{...It's a Sweet Life...}

Customizeable art!

2011-11-24T17:07:00.002-07:00

For those of you who don't know, my dear mother-in-law makes some really great customizeable art!! She is currently doing a giveaway, so I'm definitely entering!! You better check it out and enter too! Click Here to see some examples.
So awesome! Love it!!

Tyler Bryce

2011-10-21T21:00:00.006-06:00

I haven't posted any pictures of little Tyler yet! Tyler was born July 20, 2011 and he is a little chunk compared to Evan...Right now he's 14 pounds and he's 3 months old. Evan was 16 pounds when he turned one...so Tyler is going to be the "bigger" little brother I think!

I have only met Tyler once and I can't wait to see him again! He's growing too fast and all I see are pictures! here are a few:3 weeks old - first and only time seeing him so far!

I guess Tyler doesn't like Evan holding him! :)And some more recent ones:He definitely has a "Knapp" look to him. He looks much more like Marlys (in my opinion judging from pictures) You tell me, Do they look like Brothers?

Date Weekend!

2011-10-21T20:52:00.002-06:00

Today was a good day at work. We had a man from the Sawridge hotel in Jasper come present to us what's new and going on there so we are able to promote it. He had a prize to be drawn at the end of the presentation between all of us travel staff, and guess who won it-- that's right! I won two nights accomodation at the Sawridge in Jasper! We even get a full breakfast each morning. Guess Logan and I are going to be heading out on a "Date Weekend" here soon!

Dinner?

2011-10-21T20:30:00.002-06:00

I tend to make random dinners that don't really go well together. I could blame it on not getting home from work until 6, so we want something fast. I could blame it on not having groceries to make an actually normal meal. But who am I kidding? A lot of times it's just plain laziness. Tonight we had oven fries...and brocoli. I've been trying to make good homeade oven fries since we've been married, and they always seem to turn out soggy, greasy and just not good. But tonight, I had my first successful batch! Granted they were slightly greasy, but they were delicious! And the Broccoli, well, it was just going bad...and I didn't have crackers to make a soup - steamed broccoli with some garlic spices it is!

Out and About

2011-08-04T16:24:00.004-06:00

Logan and I went for a walk last night because it finally seems like we're getting some summer around here! It was gorgeous! He'll get used to me taking his pictures yet :)

Photography blog

2011-07-26T21:01:00.002-06:00

I also have a photography blog...which you all should check out! I'm working on re-vamping it so I can get everything going into full gear! Anyways, it's www.karilynn-photo.blogspot.com

Wedding Photos!

2011-07-26T20:51:00.006-06:00

I still don't have my wedding photos, so these aren't the real deal...I just finally figured out how to save photos off of facebook now with the new album system, so here's a sneak peek of our wedding photos!!

It's a boy!

2011-07-20T18:30:00.002-06:00

My sister was pregnant...and now she's not! She had her little boy this morning at 5:26 and they named him Tyler Bryce. He was 7lbs. 9oz. and 19.5 inches! Can't wait to meet the little guy! Hoping to get some more pictures of him soon :)

Break out the Water Wings!

2011-07-14T21:25:00.003-06:00

We have been getting INSANE rain lately...I think it's getting to the point where everyone north of Edmonton gets water logged by simply walking out the door. It has pretty much been raining non stop since Logan and I came back from our Honeymoon on June 25. We had 2 sunny days right after we got back, and I think one in between. It's been crazy. Last night we had a thunderstorm that was not only super loud (sounded like a tree cracking in half right by our bedroom window) but caused flash floods in Sexsmith. I'm surprised that our little basement suite hasn't flooded yet so we've definitely been blessed! We'll keep praying that doesn't happen. As I'm typing this, we're still being pounded by another thunderstorm. Crazy! I don't have any pictures off of my camera of the flooding, but this website does! That website also has the forecast for the next week...rain. Everyday. I guess God knows what we need even though we have no idea how it's all going to work out! Praying for some time to dry out...
check out this video...

50 mm love

2011-06-28T21:20:00.004-06:00

I bought a new lens. I think I'm in love.

Logan's at a friend's house tonight, so I went and experimented with my new lens. Loving the last one.

New Place

2011-06-28T20:31:00.007-06:00

Well here it is finally! Pics of the new place :) Bear with me, it's a little bit messy...:S

This is the unfinished entryway. The stairs there are to go up to the door. We live in a basement suite!

Our bedroom! It's pretty cozy! we only reall have room for the bed, the side table, and my desk with my computer. Even though our room is super small, we have a huge walk in closet, which helps immensely!Looking from the bedroom down the hallway, to the right by that paisley curtain is the entry wayOur little bathroom without a bath tub! We only have a super small shower...we'll see how long we can last with that :)Kitchen. The hallway is off to the left. We don't have a lot of cupboard space, so all of our food is actually in our laundry room on a bookshelf. Living room which is attached right to the kitchen. Also very small! We barely fit the two chairs in there along with the couch, so we had to kind of make it work. Not a huge fan of the layout, but it'll do for now!One thing about this place, even if it is small, is that it has a lot of storage! This is our laundry room which is right to the left of the kitchen! Lots of storage in there as well as the entryway, so that makes a big difference!

So this is our cozy little home! It's not much, but it's our home :) So we love it!

Hola Dominican Republic!

2011-06-27T09:50:00.009-06:00

We went to the Dominican on our honeymoon and it was fantastic! It was extremely warm though! It felt like it got to around 35 degrees Celsius every day! Needless to say, Logan and I got sun burnt pretty bad that took a few days to recover. We decided it might be best to wait until the hottest part of the day was somewhat over before we ventured outside again.

Married!

Our room. They were really nice! The first time we got there there was a towel swan with flower petals on the bed! They also tied balloons everywhere for us too :)

This is pretty much what the resort looked like the whole way through! So nice. Amazing the world change though once you leave the resort gates.

First day there, had to go to the beach!
The buffet at the Resort had a really great arrangement! Almost every little tray had some decoration like this!
A picture of my wonderful husband and a sample of the buffet place. Pretty fancy!I don't know how it happened, but at some point I was eating with 2 forks and didn't realize it for awhile....I think this is the only picture of the two of us...other than para sailing!So one night I got up to go to the washroom and this big cockroach skittered across the floor, I jumped on the bed and repeatedly *screamed for* asked Logan to kill it...so gross!Relaxing in his new favorite shirt :PWe went para sailing! I was so scared. I hate heights, but Logan really wanted to do it, so we did! It was so fun!! It's actually not that bad once you get up there. I was quite relaxed and enjoying being that high in the air (far above the palm trees!)

I'm having issues with uploading videos, so I will try to upload them a bit later!

Married!

2011-06-27T09:34:00.002-06:00

We are MARRIED! Finally :D And it's been wonderful every single day. I've been loving married life!!
The week before the wedding was pretty crazy busy (surprise surprise!) getting ready with last minute things, doing favors, programs and centerpieces, and we also had a few parties going on that week as well! All week too, I was checking the forecast and they were calling for rain on the saturday, so I was kinda nervous about that, but come saturday, it was beautiful! It was cloudy with bursts of sunshine and not a drop of rain! It made for great pictures and lots of fun with the wedding party driving around :) Logan and I were able to drive my parents convertible mercedes which was awesome!
The ceremony went really well. I was extremely emotional. Before everything started I wasso nervous, that I felt I was going to faint. I was unbelievably nervous! But my dad was there and he held me up on my feet haha :)
When everything was starting I was starting to calm down a bit and then the music started for my dad and I to come through. And I saw Logan at the front and he looked amazing! I started crying as soon as I saw his face, so Im sure all the photos of me walking down the aisle, I have a really distorted look :) It was the best feeling ever being walked down the aisle toward my husband. Best. Day. Ever.

I dont have any pics of the day yet, so once I get some, I will post them! Theres a sneak peek of our wedding photos on Facebook, but if you dont have facebook, you wont be able to see them, but I should be getting them soon, so I will post!

Keaton

2011-05-03T11:56:00.003-06:00

Here's a little sneak peek of baby Keaton! He's such a little sweetheart, and he definitely loves his sleep! Hope you love them Chantelle :)

Busy times!

2011-05-03T11:48:00.002-06:00

Yeah it's finally time for a bit of an update! I think it's been over a month now, so I guess I should just make the time to do one :P
It's been a pretty crazy month. I've been working a lot, we've had lots of things going on in the evenings and all the wedding plans too! I'm pretty happy though that we're pretty well done with the wedding plans, and just beginning to work on the finishing touches! 39 days to go! It's coming up soooo fast and I can't wait!
We booked our honeymoon and we're heading to the Dominican Republic!! So excited. Unfortunately the way the travelling worked out, we have to go to work for a couple days after the wedding before we can leave, otherwise we would have been missing our reception. No thanks! I'll wait :) Besides, sometimes waiting a bit longer makes it even better right?
I've been getting more photo jobs lately, so that's been great! My cousin/sister-in-law Chantelle just had her baby over two weeks ago, and we got to do some newborn photos last sunday, so I have a few of those to pose! I also got to do some grad photos with a friend which was really fun! We had a great time :) Other than that, looking at a few family sittings here and things are just starting to pick up!
Logan and I also found a basement suite to live in in Grande Prairie. It's quite small, but we're going to make it work! So that's another thing this month is moving! I'm moving into the basement suite at the end of the month, so I'll be busy packing and getting ready to go for the end of this month! It's going to be a crazy ride!
Logan's been loving his job! He's been doing so good that his manager actually gave him a personal challenge to sell all the taylor guitars in the store in a month, and then the manager will do something for him haha :) He's sold about 8 guitars since he's been there (which is only a month) and has been shooting past the other guys for sales. So he loves his job, and he's very good at it, so we're very excited about that!
We've also been getting ready for my brother's wedding which is three weeks after Logan & Mine, so that's been fun too! I'm doing the photos for the wedding so there's been a lot of prep and figuring out what to do. I think we're going to have a lot of fun with this wedding and I can't wait to share their day with them :)

Photoshop

2011-03-01T23:13:00.002-07:00

I found this picture of Logan that I took awhile back and thought it had so much potential, but I never actually sat down to see what I could do with it until recently. I'm so impressed! It has sort of inspired me to begin a "series" if you will of simple black and white portraits just like it!

