Nikon D40: it's first trip out...

So my lovely husband came with me on my first camera excursion. He drove me up to Bridal Veil falls in the Provo canyon. We hiked in and I tried to play with my light speed and shutter speed. I don't fully have it yet, but I know I will.

Here are some of the beauties I took. Hopefully next time I will understand my camera more :)

1st X-Mas Together

My first lesson with my new camera from Leah...plug: pelousedesign.com

Modeling my new camera and bag.

Nick with his infamous Wright family stocking..made by Grandma Morgan

EmmaLucy lulu

Our first Christmas tree in our apartment. I made the ornaments so we could save some money. AND we wrapped presents in newspaper to save more. Tips for others :) lol

This was Nick and my first Christmas together as a married couple. Christmas Eve I worked until noon. Work gave me a HUGE box full of steaks! Such an awesome gift! And Nick spent the day snowboarding at Sundance. Then we met up and headed to Elise's house for the Christmas program. Nick preformed there. He sang O Holy Night and played guitar. He did such a great job. I was SO proud of him! We spent Christmas day at my parents house in Springville, UT. The whole family was there and it was a fun time! I love watching kids open gifts- they love everything they get and get so excited! Of course there were lots of games :)

Nick got a new ipod to store ALL his music together and Kim got a new Nikon camera so she can get more in photography. My sister in law showed me a lot about my new camera on Christmas and I watched the DVD's that came with them, so I am ready for step one of photography. Oh, and we got a wii (with Nick's Christmas bonus) and I can barely pull Nick away from Zelda to eat- he loves it so much.. hope it doesn't last too long. haha

On December 26 my niece was baptized so we drove up to Alpine to see that. It's always nice to attend a baptism so you can remember the covenants you made. I am happy for Hailey! Then I went shopping with my sisters, mom, and oldest niece Kayla. Nick and I are planning on going snowboarding this week as our first activity for the new year! Happy New Year everyone!

Washington D.C. trip

For work I get the luxury of traveling around to differnent cities all over the United States. Yes, it is getting old, but I like it when it's a city I haven't been to yet! Dec. 6-8 I was in D.C. What a beautiful place! The buildings, the history, etc... I HAVE to bring Nick back there sometime because it was so much fun. AND FREEZING COLD!!! Taking these pictures I could barely feel my fingers! But I got to see the building of the structures for Pres.Obama's inauguration and the White house Christmas tree. (these pictures were taken at 10:30 pm so that's why it's so dark)

Six Months

December 3, 2008 was Nick and my six month anniversary! Unfortunetly time flies- but we have been having a great time getting to know eachother, and I learned that Nick likes his toilet paper dispensed from the top over, verses under and out. ha. I made him dinner, and he took me to a Christmas Carol play in Orem. It was a really fun night! Happy six months my hunk of a husband

There is beauty all around....

These are just some scenic beauties from more recently. Utah, Washington, and Colorado. I love nature!

Thanksgiving in Vegas

For Thanksgiving this year, aka Nick and Kim's first Thanksgiving together as a married couple; we drove to Las Vegas and had Thanksgiving with Nick's family. Momma Edwards, Pappa Edwards, Chris and Kristin (&kids), Emily (&child), Megan and Bryan. Everyone was there except Lindsay..hopefully next time!

So we ate a delicious turkey prepared by Megan and I attempted my second batch of gravy ever..note to self, more seasoning next time and played games. Nick and I did some shopping after the holidays and Nick even slept out in front of Best Buy to get a good deal.

We had a family day at the park where a paper plane competition went on. During it, Nick's brave niece was stung by a bee!! We scraped out the stinger and let her keep it. Hmmm...sounds a little like something Pappa Wright would do :)

We finished off the trip playing Bingo with Chris at a Casino. I LOVE bingo!! No one one, but we have a plan for next time...go play for the 11:00pm game cause no one goes so your chances are better.

Steve and Meg are hitched

This past weekend my older brother Stephen got married to Megan in the Salt Lake temple. It was a beautiful wedding and everyone loved it.

Being at the wedding made me think about Nick and my wedding. Especially in the sealing room in the temple. What a great memory I have of that moment! What was so great with this wedding was that it's the first time that all my parents children were in the temple together. Just thinking of that is amazing and knowing we will be together forever makes me so happy. During Steve and Meg's ceremony, Meg put Steve's ring on the wrong finger. It was funny. Mostly because I remember that moment with Nick and how overwhelmed I was that remembering which finger is the right one was asking me to conduct brain surgery at that moment!

Overall, I am so happy for them and I can see how happy they are! Welcome to the family Megan. (I will post a couple pictures later when I get some.)

Weekly JW

So I have three more to tell you in regards to the JW.

1.) NO LIE, for 15 minutes she sat at her desk and was looking at a picture of herself. Just starring...starring....starring....
2.) Today she was biting her thumb nail while on the computer and drool started dripping out of her mouth! Then Leah, my friend said, JW....ahem. And JW said, Oops, looks like I made a mess-
3.) I lent several dresses to Leah for a banquet she has and JW said, ow, ow and started humming a sexy song, then said to Leah, "Give me a sexy dance."

I swear if she quits, I am going along with her cause it's like I can't wait for her quirky thing of the day!

JW's

So I have decided to once and awhile write a little something about this lady I work with who is a real fun lady to work with, to say the least.

Everyday there is some strange thing she tells us and I can't stop laughing at them. (obviously not in front of her. That's mean :) like blogging about them is any nicer ) Let me paint a picture of her before you read these so you truly understand where I am coming from. She is around 60 years old. She is a little plumper of a lady and she has short, light grey hair. She loves to wear nylons and sandles and she's around 5'6"

Here are a couple nuggets to get you through the week.

She told us that when she was younger she has had some of her children kidnapped and hasn't seen them since.

She posted a picture of herself on Ebay from the 60's doing karate moves and is selling them for $100 each.

For Halloween she wore this blue sparkly dress (with her nylons and sandles) and put this blue eyeshadow on and was a ...???? I don't know.

I was talking to a friend of mine who's desk is across from hers. I asked Leah, my friend, if she was punched in the face by a guy & he offered her $50k to keep her mouth shut if she would take it. JW said, very passionatley I must say, "well I wouldn't and I would know. I once had a knife to my throat and a gun to my head and I sued for $7million and had several corporation involved. $50k is not worth it!"

Who is this lady and how come her life is full of soap opera lifestyles! Believe me I have more, but I will keep you wanting more...

Choices for x-mas card..

Nick and I had some fun choices for our Christmas card this year. You'll have to be suprised on what one we send out!

Nov 4, 2008

Election day 2008! Nick and I loved Obama and we even campaigned in Colorado, (which is a state he won) so hopefully he does well with this up-hill fight.

Going to the temple...

Our wedding was June 3, 2008 and it was perfect! That is all I need to say.

Decisions, decisions..

Leah my wonderful sister-in-law was so great and helped us poor students with taking our pictures for the wedding. She also took our engagment photos. I loved so many of them, I wasn't sure which one to use.