Monday, October 10, 2016

This Is My Family.

If for some unbelievable reason you don't know my family, now is your chance to get all the nitty-gritty details. On our summer vacation to Sun Valley, I took the opportunity to take some photos of the most important people in my life. I used the Yashica mat124g that recently acquired. Nutshell: I love my new camera, but I love the people featured in these photos more.

This is my sister. AKA Katie. She is a new mom, but has already mastered it. She is a therapist, an adventurer, and a fighter. She taught me how to dance. I sure do lover her.

This is my dad. AKA Poppa Smurf. He can do a great yogi bear impression. He is an accountant, a shepherd, and a wrestler. He taught me what working hard looks like. I sure do love him.

This is my brother. AKA Sam. Once he threatened to shave off one of my eyebrows. He is a student, a cyclist, and a dog lover. He taught me how to ski... really, really fast. I sure do love him.

This is my brother-in-law. AKA Jeremy. He is a new dad but still needs work on his dad jokes (Mike Creer is teaching free night classes, Dr. J). He is a golfer, a dentist, and a baller. He taught me to like Kobe. I sure do love him.

This is my mom. AKA Momma. She has crocheted enough blankets to cover Rhode Island. She is an accountant, a professional trip planner, and an angel. She taught me how to laugh. I sure do love her.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Prepared a Better Way

Internships. For the past 9 months I have fretted and sweated about finding one. I applied and applied and applied. SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, JPL, Sandia National Labs, United Launch Alliance, Boeing, Orbital ATK, Raytheon, BAE Systems. They denied and denied and denied.

In a nutshell: it sucked.

I was beginning the summer feeling like a failure. I was bummed. But I honestly believe the Lord had a different path laid out for me. A few weeks ago I heard back from a BYU research group that I had applied to. They wanted me to work with them over the summer and possibly on into the next year. AKA I was accepted. Accepted to work on a research group that is going to build a satellite. Yes. A satellite that will go into space. As in, it will ride a rocket with flames shooting out of it up into the sky until there is no more sky. And I get to help build it. My internship failures aren't looking too bad after all. Actually I am glad I got rejected otherwise I wouldn't have this opportunity. And this opportunity ROCKS.

The Lord has a plan for us. Many times we don't see it immediately. But he does.

Sometimes it takes a lot of rejection by the wrong people to get accepted by the right people.

Huh, maybe that will be my new mantra in dating...

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016