Orange shirts

I have to remind myself each day why I like my job.

Looking back I know I will have loved this experience, but sometimes I get pushed around and feel like crap. My work is not always used and when I do something, it is not appreciated and I have to go do it again.

buuuut....

The end of the semester is slowly creeping up on us and after that I will not have my wonderful campus photog job anymore. 

When I calm myself down after all the pictures I slowly come to realize how extra-ordinary these individuals are. They sacrifice so much of their time to serve as counsel members on teams. They are so fun and smart and all-around amazing people. I have so much respect for all of them and I am so honored to get to take their pictures.

I remember the first few months of my job and how lost I felt. I didn't know anyone and I didn't know what the purpose of their service was. Now I understand all the effort and excitement they put into their positions because they truly love it and want to help others.

I had a lot of fun photographing in a studio today! The guy in-charge of the studio helped me out with camera/flash stuff and it was such a blast. He told my boss that I know what I am doing (bossing around models and talking camera talk with him). That made me feel good and I think it was good for my boss to hear. :)

Tomorrow is this HUGE photo shoot of every. single. person. from. the. department. at 2pm in the icenter! 

Pray for me!

Hope your day was fab-

xox anna

Interviews

On Saturday my fabulous roommate Camie filmed a video for us! She interviewed us separately about how we met, who kissed who first, who's going to clean up the dirty diapers, etc. It was so fun and cute and I can't wait to put it together and show you! Here are a couple pictures before the interview part.

The weather has been SO NICE lately! In the high 30s low 40s! This is amazing for Rexburg in March.

We had dinner last night with my old roommate and her husband! They are expecting and it was so great to see them and catch up on everything :) 

Kentelope and I talked about how we are going to handle Family Home Evenings in the future. Here's what we've got sofar:

Song. Prayer. Lesson. Closing Prayer. Treat. Activity.

haha

have a goooood monday!

xox anna

3 day weekend!!!

 5 minutes after we left to go to Utah for the weekend, we were pulled over for going to fast. Ha, good way to start the weekend! We eventually got there and had a wonderful time with the Buys' family. Lots of ice cream, movies and games :)

On Sunday Kent and I put together a binder of all of the letters we sent to each other April 2011 - August 2011 (while we were apart). It was SO FUN to look back on our little jokes and sweet words said to each other. We didn't really know each other well, but then did get to know each other through letter communication. I am so glad we did this. I recommend it.

I should have taken a final picture of the final book we made... but we basically filled the letters into clear sheets and put them in the flower binder that is in the corner of the last picture. It's huge because we sent each other so much paper!! It will be so fun to look back on when we are old farts. 

Our wedding stuff is coming together! We officially have a reception place for Kansas and Utah! Now we just need to call the temple... (they don't have a phone number yet). haha

ps This morning videotaped a girl in my class who was sleeping. She was pretty funny, and it looks like she kinda knew... oh well :)

xox anna

Spying

This is what I see on my walk home from work every Monday Wednesday Friday at 4:00pm. Someday I will forget this fabulous view and miss it. So here's a picture.

On this particular picture-taking-mood day I realized that Kent Buys walks home from work at the same time. So I decided to spy. 

After a disguised "how was your day honey?!" phone call, I found out that I had time to make the move and spy on him.

It was so fun and so sneaky

Right now I am on my belly taking pictures of him through a gate 

This is a WAY zooomed up picture of his reaction to my "looking sexy" whistle... I'm not sure how to type that. Then he came running to me like the movies.

He jumped up onto the fence and kissed me. It was fun sneaking up on him. I recommend it! But make sure you know the person. If you don't, that's what facebook is for. 

Then gave me a baby scone and grabbed the camera to take a picture of me. It came out with some model material:

Have a happy Wednesday! We go to Utah this weekend!!

SO EXCITED.

xox anna

p.s. we have a funny story to tell you about this picture:

(those smiles are 100% real because of the situation behind it)

located here: http://kentandanna.tumblr.com/

Heated Stairs

Interesting facts about BYU-Idaho

1. There is a bell tower that plays hymns during 15 minute breaks in between classes

2. The stairs are heated

3. We call our Instructors "Brother" and "Sister" (i.e. "Brother Rarick")

4. There are about 15,000 students

5. It was founded on November 12, 1888

6. Largest Private University in Idaho

7. The Student Body Consists of all 50 States, and 60 different countries

8. The Campus has over 40 major buildings on 400 acres

9. It was built on a shield volcano (not active)

10. 18 associate degrees   Over 70 bachelor's degress

11. Six colleges and 37 departments

12. Over 100 online courses

pretty cool, eh?

so much homework to finish before 4! Then a Valentines Dance with the Fiance :)

Sledding was SO FUN! We put pillows in trash bags and went SO FAST! Cheap, good fun.

xox anna

Behind the scenes

Ever wonder how long/how many tries it takes to get a daily photo located: here?

Each time the camera is either on an object (such as a table) or my tripod and I set the timer for 10 sec. 

Take 1: bad angle

 Take 2: Kent being goofy

Take 3: Smacking Kent because he is being too goofy 

Take 4: We were lucky 

Take 5: nahhhh 

Take 6: "Lets get our faces in it" 

Take 7: Kent's turn to pose the picture

Take 8:  an "I can't believe you made us take a picture like that!" picture

We are enjoying this little daily project of ours :)

Last night Kent wrapped me up nice and good so that I could so my homework and not be chilly.

I spy little fingers

byeee

xox anna

Picture Updates

I take pictures for the BYU-Idaho website/brochures they need. Last week these four lucky people get to be on the cover of the "New Student Guide" for the school. (These brochures get sent out to the new students - it's like a checklist for them). 

Kent and I do a lot of homework on the BIG MACS in the Spori because of my intense graphic design class. 

We will miss these good times once we get a car :)

COTTAGE CHEESE! Kent got blue and Anna got pink for boy/girl. We like it with pears and peaches.

If you would like to see more updates of our life go here! :

http://kentandanna.tumblr.com/

xox anna