Hope you don't mind I am putting this up Chelsea. This is lucky little shot I got of Devan Sunday night. I wanted to put it up because I realized I don't have any of him up on here yet! The second picture is of him raisin' the roof in his new Christmas present I made him.

Merry Christmas!

So I'd have to say this was one of the best Christmas's I've had. The downside- I missed having Brendi and her familia with us...but we had Matt, Chelsea and Devan this year! Also for some reason this year I just totally missed having Christmas with the Valentines. We definately need to do Sundance or something like that again once boys are off their missions and everyone is home, etc. Just the other day I was working and I was organizing a shelf -cluttered beyond belief- and in my head, I was like "happy Christmas Adam" to myself. It was Dec 23, remembering the joke we always had with the Valentines. (Christmas Eve, Christmas Adam... ya cheesy we were young haha) Anyways I had a flashback of us in the basement at the Valentines saying that to each other thinking we were so clever and then I was like "okay....back then, we would be sledding or skiing or running around the house at the Valentines and here I am working on CHRISTMAS ADAM!! What is this?!" (I know, I know, how am I ever going to have a steady job?) Anyways point of this long tangent- Valentines I miss you and we need to do Christmas again! No matter how hectic, how crazy and how LARGE of a group that would be... I don't care!


So onto how Christmas this year went. For some reason this is the first year that I didn't even really get excited about getting presents, but I mostly got excited about the giving. (I know I'm such a sweet little angel huh??) haha Anyways it was probably because I actually had money this year but I just got really into it. One of the fun things is I actually made a lot of presents this year which was also fun. I'm probably inspired from Brendi ( with the help of woodworker hubby) who makes all her decorations, and everything! Anyways I made Devan a little U-shaped baby pillow thing. I bought the fabric and it took like 10 minutes to sew! I'm no semestress but Devan fell asleep in it (which they say is incredibly rare because he needs to be held to fall asleep) and also can kind of sit up in it even though he's only 2 months old. Anyways that was pretty cool. I made a few other things for friends and stuff. The last thing I was kind of excited about is we (court, sean, Jake, Kaisa and me) all pitched in for a present for my parents. We got my dad a GPS but for my mom we got her a big canves picture of the picture of my family in Grand Cayman. That was probably the present I was most excited about.

As for me, I got a bunch of stuff for college. Mostly stuff for the cold that I will be suffering through in Idaho haha. A little shout out to Mom and Dad, Chelsea, Kelsey, Kate, G&G Robinson, G&G Swenson, and Great Grandpa Carey - thank you so much for the gifts and cards! I loved every single one of them and also every single one will be put to use :). Anyways I'd say it turned out to be a pretty great Christmas.

I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!!!

p.s. If my blog ever seems boring, dragged out, or full of pointless stories, it's because this is semi like a scrapbook to me... well one I will be printing out every year ( yes, Brendi I am copying you... just like I have been doing in every other aspect since I was a kid haha jk) but anyways its a great idea and I think it gives more meaning to my blog for me.

Family Pictures

So these first few are just some pictures I took a few months ago of Brendi and Aisley just for fun. The next ones are of Brendi and Rusty's family Christmas pictures I just took a few weeks ago.

meanwhile, Kinlee was playing in the hose :)

They were all supposed to look at Aisley..I think Deacon took it a little too seriously.

Why is it the ONE night I can actually go to bed early, I can't sleep?? I've been working at TJ Maxx about 30+ hours a week, and then babysitting a few different familys on the side anywhere from 10 hours a week to a couple full days and all-nighters. Then I occasionally work for my dad by cleaning the office, or cleaning one of his houses, etc. It's been pretty busy and I am just so tired all the time! I'm so happy to finally have a set schedule though and being busy is actually really good for me. I just want to request one day off from work and just stay in bed all day long and not have to worry about anything! Oh boy, how am I ever going to be a mom?

some old pictures

I should've added these forever ago but never got around to it. Anyways here are a few of my favorites i've taken semi-recently..

this one I took on my old pentax film camera. I did a little bit of editing as you can see haha but i really like it for some reason.

The rest of these are from a photoshoot we did a while back for Jasmine.

They were kind of "senior portrait" style as you can tell by most of these..

This is one of my good friends lexi. I did a photoshoot of her a while back and just wanted to put them on here just for fun. DOn't mind my cheesy name I was just playing around on photoshop and those make the pictures look more legit :)

let it be known.

So after having my childhood and lifelong dream of becoming a dolphin trainer crushed by researching the pay, and the fact that I need a 4 year degree to get a minimum wage job... this is next in line. I would absolutely LOVE to do this. This guy is amazing. I took 2 years of ROP digital video production in high school and absolutely loved it. I always wanted to do something in video...but hollywood isn't exactly at the top of my list. Anyways this would be perfect. I love filming and editing projects like this and this way I could still be at home 99% of the time with my kids. Also, if I get good enough.. the pay is awesome. Anyways I saw this link somewhere and fell in love with this guys work (although a bit cheesy at times haha) so I am now re-inspired and am definately going to look into majoring in video production.

(click on the link)



Ryan Southwell Films