Melissa's bridals

Is it wrong to have favorite clients? If so, don't tell. Because this girl might be one of my top favorite brides to work with. Check out the rest of the shoot here.

Girls Camp!

I love girls camp. It is always one of the best weeks of the summer. I especially love all the girls in my ward, they are such beautiful young women! We had a blast at Heber Valley Camp (aka, Heber Valley Hilton) learning all about living after the manner of happiness and how flowers bring happiness. We talked about planting seeds of faith, living virtuous lives, being our own kind of beautiful and blooming where we're planted.

At the confidence course, they had a station where they had you climb up a tree:

Walk across a tightrope:

And rappel down another tree:

It was a lot scarier that I thought it would be, and I've never considered myself afraid of heights.

I was also in charge of another station where the girls had to walk across wires from one tree to the next without touching the ground. My ward did a great job!

Thanks to Britney Madsen (on of our Laurels) for taking these pictures so I could shamelessly steal them off facebook!

Lately....

I've been a bad blogger. So to make up for it, I'm going to OVERLOAD you with pictures. And not of clients, but of Jason and me and events in our lives. You're welcome.

First...

It was our anniversary. So we went to Vegas, as I already blogged about. But we weren't there on the actual day of our anniversary, so I made Jason take me out to dinner. Mimi's Cafe, it was yummy!

Then...

My friend Trisha got married and I attended her bridal shower with our friends Lauren and Linne. We played a fun game where we had to design a wedding dress out of tissue paper. Trisha's mother-in-law and I designed this stunning gown for her. I know, I know, I need to consider a career in fashion design right? Also, I just shot her wedding, so stay tuned for those photos!

And THEN...

Chef Kelly taught me how to decorate a cake with fondant. Chef Kelly, otherwise known and Kelly (Kirkland) Heinz or Sister Heinz, serves in Mia Maids with me and we had an un-birthday party for an activity. Chef Kelly studied culinary arts in Arizona and is very talented.

Finally...



A much deserved weekend at my cabin with Nate and Linne celebrating our anniversaries. They were married on June 3rd, the year before Jason and I were married. Tender!

OK, so that's not all... but I'll save girls camp for it's very own post. Wahoo!

Girls camp

I'm off to girls camp this morning. I won't be back until Thursday night. I love my ward and I love my girls, but I'm not a fan of being away from home. And from Jason. I swear, the longer I'm married the harder it is to be away from him.



Anyway.



I have so much to blog about. Jason and I finally bought a point and shoot camera, so I've been taking a lot more pictures than we used to. I have a cake I made that I want to blog about. My friend Trisha's bridal shower. Matt, Tom and Cheryl's visit this past month. And I have pictures of all of these! But I lack the time/motivation to upload the pictures. So someday, but no guarantees that it'll be soon.



How's that for a pointless post?


Girls camp last year. All but one of these girls is graduated and gone!

That is so not cool

Yesterday was the home inspection on our potential house. It went mostly well, until we were informed that the house (though advertised with one) was missing an air conditioning unit. As in, there is NO air conditioning in the house. And, the furnace is broken. Really? No heating OR cooling? No way am I living in a house like that. So, we sent an addendum to the bank saying that if they don't fix the furnace and install and AC unit, we're not buying the house. They have five days to respond, and you can bet I'll be on pins and needles waiting for their response.

Also, new photoshoot on the blog.

Trish and Charles

I am so excited! My dear friend Trisha is getting married on Saturday and I have the special honor of being her photographer. Between rainstorms, we were able to take her bridals last week and I LOVE the way they turned out. Thanks Trish for being such a cool bride and not being bothered by a little rain :) As always, more on my photo blog

I've updated my other blogs!

House update here

Recipe you have to try here

My latest wedding post here