

This is my very first instax photo. 

The puppy brought me a yogurt lid.

Noah is 1!

Last weekend our nephew turned ONE. 

A lot has happened in Noah's lifetime. 

Things like me marrying his uncle Chris and becoming "auntie Mel."

 

 

Happy Birthday cute baby.

The restless mind

Sometimes I feel like my mind never takes a break.

During the day my mind is running around thinking about school, food, photos, cameras, family, food, friends, art, the world, summer, history, the gospel, camping and swimming. Then, when I finally lay down for the day and fall asleep my mind gets busy imagining the weirdest of dreams(as in I had a dream two nights ago that I was fighting off possums. I hate possums!), leaving me exhausted when I wake up just to start thinking all day again. It's a vicious cycle. Poor me. not really.

Some of my current reoccurring thoughts include:

- What will I name this blog after I graduate college... which is in four months. Any ideas? 

- How does one switch their photo business to film without going broke? 

- What will I do with myself after I graduate? 

- How did the pioneers do it?

- Where's my chap stick?

and

- What's the next meal?

Even though thinking can be exhausting, I'm grateful for it. 

It reminds me I'm alive. 

Portraits

This week I turned in four photos for my portrait assignment in color photography. 

I would have posted the fourth but it's somewhere lost on my computer.

I feel like I should thank a few people for helping me with my assignment.

- Thank you Garrett(3rd photo) for letting me come over and take your photo. A lot of people commented in the photo lab saying, "Isn't that the Deep Love guy?" It made me feel a little famous for taking your photo. Garrett you are very talented and a lot of people know it. I hope you do too. Thanks.

- Thank you to my awesome husband, Chris(2nd photo). I love him. He is not a fan of getting his photo taken, but he let me spend about 15 minutes this last week taking photos of him. That is a true trooper. In lab a girl asked me when seeing the photo if he was my brother. Gross. Chris I'm so glad you are my husband and not my brother.

-Thank you face for relaxing enough for me to take a self portrait. It means a lot. 

Waves

Rexburg, ID

Taken February 2013

Manresa Beach, CA

Taken April 2012

I graduate soon...

Last night I organized my last semester's schedule. 

It was weird.

Am I old enough to graduate college? I still feel like a baby.

Next semester I will be taking Intro to foods, Advanced B&W photography, Photography III and I'll be writing my senior paper. AND to get to 12 credits I'm thinking of adding a water aerobics class. Fun right?! 

Here are a few recent photos from instagram.

Grandma's House

 

I've been meaning to post these photos for 10 months or so.....

The weekend of my Grandma's funeral was packed with a ridiculous amount of crying and laughing. I love my family so much!

If there doesn't seem to be a flow to the photos... it's because there isn't. I uploaded them in order but when they were put into the post they got all out of whack. Sorry.

 

 

P.S. Family
I also have photos of most of Grandma's artwork. I'm working on putting all of the weekend's photos and her artwork on a cd to send to you all. (I also have more old photos to add)