just picked up on of these bad boys today. white 32gb. no big deal.
as of right now I can't dial out from my old phone or new, but who needs to make calls! I have my own mini computer! (things in mini are the best, take rob and big's mini horse for example).
any favorite apps y'all can't live without? I need to get on the iphone train, and fast!
I have been wanting to post a THANK YOU to all my henriksen family for the fabulous shower they had for grant and I.
there happened to be the perfect sunday night to have it when we were in utah for work about a month before the wedding. I had mentioned we didn't want any gifts, BUT instead would love favorite recipes. It was a great idea if I do say so myself! we received tons of amazing recipes that I am dying to try.
so thoughtful and so personal. I love being able to see my cousins and aunts handwriting on certain recipes. I really am way into the "tradition" of food and it means so much to me to have everyone share a little of of their "tradition" with us.
check out grandma and grandpas photo on grandma's swiss cheese fondue recipe. I miss my grandpa.
aunt deanne and uncle bob's family invited us over before the shower for a delicious home cooked meal. It was SO delicious. roast and homemade rolls (see how happy I look holding the basket of rolls?). they were naughty and bought us some gifts even though I said not to. I love our cookie sheet with a cover! brilliant! with our parents serving serving as mission presidents in fort worth, it means so much to have our extended family take us in and help take care of us. It's weird not being to go "home" for sunday dinner. thanks wilde bunch. we love you!
the shower was an open house at grandma's and SO many people came. since we were having a more intimate wedding this shower was a way to celebrate with those not attending the wedding day festivities. we talked and bonded and grant did very well with my huge family....it can be kind of intense. my aunt amy and aunt peggy write poems for couples in our family when they get married. they read ours at the shower and usually have a hard time getting through it without crying. we love to cry in this family. (click on the poem to read).
how great is that! I love the part about mikaphone...and grant being a perfect child. pray our future kidlens take after their pop. thanks amy and peggy!!
I know we use to have this rule for this side of the family that when you say "thank you" at the shower it counts as a real thank you.....do we still that? can this count as my formal thank you for all of the amazing shower love? do you all know how much you mean to me?
I have been blessed with a truly phenomenal family. like all of us, I have had my ups and downs with life and they are there to cry with me when it's hard and cry with me when it's great, for that I feel truly blessed.
I need to figure out a way to customize my blog so that I can show slightly bigger images. I DON'T want to have to use another site to make this happen....can't I just configure the image size through blogger?!
any suggestions? what has worked for everyone else?
I've tried this, found on friend heather's blog
While in your post, click on "edit Html". Then look for this set of code...it's the code for the picture you just uploaded.
Now delete this section of code--everything circled above. After deleting the indicated code, your html for your picture should look like this:
Now it's time to change the size of your photo. You can choose from s400, s576 or s640 depending on the look you want and the parameters of your blog. Try a few on for size and see what works best for you. See below picture for the section of code you'll want to change during this final step.
All in all this should take you about 30 seconds.
BUT it doesn't work for me! my code looks a little different. so I just tried changing the pixel size withing the HTML code, but it ends up making the image look icky.
help!
how beautiful is this camera?
when I go to the leica website I want every camera. this is a limited edition camera, so I have no idea whether it's even still available...but it got me thinking..
..aren't you suppose to give and receive gifts on the 1st day of summer?
husband, let's start summer right.
(photo taken by proud papa smith)
happy one week little miss scrumptious.
after rio we spent a couple days exploring the beautiful falls on both the brazil and argentine sides. I was really quite impressed. my favorite part was strolling down the green walkway and having the mist from the falls cool down our hot bods. I generally really love mists of all kinds. we also took a boat ride up really close to one of the falls...I think it shattered one of my ear drums (ok, not really)...but I did learn water force is no laughing matter. oh, and grant took some photos of some rascally varmets that wandered down the paths next to us that maybe I will post later. oh, and we at some coconut popsicles that were really good.
grant and I leave for utah today to shoot kindra's and marty's wedding on friday. last time we were there it looked like this (refer to above photos)....this time maybe it will look different? I did hear it was raining a lot. I have to admit this kind of excites me. I love summer thunderstorms in utah. (just as long as they don't ruin my weenie roast up millcreek canyon saturday night!)
all the locals were so freaked out that we were walking around the beach and boardwalk at night with cameras around our neck. they keep motioning for us to hide our cameras. there were tons of people on the beach and small children kicking soccer balls....I just didn't feel unsafe... oh and ps. no one messes with me while i'm shooting. no one.
I've never seen more people pose "spread eagle"..to copy cat the statue. hilarious.
the lack of swimsuit on the beaches in rio was amazing. why wear anything?
we're hoping for a beach day tomorrow in san clemente. weather please cooperate. rachel will probably be wearing a little more than the brazen brazilians....but you never know with grant.
I know my posts have been lacking lately. I have tons of stuff I am editing through that I can't wait to share (honeymoon film!).....but this week has been go go girls camp.
I am in charge of planning my church's girls camp, for ages 12-18, and it's kind of like a part time job.
last year turned out great and being at camp is so amazing, but the planning...oh the planning.
tonight is one our first meetings and this is a little flyer I designed for it (thanks julia for prompt leaf removal and thanks istock for the illustration).
camp on the brain!
the inside of my brother and sister in law's dishwasher.
when you visit, chances are you'll be drinking out of a princess cup.
and believe me, they are ALL open 24 hours.
(I stole these off her blog..I'm guessing they were taken by her genius husband)
I am so happy for them and love their family so much.
aunt rachel is going to spoil that baby girl rotten.
go here to see reinked and recycled, letter pressed stationary on etsy. what a great idea to use those piles of outdated wedding magazines for thank you cards.
they've been sent (a little late), but we hope everyone knows how thankful we are for all of the wedding love.
oh, and HAPPY JUNE! (finally a summer month).
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that is so amazing! I love the world!
dearest mother
(grant and I just brought her breakfast in bed... sweet vanilla bean crepes with raspberries, peaches and fresh whipped cream along with some lemon and sugar ones and fresh squeezed oj. yumsters. we love being here with her and my dad. my plan is to spoil her rotten today. she deserves it.)
care bear
(one my by bestest friends. beautiful, artistic, incredible baker and so loyal and devoted. plus she loves impromptu hip-hop dance parties. I love you care!)
mark diddy
(grants brother in law, who passed away about a month before our wedding. you are happy, easy going and always up for a laugh! we miss you and can't wait to see you again.)
&
melissa thornton
(one of g's good friends who has become one of my friends who we love being friendly with! her married last name escapes me, but her and her husband are adorable and they have an adorable baby on the way.)
happy birthday awesome people in my life!
me and the hus-band are flying to the great state of texas today to visit my parents.I'll keep the blog up and running while I am away.
goodbye earthquakes in california. hello tornados!
(did you fellow californians feel those this week? It's like a bulldozer rammed into the side of my house.)
