Soooo......

Holy Goodness! It's been almost a year since I've posted. I suck! SOOOO much has happened in 2012 I can't believe it. Life has settled down enough that I feel confident enough to start posting regularly. 

{I'm sure you're thinking: PSHHH... Yeah right hahah}

 Well I'm going to try REALLY hard this go around at least.

 I know I do this every year, but honestly I just want a place where I can just express what's going on in my crazy life and running through my head that I can share with people if/when they're interested and have to look back on in the future.

 Having said that, I have A LOT of ground to cover... Brief overview:

 -Second Week of my second to last semester of college. {Senior baby!!}
 -new apartment, new roomies, and I'm loving it!
 -super easy class schedule, we're talking TWELVE WHOLE CREDITS oh yeah!
 -I am a single lady, yes I called off the wedding of the century. {more on that later} 
-My amazing not-so-little bro is on a plane to Peru as we speak.
 -Mom is still in nursing school. {last semester!}
 -My Daddy was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident on duty back in April and he's recovering quite well all things considered.

 Ummm... I think that's all the big stuff. Still plodding along with my degree. Only 9 months left! I can't believe it. And I have absolutely NO IDEA what I'm going to do after. Just kind of crossing my fingers that something magical comes into my life in the meantime and I figure stuff out. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan though, so everything will work out, I just have to be patient.

 In the meantime I'm just going to school, attending as many institute activities as I can, reading lots and just hanging out with whoever I can. Super exciting I know ;)

Okay, so I'll give you a real update....

Sorry, I'm in another thoughtful mood, so I just wanted to post something to commemorate 11/11/11. Wish I were doing something more memorable tonight, or at least with someone. Oh well, this isn't a pity party. More like a homework party with Pandora and my heated blanket. Oh homework, when will you ever end? {The answer is in 4 weeks actually} :) The semester has flown by this year. You will hear no complaints about it from this girl either!

I will say that it's been a little rough this fall. Lots of changes and lots of work. School is keeping me busy. I am wrapping up my fifth semester at NAU next month. Only three more to go! I am still majoring in Psychology with a minor in Photography. It's a weird combo, I know. I love people and I love my camera, so why not do both? Honestly I just really want to be a photographer, but I figured if I was going to spend four years at a university, I might as well get a degree in something I might need, as opposed to photography. Nobody needs a 4 year degree to take good pictures. [at least I hope not in my case}

It's my goal to open my own studio after graduation. Eventually I want to be able to design invitations and announcements as well. {wish me luck}

So I'm sure you want to hear about what I've been up to.

Well lately....

-Still working as an RA on campus in an all girls hall. It's time consuming and overly dramatic at times, but I work with some great people, so it's a lot of fun usually.

-been taking lots of cool pictures lately, remind me to share sometime. I've been planning my final portfolio for this semester, and if it turns out how I have it in my head, it's going to be pretty awesome.

-School has been kicking my butt this semester. Remind me to never take online classes ever again. {worst idea ever}

- It's getting pretty cold up here in Flagstaff. We got about six inches of snow last weekend. So I made a huge snowman with some of my residents and he was awesome. I find myself actually wishing for more snow. Crazy I know! I'm still a valley girl when it comes to summer, but there's just something about snowfall that's so beautiful.

Well I better get back to doing homework, the evil mistress that perpetually haunts me these days.

{1 week till Thanksgiving Break and Turkey Death Day}

Catch Up....

Sorry guys, it's been almost four months, I can't believe it. I'm so sorry for being so lax on posts, although I doubt anybody reads this, so I don't think it was missed too much.

Well a lot has happened in the last 4 months. I finished up my summer job as a CA. Goodness it was so fun! I met a bunch of fun new people and had a blast working. Since then school started in August, I moved into my first apartment with three other girls. That has proven to be an adventure all on its own. But I'll get into the details at a later date. Until then I'll just say that things were not as I hoped they'd be.

School has been a lot of fun. I'm still studying psychology and photography and they're keeping me busy. I love my new best friend, my Cannon Rebel T1i.



I just love it! It's been really fun learning about all the technical aspects of photography. Until now I've just been pointing and shooting. Now it's finally all starting to make sense. :) I'm praying that everything will all come together in the end and I will actually end up being a decent photographer. So if any of you want family pictures done, or holiday cards, let me know because I need the practice.

Life has been pretty busy for me. On another note, Mason and I spent a lot of time together over the summer and since I moved back to Flagstaff, and we've decided to get back together. I still really love him, and had no desire to date anybody else, so we're dating again. It's been kind of challenging because of the distance. He's still living in the valley, working and saving for his mission at the end of the year, and I'm three hours away going to school in Flagstaff. I swore that I would never wait on a missionary, but I don't see how I couldn't. I'm just so head over heels for this boy. So don't be surprised if some of you get wedding invites in a few years ;)

I suppose this is it, I have to get up early for psych tomorrow. More updates soon... <3