Before:

After:

It's been awhile....

2011-03-01T12:52:00.003-07:00

Yes, needless to say it's been awhile since an update! I do have an excuse though! I don't have internet at my apartment..so I don't get to come on very often!

It has been a busy few months for sure, making wedding plans, booking places, getting invitations ready and dresses ordered! In spite of all the busyness, things are falling into place! As I type this, we have all the dresses ordered, the venues booked, invitations almost ready to be mailed out, registry almost finished, and more! It's been crazy, but I've been enjoying everything and watching it all fall into place! What's next is getting tuxes, flowers and planning out the ceremony and reception. Still a few more busy months until the big day! :)

Logan, Davis, Kaden and I also had the opportunity to go to Ontario to visit all their relatives and friends. It was a really great week and I got to meet a lot of great people! The week was super busy with family gatherings and church events and touring around Toronto, so it went by too fast. We're hoping to make it back again soon and to stay a little longer :)

Another interesting thing that has happened over the past month, is my brother Kyle got engaged as well! Their wedding date is July 2nd of this year! For my family, within a span of 5 weeks, there are 2 weddings and a baby! Good summer on the horizon!

Going dancing in the minefields

2011-01-13T23:08:00.004-07:00

Logan's aunt Caralyn posted this song on my facebook profile and I absolutely love it! First time I listened to it, I cried. It's one of those great songs that reminds us of the sacredness of marriage. Becoming one and losing our life for the other, something that never ends. So here we go dancing in the minefields.

Dancing in the Minefields - Andrew Peterson

I was 19 you were 21
the year we got engaged
everyone said we were much too young
but we did it anyway.
We bought the rings for 40 each
at a pawn shop down the road
we said our vows and took the leap
now 15 years ago

And we went dancing in the minefields
we went sailing in the storms
and it was harder than we dreamed
but I believe that's what the promise is for

well ''I Do'' are the two most famous last words
the beginning of the end
but to lose your life for another I've heard
is a good place to begin
Cause the only way to find your life
is to lay your own life down
and I believe it's an easy price
for the life that we have found

and we're dancing in the minefields
we're sailing in the storms
and this is harder than we dreamed
but I believe that's what the promise is for
that's what the promis is for

so when I lose my way
find me
so when I loose love's chains
bind me
at the end of all my faith
to the end of all my days
when I forget my name
remind me

cause we bear the light of the son of man
so there's nothing left to fear
so I'll walk with you in the shadowlands
till the shadows disappear
cause he promised not to leave us
and his promises are true
so in the face of all this chaos
baby I can dance with you

So let's go dancing in the minefields
let's go sailing in the storms
let's go dancing in the minefields
and kicking down the doors
Lets go dancing in the minefields
and sailing in the storms
this is harder than we dreamed
but I believe that's what the promise is for
that's what the promise is for

We're Engaged!!....and I'm finally telling the story!

2011-01-06T23:37:00.008-07:00

Yes, the long wait is over! I have been procrastinating. Mainly because my computer has been down and I just bought a new one and just got my monitor and installed photoshop back on my computer yesterday, so I was finally able to convert my photos to post! Phew. All done now!

Anyways, Logan and I are engaged!! He popped the question on December 22, 2010 at around 8:45 ish. I was working until 8 that night and was planning on doing roomie christmas with my roomate! Now maybe before I tell the story, I'll start out with what I was expecting. It's more humorous that way :)

I knew Logan was going to propose sometime either in December or January. We were wanting to get married this summer and I really like the month of June. So he asked me how much time I would need to plan a wedding. I told him around 6 months, so he made his schedule :P Since I knew he was going to propose soon, I was planning on looking as pretty as I could. I was expecting him to maybe take me out for a nice dinner and then ask me afterwards, so I was planning on having some time to get all dolled up. I had sparkly jewelly I was going to wear, I was going to do my makeup, wear my best clothes etc. But he happened to propose to me when I was totally surprised. I was also sick that day, so my nose was red and runny, my hair was a mess and my eyeliner was running. Not to mention my eye was also bloodshot. Needless to say I looked SOOOO good :P Anyways, now that you have the picture of how great I looked, I'll continue.
I come home from work around 8:35 ish and walk in to the apartment with all the lights turned off, except the hall light. All the way from the door to the kitchen were red and white rose petals. I immediately knew what was going on. I walk down the hallway, and on the kitchen table were roses all laid out nice and a vase of roses in the middle. There were a few candles spread out throughout as well, and in between two candles was the ring! I was just shocked! I looked into my living room, and there he was, handsome as ever in his suit. I didn't even really notice the ring at first, so he got up, pointed to the ring, and then got down on one knee and popped the question!! It was so wonderful and exciting, and I just can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him! The official date is June 11, 2011. 5 months away :)

This is what I saw when I walked into the apartment

The beautiful arrangement of roses that my roomate Michelle delighted in helping him with!

The ring in the box!!

The absolutely GORGEOUS bouquet of roses he bought for me! Just one half of it though :)

This is pretty much exactly what my ring looks like. The only difference is on each side of the big diamond, there are seven diamonds instead of 6. Also on the front and back of the big diamond is one small diamond. Absolutely gorgeous! He did a great job!!

*EDIT* I also took a picture of Logan sitting in the chair in his suit, but it was on another camera and the pictures were on my laptop that's in Edmonton. I might add that one in here too, once I get it :) But don't worry. He looked great!

Parental Discretion Advised...

2010-12-18T19:25:00.002-07:00

You don't want to miss this....

It's in his blood...

2010-11-17T12:38:00.002-07:00

Logan Kennedy...the Scottish piper! His dream was accomplished once the box was opened. He just needs a kilt and a bobby hat now!

Regina!

2010-11-16T22:15:00.006-07:00

I just got back from a really great week off. Logan and I were able to go to Regina for a week! Logan's brothers and sister-in-law live there, so we went for a vistit! We really enjoyed our time there and the week went by way too fast! We flew out of GP at 7 am on Logan's birthday (Nov. 7) and the trip started off great. Really funny anyways!! We got to the airport and we both had fairly heavy carry-ons, so we thought it would be a good idea to put the straps of our carryons over the pulley handle on our checked baggage. We were already laughing and giggling, and then when Logan went to lift up his bag with the pully handle, the handle snapped right off and his luggage fell to the ground! I laughed for a long time while he walked dramatically away! I had to get a picture of it! Our flights there were pretty quick, but we had to stop in Edmonton and Calgary, so that was a hassle. Once we arrived in the Calgary airport it was about 10 o'clock and we still hadn't had breakfast. One of Logan's favorite restaurants is Swiss Chalet, and the Calgary airport had a Swiss Chalet express, so we went to go find it for a delicious "brunch." Well worth leaving security for!Another thing with Logan, he almost never gives me a normal face for pictures!!We spent a lot of time relaxing over the week, and Logan even got me hooked on Halo! We played together when Davis was at work and Jared and Liana were busy! I got pretty good if I do say so myself! Brothers and quality bonding time: Playing Halo Reach. This time I conceded defeat!Davis was eating a sucker and his tongue got stuck in a hole! Couldn't pass that up haha!Sweet little Vienna! We had so much fun with her! What a little chub eh?This was our last day there! Getting one last snuggle in with Vienna!This was one of many attempts to get a picture of me where it wasn't a picture of my neck or eyeball. Along with not making a normal face, Logan does not take normal pictures :P
The week was altogether very relaxing and uneventful! We did a lot of job hunting there to see what we could find. Then in the off time, we went Christmas shopping with Liana, Laser tagging with Jared and Davis, and then one night we all went curling at the same rink Oscar and Emma from Corner Gas went curling in! Thankfully we were all terrible curlers, so nobody was embarrassed haha :) The week went by way too fast and I'm definitely looking forward to the day we eithe move there, or go back for a visit!!

So spoiled...:)

2010-11-01T22:34:00.004-06:00

I have been getting spoiled with roses :) The best thing is I never know when they are coming and they ALWAYS make my day so much better! Logan shows up to work with a rose every now and then and surprises me and everytime they are just gorgeous! Love him and love them!This is the first rose. Unfortunately the petals stuck to the plactic wrapping and fell off when I opened it :( Still beautiful anyways!This second rose my roomate loved so much she took pictures of so she could draw it in the future!
Then he really surprised me one day and brought me three! one of each color :) What a sweetie!

I currently have one more that I haven't been able to take a picture of and it's sitting over on my side table! I'm such a lucky woman!

Down South...in Alberta

2010-11-01T22:25:00.006-06:00

At the end of August my family went down to Medicine hat for a camping trip! My brother and his girlfriend headed to Abbotsford for the weekend to visit Leah's family, so they weren't able to join us, but we still had fun! Logan and I left here and met up with my parents at their place, then we loaded up the motorhome and headed down south the next day! It was really nice to travel in the motorhome. Nothing like sleeping on a bed on a six hour drive! Once we arrived, we headed out to Elkwater National (?) park and camped there! It was a really nice relaxing camping trip and we had a great time! Logan and Terry's guitar playing attracted a few drunk ladies from the next campsite over, so that was pretty interesting, but funny nonetheless! Close up of Logan while we went up top of the hill to Horseshoe CanyonLogan's attempt to take a picture of me without waking me up. Nice close up! :P

The view from Horseshoe canyon!

