super lame... and yet... super sweet

I sorry I haven't posted forever. I promise I will post some new pictures and fun things soon. I've just been so busy with my new job and school. I am doing some freelance work for Aspire Photography and hoping for a full time position relatively soon. I absolutely love working for them. I get to shoot and edit pictures whenever I'm free(what more could a girl want?)

Basically what they do is set up a bunch of studios in a particular city every Saturday and have like 12 youth sports teams come to get pictures. The cool part is, we shoot them on a green screen in action. Then the kids can go on the internet and create posters, fatheads, blankets, t-shirts, and more with their own pictures. It's pretty high tech and amazing.

I never thought I'd like doing action photography, but I love the fast pace and working with kids. Plus, the pay is pretty sweet. So yeah, I pretty much want to be done with school so that I can do this full time.

Sad but true

So, I don't know if you guys have heard, but the partial draft of Midnight Sun leaked onto the internet a couple weeks ago. Stephenie Meyer was so mad that she's decided not to finish the book! Kill me! If you go to her website, she talks about it on the August 28th blog entry on the main page. She has put the partial draft on her site so that we can read it. I've already done so and loved it! I'm super sad that she's not finishing the book now. Just thought I'd let you Twilighters know.

A Powerful Experience

Today, Brandon and I were eating dinner at a fast food restaurant. We were just chatting and enjoying our food when an older woman leaned over our table. She looked to Brandon and said,"I just had to come over and tell you you look just like my son," pause,"that passed away. You have the same build and walk the same. If I could just... hug you... or hold your hand..." I've never seen such a look of desperation and pleading.

At this point I was fighting back tears and so was she. Neither Brandon nor I knew what to say. She gave him a hug and asked his name. When he told her, tears spilled silently down her cheeks, and she thanked him and walked away. Her husband was crying too.




You never know who needs you.

One more

Here's one I forgot. He's not entirely in focus, but I still like it.

Drive by shooting

On our way home from Colorado, the evening sky was so moody and beautiful, I couldn't resist sticking my camera out the window.

Portraits of a great man: Jean W. "Beaner" Thompson

Over the weekend I went to see my great uncle, a truly inspiring man. He's done amazing things in his lifetime, but the ones that standout the most happened during WWII.

He actually started the Ranger program, and I do not exaggerate when I say this. Eisenhower would call him during the war, and 2 hours later he'd be on a plane with his team to jump behind enemy lines.

His chief duty was freeing prisoners. He would parachute in behind the lines, kill the guards and high ranking officers, try to get the prisoners out safely(which unfortunately, didn't always happen,) and somehow make it back to safe territory.

Growing up, I've been lucky enough to hear his stories. Some too gruesome to utter again. My favorite one though was when he had 146 people to evacuate. He killed most of the guards, got the people to the enemy's airfield, and hijacked a plane. He flew 145 out to safety on the enemy's own plane. Only one was lost that day.


When I was a young teen, he taught me how to throw a bayonet and a hatchet. If you don't know, a bayonet is the knife that was attached to the end if their rifles. They could take it off if they needed for hand to hand combat.

I'm so glad Brandon was able to meet Jean since his health is now dwindling. I feel blessed to have such an incredible man in my family.