happiness with a camera phone

i'm a really lame photographer lately. well, i'm still doing lots of sessions, but as far as my own life is concerned... cell phone photos only. it's embarrassing, but it's SO much more convenient to just whip out my phone.

last night for dinner we made delicious black bean quesadillas. i've started being cool and freezing leftovers/bulk/etc. i want to get in the habit now, because i'm pretty sure in 5-ish months i won't feel like cooking :) i'm feeling pretty awesome having so many dinners and other such happiness in our freezer.


i had one quesadilla, nick had two, and here were the leftovers we froze:

don't they look happy? nick thought so too. here's what i found in the morning:

here are other things that make me happy:

next week is my last week where i'm working (thank heavens!) and i went in for a job interview today at shelf reliance. my aunt kathy works there and was the one that helped me find the job. include us in your prayers, because that job would be beyond wonderful :)

when i got there, here is the note the secretary gave me, from a very loving aunt. i LOVE her :)

i discovered i'm not a huge fan of greek yogurt... but when it's combined with fruit, it's amazing! i've been gorging on fruit lately! can you gorge on healthy foods? i have been.

... and not so healthy foods! honestly, i've only had one of these per week. and even though they don't have caffeine, they make me happy :)

went here with mom... they do sliders. does anyone else think sliders are cute? they are! they are a cute food. they're cute because they're little. little is cute.

(yeah, that was a lot of cute...)

i love nick's ability to make a healthy side dish into a delicious completely unhealthy one! freshly slice strawberries. how good of me, right? then nick decided they un-cut ones needed to be filled with chocolate syrup. okay, then they all needed chocolate syrup. then maybe some whipped cream. or maybe a gallon of whipped cream!

don't judge.

umm... i love my "little" brothers. i love that jake wore a pink tie and sweater vest to church. i love that nick always makes old man facial expressions. i love love love them! and they're funny. i love that, too.

PS- according to the whole world, we're having a girl. that's what everyone has told me. except eva, who insists we can only have a boy. and kimber, who consulted her chinese calendars. 2 1/2 weeks 'til we find out... what do you think?

thankful 18

18. photoshop. fo' sho'.


before:

after:

07 january 2011

I promise, I am doing the photo every day... chances are I won't post every day of photos, though. I'll spare you our week of sickness where we shot nerf guns and cleaned our office for entertainment :) I'll make sure to just post the cool ones. And an occasional weird one, don't worry.


Garn's little sister, Angelique, needed some head shots. So we headed out into the sunny but freeeeeezing weather to see what we could get. Um, she's gorgeous, first of all. But the first thing we saw when we got out of the car was this:

So, naturally, we had to take photos in front of it :)

Um, yeah. Can I just do photography full-time (with Nick, of course)? I'm pretty sure my life would be complete :) There are a few more shots of her here. One of my favorite sessions.

27 december 2010

The pretty, grey, rainy weather before this awful snowstorm hit :)

merry christmas!

We are so lucky to have such awesome friends & family to spend the holidays with. We love you all and hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!


-Nick & Erica

temple square

I love the lights at Temple Square :) We got to go last week with the young men & young women in our ward. I'm really loving our ward, and love (slowly) getting to know everyone. We also happen to have one of the best bishops in the world. I love listening to him and being around him and watching him interact with the youth in our ward.

It was a really nice night. Last time we went, a couple of years ago with the Thurman fam, it was freeeeezing! This night was really nice, and we all had hot chocolate and doughnuts in the parking lot afterward.

We got to take some fun photos, though I wish I would have remembered to take one of the whole group.. there were lots of people there.