Catch up on all the happenings!

2010-11-01T21:53:00.006-06:00

So it's been a long time since I've updated...whoops! I'm going to try to make it a regular thing, I'll just have to find interesting things to post about :) I have a lot to catch up on so here's post 1 of a few!
This summer was my grandparent's 50th anniversary so we had a family reunion to celebrate! It was a lot of fun and we met at the end of July for a couple of days. We all met in Edmonton at my parents place and had a blast! We played lots of games and had some good visits, made some s'mores. It was so nice! As a 50th anniversary present, my parents and my dad's siblings bought them a trip to Nova Scotia because they've always wanted to go! They went with my mom and dad in September for about 10 days and had a blast! It was a really great way to celebrate and it was great to see everyone again! :)

My Brother and his girlfriend Leah! What a pair :)Everyone gathering in the tent for the cake cuttingGrandma and Grandpa 50 years later!

My Nephew Evan loved squishing his face against the screen door! I have many more pictures like this!

It's official...

2010-08-28T19:37:00.006-06:00

We're official! As of August 14th, my long time best friend Logan and I are courting! We've been waiting for this for awhile and here we are :) Pics are by a friend of mine who requested my help in learning some photography basics and this is a practice session for an engagement shoot she did!

Living the life

2010-08-12T12:48:00.002-06:00

My parents recently purchased a convertible. Apparently once all the kids move out you can be footloose and fancy free like the good ol' days :P Anyways, it was a secret until my parents could surprise my siblings by showing up at their house in a convertible, so now the secret is out! It's a 1990 Mercedes XL500 I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong, but anyways, here's my dad working on getting "favorite son-in-law" title from my grandpa :)

Old Spice

2010-07-19T22:17:00.002-06:00

If you haven't seen any old spice commercials, you should probably immediately youtube them. Tonight my roomate and I found an old spice thing on facebook where you can ask the old spice guy a question and he'll answer it for you. Super hilarious! Check them out : http://www.facebook.com/OldSpice?v=app_130435530325515#!/OldSpice?v=app_130435530325515

Finally, new place photos!

2010-07-05T14:18:00.006-06:00

I didn't realize that I hadn't posted anything since May 19th, and then Darla reminded me to get some pictures up of the new place! So here they are! The photos aren't the best because I was just taking them on my iPhone considering the only camera I have takes huge files that I have to edit, and I just wanted something quick to show you all.

The view from the front door

When you come in the front door, there's a closet to the left and then another door beside the closet that opens into a huge storage room that Michelle and I are going to turn into a "scrapbooking/sewing" room

Walking down the hall, the first opening on the right is the bathroom and my roomate's room. This is the view from the hallway.To the right of that small hallway leading to my roomate's room is our little bathroomContinue down the main hallway and you come to our dining/kitchen/living area.

To the left of the dining room is my bedroom, a little messy :P Our tiny little one man kitchenMy office/computer space which is in the living room, but behind the main sitting areaI don't know why the wanted to put that hole in the wall between the kitchen and living room haha! It's our "Drive through window" apparently!And our living room looking from the office space!So that's our humble little abode! We quite like it. It's cozy and set up the way we like it. But we still don't have a lot of pictures up because we don't have any nails! Soon enough :)
And for added cuteness, a picture of Marshall eating a muffin:

All Moved in!

2010-05-19T12:40:00.004-06:00

i moved back to GP area just over a week ago and am loving it! We ended up getting a nice little place and already have most of my boxes unpacked and am all settled in! It feels really great to be back, but of course, now real life starts! It'll be interesting to see how things unfold. My roomate Michelle and I are getting along great and basically are really unproductive when we are both home! We end up talking for a couple of hours instead of get anything done haha :) It's been really nice, and I'll have to get some picture of the place to show you guys!

Me and My Pal

2010-05-01T23:41:00.002-06:00

We're just sitting in our hotel room just vegging for the night now! It's 7:41 here in Maui and 11:41 back home, so we've been kind of turning in early. Anyways, Marlys went to phone Terry so I got to hang out with the little guy! We had some fun.

April 22

2010-04-22T22:52:00.000-06:00

"Staring at Chuck Norris for extended periods of time without proper eye protection will cause blindness and possibly foot-sized bruises on the face."

Coming to a close...

2010-04-13T18:42:00.002-06:00

I know my countdown clock says 16 days until school is over...but it's actually only 12 days. wow. 2 years looking back sure went by in a hurry, and I can't believe it's over already! Looking back it feels like I've only been gone for a couple of months, but during the 2 years it felt like I was gone FOREVER!! So glad for it all to be coming to an end. I have one more week of class next week, and one final exam the monday after and then I'm finished. But I have about 6 different projects to hand in over the next week! Yikes! I guess it'll be one last super busy stretch until I move home. Wow. Oh, I also got a job :) Praise God! I'm working in a photo studio in GP so it's perfect! So excited that everything out. Just waiting on a potential roomate to see if she wants to live with me and my other roomate, then if she says yes, we have a place lined up too! Pretty neat :)

Lots O' Learning!

2010-04-08T17:39:00.004-06:00

I've been in Medicine Hat since last Friday shadowing under Rachel Shultz of Madchen Studios (pronounce Maychen which is german for "little girl") and have been learning a ton! I'm FINALLY getting accustomed to Mac computers and might just have to spend the *money* on one! She's been showing me all sorts of tricks and tips to save money on backdrops and reflectors and everything and I'm so excited! She's also been letting me do some of her editing (Brave girl!) and today was allowed to pick out some of my favorite images from the shoot! She also let me design a baby announcement card for one of her customers! She's mainly a children's photographer that does families and weddings too. Today we got to photograph and adorable one year old boy with these HUGE blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. He was such a ham for the camera! It's been so much fun and I'm looking forward to the next week with her!

Houses and Jobs and Stress...Oh my!!

2010-03-30T20:32:00.003-06:00

Last Wednesday I was able to go up to Grande Prairie to do some major job searching since I'm 4 weeks away from graduation (yikes!) I dropped off sooooo many resumes and was actually quite disappointed when I left that no one had phoned me before I left town. Feeling a bit defeated, I drove back to Edmonton for a one day school week (and you're asking what I need to be stressed about? haha :) Well it turned out to be a very busy week indeed! In three weeks, I have to hand in a complete business plan for a photographic studio that is run by myself and two classmates. We just started working on this plan yesterday...yikes. Then today, I received an email from a studio in Grande Prairie wanting to do an interview on Thursday (SO good but also yikes!) Which means I needed to get all 4 of my projects that are due this week done and handed in by 4 pm today (I received confirmation of the interview at 1 this aft.) So I quickly got all my stuff together and got to my school by 3:30. Unfortunately the computer lab at school closes at 4, which means I had to book it! I had to hand in two projects (luckily digitally) print another project, and hand in my portfolio all in a half hour. It was quick! BUT I was able to get it done! Then tomorrow I have a demo at a studio in town on doing a glamour portrait, and then I head to GP wednesday Afternoon, stay the night, go to my interview on Thursday, drive back to Edmonton, do Laundry and pack on Friday and drive to Medicine hat on saturday for two weeks! *phew* Anyways, without boring you guys with my future plans, prayer that the job interview goes well. I don't think I could do another year away from GP. I need to get a job!

Decrepit Doors

2010-03-20T23:05:00.001-06:00

I posted some more photos on my photo blog that I just love! I'm so happy with how they turned out that I may need to print one for my wall! Check them out :)

Clara's Birthday

2010-03-14T22:02:00.002-06:00

We had the pleasure of going back to GP this weekend to attend a family friend's 65th birthday party. It was a really great weekend! She had a music night with many musical acts. The Kennedy's played and she had her family do a few songs and they were all so good! She also called my mom awhile ago and asked if Logan and I would do a song that we did before I moved to Edmonton, so we did! We were unfortunately only able to practice for not even an hour, so we didn't do as good as we could have, but it was still fun! We were both pretty nervous too! Anyways, here's the video so you can see for yourselves. This version of "On Christ the Solid Rock" was arranged by Janna McPhee.

Neat Quote

2010-03-09T22:42:00.002-07:00

Quote from my cousin's wife's facebook status:

"All roads lead to God - as judge. Only Christianity leads to God- as saviour" - Mark Dever

Photo Blog

2010-03-09T22:31:00.002-07:00

Hey Everyone!
I started a blog specifically for my photography that will include all the goings on of my photography life! I think at this point I have decided to jump into photography with both feet once I'm done school, so I'm kinda panicking! But I figure I'm one of those people that if I don't do it now, I won't do it at all! So here's to being successful! Anyways, the address for my photo blog is www.karilynn-photo.blogspot.com Check it out and let me know :)

March 1

2010-03-01T21:24:00.000-07:00

"Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun..."

PPOC Image Competition

2010-02-26T19:05:00.002-07:00

If you haven't heard of the PPOC it is the Professional Photographers of Canada and it's a great association to get involved with. Anyways, they're having this big symposium conference thing this weekend and as a project at school, we were all required to submit 2 images into their print competition for judging. I decided to enter four since it was the same price to enter two as it was to enter four, so it just seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately for me, only one of my prints was accepted but at least I got one in! So that was nice. It was a long day though. I ended up staying from 9:30 - 4 today to watch them judge all the images, and there were some pretty amazing ones! Anyways, the one image that did get accepted was the one I took of Logan in October! You can see it in this post and it is the very first image to show. It's also one of my most favorite photos to date!

More Portfolio shots...

2010-02-23T23:32:00.003-07:00

Here are the photoshoots from the house that I was talking about a few posts back. This house has endless photo taking opportunities! So here's a few for my portfolio

My sister Marlys

My Bro-in-law Terry

And this is the one I'm going to use for my fashiony shot because it has more of a fashion feel and less of a portrait style to it.

Chuck Norris of the Day...

