Lately....

So summer is finally in full swing, which means working a ton, trying to save up for that car... My face has been de-puffified. Glad that's whole ordeal is over... Lots of Sunsplash!!! Dates with my pre-missionary, waiting for his call to come in (next week hopefully) cross your fingers. And just enjoying uninterrupted time with my family. :) What a wonderful summer so far.

I love my new singles ward, they are amazing. I meet new people every week because they just come right up to me and introduce themselves. Haven't been able to make it to many activities yet (stupid work) but it'll happen this summer.

I've let myself take a break from pictures, it's gotten a little out of hand lately. But that just means that my future business is growing. :) I can't wait till it becomes official and I open my studio! SO keep and eye out for Kiki Mills Photography coming soon....

Notes from the puffy-faced girl....

Whew it's been a crazy month! I just finished my sophomore year of college up at NAU, passes all my finals, cleared out my building for the summer and started my job at Target back up.

But this week I am now home recuperating. I just had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed this morning. And before all of you veterans start cringing in pain from the memories of yours, I'm doing pretty great actually. Most of my face is still pretty numb and tingly, but there hasn't been too much pain at all. I'm still a little tender, and Very swollen, but I'm not complaining. This is one of the few times that all of my brothers are nice to me, so I'll take it as long as I can :) I'm hoping the morning doesn't bring a surprise of more pain and swelling, but I got a lovely bottle of pain killers with my name on them :)

I guess you can cross your fingers for pictures ;)

BEDA is over!

Sad day.

But I'm still about 2 weeks behind cumulatively. I apologize again for my absence last weekend. I went home for my Grandfather's funeral and remained fairly occupied during the rest of the weekend.

But now I'm back at NAU cranking away during Reading Week. It's the week teachers are supposed to not teach any new material or give out tests or projects. Coincidentally it is this week that I am the most busy because of tests and projects... who would've though? Huh. >.<

Please shoot me now. I've got 12 more days of this stuff then I'm home free! Ugh. The 15th can't get here soon enough. So I apologize if my posts seem scattered or disjointed (if I manage to post at all). I'm going to be a little stressed for the next week and a half. But I am doing my best to stay on top of everything and not procrastinate which is completely unlike me. But as stressed as I am now, it will only get worse if I don't work my butt of now.

So I will apologize in advance for my absence from posting. This time it's intentional though. I shall be posting pics from my brothers prom in the near future. (as soon as I find time to edit them that is)

So I hope everyone is well. Wish me luck for the next 2 weeks, hopefully I survive. :)

I was surfing Facebook and came across this link posted by a friend from CNN that I really enjoyed

If you don't wanna read it, here are the highlights:

-LZ Granderson: Some parents dress their young girls in provocative outfits
-Retailers have encouraged this behavior by marketing inappropriate clothing
-He says it's OK to blame retailers, but it's parents who are ultimately responsible
-Children need parents who will set rules, not be their friends, he says

It's absolutely ridiculous that children dress this way today, and even crazier that their parents would encourage. Can't we just let them be kids without forcing the crazy world of sex appeal onto them. Where has innocence gone?!?

Best dang thing on the Planet!!!

lemme just say that these are my FAVORITE!!! Best thing in my Easter basket was a bag of these ^^^

So I realize...

It has been four days since my last post, and for that I am truly sorry. I took a short hiatus to spend Easter with my family. But I promise that I will make up for all these missing posts. April has just been a really hectic month for me I guess.

But back to Easter. I had a lovely weekend with my family. It was just good to be home after a month of school and work. Hanging out with my brothers just like old times. :) I can't believe how much they're all growing up now. Conner is graduating in a month. Collin is going to prom for the first time. Dallin will be starting high school in August. They just get so big. [physically and metaphorically] I swear it's not a good weekend to them unless I come back to Flagstaff bruised with a couple cracked ribs..

So this year for Easter we had our typical easter egg hunt. I gotta say they get a lot less entertaining after you turn 20. But I love my mom for still trying. But it's definitely better than hardly any easter at all like some of my friends with older siblings. But I still enjoyed it. I got a super cute swim suit this year, and more candy than I know what to do with. Dang am I spoiled!

I think dying the eggs was my favorite part this year though. Usually I don't get as into it. But it was just Mason, Branson and I this year, AND we had tye dye egg dye! Needless to say, I had a blast. Plus we celebrated our annual post easter tradition of dying the cat with the leftover egg dye. That was probably my favorite part of the whole weekend, not gonna lie. ;) I know it sounds completely cruel and unusual, but when you have a completely white cat and a bunch of leftover dye and a completely overactive creativity drive, weird things tend to happen.... just sayin...

I'm just glad my hands aren't multicolored anymore

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please ignore the fact that this kinda looks like animal abuse. I promise no Maxs were injured in this process. (just severely pissed off I guess)

Yes, I shot this.... but then again, I probably shouldn't be bragging

my first stab at studio portraiture