Escapades

oh the merry times of summer coming to an end. not. but kenny and i have been on a few good trips so celebrate el fine. california, canyon drives and the Y. we'll always end with a bang ; )

Trip up the canyon to see the pretty leaves changing colors. actually, just for the record i hate the changing leaves. i decided the red is nice but thats it!

my new favorite image

twilight forest or what? hmm edward... or jacob...

see, red is good.

um... im having difficulties ha

my 21st birthday bash. hellooooo california!

the airport (at 5 am)... so scary!

ocean

cute little flower shop. its been my dream to find one of these outside. and here it is!

Whaa?

i am officially the newest member of club 4 eyes. joy. this was not expected folks.

i just kept getting really terrible migraines and stomach aches and such. eventually we figured out it was because of eye strain.i, of course refused to accept the fact. until... my 21st bday when i had to get my license renewed. i had to take an eye test of course and couldnt read one of the 3 lines. the nice old man told me i really should go get those eyes checked on. "ugh, are you kidding me?" i thought, "whatever. what do you know old man?"

then the other night it got really bad, i caved and this morning my momma and i went to see what the deal was. so i was in fact assigned a prescription and handed 2 sets of eye glasses. i will get them next week. i will post pictures then.

peace y'all

Wesley And Jessica

I have two families. One consists of all the farrs and the many girls. The other consists of kenny, mark, wesley, jessica, regan and her family, and brittany and her family and the many others in this huge family. This my friends is my second family of whom i love to absolute death.

I still remember when wesley was trying to win jessicas heart. welp my friends, here they are today about to get married in just short few months. better known as the dynamic duo; wes and jess, i was so priveledged, and very HONORED to take pictures of these guys. they were so beyond awesome and willing to try anything. thanks for being so patient with me.

so here you are my dears. i love you both so much, good luck with everything that is to come. your presence makes me a happier person : )

Josh and Arielle.

Josh and Arielle are some of my really good friends and I had the opportunity to capture their relationship on camera. They've gone through a ton but they are they for each other through thick and thin, and of course... this is what makes a marriage last. (Or so i hear ; ) ) So congrats to you both, if you continue how you have been there wont be anything you cant handle. I love you guys : )

Josh plays hockey ha!

Oh Me, Oh My...

I have been so very behind of blogging. my life has been somewhat more than chaotic. i'm pretty much working 3 jobs. i have the OG of course, then the golden flowers shop and now im nannying very part time for a couple families. and of course when i say part time i only mean a couple days out of the month. NOT part time as in, not stressful or difficult. being a mom is HARD! i figure i was supposed to learn one lesson from nannying and that is this... i think i've tack on a few years to adding kids on my personal checklist. holy smokes.

nothing is as rewarding either. after temper tantrums all day, screaming, messy diapers and toothpaste flung all over the entire house hold, its all worth it when i hear bella say "you're cute ashley." i say, "whys that bells?" "cuz you just act like... CUTE!" haha made my day.

welp anyway, in case you hadnt heard, just for the record, i did indeed get my mission call. URUGUAY, MONTEVIDEO! i am so beyond stoked. it is going to be great. jsut a few fun facts about the place.

-weather is the same as utah, only swapped, and only, it doesnt snow there haha. uh...

- it has the highest standard of living in south america

-lowest corruption rate

-best infrastructures-

-their temple looks like a skewed version of timp

-and its awesome

thats all you need to know for now. i report to the argentina, buenos aires MTC on december 9. i'll let y'all know when the farewell is if you'd like to attend. i wish you all to be there! it will be a blast.

ttfn!

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Plans?

or not... my biggest pet peeve ever, is when i make plans and they fall through, or plans pop out of nowhere and you cant make time for them because... well, it wasnt planned. so aggrevating. so please, just dont cancel on people, its annoying.

Why Oh Why...

updates people.

so my mission papers are in. mostly. not sure they've been entirely submitted but the case is now out of my hands. crazy eh? the more and more i think about the mish the more nervous and surreal this whole endeavor becomes. along with all this futuristic thinking comes the marriage card. not that im "thinking" marriage, but honestly what girl DOESNT think about it?

it feels like now more than ever, i am surrounded by the married couple type. and with my new florist job, its even worse. especially sicne june and july are the biggest wedding months . plus the fact that both my ambitions in life revolve around people getting married. what did i get myself in to?

i find myself considering and dreaming about how my married life will turn out. not the who, but the when and where and what my marriage will consist of. i think about where we will live, in what we will live, what jobs we will be doing, what goals will we be working towards. all sorts of shibiz. but why oh why has my mind turned to these things when im about to leave. seriously. its annoying. and although i know thats not the direction my path is heading right now, its still haunting me daily. please make all the cute married people go away.


until then, i will try to stay focused on the matter at hand. p.s. i think i decided i do want to travel alot. not to all the cliche places, but my own dream locations. i want to experience unfamiliarity, and not speak the same language as everyone around me. anywho. these are my thoughts as of late. happy day.

