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Frame Within A Frame!

So for photography class, we have done one project so far. Project 1 was all about finding frames within frames. I had a lot of fun with this project. Although our main goal was to get frames within frames, we were to also practice with shutter & aperature settings.. here are a few of my pictures from the assignment, and also some that I just took while i was out and about working on this project. None of these were edited, they are all straight from my camera

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STRESS, STRESS, STRESS!!!!

Wow, school is so stressful when you work 6 days a week!! I love my photography class so far but everything else i absolutely hate!!! I definitly cannot wait until I am done at Heartland, one more semester left!!!

Ive started to also learn that I need to focus more on myself. Ive been too worried for the last 2 years focusing on other people and trying to make them happy and I'm done. It is time to start making myself happy before I can please someone else. There are a lot of things that I miss about the life I had less than 2 months ago, but I suppose it is time to move on.

MACBOOOOOK :)

Soooo today I decided I would go out and buy a macbook since my old laptop is broken. I'm still in the process of learning how to use an apple laptop since im used to PC's buttttttttt when I figure it out I will make sure to post some awesome new pictures!

Also, school started Monday. So far, so good. I am going to be a very busy girl this fall, but at least it is something to keep me busy and something to keep my mind off of everything!

BRANSON

This year I went with my family to Branson, Missouri. It wasn't the trip that I was hoping for this summer, but Branson was gorgeous and I tried to make the best of it. The first day we went to the landing, which is a bunch of stores on the river. It was so pretty down there, and I got some new cute tennis shoes :)

The days after the first day all kind of blur together now that its been a couple of weeks, but we still did a lot of fun things. One day we went ziplining, another day we went to the caves, and on the second to last night we went to a show with just the "adults". All in all it was a great trip to e able to go on and see my family from texas, and a good time to spend with my own immediate family.

o.m.g.

welp, its been WAYYY too long since I have posted.....

My sister finally gave birth on April 22nd, 2010 to a beautiful baby boy. She named him Christian Carter Clark. He is a blessing, and the one person that I can always count on to make my day a better one. I love him to death :)

April 22nd, 2010

June 22nd, 2010

(What a little chub he is :])

I have been very busy, working about 6 days a week at the El Paso Golf Club. I love my job and I wouldn't ever during my college years pick a different job for my summer. I love everyone I work with and my boss is pretty cool too :).

At the end of the school year this past spring I moved back to my grandpa's house in El Paso. My grandpa now resides at Flanagan Nursing Home, so I have the whole house to myself, which is not really my ideal living situation, but it will do for now. I am hoping before the school year starts back up that I will be back down in Normal in a different apartment.

I just recently bought a canon T1i, and although it is still in the process of shipping to my house, I am sooo excited! :) It definitly cost probably a little too much for what I should be buying at the moment, but once I finally got enough money saved up, I just had to have it. It should be here within the next few days, so I will hopefully be posting lots of new pictures :)

I am still dating Michael. It has been almost a year and 8 months now, and still goin good.

Welp, I think that is about all that is going on in my life right now. I am blessed to have such great friends, family, and boyfriend, that I couldn't be happier at the moment :)

baby baby baby. baby ray j :)

Kaleighs birthday was 19 years old on January 7th (yes im a little late :]). ALSO she let me take a couple pictures of her stomach, which im only posting one on here because she'd freak if she found out i posted more hehe. Her due date is May 16th and I am getting more and more excited as the days go by. It isn't the best situation, and it was a complete accident, but our family will be there to support her no matter what through "baby ray j". She plans on naming the baby boy either Kameron or Kaden (I'm rooting for Kaden, but I think she wants Kameron more). These are just a few pictures from her birthday. We went out for dinner to Koozy's in El Paso, and then came home to DELICIOUS cheese cake which is my favorite!!

:) hehehehe.

L.O.V.E. is unstoppable.

In the past couple of weeks, ive sort of been trying to get my live in order and figure out what I want. When it comes to school & work & money, life can be soo stressful, but I've realized that I would be no where without all of the wonderful people I have in my life. Lately, I have been making a lot more time for my friends, and it has made me a lot more happier. It's always fun to just have a chill night with a few good friends, and share stories from the week or other gossip ;)

Comedy Club

So, if you have never been to the Comedy Club here in Bloomington, you should definitly put it on your schedule. It's located right by Playto's Closet off of verterans and clearwater. It definitly wasn't like going to one in Chicago or something like that, but it was still pretty funny and a good time. There are three performers that go on for the night. First there are two opening acts, usually not someone that well known. For example, there was a guy that was from Bloomington that went second. The third performer is someone that is more well known I guess ( even tho I had never heard of him ). Either way it was a lot of fun, and if you are 21 then there are waitresses that walk around and get drinks for you :)

EWWWWW...

Ew. Thank goodness gas isn't this high, and it was just a malfunction. With my income, I wouldn't be going anywhere for a while if it were this high!!!

A night @ Emily & Ryans

So Emily had been DYING for me and michael to come over for dinner, so last week we finally got a chance to go over. We had a casserole dish and then watched some American Idol. There were some funny people, and my personal favorite was "Pants on the Ground"...... :)

After American Idol we got to play some wii, and by the time we finished all of that it was time to go. It was tons of fun and I can't wait to do it again! :)

"Fun" nights with Michael.

Us & the little puppy dog we wanted for like a day :)

Me & Michael had no one to hang out with or anywhere to go one night, so we decided to just have "fun" and sit around by ourselves til the wee hours of the morning. Here's a few pictures from that night.