Spring Blossoms - Bountiful Utah LDS Temple

Bountiful Temple is beautiful. It is the first LDS Temple I ever went inside of when I was twelve. Then soon after I bought my first camera I took pictures around the temple. (You can see those super old photo's here. We all start as beginners. Glad to see I've come so much farther than then.) Now the Bountiful Temple is just a walk away! It's really a blessing. Tonight the sun was setting and I spontaneously decided to go photograph all the spring tulips and blossoms around the temple. When I started photography I would photograph anything and everything around me. I loved it and helped me improve. It felt good to photograph for myself tonight. Personal work is an important. It made me excited for my list of things I need to photograph this summer.

It's the most wonderful time of year. My favorite flower is in bloom and the trees are full of blossoms. This weekend is the 185th annual general conference. Listen in here.

Utah Photographer

The weather is getting warmer and people are booking! Don't miss the sneak peeks on the Facebook Page!

I'm located in Salt Lake City Utah from now until September. Book your session! I'll still be traveling back and forth to Rexburg and wherever you need!

watercolor

My watercolor final is all mounted and ready to go. I've loved being able to learn so many new things this year! Watercolor came into my life at a perfect time and is a haven for me. It's gives me a break from my messy life and my brain gets absorbed in my messy pallet full of pigments.

Late Friday nights to the very early hours of Saturday mornings have been my painting hours this semester. They say "2 am's were made for artists". On weekends that is definitely the case. Although I still don't catch up on sleep on the weekends. Monday night as I got to relax at the yoga class I realized that I am going to be done with this semester so soon! I did it! The toughest, scheduled and tiring semester is almost over!

Summer Bucket List

My summer begins in less than two weeks! Yes, my summer does begin in basically spring. BYU-Idaho is great for that! I've already started my summer bucket list. I feel like I have to publish it somewhere in order for it to actually happen. Living in Bountiful puts my closer to all of the adventures and photo's I want to take!

The list:

- Park City: Art Galleries, stop at famous white barn

- Thanksgiving Point: Tulip Festival

- Antelope Island: sunrises and sunsets

- Utah Lake: sunrises and sunsets

- Tibble Fork

- Kayaking: lots of it

- Hikes: lots of them

- Zoo

- Read

- Lavendar Fields: sunset in August

- Drive In Movies

Along with lots of other picture taking!

High Altitude Sugar Cookies

Here is the recipe for the best sugar cookies ever. Really. Courtney said they're better than Swig's.  It's an easy recipe! I use to have a reputation for things not working out, but these always taste delicious! Spring is the perfect time to make sugar cookies! Feel free to print the recipe! Let me know how it goes. Your welcome and I'm sorry in advance. They're hard to quit eating haha. 

Bryant & Carli

This session was so fun! As you will see this couple is so happy together! They were laughing almost the whole time. 

This couples first date was to a haunted house and I was with them on the date! They hit it off right from the start. My date and I were in the back seat and my date was saying they were so in love. Turns out he was right! Carli is one of the greatest girls I know! She has one of those personalities that I click with. We've had so many great talks about life. When I was in Nauvoo she called and told me about their first kiss. Ah I loved hearing all her stories!