Ten Thousand Lakes

I've mentioned my friend Laurie a few times before. She's my mustang driving-mountain biking-beautiful banker to the stars-friend. She asked me to make her something to remind her of Carmel, where her and her awesome husband, Rick, just went on their honeymoon.

She wanted something modern with a gnarly, twisted tree they saw on a beach, but not just your typical seascape... I tried a bunch of different methods to accomplish this and I don't think this will be my last attempt, espeically since the canvas is limp.

Saturday was a highlight day of the year for me. One of my dearest friends Sarah went to the Temple as planned and I can't even tell you how happy I was to be there with her. Sarah is one of the people in my life who I can turn to and come away feeling truly blessed for having her as a friend. We once shared a bunk bed in the tiniest room ever with an even smaller closet and I don't think I could have lived thru something like that with anyone else but her! She is also an excellent example of determination and resistance and even tho we could not be more polar opposite on subjects such as camping, bugs and style we couldn't be more like sisters than if we actually were related.

It worked out perfectly that Ashton also went to the Temple for the first time on Saturday. He is such a cool guy! I think it was the first time I've seen him with out his IPod attached to him!

We went to lunch at Rodizzios after the session so Ashton could report back and let us all know how authentically Brazilian it really is. He said if this is really how the food is there he'll need bigger clothes. Tony said he'll remember that when his suits start to come up missing. Can't wait to hear him and Jason talk Portuguese in a couple of years. How is it that I have so many cool cousins??

Last but not least, a glimpse of The Really Cute One. I'm still not going to give you all the details of the fantastic weekend because I kinda like the guy and if he gets on here and reads all about it how will I ever live it down? ;)

Last thursday was "Take your date to work day" No really, it wasn't. I went with Bry to a shoot he had at a radio station in SLC. It was fun to see him do his thing. This pic turned out blurry because I was laughing but I liked because the radio people are goofing off. Shows how good Bry is at what he does because they aren't all scared stiff with fake grins plastered on their faces right? Right.