2010-02-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

February 23:
"Chuck Norris eats steak for every single meal. Most time, he forgets to kill the cow."

Yesterdays was kind of funny too, but I wasn't at home to post it.
February 22:
"Chuck Norris can body slam an opponent with just the tippy-top of his pinkie finger."

Drum roll please....

2010-02-23T16:44:00.001-07:00

Alright, So I decided and I'm going to stick with it this time! I'm happy with the name and I love the logo. Here it is!
The writing looks black here, but it's actually brown! I really like it. I wanted to work a really nice pink into the logo as well, but it wasn't working out. I might try again some other time, but I really like the Teal!

Kyle

2010-02-22T23:25:00.005-07:00

My brother Kyle is visiting here for a couple of days, and I wanted to use him in a photo shoot. I LOVE the new "Star Trek" cover and loved the lighting on Kirk, Spock and Uhura, so I decided to try to duplicate it. I realize the quality isn't that great, but I always downsize my images when I put them on the internet so that if people take them and try to print them, they aren't very good quality! But you get the idea. Anyways, this is the result!Annnnd then we decided to take a nice picture for my mom because she wants a new one of Kyle to put on the wall...and as you all know Kyle does not like serious pictures :) We ended up getting one serious picture that's really nice, but I haven't edited it yet. This is one of the outtakes. Meet Kyle:

Yep, he's a goof :)

*Edit* For those of you who haven't seen the Star Trek Covers, Here's the picture:

Name Ideas...

2010-02-21T18:51:00.005-07:00

I'm still having a hard time with the name for my business. I know I shouldn't be so picky about it, but I don't want to be changing my business name very often, otherwise it just confuses clients and can just be such a pain! It's kind of hard having to be rushed to do it as well, as I need to make a website within the next two months and make a facebook page. Anyways, I have a few ideas floating around my head but I'm still unsure about them. Here they are:
1.Kayel Photography - my initials are KL but I figured that would be boring so I decided to make a word out of it. Don't know if that's how I want to spell the word, but you get the idea.
2. KLiK Photography - I like this one too, but I'm worried it'll sound too gimmicky. It uses my initials in it (KLK) which is a bonus, but I'm also going for something more feminine?
3. Karilynn Photography - I like this one, but I've recently discovered 4 other photographers (3 of which are in my class) that are using their middle names in their business name and I'm worried it might not be original enough now? I don't know. Tough decisions!!
Anyways, if anybody out there has some input or ideas, leave a comment below! It would be awesome to hear what anybody else has to say!

*Edit* Due to a unanimous facebook vote, I think it's going to be KLiK Photography!
*Edit #2* Nevermind, even though everyone on facebook likes KLiK, most people have been reading it as K-Lick rather than Click. *sigh* back to the drawing board!!

A Bunch of Oilers fans!

2010-02-20T00:12:00.004-07:00

About a week or so ago, my sister and her family came up for the weekend for a visit and wanted me to retake some of their family pictures in the studio. Last time I did there family pictures it was outside and they were wearing their Oiler's jerseys, but the background was really dark, so they wanted some family pictures done with a white background. These are the results:

Evan is 11 months old on March 1 and he's just getting so big! He has four teeth now and is super funny! He's starting to "dance" by wiggling his shoulders :) So cute. Anyways, when Mom and Dad got back from Maui, they brought Evan a little Hawaiin shirt and shorts. We also had a ukelele and my grandma's first guitar (which she bough in Hawaii) so we decided to put them all together and get a cute little shoot!
I've started to get some pictures done for portfolio using the house I'm house sitting. I have a few portraits of Marlys and Terry that I love that I need to post, but they are on my other hard drive. But, I did take this self portrait there (first successful self portrait haha) and might use it for a portfolio shot (don't know if it's fashiony enough though...)

Anyways, those are the latest photos around here! I'm looking to do some more "Star-Trek" inspired shots using either my brother or a classmate...who knows?

School Blog!

2010-02-17T16:51:00.003-07:00

I Finally made the school blog!! Well, technically I made it before, but I didn't have permission from the subjects in the photograph to have my teacher post it on the blog. Anyways, I made it onto the blog for my "Executive Portrait" Check it out here.

Winter Princess

2010-02-05T22:36:00.004-07:00

I had this idea for portfolio that I just thought would be so neat! I'm starting to enjoy doing fashion photography basically because it gives you SUCH creative freedom. You can basically do whatever you want and it will work haha :) So these are the result, I'm again, VERY happy with how they turned out. I also took a leap and did the hair and makeup myself too! Take a look...
This last one, is very odd. But yet I like it. I don't know, it has a psychotic straight jacket look to it, but yet it's very much a fashion shot. It's so strange.

Housesitting

2010-02-03T09:09:00.001-07:00

So for the month of February, I'm officially house sitting in Edmonton! It's a really old gorgeous house! It was built in 1915 and still has original molding and floors and everything in it! SO beautiful! I'll definitely have to take some photos to show you guys just how gorgeous this house is. And, as I'm typing this, I have a big himalayan cat sitting on my lap. He's pretty gorgeous, and so far, I'm not allergic to cats ;)

Photoshoot with Rachelle

2010-01-31T14:37:00.003-07:00

Rachelle's in Edmonton for a week and a half, and I needed to take advantage of that opportunity! I was so excited about the results that I had to show everyone! The last one is my favorite, and I'm going to be using it for my portfolio! Enjoy.

Thesis night teaser

2010-01-28T15:46:00.002-07:00

We have our annual thesis night coming up on Monday, and our program blog just posted a teaser. My classmates are extremely talented and create such amazing photography it's really neat to be in classes with them!
Check it out here.

A New Favorite Band

2010-01-23T12:42:00.003-07:00

My Brother-in-law showed me this awesome band, and I just love them! They are called "Needtobreathe" and are a christian band. They use the banjo in a lot of their songs and they just have a really neat style take a listen.

The Outsiders

Lay 'Em Down

Girl Names Tennessee

The last one is one of my favorites, unfortunately I couldn't find one with good sound quality, so this was the best one! You get the idea though :)

And so begins another semester...

2010-01-19T21:56:00.004-07:00

Well, I'm just "finishing" up my second week of my last semester of school and boy does it look quite challenging! (I say "finishing" because I never have classes on Wednesday's and this week and I think every second week I don't have classes on Thursday's either) I don't have very many projects, but what projects we do have are BIG projects! This semester we're taking a small business course that goes over the basics of starting your own business, which will be very helpful! we have another portrait class, a self promotion class (we have to make a website and business cards etc. Look for that in the future :) And a class called "Major Client" where we are broken into groups of four and are assigned a non-profit organization to have as a photographic client. We have to set up a meeting for them and go over what they want photographically and when certain events are. Throughout the semester, we need to acquire 50 hrs. of shooting time as a group altogether. Our group just had our meeting this afternoon and I think it will be interesting but challenging to say the least! We were assigned The Bissell Centre here in Edmonton which is a non-profit organization with about 18 different programs they run from day-care to a homeless shelter, so we'll definitely have quite the variety of shooting I think! I'm definitely a little bit nervous though, it'll be the second "job" I have done since beginning school, but I think the experience will be invaluable :) We also have a fine art class which is going to prove expensive as we move back to 4X5 film photography.
Over the past few weeks it's been pretty stressful as well, as I have basically wiped out my savings and am looking for a part time job for the semester with no luck so far. I haven't recieved a call back from any one place yet...so I'm kind of nervously praying that something comes! I would like to move back to GP in may, and money is a necessity for that, so here's praying!
There has been a few hospital visits around here as well! (not us being in the hospital) My grandmother has some heart problems and had to get an angiogram done (they inject dye into your veins to make sure everything is as it should be, which it was) but after the angiogram showed fine, she went back to her hotel room, and layed down for a nap. When she woke up she got an instant severe migraine and my grandpa and aunt took her back to the emergency room where they had to do a CT scan on her head to check for clots, and a spinal tap to make sure there was no blood in the spinal fluid. After a 13 hour wait, the tests came back and she was fine. So praise the Lord for that! I'm looking forward to having my grandma and grandpa coming to stay with me for the next week.
As some of you know, our dear friend Karen is currently being treated for lung cancer at the cancer institute here in Edmonton. She has had I think 3 weeks of chemo and radiation so far, and has another 3 to go, but we went and saw her tonight and she is looking and feeling fantastic! She was happy, energetic and just doing great! Just goes to show how powerful prayer is :) She said without people praying for her, she's sure she would not be doing as well as she is, so keep praying people, it's definitely working! :)
So those are the updates in my life. I could use some prayer, if you ever think of it. I think this semester is going to be very stressful as I am doing graphic design schooling, full time schooling, possibly a job as well as looking for a job in GP and a place to live. I was also put into a group for one of my courses where I am very nervous about how it's going to work out. I'm a little worried that I may end up doing most of the work, and as you can tell, I do not have time for that!! Prayer that everyone will pitch in and do their share and that we'll pass! Also, prayer for the job and savings situations. Definitely nervous about that one, and praying hard! Hope you all are doing well!

And today's Chuck Norris made me giggle a little bit:
"Simply by pulling on both ends, Chuck Norris can stretch diamonds back into coal."

January 16 & 17 Chuck Norris

2010-01-16T22:55:00.003-07:00

"Chuck Norris doesn't step on toes. Chuck Norris steps on necks."

Name Change...

2010-01-11T22:37:00.001-07:00

No, not my actual name. Just my business name. I've been thinking about changing it to something more fitted for someone who's doing the business by themselves. I really like Knappshot, I think it's really clever and funny, but when I hear it, I think it's more of a company name than a single photographer's name. I also don't really want to go with "Kari Knapp Photography" because it doesn't sound quite right to me...hmmm. I am kind of leaning towards finding a really neat word with a great meaning behind it, but can't seem to think of the right one. So, if any of you out there have any ideas, let me know! I'd love to hear 'em!

