Senior Pictures {Part 1}

Say Hello! These are just the start of a whole collection of senior pictures- and I love them so much! I feel like he whole purpose of senior pictures is to show who you are, and what you love. These certainly do that! They are just me to a 't'.

One thing in particular that I love about these photos is the dress I am wearing. It was my great Grandmother's.  I love her and miss her so much, and I feel like this dress showed just a little of her in my pictures too.

Hopefully you loved my photos as much as I do, and are just as impressed at my Mom's photography skills as I! Let me know which photos are your favorite.

Looking To The Future

Hello there blog. I've just been starting the editing of my senior pictures- and here's a sneak peek! Isn't my Mother an absolutely amazing photographer? Hopefully the rest will be posted soon. Happy Thanksgiving and take a moment to thank Heavenly Father for all that you have! 

Emerald Green

Hello dear readers! Life has been so busy lately! Miss Kimberly, NANOWRIMO, Mr. KHS, Senior everything... the list goes on and on! Finally I have been able to take a step back and gain a little bit of control of my life again. (And when I say a little bit I truly mean the smallest amount! Senior projects are due soon, most college applications/ scholarships are due Dec 1, and I have a debate tournament tommorrow and Saturday!) 

I hate when times get wild and crazy like this because I tend to become so stressed and overwhelmed- but these times also leave me with so much thankfulness! I am so thankful to all of my family, friends, and leaders who came and supported me in Miss Kimberly. I am especially thankful to my Mother. Without her love and support I would not be who I am. She loves me unconditionally and supports me in all that I do. She never questions my decisions, but is always willing to give me advice. She spent over 30 hours hand beading my formal gown for Miss Kimberly because she wanted to. I hope that I can someday be as good as my Momma! 

These last couple of days have also been rather hard. I entered Miss Kimberly because of a sweet lady that I knew. She told me that I was beautiful, talented, and poised, and that I had to do Miss Kimberly. Not only did she insist that I do it, she made me promise her that I would! 

I kept my promise and began the Miss Kimberly pageant. Around a month before the actual pageant I found out that she had been hospitalized, and on a particularly crazy day with the pageant (I was presenting my platform and having an interview with the pageant manager) my Mom cooked her and her husband a meal and went to the hospital to visit them. My mom told of how she inspired me to do Miss Kimberly, and the dear told my Mom that I had motivated her to get better so that she could come and see me. My Mom told her that even if she couldn't make it to the pageant that I would come and perform for her or bring her a recording.

That sweet woman passed away two nights ago. 

I wish that I would have gone and visited her, just to tell her how much what she said ment to me. I know that she will be accepted by Heavenly Father with open arms, and I am so thankful for the love that she has shown me and my family.

She is so loved and will be missed!  

 Outit Details:

Hat: Vinatge

Shirt: Present from Aunty 

Pin: Hobby Lobby 

Bracelet: Vintage (Gift from my Mom. She wore it when she was my age)

Ring: Vintage

Skirt: T.J. Maxx

Shoes: Vintage

"True happiness comes only from making others happy." -David O. McKay 

The Cat's Meow

Sorry for my long extended absence! So much stuff has come up lately! Everything with my pageant, home work, senior project, colleges.... AAHH! The list goes on and on and is so overwhelming if I think of it all like that. Oh... And did I mention that my laptop crashed. So you will have to settle for photographs from the beginning of last month for now. 

For some reason the print on this dress makes me think of fish bones... Which makes me think of cats... 

Outift Details:

Dress: Aunt Nancy

Pearls: Rue 21

Velvet Shoes: Grandma Vicki 

She is a Rose, With Many Beautiful Little Thorns

 

Hello there! This past week has been extremely busy and stressful, and lately I have just been extremely overwhelmed.  I've been so stressed out and burnt out. It seems like everything has been so hard lately! I've been overwhelmed and stressed, and anxiety is taking it's toll.

 Hopefully now that the play is over I will be able to focus more on the upcoming Miss Kimberly Pageant, and all that I have to do for that. (And hopefully my dress will get here soon!!) Today is also our school's Sadies dance, so all of the talk about preparing for Sadies will finally be over, and I won't have to worry about it (or even think about it) any longer. Sadies stinks. Ugh.

I love this outfit so much! I wore this on Sunday, then later during the week wore the dress again with a little pink sweater jacket and a big pink hair bow, and one of my friends told me that I looked just like on of the Pink Ladies from Grease. 

Outfit Details: 

Hat: Vintage

Pearls: Rue 21

Cape: Garage Sale

Dress: Aunt Nancy

Gloves: Vintage 

Black Petticoat: Vintage

White Petticoat: Vintage

Shoes: Payless Shoe Source 

"Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out." -Gordon B. Hinkley

Style Inspiration Lady Luck

Recently I watched The Rocketeer, a 1991 film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. You can read more about the film here. I really enjoyed what I saw of it (I started watching half way through...) and I would definitely recommend it- if not for the plot than for the styling!

 It was set in 1938 and I adore all of the make up and costumes. Lady Luck, other wise known as Jenny Blake (played by actress Jennifer Connelly) was perfect!

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I was enthralled by the costumes- hair- makeup! It was all so perfect! I especially love Jenny's hair in her black and white checkered dress pictured above, and the red lips are to die for! 

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I was so inspired by the glamour of the late 30's that was captured in the film and perhaps I will one day have the luck of finding a gorgeous white dress like this one! I hope you enjoyed!

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"But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform anything unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unt thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul."- 2 Nephi 32:9

Prim Rose

I absolutely love this dress, and every time I wear it I think of my Grandma Maddie and Grandpa Pup. For their 50th wedding anniversary we had a  beautiful party and all of the older granddaughters wore the same style of dress in either this blush pink or ivory. That day was so beautiful- My Grandma and Grandpa are so in love- and it shows!

