Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 20-07-2010
Category : Love It, Photog Me, Vacay Getaway
My return to Mia Shalom was wondrous, and with no accidents, Yes, Whitney I’m talking to you and the loss of your front tooth! It was magnificent and left me with the same fond memories from my girlhood! The week away in the wood, surrounded by a dozen hormone driven, emotional, FANTASTIC GIRLS was and eye opening experience. Having not had the experience of any female siblings I was a bit worried that I may not survive. To my total and complete surprise it was great! No fights, no mean words, no critical accusations. We became a sisterhood, bonded together in our love for the Gospel and Our Savior.
We excelled in all our areas, even with our small group, and in the final water races & relay (leaders included) we toasted the competition, place in every heat if not winning it, Yes Ms. Legas and I took out the leaders heat competition no questions asked! It was truly amazing to be away and had I not missed My Mr. and a hot shower I probably could have stayed another week or two. We returned to reality with our spirits renewed and new friendships acquired. And yes I find myself wishing I was back there! Thanks Mia Shalom for letting me relive my youth!
Photos by; Me & Michelle I.
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 19-07-2010
Category : Photog Me
I spent part of my weekend with this lovely couple
who are getting ready to be wedded! We had a fun time with balloons, couches, long boards and burgers, ok not really but a milk shake or two. We chased the last bits of sun and then said farewell to the weekend. Girls camp photos tomorrow!
Be sure to check out the The Post below, it will give you a great laugh!
Photos by; Me
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 12-07-2010
Category : Photog Me, Vacay Getaway
(Only 8 pictured, but believe me there were more.)
1 week, 1 wilderness, 12 little sisters; No casualties!
I just returned from a week at girls camp, it was truly wonderful and I love my girls, I really do love my girls! They are amazing, and annoying as all little sisters can be. But still all in all I love them. A full update later, for now I’m back and trying to get back into this technology thing, being without it for a week was fantastic! Back to real life and I’ll get back to you with the weeks DETS!
Photos by; Me
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 07-07-2010
Category : Holidays, Photog Me, We
Well we didn’t make it out to the traditional balloon festival, my eye’s just couldn’t stay open! So the festival came to us, this was the view from our window this morning, I grabbed my camera and chased the balloon to get some shots to remember the day! My Mr. and I
avoided the crowds, so there was no parade for us, just being with each other. Then in the afternoon we got together for a family BBQ and bubble blowing picnic. It was lovely, so nice to be at home for a nice low key day, perfect way to end the holiday weekend.
Photo By; Me
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 06-07-2010
Category : Holidays, Love It, Photog Me, We
I think I really like this July 4th being on a Sunday thing! I mean it spreads the holiday out and we get to enjoy 3 days of Holiday-ness I mean how awesome it that!
So the third was spend motor biking around town and taking in the sights, all the things that Provo had to offer on this lovely July weekend, I mean even the temperature was perfect! My Mr. and I enjoyed the farmers market and then it was off to the festivities down town. Center Street was turned 
into a mecca of activities with booths, activities, entertainment, and crafts and mean it had everything. Of course we had to hit the fancy car show down one of the streets, My Mr. being a mechanic in his spare time, when we very first started
dating he broken the engine of his truck down to the block and rebuilt it just to fix a problem, yes he is amazing! So cars are a fun thing for him to check out. Then it was off to enjoy the booths and even a little juggling from a local pair of jugglers. Then to my horror My Mr. tried to get me to touch a massive python, but sorry that just didn’t happen, I got close, but I was not touching it! (definitely no photo of that).
Then it was home to get ready for the evening event! Stadium of Fire, duh – - duh duh. (cheesiest theme song ever) where we watched from out traditional seats! Jenny Oaks Baker enchanted us with some lovely, festive music on her violin, and the Osmond second generation
butchered more good songs with there unbearable renditions, but we got through it. Then of course there were the stadium of fire dancers, I refer to them at the bees (yes I was a stadium dancer twice) mostly I call them that because every year they always give those poor girls wing like 
things to dance with.
Then is was on to the MAIN EVENT where Ms. Carrie Underwood herself would be performing! I’m not a huge fan of
county but I like Carries stuff. She sang; Cowboy Casanova, Last Name, then a couple of ballads for the soldiers; Just a dream & Temporary Home, then Jesus take the wheel, a nice rendition of How great thou Art and ended with Before He Cheats! It was an awesome set and My Mr. and I got nice and close to get some great photos( as you can see)! Look at her wail into that mic, she did an awesome job!
Then of course it was firework time! Enjoying the sky view of the amazing bursts of light, a perfect way to round out the evening. It was an awesome day. And to think that we get a couple more days of this, I’m going to be exhausted!
