i bought some shoes

Scratch that idea...

Well, the idea I was running with has been scratched. I've decided that it's not serving the purpose that I intended it to and I don't care enough to take the pictures every day.

So, I'm changing my project. As much as I want to do a picture a day for this blog, I'm going to just do a picture every few days. I'm really going to try to be better about taking them, but I can't promise it will be a daily thing.

I'm not posting a picture today, my camera is at home, and I'm not...at home. So, I will post a picture either later today or tomorrow. The picture will represent what I did that day...

Okay, more later.

Day 12

Day 12: July 21, 2011 10:48am

Day 11

Day 11: July 21, 2011 10:34am

**check out that monstrous zit. yikes**

Day 10

Day 10: July 19, 2011 11:28am

 

**downside to this project? everyone knows what time i wake up**

**what can i say? it's summer, right?**

Day 9

Day 9: July 18, 2011 11:38am

**lazy bum still in bed**

Day 8

Day 8: July 17, 2011 11:43am

**i look kind of bald bc my hair was pulled back**

Day 7

Day 7: July 16, 2011 11:03am

Day 6

Day 6: July 15, 2011 2:03pm

Day 5

Day 5: July 14, 2011 10:43am

**i thought it was time for a good just-woke-up shot**

Day 4

Day 4: July 13, 2011 8:48pm

**read more about this project here**

Day 3

Day 3: July 12, 2011 8:23pm

**see project explanation here**

Day 2

Day 2: July 12, 2011 10:03pm

Got off work at 1:00pm but still in my work clothes. Awesome. ha

**i love my big eyes**

see project explanation here

Project 365 (or 30)

Some of you may have heard of project 365 before. It basically means you take one photo to post every day for 365 days. I've decided that in order to be more active in my photo blogging world I need a project. So, I decided on something similar. 

Instead of just taking a random photo each day, I will be taking a photo of myself everyday. Conceited, right? Ha. Well, that's not what I'm aiming for. I have been toying with the idea of doing this for quite some time now. Too often I catch myself saying negative things about my appearance. Satan, at his best. Too many times I compare myself to other girls. I find myself thinking that my lips aren't big enough, my hips aren't curvy enough, my chest isn't big enough...I could go on and on. There are a hundred little things that I nitpick about myself. 

In a recent RS lesson the teacher was talking about beauty and why, as women, we tend to compare and bring ourselves down the way we do. She said something that really stuck with me. She said (and I paraphrase), "God made us in his image right? Well, would you ever say that God isn't good enough. That his nose is wrong, that he's too fat/skinny, tall/short, etc, etc. No, of course not. That's a ridiculous thought. So why on earth do we attack ourselves. God created us after his own image. Imagine how it makes him feel when we are constantly attacking ourselves or comparing ourselves to others." We are all so beautiful in unique and wonderful ways. 

This project is really for my own benefit. I want to come to truly accept who I am. Don't get me wrong. I'm not unhappy with who I am, not in the least! But, I want to find even more beauty in this crazy person that I am. 

Since I could be really biased, I'm going to set up some ground rules for myself. Each day when I sit down to take the picture of myself I will a) be wearing absolutely no makeup b) always use the first picture that I take and c) find something beautiful about it. 

I'm really excited to do this. Who knows how it will go, we'll have to see. But, I really think it could be great! So, join with me in this 30 day (365 days seems like a little too much to tackle right now, so I'm going to start with 30 days and we'll go from there) endeavor of beauty, as natural as it comes.  

Day 1: July 10, 2011 9:54pm

**pardon my outrageous just-out-of-the-bath hair**
**i mean, it's beautiful right?!**


:)

i need

i need to post more pictures

i need to take more pictures

**this is a [promise] to post more**

These are a few of our favorite things!

These are a few of Josh's favorite things...

And these are a few of mine...

Sillyness

The reason this is titled sillyness is because I didn't take these photos! :) But...I edited them. I think that part of being a great photographer is being able to edit your photos to look even greater. Jenn and Morgan weren't happy with their original wedding photos and so they had a friend who has a really nice camera take some more a year later! But...they didn't turn out as great as they anticipated. Still great photos, just not quite what they thought they would be. Well, I was bored today so I did some editing...of course! I love editing photos. So here they are! I like to see before and afters...so that's what I did.

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I realize that some of the pictures have kind of funny coloring. That's done on purpose. Just personal style :)

Moab

When Morgan and Jenn arrived in Provo we took a weekend trip to Moab. It was so incredible. Talk about one of the prettiest places on earth! I loved it. 

 That's Jenn and I!

 And that's Josh and I under delicate arch!

You can't really describe in words how beautiful the arches are without being there. Pictures do not do them justice!