January 11 Chuck Norris

2010-01-11T22:36:00.001-07:00

Chuck Norris Calendar January 11 - "Chuck Norris can lick his own elbows. At the same time."

A Noteworthy quote by C.S Lewis

2010-01-08T23:46:00.001-07:00

Found this quote on a friends' page on facebook and had to share.

‘If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents—the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else’s. But if their thoughts—i.e. of materialism and astronomy—are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It’s like expecting that the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milkjug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset.’

C.S. Lewis

Oh the memories...

2010-01-07T23:09:00.008-07:00

I was looking over some of my photos from the past years that bring back wayyyyy too many good memories! I just had to share!

A Couple of years ago while we were still on the acreage, we decided to have a tobogganing party at our place and invited a lot of the young people from the church over! This is Brent as a pretty little indian girl...with a mustache. Nice look :P

Chris and Logan went down the hill sharing a sled with Chris in the front and Logan standing up and holding onto his shoulders, then they hit a bump and both went flying and Logan completely smushed Chris' face into the snow! This is Chris' face imprint:A Bunch of us girls went to Pirates 3 one night and there were some Shrek cutout masks. Aerylin took one and posed for many different photo opportunities. If you click on the picture, the ash tray says "Don't Smoke" on the side, so we figured Shrek was endorsing no smoking.
Gaelan, Aerylin, Kaden, Logan and I went and explored this really old farmhouse by our acreage and it was sturdy enough for us to actually go inside and check it out! I loved it so much that someday, I wouldn't mind building a house just about exactly like this one!
This is Jen. No explanation needed here :)
A Photoshoot we did with all of my friends before I moved away too college...

Aerylin is a nut! (I found a giant nut by the tracks)
about 2-3 years ago, I needed Logan and Chantelle's help in doing an English project and afterwards we had some fun with a photoshoot. This picture is just...too funny.
This was the last official wing's night at our acreage...sad night, but too much fun! If you look closely (or click on the photo) Brent and I are making almost the exact same face..and it's way too good!!
Annnnddd...my friend Chelsea had her bachelorette party before her wedding which was 70's themed. I chose to go as a man. Mr. Kennedy had a powder blue bell bottom suit that he wore for his wedding which fit me perfectly! Top it off with already shaggy hair, aviators, and a mascara stache and I was set! I started to feel quite uncomfortable after awhile because while we were walking through the mall, basically everyone was staring at me and doing double takes. I'm pretty sure they were trying to figure out if I was really a guy or not :) Means my costume was a success! hahaha
Oh boy...too many good memories. I miss all of my friends back in Webster and I am SO eager to move home in May. Thanks for the good times guys :)

For Logan: Some jokes about the bagpipes.

2010-01-06T16:52:00.005-07:00

I was reading through a magazine my parents get called "Our Canada" and there was an article on all things Scottish, including the bagpipes. There were a few things in it that made me think of Logan and laugh quite a bit, one of them is that the Scotts call turnips and potatoes "neeps and tatties." which tickled my funny bone, and I think I might start calling them that from now on. Also, the writer of this article included some good bagpipe jokes after explaining the history of bagpipes. Here are a few of them:

Q: What's the difference between a rattlesnake on the road and a set of bagpipes on the road?
A: Skid marks in front of the rattlesnake.

Q: Why do bagpipers march while playing and practicing?
A: It's harder to hit a moving target! (That's why he wants to play on a foggy morning too right?)

During the second world war, while his platoon was under heavy fire, the sergeant major asked his commanding officer to send six tanks....or one bagpiper.

Bagpipes: The missing link between music and noise.

It's actually kind of a cool article to read. It talks about Haggis (yuck!) and Robbie Burns, the famous Scottish poet who wrote such songs as "Auld Lang Syne" and of course the bagpipes!
If you don't know yet, Logan has a bagpipe ambition that is quite hilarious!

Hooray for being broke (Haha!)

2010-01-04T21:46:00.003-07:00

Today was an expensive day. That makes it depressing! Today my mom and I had a few errands to run around town getting groceries and doing the recycling, and since it is a new semester, I needed to purchase my next round of bus passes which comes in at a whopping $316.00 for the four months! In the long run it saves you quite a bit of money, but 300 bucks at one pop can be pretty mind blowing, especially when it's a good chunk of your savings! I was fine in getting the bus passes and I was doing good, but then we got the mail. Back in October I was in GP doing a work experience week, and ended up accidentally running a red light!! I was driving toward the intersection, noticed the light was yellow and that people were still driving through it, and so I looked down briefly to see what was brushing my arm, looked up, I was in the intersection, the light was red and the flash came! I was so upset and worried and I felt terrible! I don't do things like that! Anyways, a month came, then two months and no ticket, so I assumed I was in the clear, but then I got it in the mail today finally on January 4th! I ran the red light on October 29, they mailed the ticket December 11, got it today, and now I have until the 26th to pay...$287.00!!!! Hard lesson learned! Here's a hint to saving money...Don't run red lights!!

Daily Chuck Norris January 4th:
"Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster take pictures of Chuck Norris"

20 years old...

2010-01-02T23:35:00.003-07:00

yikes! I know I'm not old but I sure do feel different. It's hard to believe 20 years has come and gone already. It was a good day spent playing games with family and just relaxing! Well, here's to the next year!

Another prayer I need to remember everyday (posted it last new years as well):

"Deliver me Jesus
From the desire of being loved;
from the desire of being honored;
from the desire of being praised;
from the desire of being preferred to others;
from the desire of being consulted;
from the desire of being approved;
from the fear of being humiliated;
from the fear of being despised;
from the fear of suffering rebuke;
from the fear of being forgotten;
from the fear of being wrong;
from the fear of being suspected.
And Jesus, grant me the grace to desire that
others might be loved more than I;
That others might be esteemed more than I;
that in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I decrease;
that others may be praise and I unnoticed;
that others may be preferred to me in everything;
that others may become holier than I
provided I become as holy as I should."

A prayer we should all memorize, providing we truly mean what it says.

and of course, the Chuck Norris fact from my calendar. They combined both today and tomorrow.

January 2 & 3 - "One man's loss is another man's gain. Most of the time, that second man is Chuck Norris."

Chuck Norris

2010-01-01T12:20:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure everyone has at least heard of Chuck Norris! He was in the movie "Walker Texas Ranger" (which I've never seen) but when I was in high school, quotes about Chuck Norris were very popular, and quite funny too. Marlys and Terry got me a Chuck Norris facts desk calendar for my birthday and it is hilarious! I don't know if anyone would want me to post one fact from the calendar every day this year or not, maybe I'll just post the funny ones. Starting today!

January 1: "Chuck Norris does not age. Every birthday is just another year added to his existence. Which sucks for you."

Christmas 2009

2009-12-31T11:35:00.005-07:00

Well, it is the last day of 2009 and the holidays sure were great! We spent the Christmas week down at my sister's place in Medicine Hat and just had a lot of fun together. We got there on the 21 and spent the next day or so doing Christmas baking and playing lots of games of course! We made a batch of lefse this year and it sure didn't last long! It's one of my family's Christmas traditions and we don't fancy skipping out on it often. In case you don't know what it is, it's a thin potato pancake thing and you put butter and sugar on it and roll it up! So delicious, although a lot of people don't really like it. It might be an acquired taste ;). The next morning we went and did some last minute shopping for food and stuff for boxing day and whatnot. That proved to be a busy one because of all the last minute Christmas shoppers! Superstore and Costco were a nightmare!! But we got out of there without a bruise, so all was well! The next night we went to Terry's mom and dad's place and visited with them on Christmas Eve. We went to the Christmas Eve candelight service at their church first and then went over to their place afterwards. Then on Christmas morning, we woke up around 9 and began opening presents, and boy did we all get spoiled this year!! It was really fun to watch Evan "open" presents this year, although he was definitely more interested in the wrapping paper than he was in the presents! So Marlys just opened his presents and gave him the wrapping paper to play with haha. Christmas day, Terry's mom and dad were having the Christmas dinner at their place and they invited all of us over so we spent another day at their place feasting and playing games, and again, hot tubbing. We went home pretty late and all just crashed from the hot tubbing I think. The next day, my dad, Terry and I went snowboarding out at Hidden Valley ski hill in the Cypress hills! It was so much fun, but I hadn't done it in probably 2 seasons so I was pretty sore for awhile afer, and I actually still have a sore ligament in my hip that I pulled pretty bad near the end of the day! But it was still worth the pain. When we went back home, Mom and Marlys had gotten a early Birthday fondue party going to me! It was so fun. We did meat and veggies in oil, and then of course the fruit and chocolate. My birthday "cake" was half an apple with sparklers in it, but I loved it :) Then the next day, we had to say goodbye and we headed home. Now we're looking at just a quiet evening at home tonight playing games and welcoming in the new year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a safe and Happy New Year!!!!Mom, Marlys, Evan and I on the couch (just Evans head haha)

Dad and Evan playing under the table. Too funny!

Evan "opening" Gifts

His Christmas Loot!

Mom and Dad bought Kyle a used Guitar for Christmas! He loved it.

My Birthday "Cake"

Birthday Fondue!!

The big 9 month old boy!

So funny! I was playing with Evan, and halfway through, Marlys comes and my mom says
"oh look there's mommy!" and he turns and looks at my sister and just holllers at her. Too good!