(photos by; We)
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 01-07-2010
Category : Love It, Photog Me, Vacay Getaway, We
My Mr and I hit the open road and took the bike out for a spin! Motorcycling is 
fantastic, check out our Yellow Stone motorcycle shot here! But we thought it was high time for a retreat up the canyon. Our brain bucket on, these are essential I see so many people who ride around with out them and I think they are totally crazy! Helmets are essential and I don’t care how cool you think you are. Ok enough of that rant.
We zoomed up the canyon for me to get some GeoCaching experience, since I will have to do it all on my own soon, and need to be the ultimate Geo-Pro. It was a beautiful evening
and the cool breeze left over from the crazy storm in the afternoon made it the perfect temperature. We bush whacked and photog’ed, all in time for us to enjoy the beautiful sunset. A great evening full of the things that make it a wonderful summer night!
Photos By; Me
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 26-04-2010
Category : Book of Me, Photog Me
This weekend made up for the last! Though My Mr abandoned me for the outdoors and some mischief in the sand dunes I was going to make the best of it. So My Mother and I headed to our favorite local (maybe not so local) nursery’s to spend the morning perusing the isles of lovely flora! 
First stop was Vineyard (formally know as Grants Plants, but that was ages ago) I grew up going here and it’s where I return to for my pumpkins every year! We wandered the greenhouses admiring the lovely geraniums, one of My Mother and my traditional flowers, and who should we stumble upon but Mr Grants plants himself! 
His name is Grant if you didn’t know, the old fashioned farmer was in his sun hat and overalls getting to work. Mom stopped and chatted with his and asked about her tulip decrease and he advised her, second later I snapped the shot of him assisting another couple. He’s such a nice man!
After viewing the bounty at Vineyard we proceeded to Cooks!
The Versailles of greenhouses. Far more fancy and large than Vineyard it has other benefits to offer, the lovely Begonias I tried last year were in even better condition this year and I knew in a second I had to get them! 
We wandered around and I climbed over the tables, cooks it not set up as well as Vineyard in finding the perfect flowers for you. There isles are quite big, not very user friendly, and of course 
I wanted the ones right in the middle so I dug my way in and scaled the tables. But no one seems to mine and I got my begonias! Mom selected a new pot and some last minute strawberries and we were off to Vineyard again to get our geraniums (good thing it’s on the way home). Vineyard offered better geraniums, much bigger and prettier than Cooks! 
Both have a lot to offer and both are favorites for different reasons, I made my purchases at both and will probably be returning both for my veggies! So if you are in the mood to tour the local nursery’s don’t forget to check these two out! What a wonderful way to spend a weekend!
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 19-04-2010
Category : Photog Me
Weekend Update; it’s over.
But on a better note I took the photo above and the yellow makes me feel better. I love daffodils, one of my favorite flowers, it’s so sad they are a spring time only flower I would love it if they bloomed all summer. As I sat sizing the photo for web My Mr. came in the room kissed me on the cheek and handed me a peeled orange ( I hate peeling them, that gunk gets all over my hands and drives me nuts) and it help me to forget that this weekend even happened. Little things like that just lift me up and My Mr. is amazing at knowing when I need an extra boost.
Let’s get this week started, other good news there is rain in the forecast, Sunshine and Spring rain (weird paring I know), and we are trying our hand at dehydrating fruit, our first attempt so wish us luck, I’ll update you on how it goes later! This is the best season of the year, wouldn’t you agree?
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 25-03-2010
Category : Love It, Photog Me
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I saw this article and thought it was amazing. It’s photos right after the birth of a baby giraffe. I don’t know why but I kinda have a thing for giraffes and buffalo’s, two totally different animals but I just think they are really incredible. With the amazing muscle mass of the buffalo and the lean graceful body of the giraffe truly some of the greatest body engineering. Sometimes it’s just nice to be wowed by nature, so enjoy!
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 02-03-2010
Category : Holidays, Photog Me
As I was perusing the isle of a local store I stumbled upon this awe-inspiring sight. No, I’m not a huge fan of PEEPS, but the colors from this display just brightened my day (what a fantastic rhyme!). It’s the sights like these that make me just love this time of year! After I saw this I got started on my peep inspired décor for Easter, coming soon! If you a fan of the PEEPS or not you have to admit that just looking at this makes you happy, I mean colors can do that you know! So don’t fight your festive colorful cravings of spring, delve in and hopefully it will get here sooner!
I shared this post last year, but I thought I would share it again to get you in the spring spirit with how peeps are made! Check it out!
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 17-02-2010
Category : Love It, Photog Me
Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 19-01-2010
Category : Photog Me
