It's no secret that this chunker is my new favorite thing to photograph. On good days, we'll have random photo shoots. She already loves the camera, and I'll share more of the shoot photos in a moment...
But first...
Let me show you the funny little sequence that happened when I decided to take a couple mommy/daughter selfies and Nicole decided that my nose looked yummy:
Nom nom nom. It was so funny! I love this little lady. There's never a dull moment. She's been alive for a dozen weeks tomorrow!
And now, please enjoy some more BABY SPAM!!!! (I also finally figured out why most of my photos are/have been focused incorrectly... I'm figuring this camera out, slowly but surely!)
I know, I know. It's a lot of pictures. I had a really hard time narrowing it down.
My college campus turned into a death trap today.
Winter in Provo is rather cold, so I have seen nothing but snow for the past month. However, today it was raining instead of snowing.
Normally, this would be a sign of warmer weather, but I think that Mother Nature just wanted to have a good laugh. You see... even though it was raining, it was still very cold outside... so the water froze on the sidewalk!
BYU became a giant ice rink.
Fortunately, I did not fall at all. I had some close calls though, and I saw plenty of other people who weren't as lucky as me and landed flat on their rumps. Everyone was shuffling across campus at a very slow rate, and we all looked like a bunch of penguins! It was a pretty funny sight to see.
The best part? BYU is built on a hill, so there are some areas on the northern-most and southern-most ends of campus where you have to walk uphill/downhill to reach the school. I feel sorry for the poor people who have to climb up steep paths with the ice. Slipping backwards? Not fun.
Going downhill looks a bit better though! Check out this video :)
And you can watch a first-person video of a guy going down this same ramp here.
Basically... some people loved being able to slide around everywhere, and other people hated falling on their rumps over and over again. It was still raining lightly when I came home tonight at 7, so we'll see if the ice is even worse in the morning. While I go and prepare myself for an icy day tomorrow, why don't you say hello to the lovely ladies who have been sitting on my sidebar this month. Check out their blogs while you're at it, okay? Thanks.
I'm Jen! Chef, Business Owner, Wife, and Wine-o. Professionally, I'm a personal chef and caterer. It's safe to say food is in my top 5 greatest loves, after my amazing husband, my wonderful family and friends, and my puppy, Bella. My blog covers all of these topics and more. Come visit!
I am retired from Law Enforcement and I share my retirement adventures which include travel, recipes and crafts. I host two blog hops each week: Freedom Fridays Blog Hop (recipes, DIY, crafts and other projects) and Let's Get Social Sunday (social networks blog hop).
I started blogging to create a forum to share my travels with my family. Then my blog just took a life of it's own and grew into a new road of adventure, making new friends and learning ever so much along the way. I just hang on and enjoy this awesome ride!
Right now, I'm helping with technical aspects of the production "Hello, Dolly!" that Springville High School is putting together. We had a 7 hour set-building party on Saturday, and I had an amusing experience during the course of the day.
The theatre teacher at Springville - Mrs. McKinnon - recently had a baby. Since she is unable to be at school, there is a guy named Christian Cragun subbing for her. He recently graduated from the BYU Theatre Education program, so he is not too much older than me.
Now... on to the amusing story.
I was just going around and doing my thing, when one of the high school boys called out, "Hey! BYU girl!" I have a name you know... but I turned around and gave him a questioning smile.
Kid: "Do you like Mr. Cragun?"
Me: "Who?"
It took me a moment to realize the kid was talking about Christian... because I only call him Christian, not Mr. Cragun.
Me: "Oh, you mean Christian?"
Kid: "Is that his name? So you guys are on a first-name basis, eh?"
Me: "Well, yeah, since we're kinda close in age and we're colleagues..."
Kid: "Yeah. So are you guys, like, dating?"
At this point, I stuck my left hand up in front of his face and wiggled my fourth finger, showing off the gleaming silver ring that encompassed it.
Me: "I'm married."
The poor kid was so embarrassed. He said something along the lines of, "OOOOH, forget that I said that..." and immediately walked away without a second glance. He avoided any eye contact with me for the rest of the day.
Obviously, he has never learned how to do the "ring check". I suppose that's a trick you don't need to know when you're in high school anyways.
I can't help singing the Julian Smith "another awkward moment" jingle in my head when I think about it.
I kind of wish that I had waited a little longer to reveal that I was married. It would have made the story more entertaining to tell... but it undoubtedly would have embarrassed the kid even more.
It was probably good to let him know quickly and get it over with.
Sorry, kid.
Oh, the wonderful moments I have with high school students... and it will only escalate once I actually start teaching.
Totes writing this just to link up with Bon Bon's link party.
I think the idea is hilarious.
Go look at her post though, it's way more ingenious than mine. She's the mastermind behind it all!
If I ran the world...
Life would be like a continuous musical theatre piece. Everyone would sing and dance when they had something important and/or emotional to say.
Sorry, for those of you who don't like musicals. I do. Just learn to deal with the idea.
This implies that everyone would be able to sing and dance really well. No more of these singing and dancing competitions on tv... which has its ups and downs...
Houses would be made of chocolate, and it would not melt, get sticky, or go bad. And it would get re-paved constantly because you all know you would eat it. And eating it would not make us fat.
Flying would be possible without the aid of pixie dust.
No racists. No druggies. No gangsters. No terrorists. Heck, this sounds a little like world peace...
But it's a cop-out to say that...
So let's just say no racists, druggies, gangsters, terrorists, etc.
Every day would have perfect weather. MY definition of perfect. Slightly cloudy, blue sky, autumn-esque, a light breeze with warm sun... And then maybe throw a storm in here or there so that we appreciate the good weather.
Everything would function via thumb scanning so that we wouldn't have to worry about losing keys or cards... but then again, some people don't have fingers... so we'd allow the option of eye-scans or voice recognition. Cover all bases.
Nobody judges you if you act "weird".
There would be no such thing as "hot vs. ugly". Magazines would no longer airbrush "beautiful" people to make us normal people feel like dirt.
There would be a Happily Ever After for everyone!
And now my brain is dying... even though there are plenty of other things. Ah-hah! There's another one... no more brain farts!
Oh, and everyone would quote Disney movies all the time. And just... movies in general. But mostly Disney.
And Carrie Underwood would be my next-door neighbor.
That's pretty much all I've got right now. Curse this brain fart...
Be sure to go over and link up your post of what the world would be like if you ran it!
