free time... what's that?

WOO! this afternoon i had completely open... and hobby lobby had lots of sales... so... here's what my arts and crafts afternoon consisted of. can't wait to live with these girlies :) is it possible to be a crafter for a living? i think yes. do you think danny would support me in this? i think no. haha, okay, okay... I'll be more realistic.

this post is more so that brooke and jam can see their beautiful letters :)

-here's the start.... first I painted the letters black...

little tracksters

my sisters are freakin old. when did this happen? all of the sudden they are curling their hair and going out on the weekends. holy moly. anyway, they made it to state track, so Danny, Jam, Carl, TK and I traveled our way to Omaha to watch them. They improved their time and kicked Bancroft's butt, so that's all that matters ;)  Here are some pics - sorry for some blurry ones - i was distracted by my mom screaming so loud i thought her eyeballs would pop out. she's so proud--my parents finally have children who are athletic... they no longer have to travel all the way to Kearney to watch their children compete at state... but who knows, maybe madi and kenna will make it to state speech sometime :)

GO TWINNERS :) (madi's first and then kenna--for those of you who have a hard time telling them apart.)

nervous? nahh....

some of the fan crew...

breakin' in the lake

Almost May. Almost summer.  Not quite, though.  We got the pontoon out on the water and needless to say, we brought along a few blankets. Burr! Oh well, it's gotta warm up sometime, right??

Dad in his comfort zone...

summer on the mind...

AHHHHHHH! So much to do, not enough time!  I whipped out the good ol' Nikon tonight for an obvious reason: putting off homework? Of course! I have a cagillion - [not even a word] -  projects to get done before next week, and I'm going c r a z y!  Here's a sight of my desk...

...and now the desktop!.. too much crap!

...and here's the only thing keeping me alive... (okay, so maybe there's more elements, but these are helping!)

...school is a drag... has me longing for *SUMMER* :))

A majority of my time..

I have recently became an avid blog follower.  I could honestly look at some blogs for hours.  I wish I had the time to blog myself, but following others' blogs will work fine for now.  Here are a few of my favorites to follow (in no particular order).

http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/

http://www.danielbasham.com/

And of course.. anyone who knows me knows that I have an addiction for this woman's photography style.  Believe me... ask the roomie, ask the boyfriend, ask the roomie's boyfriend, ask the mother, etc.

http://www.kabloomstudios.com/blog/

Someday I will blog daily, who knows, maybe even with one of those fancy-schmansey blog sites....someday.... :) For now, check these out! The first is a full-time mommy to beautiful children, and a retired photographer.  The second was actually one of my leaders during a mission trip in Atlanta, GA.  The last, well, she's awesomely-inspiring.

kiddos :)

I miss these kids! Seriously!

 

park with the boy :)

Danny has been telling me for quite some time now, "I really think you'll like this park..." and we've just never made the trip there.  Who would have thought that this awesome park is nestled within L-town.  Haha, I feel like a fool because I had no idea all these photo-ops were so close to my home!  If you're into running, you should definitely check Pioneer Park out!

Anyway, Danny finally brought me there yesterday because it was so nice out! Before we left he said... "Got your camera?" and I responded, "I'll be fine with my little Nikon point and shoot." *DOH!* That was silly of me! Of course I wouldn't be fine with my little camera!... Needless to say, I practically forced my irritated boyfriend to drive me back to the dorm to pick up my DSLR. Whoops! (Sorry Danny!) :)