Things that Matter

Time for some realtalk. Life is hard. I learned that over these past two weeks. I was getting overwhelmed thinking about how so many things were not going my way: dating, classes...ok so really only these two things weren't going my way. But to a college student those two things occupy 95% of my time. Then I refocused. There are certain things that matter most. When we remember them, life is better. We can hope.

Things That Matter Most:

 Reading the Word of God.

 Temple Ordinances

Family

Our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

End of Realtalk. 

Here are some random photos of things that matter less that I took over the past month. Enjoy.

 We discovered the arcade games inside the Wash Hut. Best $5 I ever spent.  Although, I'm nearly positive the Deer Hunter game is rigged.

 How did I get on the roof and take this picture? I plead the 5th.

 I credit my good grades in high school to this stuff.  It is the elixir of the gods (not official church doctrine).  Anytime my amigos and I studied, Tampico was the fuel of choice.

Friends and Freetime.

No school. Holler. To celebrate MLK day some friends and I headed to South Weebs for Sunday dinner and some Monday adventure.  Here are the pics I took from our exploits. I used my sister's old Canon to take these. It's digital. I guess you could say I'm moving up in the world. Realtalk though, film is my favorite.

This is a game from our high school days. We call it Portuguese Ping Pong. Whoever wins the point gets to smack it at the other guy's bare back. Hilariously painful.

We also played some Killer Bunnies. Outrageous. We turned off all the lights to create that underground poker game vibe. We nailed it.

"These kids are. so. slow." -Sam

"What on earth is he doing?" -Payd and Sam

"Guys, think I can break the ice?" -Conner

Model shot. Like what you see? Contact our agency for more. 

"Why is Payden trying to look all dramatic?" -Conner

"Dude! Check this out. Imma sled down on this broken piece of plastic!" -Payd

"Wheeeeeeee!" -Payd

"Shoot dude! Hiking is so much fun!" -Payd

"Man. Why are we doing this? Hiking isn't even that fun." -Payd

Yeah. That's a frozen waterfall. #worthit

"Duuuude." 

Nutshell: Friends and free time. That's all you need.

Christmas from My Camera's Perspective

Christmas! It's the best time of year. Literally.  Here is a timeline of my holiday with my family based on the pictures I took.  Some of the captions may or may not be fabricated.

 First we witnessed an oil spill in a local Walmart parking lot. The damage was extensive. Luckily Walmart shoppers banded together to save the affected birds, fish and sea lions. Animal activists held demonstrations in the parking lot for the rest of the week.

 We also got some gas over this holiday break. Thrilling experience.

 Here my dad and sister can be seen doing meticulous work with their hands. What they are doing is still a mystery. Maybe next time the photographer will include their work in the shot. Maybe not.

 We took surprise family photographs. Only Katie got the memo. Sam and I didn't even show up for the shot.

 We seemed to get this one right. I was still MIA.

My favorite part of the holiday is when we all tried to strike the same pose on the climbing wall. I failed pretty miserably.

 We also took out of focus glamour shots. "This is looking really good."

 We even tried to make it look like Sam was a ghost.

 Then we laughed about it.

 Of course, Christmas wouldn't be complete without a giant pile of wrapping paper. Our mail may be in that pile too somewhere.

To finish off our holiday we marveled at how our roof could just disappear overnight. Simply amazing!

There you have it. That is how my family spent Christmas vacation. Well, sort of.