German Pretzels

2009-12-18T22:11:00.007-07:00

We have some friends in Sexsmith who moved from Germany around 3 years ago. They come and visit us in Edmonton fairly frequently and Hanna just loves to go to the German bakery in downtown Edmonton. One time, she wanted us to try German pretzels, so she bought some and brought them over for breakfast the next morning and boy were they good! They were fairly thin pretzels actually and had a doughy center but a chewy brown crust, and you ate them with butter. They were so good, that I actually found myself craving them for the past couple of days. Not being able to put up with it for too much longer (and not wanting to drive to Edmonton to buy some) I decided to find a recipe to make them myself, and they actually turned out just fantastic!! They were so delicious, that I wrote them down in my recipe book immediately! It's quite a process actually. You have to let the yeast sit in the flour for 15 minutes, then you have to leave the dough (once it's all mixed) for a half hour to rise, then once you have the pretzels formed, they sit in the fridge uncovered for an hour, and then once that is over, you boil each pretzel in baking soda water for 10 seconds on each side, and then bake them. It's a 3 hour process, but really not that difficult, and besides, it's so rewarding when it's all finished :) Take a look!And actually, both my parents and I think this recipe is better than the one they used at the German bakery. These were a little bit more doughy and less tough, which makes them much more delicious ;)
If you're interested in the recipe, here's the link
*Side Note* If you do ever decided to make these, make sure you sprinkle on a light amount of salt, the pretzels are already salty from the baking soda water, so to add too much (like I did) makes it just a tad too salty.

Last project of the semester

2009-12-15T16:17:00.002-07:00

Just finished it, and it took me FOREVER! I think I put more effort into this project than the rest of the projects from the semester. But I'm very pleased with how it turned out! We pretty much had free reign on what we wanted to do, so I decided to turn myself into a cartoon and then make my hand look as if it is disappearing into a cloud of swirls and flowers. Looks really cool! Check it out...

School Blog

2009-12-09T22:21:00.003-07:00

Our school program started it's own blog and posts events and photos regularly. It's pretty neat to see the talent all my classmates and the first years have! Take a look!

Too cute not to post!

2009-12-02T19:30:00.003-07:00

My sister sent my mom some recent pictures of Evan. He's 8 months old now! Haven't seen him for 2 months, so I'm excited to see anything of him! Here he is...

Falling asleep after a good meal...
Trying to feed himself that good meal!
And my absolute favorite. Evan in his cute chicken hat! Marlys saw that hat in a baby clothing store before he was born and just had to get it! Cutest thing ever.

Here he is!

2009-11-18T20:40:00.004-07:00

Here's the new munchkin! It was too funny during this whole picture taking ordeal. He's extremely shy so we're trying to break him of that habit. He was shaking and his eyes were tearing up the whole time!! So funny! Here he is.

Beamer

Kacey has a buddy!

2009-11-13T19:00:00.003-07:00

Yep! We have a new dog to keep Kacey company! His name is Beamer and he's a little chihuahua mix. He's white and light brown and super cute! He just arrived about an hour ago and now him and Kacey are buddies! They've been tearing around in the yard for a little while so I think he'll settle in just fine! I don't have any pictures of him yet, apparently he's camera shy though! I'll try to sneak a few to show you!

I'm pretty sure I haven't put any pictures of Kacey up here, so here's one I took awhile ago. She's crazy!

Should Probably pay attention....

2009-11-12T12:24:00.003-07:00

In photo shop class our teacher always gives us a sheet going step by step what we're going to go through, and today's was really easy, so I kinda went ahead and did it making my own changes. This was the result...
There was supposed to be the writing, and then one red jet above the writing...I thought that was too boring. :) Click on it to make it bigger! Then you can see the little details!

Photoshop fun!

2009-11-09T18:12:00.003-07:00

We got a Photoshop assignment to do that's due tomorrow where we have to take a picture of someone and make them look really glammed up and then take that same picture and make them look really bad... here's mine. My cousin Ashley was kind enough to let me use a photo I took of her :)

Original:

Glam:

Anti-Glam:

Dream house...I mean...Castle

2009-11-06T19:14:00.008-07:00

Yeah for cheap!!!! It's SOO gorgeous but it's in London Ontario. It's a 9,500 square foot castle (Manor) for sale. It was built in 1893, and is absolutely stunning!! And get this...it's only $475,000 CDN!! Here's the write up on it....

"Historic Woodholme Manor, comprising an impressive approx. 9,500 sq. ft. located on a 1.26 acre lot. Built in 1893 by Richard Shaw-Wood, it sits high atop the former Lawson Estate grounds. Archtecturally significant due to its countless distinctive features and attributes including its castle architectural dominance, impressive vaulted stairway, immense ballroom leading to a wood crafted fireplace and French doors leading to its oversized spacious grounds. This magnificent home will include a fully fenced lot as well as entry pillars and fencing reconstructed with material from the original entrance in the same majestic style. Recreate Woodholme Manor into a masterpiece your family will be proud of to call home for another 100 years. Full municipal services available. Home is being sold as is. It will be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act when it is transferred."

There's obviously some upgrading and renovations to be done to it of course, but think of the amazing place it will be when it's all done. It's selling for cheap, but the renovations won't be cheap haha.

Since it's going to be a heritage house, there will be limitations on what you can do to it...but who cares! It's an incredible place! Here are the photos.

Here's the link to the actual MLS page

Work Experience week and lots of fun!

2009-11-02T11:49:00.014-07:00

This past week I was able to go to GP to do a week long work experience with a professional photographer. I had a great time with her learning how her business works, how she organizes everything and I even got to help her out at a president's ball last Saturday night! It was a really formal event and she had a booth set up in the corner where people could come and get their photos taken. The theme was "New York, New York" so she had a new york landscape painted to hang in the background with a street sign and a new york park bench! She was going to have a yellow taxi cab brought it, but I guess there were some problems, so she was a little disappointed, as was I because that would have been so neat! Then throughout the week she just showed me around her office and her studio. It was really great! We also had a girls day at Brent & Chantelle's house on Friday with Janessa, Jillaine, and Maryn. The power was out when they first came over because it snowed a foot in 2 days, but when the power came on Chantelle and I did the girls hair and makeup and we had a photoshoot! I had brought up some lights for the week because I needed Logan and Davis to pose for two projects I had to do, so we used the lights and had a photoshoot with the girls! I don't have any of the girls photos finished yet. I was only able to finish Logan and Davis' because I'm actually home sick from school. My immune system has been out of whack for quite awhile and was just starting to get better, but while in GP I was in contact with a lot of sick people with who knows what they had. So that was great...as for now I'm planning on relaxing today and getting in some much needed rest! I have a few photos to post from Davis and Logan's shoots, and actually, one of the photos of Logan I think is my most favorite photo I've ever taken in my career so far! Lighting turned out great, I love the composition, his expression is good for the mood of the photo, I just like it. I'll show it to you now :)

Here are some of the other ones from the boys'

This one we laughed at because with the washing machines in the back, it looks like he's sad that his vest shrunk hahah.
*Note* November 9 - I showed my teacher that shot of Logan because I wanted to use it for a high key portrait for class and I wanted to make sure it was high key enough (which it was) Then he asked me "Did you take that photo with Lori? (The lady I shadowed under) And I said I took it when I had my free time, and he said, I quote, "Holy Crap Girl!" He was so impressed! Woo hoo! :D

Yay!

2009-10-22T16:42:00.002-06:00

Phew! Huge relief! Due to my awesome instructor making sure everything worked out for me for this work experience week, I will be going home! I leave Saturday morning because she has a president's ball photobooth at the Crystal Center, so I get to help her with that on Saturday evening! So happy everything worked out! :D

Another disappointing day...

2009-10-22T10:31:00.002-06:00

So next week I was planning on going to GP for work experience for the whole week and I was REALLY looking forward to it, but then I got an email from my instructor this morning telling me that the person I was going to do work experience with is going into back surgery this coming week so I won't be able to do work experience with her. This means I most likely won't be going to GP next week at all unless I can find someone today or tomorrow to take me on. *sigh* Whatever the circumstances, I hope she has a safe and successful back surgery.

Funny funny!

2009-10-14T20:21:00.006-06:00

There's this website called www.yearbookyourself.com. Marlys and Terry showed it to me. You put your picture in and it takes yearbook photos from from over the years and puts your face into them, SO hilarious! Here are a few of myself!

I almost look exactly like my mom in this one hahah!

And here's my favorite of Marlys:And of Terry:

1st wedding ever!

2009-10-11T20:18:00.003-06:00

Yesterday I figured out that if I get booked to photograph weddings every saturday for a month, I'm giong to be exhausted for an entire month. I had the priveledge of helping out a classmate yesterday shoot a wedding he had booked quite awhile back. His regular second shooter accidentaly double booked himself and was unable to help out this weekend, so my classmate asked me to help. I was a little wary at first, but I realized that I really need to start getting the experience if I'm ever going to do weddings for a living so I figured it would be better to do one now while working with someone experienced rather than try to figure it out on my own. It was actually really really fun! It was stressful of course because you have to make sure you catch all the key shots because they won't happen again. Anyways, I'll have to upload a few of my shots to show you guys. I think some of them turned out really well, especially for it being my first wedding ever. He actually asked if I would be interested in helping him out with future weddings, even after I move back to GP, and he'd pay the travel. Pretty sweet deal! I'm also going to get the chance to do work experience for a week with a lady in GP at the end of October. I'm looking forward to that. She actually graduated from NAIT awhile back, so it'll be interesting to shadow underneath her for awhile.

Family Pictures

2009-10-07T17:51:00.005-06:00

We went down to Medicine Hat this past weekend for both Terry's 25th birthday party and Evan's baby dedication. While we were down there Mar wanted me to take their family pictures for them. Here are a few!Needless to say, Terry is a huge Oiler's fan :) Mom also wanted me to get a new picture of Kyle for the wall. The most recent picture of him was from when he was in grade 11, 6 years ago. Kyle is a goof, and hates posing for photos, so this is my favorite from the whole session...

It's official!