Champs 2010

you gotta love you some lakers haha. best. night. ever.

it seems like its finally summer today, i had myself a little bike ride, had me some snow cones and hung out with the fam. what a better way to top off the nice weather than to throw in a little championship by my lakers. love it. good day to you all. : )

This Is Rich hahaha...

Ok, so we all know ive been a little more than absent from the blogging world for quite some time. what? can you blame a girl? with school ending and such ive just been so kick back about everything. then i got another job, which leaves me with barely any time for the boy , my family, my church callings and... oh yeah, the whole mission preparing thing, let alone free time for blogging. sheesh man, but here we go. i just needed the right thing to get me riled up. and offff course. let the bacholerette be the thing to do it.

i am obsessed with this show. i get a little too into it. but oh how i love it. plus i love ali. i think shes so cute. alright, i just gotta quickly voice my opinion and stake my claim on my votes and nominations for this season. i hope and pray with everything that justin ends up with ali, if you hate me for that statement... well i just dont care. i like him, he literally has done NOTHING to deserve the comments and critisism he has gotten for the boys. and if you disagree i would gladly challenge you to provide me with evidence.

secondly, top three... kirk and roberto pretty sure. we'll see i guess. but the reason i dont think they will come into spot number one is because of this. first of all, roberto is great and all, hes sweet, charming and humble. AND he speaks numerous languages, who wouldnt like his pretty face? but they just dont completely fit to me. im not entirely sure what it is. maybe im wrong. like i said, we'll see. kirk. oh boy. i really like him. BUT! trouble is... hes just going to be the new kipton of jillians season. they have hot hot physical chemistry but it wont be enough to pull him through i dont think.

as for the rest of the guys, well i just hate them all. jerks jerks jerks. they have no room to talk, first of all

ty. you are so full of yourself and so set on finding faults with justin that you just look gay. and the guitar thing... wes ruined that seasons ago. give it up. plus you have an ugly accent.

chris l. eh... your alright, just no tmeant for ali

chris n. im just not sure how you keep sliding by...

craig. oh brother what a joke. just because your a snobby lawyer doesnt mean you know everything. plus, for being a lawyer you cant present a very good arguement. but dont worry i figured it out. every season there is an "easy elimination" pick. youre it. she keeps you around for longer for an easy choose later when she has to make hard decisions and its down to the wire. thats all. ugh, i just grossed out just THINKING about you kissing her.

frank. your just a little too obsessed with the girl. you dont have as great a hold on her as you think you do.

jesse. your attractive but a little too young and dont know what a woman needs quite yet. you gotta take control of situations brother!

jonathon. friend material, plain and straight. none of the other guys if given the chance to hug ali, would rub his hand up and down awkwardly or pat her. screams, FRIEND!

kasey. starting to creep me out.

roberto did go down a couple notches when he decided to be a girl and gossip to everyone about justin.

and justin and kirk. haha i like you guys. kick butt...

anywho, thats about all the insight i have for tonight folks. i guess we'll just have to wait and see how things play out. im esssscited!

Long Time No See...

HALLOOO!!!

So, life have given me a few good opportunities these last few days. I had the awesome chance to work with Jaclyn of Bride and Blooms wedding floral. So fantastic. Shes amazing just in case your interested in flowers for your wedding. Shes got talent. She let me work with her on a wedding and I ended up putting together like 10 boutineres, 8 flower girl bouquets and 4 bridesmaid bouquets. It was hard work but well worth the time. I loved every second. She is showing me all I need to know about the business so it'll be great. Wholesalers, venues, every kind of arrangement, flowers galore. Thats what I love. Im looking forward to this summer. Its gonna be my last one here for some time so Im bound to enjoy it. Lots of things planned and going on. I cant wait. Thanks again Jaclyn for making my day! Look forward to a summer of flower lovin. Go see her blog. NOW : )

http://brideandblooms.blogspot.com/

Havent blogged in a whole month. thats pure insanity. life is a little rocky. so much change taking place. im still trying to wrap my head around it. still working on the mission papers. they should have been in by now. shoot me in the head. next week. thats the goal. schools out for the summa! haha but i still find things to be stressed over. trying to find job # 2. we'll see how that goes. thank heavens i have job numero uno. job hunting sucks. other than that spending time with the family and dear kenny jones. happy summer to y'all, keep you posted. : )