Catch-Up/Update...

So I realized that as soon as I was done with my photo journal, I quit being so dedicated to my own blog... I'd check others' blogs, but wouldn't take the time to update my own... So, here goes...



THANKSGIVING BREAK was pretty good. Nice to get away from school for a little bit, and nice to visit with family! We took quite a bit of time helping James' grandparents out. James was working on a shed for them, and I would help grandma in the house as much as I could... I think James was kinda excited about the shed project at first, kinda until they got started with plans, and actually building it. (It's not very easy to work with old people, or to build anything that you want to be nice out of scrap would...) Nuff said about that, though... We went to the Bulls' (same grandparents James was working on the shed for) on Thanksgiving day. It was the first time in quite a while that they'd had Thanksgiving there, I guess. It was delicious food! James thought it was nice to not over-stuff himself, and to just eat it like a normal meal. I did the same thing, but I actually wish I would have stuffed myself just a little bit. I think there's something satisfying for me about that. (Probably because I don't do it very often...) After dinner, we went shooting. I was nervous about shooting the gun again, because the last time I shot it, I got a bruise because I held it wrong. I didn't do too bad this time, though! Katie was hilarious to watch... the little kick it had, kinda flung her back! haha!... Apparently that happened to me, too, but not quite as bad, plus I wasn't watching myself, so yeah. After shooting, we went back to the Bull's and had pie and ice cream! YUMMMM! My 2 favorites are homemade banana cream and pumpkin. DELICIOUS! (Homemade pumpkin is exceptional... ya know, the kind you make with pumpkins, not out of the can... lol) We kinda hung out for a little bit & visited & stuff... then left. We went on a hunt for the Post Register to get the ads for Black Friday, but alas, there weren't any to be found in Rexburg. (We were curious how many Standard Journals were sold that day, because those boxes seemed pretty full, lol...)

Friday we didn't end up waking up early to go down and check out the sales, pretty much because I was exhausted. We went kinda later on in the morning or afternoon or so, and looked around for a bit. We didn't get anything, but it was kinda fun to look for a little while! Afterwards, we went to my parents' house to do the Perry party shindig thing. (get together with my mom's family...) It was really fun! We ate soup and pie, with Mignon of course having her Macadamia nut pie (basically macadamia nuts instead of pecans...) Then we played some silly games while the kids did crafts with Rebecca. (She's SO crafty! lol)

Saturday... I think we did some homework?? I honestly don't remember that day a whole lot, other than that we had to stay up late, yet again, to prepare our Sunday school lesson. We'll get better at it, though!

Overall it was a pretty good break from school, but now we're in the last week of school, and TOTALLY STRESSED with getting everything done! (We only had 2 weeks left after Thanksgiving break, which is kinda ridiculous if you ask me...) I'm REALLY excited for this weekend to come, because that means no school for like a month, and we can just RELAX a little bit! :)

Photo Journal- Day 14

My James & me! :) I haven't put any pictures of James & I on here yet, so I thought I'd do that for my last day! I am so grateful to have James in my life, and am glad we have this break to be able to spend more time together than we are able to during school. I LOVE MY JAMES BRYCE!

Photo Journal- Day 13

PHONE CAMERA! James & I played Nintendo (Playstation) tonight, after a long day working on stuff at his grandma's! The batteries in the camera were dead, and since we were gone pretty much all day, I didn't have time to charge them... I did what I could with what I had. (Yes, Brother Clark, this was taken yesterday... The internet didn't work yesterday when I tried to post...)

Photo Journal- Day 12

Today was my little brother's 19th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA! He had a family boys' day, and went to Big Judd's & played video games!

Photo Journal- Day 11

I did the dishes today... Not much else exciting has happened so far. (Not to say that doing the dishes is exciting... this picture is sorta exciting, though...) I do get to watch Kung Fu Panda and have fun with James tonight, though, so I'm excited for that! :) We haven't been able to see each other a whole lot this week, because we've both been so busy...

Photo Journal- Day 10

As I was headed to my class this morning, I saw all these birds sitting on the telephone wires. I went and grabbed my camera, and as soon as I started shooting (with my camera...), they started flying away!

Photo Journal- Day 9

I've kind of been into abstraction/non-objective lately. It's expressive, and you can find feeling in even something you might do accidentally. After acrylic painting, I like to spread the remaining paint out and let it dry... I enjoy feeling the texture of it when it's dry, and seeing the design it makes. I enjoy the splotch of yellow on the top-ish left, and also how it moves from light to dark.