It was such a beautiful day, and it was especially romantic and beautiful because we were able to have the anniversary at the place my Grandmama so badly wanted to hold her wedding reception!

 (If you want to read a News Paper article about it I am providing this link which will take you to the story, and it is also my image source)  

My Grandma was so gorgeous on her wedding day, and she is still simply radiant! They were, and are, so in love!

If you look closely at the background of this photograph you can actually see some of us in the  in our dresses by the stream. 

Keeping in line with the 50's theme, I decided to do a 1950's style for the accessories. I love how the look turned out so feminine! It reminds me of a homecoming dress- perhaps that is because of the sweet vintage corsage. I wish I could only have seen the dress that it was worn with, and the flowers that they added to it... 

I'm trying to stay really positive about the whole Sadie's fiasco, but sometimes it is really hard. I have just been trying to ignore him and have been dressing really cute so that he can't ignore me. So far... it's been working really well. It is a bummer however that I won't be able to go to the dance. 

Outfit Details

Hat- Vintage

Earrings- Vintage 

Dress- Grandma and Grandpa's 50th wedding anniversary (similar) 

Lace Top- Grandma Maddie 

Flower- Made By My Mom

Lace Under Skirt- Bella Bird 

Corsage- Vintage

Shoes- Christmas 

It's been soo stressful lately because of everything that is going on! So many service projects, club meetings, play practices, and Pageant practices... I've been trying not to get overwhelmed, but really, getting dumped was just the stress flavored icing on the cake! I always laughed at how dramatic girls were portrayed to be in movies when a boy did something like that tho them- but it really does stink, and it is really hard to deal with. Perhaps that is why my institute teacher really touched me the other day in class. He said:

"Maybe what is really challenging and hard for you right now... will bless you- strengthen you- make you better and stronger."- Brother Hardman 

Cora Noelle and the Very Bad, No Good, Horrible Day!

Sorry, these pictures are from around a week ago, and I wasn't feeling very well when I took these photographs. Ugh. This month has just been so hard, and I must admit, yesterday was the worst day ever! 

It started with getting my answer for Sadies (I wrote about asking here). After three looonnnngggg weeks of waiting I was finally answered. This is how it happened. I was walking Sydney down to her class room he came up to me in the hall way, and stopped me and Syd asking if he could talk to me. Sydney slipped away and I was so excited because he was finally going to officially answer me!! He said "Heck Yeah" when I first asked him, and when my friend Kayte asked him if he was going to go with me he said that he definitely was, so we were all just waiting for him to officially say yes, and hoping that he would do it in some cute and creative way.

So, he pulled me to the side of the hallways and said

"Hey. I need to talk to you about Sadies."

Me: "Ok!"

Him: "Umm.... I bet your friend has already told you.... but... My Mom and Cynthia's Mom are best friends and my Mom wanted me to go with Cynthia. But it was really cool that you asked me." 

I think I just stared at him for a minute, then turned and walked away without saying anything at all. What??? Cynthia asked him a week and a half after me- and after he said yes to me!!

So after I was a little bit farther away from him Syd ran up all excited and asked me how he answered. Almost in shock I answered then I started crying. So she pulled me outside and tried to comfort me giving me hugs and telling me how much of a jerk he is! 

Basically my tear ducts are connected to every emotion that I have, and they were working extra hard because I was upset and mad at the same time. Then the bell rang and Syd had to go to class. I went to my class and told the teacher I was going to the bathroom. When he saw that I had been crying he pretty much just said 'go'. So I went to the bathroom and called my Mom and told her what had happened. I was sobbing and she was upset too. My Mom and I are so close, and just talking to her made me feel soooo much better- then, in the middle of our conversation my phone died, which made me cry harder because it was so frustrating. Seriously?! 

Then to add on that I had to do music recording with a tear stained face and blotchy eyes. 

After that class I found out that one of my friends had know and hadn't told me. It really hurt that she didn't even warn me and it finally made sense why he said "Your friend might have told you..."

I had a hard physics test that I couldn't remember anything to.

I had to sit next to Cynthia in Honors English, and she was also in American Sign Language with me.

I had a Business Professionals of America meeting at lunch so I couldn't sit next to my friends (and she was in there too!) 

I spent over and hour on a scholarship paper and my sister accidentally deleted it. Then when I redid it taking another hour it crashed and I had to redo it a third time.

I forgot almost all of my lines at play practice.

I got a head ache

I banged my leg and now have a huge (and painful) welt and bruise.

Then, my Daddy and Hero came home and made my day about 100 times better! He brought me flowers and told me that he loves me. My Dad is amazing I love him so much, and he always makes me want to do better. I know he loves me and would do anything for me. 

Oh, and these texts from my Mom didn't hurt either....

Mom: "Okay... I can do the Mom thing to and go beat up four people-- make special pies-- i don't know-- get hair samples and i'll put Tali to work!! I hope his dog bites him."
Me: "Ugh. I hope he gets Ebola!"
Mom: "Ebola and Mersa and AIDS. And diarrhea."
           "And Staf."
           "And Bubonic Plague."

Now, I know that all of those things should not be joked about... but Wow! I laughed so hard at that, and it made me feel so much better!

I love true friends, and my wonderful family!

Outfit Details:

Necklace: Vintage

Bunny Sweater: Fred Meyers sale

Skirt: T. J. Maxx

Socks: Fred Meyers sale 

Shoes: Garage Sale 

She was a girl who knew how to be happy when she was sad. And that's important. 

-Marilyn Monroe