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these are for you kristen!!! hah, it was a really short photoshoot because of weather conditions and it getting really dark outside. but we got some pretty good shots in!! the last two are the ones you guys have already seen, but i figured i would put them up again anyways!! :) do enjoy

full credit goes to Jeanette Shannon Photography :)

gimme

http://everglowphoto.blogspot.ca/2012/05/its-giveaway-time.html?m=1
another giveaway!! yahooooo!!!!

Alice

so a while back i was asked to be part of a photo shoot that my friend wanted to do just for fun as a part of her 2012 portfolio. from the two photos below you can see that it was an alice in wonderland themed shoot, and i was casted as alice :) i cant say how much i loooove what she came out with. they're not done so this is just a sneak peek, but i am soooo excited to see the rest. it was a blast and i would love to do something like it again :) enjoy the sneak peek!

in other news work is going fantastic. i am still considered the new girl which is kinda annoying but cool at the same time cuz people go out of their way to help :) and it is really making a big difference. 
so yesterday i was scheduled to work what is known as go backs. and for those of you who work in retail you can understand how it can be somewhat of a daunting task for a newbie. especially when she's closing... on a saturday.... haha. so either way. there is some great news behind it. i was scheduled to do go backs which for those of you who don't know is sorting all of the clothes you guys as customers try on and don't want into categories and put them back onto the shelves. in the right spot... haha. so everyone hates go backs on a busy day, even the 'professionals' hahaha. i was even asked at the beginning of the shift if i was comfortable with being on go backs or if i wanted to be switched to work in a different section of the store. i replied with a no i am alright so long as someone else is working with me. and i am so glad i did. of course i was a little scared that i wouldn't be able to accomplish what task i had been given, but i figured, if i never challenge myself here, i will never learn, and i will never grow. and my mother reminded me today that one of my main reasons for moving back east was to grow as an individual. k pause 
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 HUUUUGE  shout out to my momma on this glorious celebratory day. i could not have asked for a better mother. i can honestly say that she has saved my life more than once. had she not tied me down and kept me put all those years i was so bitter i would not be the woman i am today. and looking back on my childhood i can not thank her enough. i truly believe that she was divinely chosen to raise me ans my brothers and sister. regardless of the mistakes she has made. nobody is perfect, and in fact if she had been perfect, it would be a heck of a lot to live up to. and that would just be discouraging in the end. my mom is my very best friend. whether i admit it openly or not i love her more than words can express. she is my inspiration and my rock. so happy mothers day to my mom, and all you other moms out there :)
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alrighty so go backs. as the day went on i got better at doing go backs, being given pointers by others and using my visual memory and learning style to improve. by the time it came to close the store i was exhausted, i reaked of sweaty armpits, and my feet hurt. but then my manager took the time to point out my amazing efforts in the closing meeting and i could not have been happier. i was blushing so bad i gotta say... haha thank goodness for makeup y'all!!!
so i guess my purpose behind this post is to remind all of you readers that anything is possible if you just put your mind to it and have fun!!! you only live once, why waste a second dwelling on something negative when there is so much to be glad about!! smile!
so i hope you all had a fantastic week and are ready to start a new with even more spunk and sass in your step :) laterrrr

its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life

heeeeeyyyy guys :) sorry i haven't blogged in a while but i have been busy doing the usual. oh you know eating sleeping FLYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!! yes sir i arrived at the Toronto airport around five thirty Tuesday evening. after about two and a half hours delay i was super excited to finally be there. air Canada made the trip easy and smooth and i will definitely be flying with them again :).
since i have arrived a few things have happened i set up my room and unpacked a bit, took a shower in my bathroom, played mario cart with the girls a bunch. yesterday i went to read a story to my niece Claire's junior kindergarten class. the kids were sooo cute, all excited to have a guest and so excited to inform me that they were all four years old. haha funny how that works :)
while the girls were at school we went out to have sushi. oh my goodness... fifteen plus tax for all you can eat... sooooo good.... California rolls, tempura rolls, dynamite rolls, even some yam tempura rolls. oh my goodness i ate so much food... so good. definitely worth the fifteen dollars to get it. i have missed good sushi places for the four years i was out of Ontario and I'm sooo glad to have them back!!!
this morning the girls woke me up at about eight o clock, so really six o clock for me if you count jet lag... haha then i did their hair got dressed had some breakfast and off we went to get the kids to school. megs and i went to get more hangers for my closet and get a new phone charger and look for where i could apply for a job and now Jesse is here and were just hanging out. might go out for wings later tonight when the kids are in bed and my brother in law gets home from work. the girls got a hold of my laptop today and took some pictures haha not terribly good ones but here are a few anyways :)

they're so much fun and i love them to bits!!!!!

well that's an update for now. and i guess here are a couple pictures from the photo shoot my good friend Laura took of me and my cousins before i left :) enjoy these too!!

my cousins are total babes.. and the blond on the right is the doll who took em!! THANKS GURL

well later days guys!! :)

WHOOP! there it is...

So this morning on my quiet ride to university i realized i was going to be extremely late for my first class. the ride wasnt to quiet anymore. in my mind atleast. i hate.. HATE! being late for anything. probably because when i am, and i do finally get there, everybody is looking at me, and i'm not the kind of girl that likes to be in the spotlight.
so anyways, back to my story, we had just about entered town and i gave up worrying. then by the time we get to whoop up drive im all over the place again. aaah at this point im considering just going to the library (which is what i did)
and then all of a sudden, we are about half way down whoopup and i see a couple amdulances in the lane opposite to us, leaving the university, and then i see it, this black car, front end absolutely demolished... then i realize, that if we had been on time for my class, my dad would have been leaving the university and could have been in that car.... i love my dad, he is an amazing guy, and he has come pretty close to the other side so many times.
I have an amazing family, and a great life in front of me. who am i to worry about being late for a math tutorial when really, there is so much out there that i should be focusing on. so many blessings that i take for granted. like the gospel. the gospel, and music. acoustic more specifically. my father and brother are both guitarists and i hope to be able to pick it up some day.


Adam <3


Daddy <3

Life is good :)