Okay...WOW...

WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES & LONG!

Okay.. I've been so busy with everything(school, work, pictures, family, primary, ect..) that this is one of the last things on my list & I am sooooo far behind... Since my last post.. I have had a lot happen. First this is the necklace I made for my aunt for Christmas.. Needle, fish wire, seed beads... I think it turned out pretty cute.

Then I have been taking quite a few pictures... These are some from a while ago.. which hopefully I will be able to update Candra's Pix blog with the full sessions... They are so cute!

Aren't they all so cute! Love these pictures!

Then one of my best friends finally got her entire family(parents & siblings) together for a family picture.. It turned out so cute! They all have the cutest kids!

This is another one of my friends and her little boy! He is so smart & so cute! I'm so lucky that all of my friends have the cutest kids!

I know that everyone knows back in November I became an aunt again.. well the poor kid (but she's so cute) keeps getting compared to me as a baby. She does look a lot like me except for the blue eyes :) So as embarrassing as it is here are some baby pictures of me & one of Pyper. You tell me....

Oh yes.. the picture of my niece is one from just this past weekend. Isn't she a doll? I know I am biased but I think that they are both so cute. So here are some of the over 200+ pictures I took of my brother and his family.

Oh I have to show that I took this picture and did this for them as well.

Then McKayla has such a bubbling personality.. She informed me just on Saturday that we love Taylor Swift. I told her no we don't.. She comes up to me and she says "No, Aunt Candra, we LOVE Taylor Swift & Lady Gaga".. Aren't kids the cutest! She definitely keeps me going..

This is her a couple of months ago..

This is her from Saturday.. She is growing like a weed! Just like her little sister!

This is the two of them..so cute;)

Then I had to put these two pictures on here, she is so funny, the first picture is how she kept smiling.

So my brother says, "McKayla, smile with your eyes" and this is what we come up with.. See kids can smile and fake it too~

I just love them so much! This picture is Pyper's blessing dress

Then on Saturday I was able to take pictures of one of my best friends kids! They are some of the best repeat customers! They are so adorable!

Ok.. so January and February have been so busy with school & things.. I have been doing pretty good! There is this one teacher I have and I have had him before and he is not my favorite, he is kind of a jerk. Anyways.. I got a B on his first exam.. which feels awesome! I studied for hours and hours and a B on his exam is like an A++...he is so hard! So that was a confidence booster &
then in one of my other classes I also got a B on his exam, which I was happy about! My classes are very frustrating this semester, but it is my LAST SEMESTER, so I am keeping my head up and counting down (73 days) :)

Some other things that have been going on are...

January...Jury Duty. I don't know how many of you have been chosen for Jury Duty.. it is interesting, but not fun when you decide someone else's future. I had Jury Duty for the weeks of January 11- January 22, which school started on January 11 & I had auditors on that same day ( I am surprised I still have hair) So I didn't have to go to Jury Duty until January 22.. that's right the very last day of my Jury Duty I had to go! If everyone had of showed up to Jury Duty I would not have been chosen to be 14 of the jurors that had to be narrowed down to 6. Well I ended up being one of the 6 people they chose to be the Jury. It was a LONG day. I was there from 8:30 in the morning till almost 6 at night with a 45 minute lunch. It was insane & I hope that my name stays off that list for a while.

February... In fact it was February 1st, we had a very foggy night and it was hard to see the road from far away.. I have a night class and I was coming back from Pocatello. I saw something in the road I thought it was a cat... NOPE.. I was to Blackfoot and where the 3 lanes merge to 2. There was something in the road and I couldn't get over & couldn't slam on the brakes with a car behind me. I decided that I would just pray it stayed so I didn't run over the poor cat. Well I got close to hitting it and it flew up...It wasn't a cat at all...IT WAS AN OWL! A HUGE OWL.. These are the pictures... I drove all the way from Blackfoot to IF with this owl stuck in my car. I called my little brother to pull it out of my car. So scary! Anyways, I was lucky that only my grill was hurt on my car and it dented my radiator. Nothing more. My little niece was so concerned and she had to show everyone the pictures from my phone. She would say, "Candra broke her car, she hit a bird and it went boom". She won't forget about it either. Everytime she talks to me on the phone or I see her she asks if I have hit any more birds. On the phone she will say "ok drive careful, don't hit any more birds,i love you bye"Crazy kid! These are the pictures... they are from my phone so they aren't very good...

This is the damage & the way I drove home & below is my little brother holding it up!

One BIG BIRD!

Ok.. well other than those events I teach Primary on Sunday's and I have Sunbeams...there are 10 of them & just one of me.. I don't have a team teacher yet, so keeping the children calm and not jumping everywhere can be a big task! Well the laundry dishes and homework is calling my name.. but at least I am caught up... for now....