2009-10-07T16:09:00.002-06:00

I now have a logo for my business when it begins! Thanks to Mr. Kennedy for the name idea. I love it :)

Too Cute

2009-09-27T17:24:00.008-06:00

I found some pictures on my camera's memory card of Evan that I forgot to put on my computer. This was back in July. He's got some big smiles! The quality didn't turn out the way they actually are, but you get the idea, he's pretty cute no matter what the quality of picture haha.

LOVE the happy smiling eyes!

This last one is definitely my fave!

Gotta love Wal-mart Curtains

2009-09-27T17:13:00.002-06:00

So I bought some curtains at Wal-mart only planning on using them for a photoshoot then returning them when I was finished. Too bad I really like them haha. I played around with some lights I took out from school for the weekend and used the curtains as a background. This is the result:

Family Reunion = Lots of fun!

2009-09-27T16:12:00.016-06:00

On the September long weekend we had a family reunion on my mom's side of the family. It was a great time and my mom put a lot of work into organizing the whole thing. She rented this really nice campground along Lac St. Anne just outside of Edmonton with Cabins and everything. Some people brought their trailers and some stayed in the cabins. We had a big open space where my sister organized bocce tournaments and there was a beach volleyball court where Marlys organized beach volleyball tournaments too. We also had a talent show on saturday night and then later on there was a really big storm, so we squished into the main cabin where my cousin Allison and I played guitar for everyone to sing along to. My Grandparents just love hymns, so we did that for them. It was just a great weekend full of family and fun. We were only missing 5 members of the whole side. Talk about a turn out! anyways, here are some pictures of the great weekend.Carmen, Christine and Jeanine singing "Sisters" for us at the Talent show. Be aware...these glasses made multiple appearances throughout the weekend.Carmen organized games for the kids...and the adults!Including spousal wheel barrow races :)Cousins and teammates in the three legged racesome of the men taking a break from the riveting horseshoe tourney. From left: Kyle, James, Uncle Mur, and Trevor. Kyle and Trevor are the tallest of the whole family with Trevor only beating Kyle by an inch at 6'4. Just a tidbit of trivia :)Grandma absolutely loved all of her great-grand babies. This one was the newest I believe.some good mother-in law/son-in-law bonding, talking about make-up and whatnot!Sisters...Can you tell them apart?And of course Evan (left) and Andon had to get in on it too.And the two that started it all. From these two came 6 kids, 20 grandchildren (not including spouses, only 6 of us aren't married) And 17 great granchildren, and still many more great grandchildren to come! Without them and God's hand in their lives, I know my family most likely would not be where they are today. My dad's side of the family became christians because they saw the difference in my dad after he became a christian shortly after marrying my mom. Amazing what two lives completely given over to God can do. Needless to say it was a wonderful and great weekend! So much fun, and so wonderful to see each other again.

Until next time! Kisses!

Love the laughter!

2009-08-29T21:32:00.004-06:00

I found this video of Evan from about 2 months ago. Just a video of him laughing! I tried to get him to laugh on the other video I posted of him but it didn't work to well, so here's a good one :) He's five months old today!

Also, I've been in Edmonton for exactly one year today. Crazy! It's gone by pretty fast now that I look back.

Garage saleing is always welcome!

2009-08-29T21:15:00.006-06:00

I've had good luck with garage sales lately. Thomas and Hannah Bussemeier were up this weekend visiting, and Hannah wanted to go garage saleing, so my mom and I went with her. I've been wanting to start storing up on furniture for when I move out in may, and had almost everything I needs except for living room furniture, so that was my goal today. We went to one garage sale, I found a really nice TV stand for five bucks! It has a little ding on the side, but hey, five bucks! Love the color and it's really solid, and it would be very easy to fix!This is the corner ding. Nothing a good sanding and stain can't fix!

Another Garage sale we went to had a really nice chair for sale but they wanted $85 dollars for it. Hannah advised me to wait for a little while and come back near the end of their sale so they would be a little more desperate to deal (Germans know these things :) ) so I did, came back, and offered $60, and they agreed! As we were loading it up, the lady came up to me and told me they'd be willing to sell me their other one that is exactly the same for the same price, so I agreed and now I have two pretty much brand new leather recliners with ottoman's for my living room! Also, they swivel :) Take a look!

And now there's six

2009-08-29T20:33:00.009-06:00

I've always wanted to collect vintage cameras. Something about the history behind them is just fascinating to me, but I just never really looked for them because I assumed they'd be so expensive. A week or so ago, the Kennedy's were up visiting and they had to go pick Janessa and Jillaine up at the airport here in Edmonton, and I get home from work and the girls surprised me with a really neat polaroid camera from 1969!! I was so excited about it and couldn't quit gushing, and I still think it's awesome by the way :) So that started my search! My mom and I went on a tour around the area and found a really neat antique store in Alberta Beach. She didn't have any camera's but she takes names and watches for things that people are looking for. So I left my name, not expecting to be called for awhile. About 3 or 4 days later, she calls me up and lets me know she found two really neat cameras. So I drove to the store, and instantly loved them! One was from 1934, the other was from 1954 ish with a flash as well. Then, today we went garage saleing, and I found three more that aren't quite as old, but are still neat in their own way. Here they are....
This is the camera Janessa and Jillaine bought for me in Virginia. It's so awesome! Thanks girls :)

This is the camera from 1934. It's pretty portable, especially for the thirtys. When the lens folds up it looks like this....Not bad for the film being about 4 inches by 3 inches!This camera is a double lens camera from 1954 ish. I love the looks of it! The flash is probably double the size of the camera. Didn't want to stand to close to your model with this one :)

These two cameras are two I found at a garage sale today. They aren't my favorite, I definitely prefer the older looking, accordion type cameras. But I'm guessing these are from the 80's. I have the manual for one of them, but haven't been able to find a date on it. So we'll see! I think they are from the 80's because they kind of look like a small piece of the Delorean :)....Just checked google, The first one was created in 1986, but it stopped production in 1990 because no one was interested in the tiny negatives it had (the film was on a disc), and the second picture, this camera was circa 1983 ish. So yep, the 80's :)

And this is another find from the same garage sale as the other two. This camera is, as far as I could find on google, from around 1979 and surprisingly, retails at 79.00. sweet! It's pretty neat and when it's all folded up...Looks roughly like a gigantic stapler :) Gotta love the 80's where bigger was better!

Something funny....

2009-07-28T19:01:00.003-06:00

I found this thing in an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader and it made me wonder what the heck it was saying and kinda made me giggle to. I'll put my "rough translation" afterwards....

An "Obscure" Tale
One morning, a valgus hobberdehoy was cornobbled by a very old leptorrhinian calcographer. "You twiddlepoopy liripoop!" faffled the hobberdehoy, "You've given me a wem that smells of bodewash!"
"So sorry," belched the saprostomous calcographer. "I was unaware that my jumentous mundungus was cornobbling you."
"Whatever, you spodogenous whipjack! Now I must go to my xystus and run my balbriggan galligaskin through my chirogymnasts to get this wem out!"
The calcographer felt like a dasypygal pismire. "I have lost my toxophily," he said sadly.
"Wait a second," faffled the hobberdehoy. "Did you say toxiphily? You remind me of my toxophillic atmatertera. You have the same anisognathous mouth as she."
"Does she go by the name Esmerelda?" asked the calcographer/
"Why yes, yes she does. She was brideloped by a calcographer many moons ago."
And then they looked at each other.
"Bob?"
"Jim?"
And then Bob and his great great great grandfather Jim went happily to Bob's xystus to de-wem his balbriggan galligaskin.

My translation (Based on the word definitions given on a previous page)

One morning, a bow legged young man was hit with a fish by a very old long nosed chalk drawer. "You feminine, silly looking creature!" stuttered the young man, "You've given me a stain that smells of cow dung!"
"So sorry," belched the bad breathed chalk-drawer. "I was unaware that my pungent garbage was hitting you with a fish."
"Whatever, you wasteful beggar! Now I must go to my indoor porch and run my cotton, baggy trousers through my finger excercising machine to get this stain out!"
The chalk-drawer felt like an ant with hairy buttocks. "I have lost my love of archery," he said sadly.
"Wait a second," stuttered the young man. "Did you say love of archery? You remind me of my great granfather's grandmother's sister who loves archery. You have the same uneven mouth as she."
"Does she go by the name Esmerelda?" asked the chalk drawer.
"Why yes, yes she does. She was swept off on horseback by a chalk drawer many moons ago."
And then they looked at each other.
"Bob?"
"Jim?"
And then Bob and his great great great grandfather Jim went happily to Bob's indoor porch to de-stain his cotton baggy trousers.

And just so you can see for yourself, I'll retype the words and their meanings!

Hobberdehoy: A youth entering manhood
Faffle: To stutter or mumble
Dasypygal: Having hairy buttocks
Cornobbled: Hit with a fish
Wem: Stain, flaw or scar
Calcographer: One who draws with chalk
Bodewash: Cow dung
Twiddlepoop: An effeminate looking man
Liripoop: A Silly creature
Leptorrhinian: Having a long, narrow nose
Bridelope: When the new bride is "both symbolically and physically swept off on horseback" to the husband's home.
Mundungus: Garbage; Stinky Tobacco
Chirogymnast: A finger excercising machine for pianists
Toxophily: Love of archery
Pismire: An Ant
Valgus: Bowlegged or knock kneed
Xystus: An indoor porch for excercising in winter
Jumentous: Having a strong animal smell
Saprostomous: Having bad breath
Balbriggan: A Fine cotton used mainly for underwear
Atmatertera: a Great grandfather's grandmother's sister
Anisognathous: Having the upper and lower teeth unlike
Whipjack: A begger pretending to be shipwrecked
Spodogenous: Pertaining to or due to the presence of waste matter
Galligaskin: Baggy trousers

Anyways, enjoy :)

Pool Time Fun!

