Swedish babies.

These Two.

I love watching these two play.  Not only is it hilarious.  But it makes my heart happy.  And they do things that I will never quite understand.  Like smell each other's feet or pretend they are angry bulls or whatever.  I love times like these.  Spencer said we are getting a trampoline soon.  I am holding him to it.

My favorite mama turns 55.

For Mama Kat's birthday we went to Park City for a little getaway.  We had so much dang fun.  We ate at fun restaurants, had some pretty funny interactions with Darryl from McDonald's, the bellboy with the moustache, and Harvey the hotel fix-it man trying to help us with the DVD player at midnight.  We definitely had bonding time in the jacuzzi that sat in the middle of the room.  Don't worry, we had our swimsuits on.  And Hailey dumped about a gallon of Epsom salt to help us 'relax'.  We hope Mama Kat felt special because we sure had the best time with her.  I made her let me take some pictures of her on our way out of town.  She is so so incredible, we love her so much. 

Hailey said it best.  She said anyone that knows our mama has either been touched by her, 

helped by her, or loved by her in some way.  This is so true.  

She is such a good person and we are so glad she is our Mama Kat! 

We searched ALL weekend for our favorite and traditional snack: Sixlets.  By about the 7th store searching for them, we found them.  And devoured them. 

Word to the wise.  We bought these sodas at World Market because the packaging was neat and they looked refreshing.  Too bad they tasted horrible.  Don't judge a bottle by its package. 

Hailey's favorite beverage: Virgil's rootbeer from World Market.
Least favorite: baby food strawberry banana smoothie from McDonalds. 

I'm an annoying travel partner.  Always asking people to take pictures of them.  

Danielle is a baba-licious though.  So it's all good.

We enjoyed the beautiful scenery. 

Danielle introduced us to some delicious eclairs.

And we wore the same outfits.  We planned it.  Not really.  

Thoughts on learning something.

P. S. (Pre-script)  My Hair is awesome today.

It is sometimes overwhelming when you want to really and truly understand how to do a certain task.  My thoughts exactly on photography.  In all honestly, I hardly know anything about photography.  It is usually trial and error, as with most things.  Sometimes I find myself not being fully satisfied with my end products either due to comparison, self satisfaction, performance, et cetera.

But one thing I always love to do when I am feeling incompetent, is shoot random things around my house until I get the exact lighting I want.  I love this little drill because there is no pressure, just room for improvement.

One thing I have always told myself regarding photography and other skills I want to polish, is that I might not be exactly where I want to this very day, but if I stick with it, I might get there when I am 50, 60, 70, which is totally great.  I try and keep this perspective because Rome wasn't built in a day, and heaven knows, any skill isn't either.  I think the most important thing for me is to take the type of pictures that make me happy and truly represent what I want them to.

I always hear people say around town, "everyone takes pictures these days".  I think that is so dang awesome.  Think of all the people in the same boat as me.  Trying to figure out this complex piece of equipment and just wanting to capture the life around them.  Because it really is so. worth. capturing.

One of the most important things for me to do regarding photography and all aspects of my life.  Is to look it straight in the eye and every little corner, and make sure that my ________ (i.e. my actions, pictures, choices) intentionally align with my heart.