118 days & counting...

Well, it's been forever :)... I made it through last semester barely, and tomorrow starts a new and last semester! I will be so glad for school to be over & new adventures in my life to begin. 118 days is the number of days until graduation! A lot has happened since the last post, so I will just update on a few things! I have taken quite a few pictures which has been a lot of fun. A new year has also arrived... time to start out fresh. I would not like to repeat 2009, even though some good things came of it. In 2009, I bought a house, saw the ocean, & had a new niece just to name a few things good! I have learned a lot from the past year & hope that 2010 will be even better! I will post pictures soon... but my new theme for 2010 is embrace! I need to embrace what is happening in life! 2010 is going to be a great year....graduation just to name something BIG!

I'm an aunt again!!

I have been extremely busy lately with work, school & picture taking!! Life is never dull for me!! I did want to post on here real quick to let everyone know I am an aunt again! Pyper Rose was born on November 2~ Here are some of the pictures I took & put together a couple different announcements.... which is your favorite?? Leave me a comment to let me know! Hope everyone else is doing well!! Can't wait to see some of you at Thanksgiving time!!! WAY EXCITED!!!

Pictures!! More......

These are a few of the resent posts I put on my picture blog.... Check them out here

Life is crazy busy for me & hopefully one day I will get caught up... Just an update... the semester started in August, so that is about all I have time for.... pictures & school & work.... I am taking 18 credits working full time & in the beginning of September I ended up in the hospital (not a great way to start off the semester) I had cysts on each of my ovaries, so I have been dealing with the pain & hassle of doctors ect... I just got put in the primary in my new ward, so I am teaching the CTR6 class-- there are 11 kids in my class so it will definitely be interesting.... Well I have to get back to my many projects & homework going on! LOTS TO DO!!

Pictures!!

I am so glad that Kaylie was in town & we were able to hang out! Love you Kaylie! She has the cutest family & we got some awesome family pictures, which you can check them all out HERE 

These are just a few~~

Thanks Kaylie for letting me take them!!(Still more to come of Drake)

The Oregon Coast~

It has taken me a while to post my trip to the Oregon coast, but I have been busy putting together my house :) (and taking lots of pictures :) )

The Oregon Coast is beautiful! I loved it... the fog was a little annoying for picture taking, but other than that I had an awesome time! It was a great family trip to take with my parents & little sister. LOTS OF PIX BELOW!!

One of our stops along the way was a lavender field, it smelled so awesome! It was up on a hill and there were rows & rows of lavender very pretty!

We also followed the Columbia River a long ways & there were many bridges along the way...

We also stopped at the Tillamook Cheese house~ Very interesting & Yummy!

We were then able to stop at the Aquarium! Very cool! Lots of very neat exhibits! 

These are just a few of the pictures from the Aquarium... I was able to touch a shark & a stingray so that was different!

Some of the towns that we went to were very cute towns! They are definitely for tourists :) My first site of the Ocean, was a bit crazy... I had to walk clear down to the edge of the water just to see it because of all of the fog. Also seeing all of the boats in the dock was pretty neat. (I have to say it is probably because this was my first seeing the ocean and being near the coast)

We also got to see these on the rocks! Notice the fog! Very obnoxious. 

But, it was well worth the trip to get to see these lighthouses! I am doing my downstairs bathroom in lighthouses, so I am getting these printed up & framed to put in my bathroom :) Very exciting! 

  

The white lighthouse in the above ocean picture is the same as the lighthouse next to it just farther away... I love the picture, but there again the fog was in the way! (Oh well I still love it!)

And last but not least....

The Ocean~~~~

The picture below is my very favorite picture & I am so excited that I was able to get this picture! It is by far one of my favorites! I actually already have it hanging in my house! 

So the trip was awesome! And I finally got it posted... More posts will come later of all of the photos I have been taking~ VERY EXCITING! And hopefully some of my house! I have pretty much got the living room decorated, so I will post that soon! And school starts Tuesday......AHHH!!! So many things going on & so much to do!! 

Home Sweet Home....

Well as many of you have probably guessed.... I bought a house! One of the best & scariest things I have done in my life! I am still trying to get settled in after moving & vacation! I will have to post pictures soon... So all in one month I crossed off see the ocean & buy a house on my list of things to do! Exciting but scary & in less than a year I will be able to cross off getting a bachelors degree in accounting! Now if only I could find the perfect mate..... time will tell! I also got done with my summer class & I got an A (YEAH!!) Two semesters to go! Next semester wil be the worst with 15 credits and full time work, but after that it will be smooth sailing! 

Here is a picture of my house!    

And this is cute little Drake that I took pictures of! (Sorry its not turned). Well I will post pictures of vacation soon! & definitely more of Drake!