2009-07-25T19:29:00.004-06:00

It was really hot today so we thought it would be fun to put on our bathing suits, sit in our kiddie pool and run through the sprinkler. Mom caught some photos of Mar and I sitting in the kiddie pool together.

The duck wanted in on the action too :)

Family Fun Time

2009-07-25T15:21:00.004-06:00

This week I was able to get off of work because for the next two weeks, another girl at work will be gone on holidays and my boss wanted me to take this week off, So my mom and I went to Medicine Hat last friday night and came back on Wednesday, but Marlys and Evan came back with us! So we've been having quite a fun time with them all. Kyle and Terry were able to get off of work yesterday at 1 so they got here at about 7 ish yesterday and they went golfing today while us girls went to the farmers market (even though it's crazy hot today!!) we didn't go for long because Evan was getting too hot so we came home and have been quilting since! I finished my first quilt yesterday and will post pics at a later date when it's all quilted and everything, and now I'm starting on my second quilt! It's going really good anyways :) I'm enjoying it! I really just wanted to post a video of my mom and I trying hard to make Evan laugh. He is a bit camera shy me thinks :)

Cake please?

2009-07-09T21:54:00.003-06:00

I did that cake decorating course awhile back in about March but missed the last class because Evan was born. My instructor told me I could come back to sit in on the last class of the next 1st course that started so that I could finish the first course and move on to the next. Unfortunately I didn't get her phone number or email address to find out when the last class was. So I went to Michael's yesterday to see if they could help me and they actually told me that the last class was tonight. So I quickly whipped up a cake and icing yesterday and showed up at Michael's tonight only to find out that Michael's made a mistake and the last class wasn't actually for two weeks. SO I had a cake and a bunch of icing. I ended up decorating it anyways and practicing my roses tonight! I just wanted to show the finished product!

Good Week(end)

2009-07-06T21:53:00.006-06:00

Since Wednesday was a holiday for everyone (Happy Canada Day People!) I was able to get Thursday and Friday off as well and head down to Medicine Hat to visit the family. I worked until five on Tuesday then went home, quickly packed and my parents and I left the house at about 7! It was the first time we took our motorhome on a trip and it turned out to be really awesome! I played my guitar, and read, and slept on a bed while driving! Good stuff :) Anyways, we drove until about midnight and decided to pull over at a rest stop for the night. It was raining and my dad was having a hard time seeing. We woke up at 8 the next morning and ended up getting to Marlys and Terry's place at 9:47 am! It was nice to have all of wednesday through sunday to be with all of them. We had so much fun! Wednesday night we went to Kin Coulee and watched the fireworks from Kyle's back yard (well, we walked a little ways, there was a big tree in the way). The rest of the weekend we just relaxed and enjoyed each other's company. Saturday we loaded up the motorhome again and all of us drove down to Writing on Stone provincial park which is only about 40 km north of the Montana Border. Writing on Stone has a bunch of Hoodoos and has actual stone writings of battles that the Blackfoot natives carved. It was really hard to see because it's so faded, but it was neat nonetheless :) Then we dropped mom off in Claresholm on Sunday for a funeral that was today (my uncle's dad died) and my dad and I drove back sunday night because we both had to work today. It was a really good weekend. And of course, no weekend report is complete without a new picture of Evan! He's three months old now and SO adorable! I thought he was cute when he was a newborn but now he's SUPER Adorable haha :) You judge for yourself!

My Life Thus far...

2009-06-12T21:32:00.003-06:00

So I guess it's been awhile since I've posted anything. So, I'm going to catch up a bit! At least try anyways. Well, really, there's not a whole much new with me!

Work is going great. I've been doing really good, and actually got a 2 dollar raise within two weeks of working there, so I guess they like me :) It's pretty good. There's always lots to do so it makes the days go by faster. Today my boss was mentioning an advertisement they want to do in a book that gets handed out annually here in morinville (I believe she said it was mainly for kids) and she wants to do something along the lines of "Got Milk?" but instead say "Got Ink?" with a picture of her husband beside it with an "ink stache" I thought it was pretty cute...I'm hoping I can maybe get my hands on some lights and take the picture for the ad! How awesome would that be? Anyways, they're really great people and they treat us well, so I'm quite enjoying it! I also never have to work on saturdays because it's so slow in the summer they don't need to be open! Now I can go to GP, Medicine Hat, and camping a lot. Sweeeet :)

I've been home alone all week, but I think this is the first time I've been home alone that I haven't gotten the willies at night. I've taken up my guitar again, and my fingers are sore haha :) And I've been taking Kacey for walks and going to the park. My parents are in Ontario right now! My dad has meetings there and my mom has always wanted to see the Niagara falls, so My dad decided to bring her along, and they're actually staying in a hotel right along the falls, so I'm sure they're just having a great time :) It's nice that they are able to get away now. They definitely deserve it!

Evan has grown a lot! He's thirteen pounds now I think, and he's giggling! Unfortunately I haven't been able to hear him giggle. Every time I talk to Marlys on the phone, she tries to make him giggle, but he just doesn't! I get to see him in a few weeks (Hopefully) and I'll get the giggles out of him yet! He was really talkative on wednesday night so Mar put the phone up to Evan's ear so I could "talk" to him and he shut up as soon as the phone was by his ear haha :) I guess he doesn't like anything but being in person! Soon enough little guy, soon enough...

Next weekend my mom and I are going to go to GP to see little Marshall! I mean, he's almost 3 weeks old already, it's probably time we go see him right? I can't wait to see the little guy! It'll be different seeing Brent and Chantelle with their baby, but hey, it's awesome :)

School is going slow, but steady. It's been really difficult. For my first assignment, I had to draw ten different sketches using a single dot, and by where I placed the dot, I had to give it movement. Ten different spots in each little square. I ran out of ideas I think on square four. Yikes. But I just handed in my second module yesterday, and am waiting for the mark for that and access to my third module! 2 down, ten to go, and only 10 weeks left of summer....one a week? Not likely haha :)

Anyways, that's all that's been up over here. It's been good. Slow, but good. I'm hoping I'll be able to get outside lots this summer and just enjoy what I can!

Neat Idea

2009-05-30T21:52:00.003-06:00

I found this guy on Flickr today and thought this was such a neat idea! He started a blog where he posts a picture of a lego guy everyday for one year. Some of these pictures are just hilarious! I'm tempted to do the same thing to kind of also pass the time until next may :) Any idea anyone? Here's the link to the lego guy's website. It's called "A Lego A Day..." Enjoy!

http://www.legomyphoto.wordpress.com/

New Baby!

2009-05-25T18:07:00.000-06:00

My cousin and her husband just had their baby today! He is a beautiful baby boy and he weighed in at 7 pounds 15 ounces. His name is Marshall Payton Kennedy! Can't wait to meet the little guy!

2 diplomas in 2 years?

2009-05-20T19:54:00.000-06:00

I just enrolled in an online Graphic Design course yesterday afternoon. It's a do it at your own pace kind of course and I have a year to complete it!! I'm hoping to finish it before going back to NAIT in September, but if I have to keep at it for another month, I think I'll be ok. I'm pretty excited about it. So far it seems pretty cool! I think it'll look pretty good on a resume for a twenty year old to have two college diplomas already! Woo hoo! Hopefully I can stick with it and get it done!

If you want to check out the website it's www.thegraphicdesignschool.ca. It's an online school specifically for graphic design...as you can tell :) And for those of you who don't know, I'm pretty much doing graphic design full time for a summer job this year. It's been pretty neat!

Little Sweetheart

2009-05-18T20:30:00.010-06:00

I know I know, more pictures of Evan, but I took a few more last Sunday and I wanted to post some! Evan and Grandma and Grandpa KnappEvan and Grandma KnappTrying to figure out what that black box is.Cutie!Evan and his daddyFunny faceHappy dreams

My First Fondant Cake!

2009-05-08T13:40:00.004-06:00

So I've been wanting to make a cake to practice with fondant icing and I realized that my dad's birthday is on sunday! while I was at work on wednesday I had marlys whip up a cake for me. Then I came home, made my very first batch of marshmellow fondant (which turned out great!) and finished decorating the cake about an hour ago! Here are some pictures...

I have a lot of practicing to do, but I figured it turned out pretty well for never having learned yet! :)

Evan's Song

2009-05-05T20:37:00.005-06:00

I always think it's cute when people make up little songs for their kids or nephews/neices. My mom used to sing "Kari Baby" to me (the tune to the song "Sherry Baby") and I wanted to think up a little song for Evan. I sung it to him today and my sister loved it haha. It's to the tune of Ernie's Rubber ducky song from Sesame street.

Evan baby, you're the one

Evan baby, You're lots of fun

Evan baby you're awfully cute!

And you're really sweet, to boot!

Grandpa Knapp and Evan

Sweet deal

2009-05-05T20:30:00.003-06:00

I finally got a job! I actually start work tomorrow morning at ten. It's at a local print shop so I'll be able to dabble quite a bit in graphic design and printing! I'm pretty excited about the whole idea. Because of this now, I'll be able to take an online graphic design course and finish next year with two diplomas rather than one. This is going to be a busy summer, but I figure if I get it all done this summer, I won't have to worry about doing another year at nait, and then I will be able to just focus on getting a full time job next year in grande prairie. Unfortunately, this means I won't be moving back to Grande Prairie for this summer, but now I'll be able to get all this schooling done and learn a bit about the printing business! This job also can't guarantee me full time hours every week, so I'll just be able to get this program done faster. Awesome! Here comes a long and busy summer!

What a cutie!

2009-04-28T21:41:00.006-06:00

Marlys and Evan are here in Edmonton right now visiting and he was just so "talkative" today that I had to get a couple of videos of him. He's pretty adorable.