I Saw This Pin...

That talked about the 15 mandatory wedding photos that made me think about what I got out of my wedding photos. And what an awesome job my sister Danielle and my friend Belinda (SHOUTOUT) did for us. Ready to see more of my wedding pictures than you've probably ever seen? [Except maybe Sharmi] Ok, shall we....

 

So the website is Apple Brides, their list of mandatory photos starts with:

 

#15 Accessories:

 

Danielle took both of these, for my bridals. Don't you love my shoes? And my brooch? Cause you should. More,

 

Belinda took these ones. They are actual wedding day photos. Matthew looked so sharp. Awesome.

#14 Decorations:

 

  These pictures are just some generalizations of how awesome the place looked. They are from various cameras, I don't know whose, but I like em! Yes those are paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling. I climbed up the ladder to hang one and my dad told me to get down and make one of my brothers do it for me.

 

#13 Getting Ready Bride:

 

This was for our formal pictures. I don't really have any of these, I'm ok with that.

 

#12 Getting Ready Groom:

Also for formals. He's a nice man to take so many pictures with me.

 

#11 Bridal Party:

Parents and siblings wore pink or green. (Both of these from Belinda)

 

#10 Wedding Kids:

One of my favorite pictures of Andy.

 





Two of my favorite small people. Chet and Rachael.

 

#9 Bride and Father:

We actually have one of these. (Thanks to Belinda)

Doesn't he look so happy to be there?

 

#8 Play Around:

Ready to leave.

 

 

Brothers brought mustaches. And shared. Don't you love the Elder Jacob cutout? (Belinda)

 

#7 Be Our Guest:



I don't know how many random people want a cameo on my blog, but I know that Aunt Sharmi won't care!

#6 The Ceremony:

Obviously I don't have one of these. That's ok.

 

#5 The Reception:

 

Elder Jacob was in two corners of the room.

 

We're pretty Legit.

 

#4 The Couple's Shot: (B)

#3 The First Dance:

We most def didn't dance.

 

I combine the next two...

#2 The First Look/#1 The First Kiss:

My ultimate favorite. Thank you miss B. 

Had to.

Monday I had to purchase 2 of these bad boys out of the vending machine at the middle school.

 

So as not to go on an angry rampage. Don't judge.

 

I Caved...

Matthew put up our Christmas tree today.

 

He wanted to put it up before Halloween, NO. But he's been bugging me about it and I finally caved. All that is on it right now are snowmen, snowflakes, and stars. I told him we would have to make some turkeys to put on it.

 

Meh.

Did you VOTE?!

I did!!

 

Just to prove it I gave you the cheesiest picture I've taken in a long time.

Get yourself out there and VOTE!

Pumpkin Carvers!

Just to let you all know, I'm pretty awesome at carving pumpkins. (yes I'm bragging) Don't believe me, I'll give you some examples....

 

2009:

Pretty Legit. Thas Miss Sara's pumpkin behind mine. (SHOUTOUT)

 

2010:

 

One is mine and one is Whit's, but I carved them both.

 

2011:

You can bet which one is Matthew's.

 

This year, 2012:

 My Minion.

 Matthew's Clay.

 Our 'S'.

 

Like I said, pretty Legit. Don't be too jealous.



Pitch Perfect

I went to the movies the other night... Last night? Yes, last night. Me and my buddy SCMEACHAM (SHOUTOUT) went and saw Pitch Perfect.

 

THIS.

MOVIE.

IS.

HILARIOUS.

 

But for reals.

 

Fat Amy is hilarious and has the greatest lines like... "Oh, here it comes. Lesbihonest." and "Aca-believe it!"

Aca-Awkward.

 

Totally predictable, a little bit cheesy, but Stace and I were both busting up almost the entire movie. Best 8 bucks I've spent recently.

P.S. You can watch some awesome clips HERE, HERE, and HERE. And an Aca-AWESOME song HERE.

SCED 4200: Blog Post 4

Digital Literacy

 

I didn't chart my digital technology usage over a week, I think if I did it would depress me. And make me feel lazy. And dependant on my computer. Like I already know I am. And my phone, and iPod, and tv.... You get the idea.

 

SO! My uses of technology:

 

1. My Phone: I use it to communicate with my husband, my family, my friends, my work, to take pictures, keep short notes for myself, and to try to keep my sanity while bored.

2. My IPod: is my baby. I cannot leave the house without it. I just have an iPod Classic so its not a terribly fancy thing, but I love it. I use it to listen to my music, watch some movies, and MOST DEF to keep my sanity.

3. My Computer: its my second laptop, my other one got really old, really fast. I use it to surf, write, keep tract of photos, communicate, the uze (usual).

 

Its pretty often that I have my eyes fixed on a screen, maybe multiple. At this second I am watching netflix on tv and writing my blog post, can you say multi-task? I like to read blogs, I'll read top stories on Yahoo! if they catch my interest, and I try to stay updated on the nonsensical things that happen on facebook and pinterest.... yeah.

 

I'm in a history course right now in which we have an online textbook. It offers chapters on different pages and you can access quizzes through different windows. Pretty legit.

 

With social studies in mind, I really enjoyed the Glogger that we were introduced to the other day. You can create online posters that can be interactive with videos, images, text, documents, links, etc. Also pretty cool. These glogs can be accessed by specific classes and used for outside media brought into class. Another great resource online are primary and secondary documents, you can find practically anything online.

 

When we started to use Glogger the other day, it was hard to get started cause we didn't know what to do or how to do it. Eventually we figured out what we needed and then it got fun. Giving students access to these texts and letting them create them is an awesome activity. Be sure to give instruction on how to use a specific site, and allow time for experiments and questions. Anything that the students come up with can be exciting.

 

Thoroughly enjoy technology. Awesome.