My Sister.

For 3 whole years I was the only child and quite enjoyed my spoiled-ness

Then that all changed.

Jennifer Hardman was born.

My sister, my friend.

Man did we have fun.

We always created havoc...I was the mastermind of course and Jen was my sidekick.

haha oh hey jen did you need help up??

Now she is about to graduate and be all grown up on me.

We went and did her senior photos a couple weeks ago..

I think they turned out great!!

Some of my favorites I don't have on my computer but here are some others

It was hard to choose just 10!!

Jen--

Your gorgeous! I love you so much and I can't believe your actually graduating and leaving me.

I guess that gives me one more reason to take road trips!!

You can do anything you put your mind to don't ever forget that. Don't let anyone put a limit on you.

And if anyone tries....I still have my big sister claws haha :)

Love ya Jen :)



THE gardens.

I'll keep this one short because it feels like I've been blogging a little much lately.

I still have to show you photos from my sister's senior pictures that I did but I still have a bit of editing left.

BUT I did want to show you my new favorite place to just go lay, sit, relax, walk, read, think, meditate,

THE ONE AND ONLY, THE BEAUTIFUL,

THANKSGIVING POINT GARDENS.

And I didn't even get to the fountains or pond with Geese, rivers with bridges, pure beauty.

I went twice in 3 days.

Yup I like it.

And I can keep going back all I want because I work there I get in free :)

Boom.

If you want to go I can get a percentage off, let me know

I'll go anytime!

The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. . . . The ordinary objects of human endeavour -- property, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.

- Albert Einstein



I grew up here.

I grew up at the ball field.

You can still find us just about everyday at a baseball field somewhere across the state and sometimes country.

It's what our family do.

Yes, I meant DO.

I love baseball.

The past couple days I was able to take pictures at my brother and sister's games.

The result:

These are my favorites so far...I'm still editing.

I get to go take my sisters' senior pictures, too, so watch out for those.

I love getting back into photography but make no mistake...I need work.

Want to know who I photoblog stalk??
I shall share:

Stephanie McBride Photography

and

Rae Portraits

and a few others but those two will blow your mind enough for now :)

Live and Love.

As of late.

Well first thing..

I got a promotion at work!!

I am usually just an office clerk at Thanksgiving Point with the accounting department

but there was a spot that opened up as a

"Accounting Technician"

basically you just do lots of reports, do odds and ends for the boss, count all the safes on property, etc.

pretty legit job right?

Well I got it!!

Even without a degree!

I was soo excited because I need to grow up and get a real job.

And what better than to work at a place I already like, seriously it's great out there!

Ok enough about me...

Remember that missionary boy in Nicaragua?

Well I got to hear from him today :)

Best day/phone call ever.

It felt as if we had never left off, just talking, updating, laughing.

I miss him.

A LOT.

But he is doing so amazing out there.

He has baptized 5 families (even more single people but families means mom and dad and maybe kids)

He got to baptize in the ocean! How cool is that?

His comp is on the left. The father was already a member but they baptized the mother and daughter.

This is their backyard..or maybe it was a members. But how beautiful! I want a hammock.

I don't remember names haha so...Stein with some elders.

He told me a story that he was teaching a family and as he was teaching he felt something on his arm.

What was it you say??

A TARANTULA!!!

He hurried and swiped it off and then smashed it with his foot.

His companion and the family was laughing.

Ya, he doesn't like spiders.

We're in trouble because I refuse to even smash them.

He is becoming such an amazing person.

I could talk about him all day.

He loves the people and his spanish is crazy good.

He even forgets english words sometimes and I think it's pretty funny

..and cute.

Mostly cute.

That's all for now.

I start real life at 8 am tomorrow.

HELLLOOO Excel.

Hasta Luego.

What's your worst pain?

I'm not talking about breakups or heart breaks because they have their own column.

I'm talking about tears, ouch, hurt.

Ya know like a knee scrape...except worse.

Well I experienced the worst pain ever last weekend.

Do tell?

Okay calm down.

Well you know how I went to St. George this past weekend?

Read here about that adventure.

I stayed with my bestie April and her husband Mike in their cute apartment.

Well I got up the next morning and showered to get ready for the wedding.

A daily ritual that I've been so blessed to aquire is putting my eyes in every morning.

{eyes=contacts}

Well I come to find out that all the solution has drained out of the left eye compartment.

So there is some solution on the counter..

perfect, I fill it up and rinse off my contact.

What comes next should NOT be tried at home kids.

I put my contact in and immediately my eye starts on fire!!

Ok not really but it sure felt like it.

I swear there was steam coming off my eye.

I hurry and pull out my contact-cover my eye in pain- and try to feel my way to the bed because there is no opening this eye.

Ya I ran straight into the wall but that's not important.

I finally get to the bed in heaving pain.

I finally get to the point where I feel like I'm not going to die..for at least that day.

I get a tissue to clean up the tears running down the left side of my face.

Go downstairs to just talk with April and Mike while it calms down.

sidenote: my eye is flaming red.

redder than a drunken person

April: Are you ok? (seeing the tissue on my eye)

Me: Yeah I'm just having issues putting my contact in

April: Let me see.

I reveal the bloodshot eye.

Mike: Um, you didn't use the solution on the counter did you?

Me: Well, um, ya sorry BUT it was only a little bit.

Mike: Oh my gosh, that is not regular solution.

Me: What is it?

Mike: That is hydrogen peroxide that I clean my contacts with but it has to sit for 6 hours. We need to go flush your eye out.

Me: Wow, don't I feel stupid.

recap: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE STRAIGHT TO MY EYEBALL

Luckily it settled down so I didn't look like Quasimodo for the wedding pictures.

But an adventure..right?? AM I RIGHT?

Moral of the Story: Read labels.

or

Ask before you just go and use something.

Now I want to hear your worst pain stories.

Comment on here or just link my blog to your post of the story.

Peace.

My Weekend.

9 am- 1st of 3 finals that day

2 pm- 3rd of 3 finals.

done

leave campus with a smile.

2:30 pm- go get new contacts from eye doctor

4 pm- on the road for St. George, Utah

One of my friends from high school got married on friday in the St. George temple and my bridesmaid tally went up to #2.

Luckily I had one of my best friends there also TONIANN CICHOS.

I love that girl to death!!

This does not have one speck of editing. I love it.

Toni, Emily, Yours truly. Did I mention that Toni is such a gorgeous girl? And the bride..her dress was so pretty!

After making an appearance at the reception.. we all went on a triple date (april set mine up)

We went to Chili's and then mini golfing at the COOLEST place ever.

Then on saturday Toni and Mo (her boyfriend) had to leave us so Me, Mike, and April went on a hike before I had to leave. It was a hike to the top of the crater but did we hike the trail?

of course not.

Yeah we climbed straight up the face of that.

At the top.

Mike and April. Love these two, I hope my marriage is as cute as theirs :)

Me and the Ape dogg at the top of a crater

Mike picked us some really pretty flowers but you can't really see them.

There's the flower. The sky was beautiful driving home. Insane. Love.

Such a great weekend with my two best friends!!

I don't know what I would do without them they are like my sisters and even though we are all apart and don't get to see each other very often the friendship never dies.

It's a friendship of a lifetime.

Not many get to experience it.

I'm one lucky girl.