First Sparklers of the Season

I love being outside.

I love summer.

I love my new tripod.

And I love sparklers! 

My friends and I went out to the dunes, had a bonfire and had some fun with our Black Cat goodies. 

We are a crazy crew.

The first light of the night!

We are officially PROS!

 

  

This is me with the big Princess Aurora sparkler!

 

It was super quality. Now I know what to get when I go back!

 Just having a little Pre Fourth of July fun!

Recreating the Good Times

My cousin and I decided to recreate some old family photos for our 

Passage of Time project for Photo class. 

 

Hilarious, no? 

I can't help but laugh every time.

I love us.

  A lot changes in 19 years.

Look and love, baby!

We like to party

When there is a birthday going on we take things seriously! To celebrate the beautiful Miranda's 19th on Monday, we went to Olive Garden! Not only was the waiter quite attractive but the food was great and the company was amazing. 

Attractive Waiter Kyle took this one. It took everything I had to not shout" KYLE! KYLE! KYLEEEEE!" :) (Kid History reference) Shame on you if you do not know about it. 

Jason even came to celebrate! Jason is Aretha's younger brother from India. It was so exciting showing off the finer things in Idaho.

 Happy days!

The Greatest Man There Ever Was!

This dashing fellow is my dad. 

Handsome, isn't he?

Now you know where I get half of my beautiful looks from.

This post is a little late but it is in honor of Father's Day.

I remember one year I was asked to come up with a few words that described my dad and described my feelings about him. 

Elementary school answers: 

Nice.

Funny. 

Smart.

Makes me Swedish Pancakes every Saturday.

And I love him.

Answers today:

Happy.

Compassionate.

Charitable.

Humble.

Forgiving.

Mentor.

Teacher.

Hilarious.

Sugar Daddy ;)

Hard Working.

Dedicated. 

Positive.

Goofy.

And I love him.

He means the world to me.

 

He has taught me how to work, focus, serve, be kind, be generous, be thoughtful, be grateful and best of all. . . He has taught me how to love my Savior and His gospel. He is an amazing example to me and I will be eternally grateful.

I love how I can call him and tell him anything. I love how we can speak in movie quotes together. I love how I know that he is always there for me. I love how I know how much he truly loves me. 

I truly love you, Daddy-O.

Happy Father's Day.

SO! In honor of our silly times. . . I included another picture! This is us on Pirates of the Caribbean in Disney World last year.

I love goofing off with him and we have a blast.

And despite my face, I love this picture.

That is my mom. The other half of my fabulous looks!

It's Krista Time!

This is Krista. One of the beautiful whom I have the great pleasure of getting to know better this Spring Semester. Twenty-five, gorgeous inside and out and has a lot to offer! 

 (Take note boys.)  

But here is the thing. She is graduating! Leaving! Moving on to bigger and better things. Another gone. But she deserves it! So proud of her and all of her accomplishments. 

So basically, she is the greatest friend you will ever have. So sad to see her go but I am happy we had the chance to have some fun. And take some fabulous pictures! ;)

Love you, Krista!

 The personal fave.

Aretha

 This is my very good friend, Aretha. 

Beauty, eh? 

Well, duh! 

I took these a while ago so this post is pretty late. The only reason I am doing it now actually is because I was threatened to be called Miss Lazy.  

Heaven Forbid! 

I would take Little Miss Spaz over Miss Lazy!

But anyways. . . 

Aretha ever so graciously let me take her pictures for my Color Photography class. The reason for this charming new blog! Well, charming may not be the word BUT it is quite fun to do. 

Big thanks to Aretha for being not only a beautiful model but a fabulous friend!

 

The one that I am about to show you is the one I turned it. Needless to say that it got be a big, fat A!

  

Victory.

Blog? What? It is true.

Well, howdy! My name is Gretchen!

For anyone who knows me, the thought of me doing a blog is. . . Well. . . Horrifying!

But let me put your minds at ease.

I am required to start a blog for myself so I can keep a photography journal for my Color Photography class.

. . . .

But then again, I may fall in love with the whole blogging thing and you all will just have to smile and read.

:)