GETTING TO KNOW ME
GETTING TO KNOW ME
It’s time for a little getting to know your photographer. I’m a new face around here and it’s always fun to get some history. It’s a little hard to think about your life in a nutshell. It almost doesn’t seem that interesting and yet it feels wildly fantastic. Am I right? I love making lists, checking lists off, thinking about lists. I also love reading lists, like this one, about other people. It’s so fun to see what people can think about themselves. Without further adieu…
10 facts you don’t know about me:
- I love to sing. When I was young, I used to climb onto the roof of our garage and belt out songs like you’ve never heard before, dreaming that someone would discover me and I’d be the world’s next broadway star. Lol. Seriously, I wish I could go back and watch my eight-year-old self from the street.
- From a very young age I knew that I had this sort of super power as the only girl. Something I used for various reasons. Getting out of trouble, getting chocolate, asking for help…but I think it was mostly for chocolate. I remember once I asked my Dad to, “PLEASE bring me home a chocolate bar” from the store he was going to. I waited patiently by the window, reassuring myself that this delicious dessert was in my future. As he pulled into the driveway, got out of the car, and strolled along the sidewalk to the front door, all I could see him holding was a newspaper. Disappointed, I ran to the front door and asked him how he could have possibly forgotten. It was then that he opened the newspaper and revealed my gift in the form of a king size Hershey’s bar. That moment was like pure joy. Chocolate and me. It’s not dramatic. Just slightly magical.
- My older brother ripped the eyelashes out of the my right eye once. It was accidental, but it was hideous. Only the middle lashes. Luckily I had some remaining on the sides to really bring out the fact that some were missing. It took a Very. Long. Time. for them to grow back.
- Carbonated beverages haven’t been a part of my life since the 8th grade. I heard someone say that carbonation can give you osteoporosis and I stopped drinking soda that very day. This 5’1″ frame can’t afford to get any shorter. I went eight years without having a drop. It wasn’t until I caved over a root beer float, which makes an occasional appearance in my stomach…and it is goooood!
- Almost all of my family vacations were spent on water. What would childhood even be like without a boat?! (Ask my children…we don’t have one.) We played on the beaches of Lake Mead in Nevada and Lake Powell in southern Utah for most of my childhood. If I get diagnosed with skin cancer one day, I can’t say that I’ll be surprised. Aloe was my skin’s best friend as a child.
- My biggest dream growing up was to be a mom of eight boys. You see, my mom is the oldest of ten. Seven of them are boys and I thought they were hysterical and so much fun to be around….I still do. So, I wanted to surround myself with as many crazy children as possible. One by one my girls kept coming and I’m grateful. I love having girls to hang out with at home.
- My undergraduate degree is in psychology. I have never used it and often wish that I could turn back time to pursue something else, but I do think it has helped me be a more patient parent.
- People ask me all the time where I get my hair done, but it’s all natural over here. I’ve always dreamed of having brown hair, so I did it only once. Honestly, my husband loved it, but it was so strange to me. I don’t think it helped that EVERYONE kept saying, “Good thing it’s the wash out kind, because it’s only okay.” Lol.
- Makeup. Not so much that I love to wear a ton of it all at once, but I love the sparkle! It’s like a little girl obsession. HERE is my all time favorite eye shadow palette. Let me tell you, it’s incredible solely because it goes on like butter, but as an added bonus: it smells like chocolate.
- I once got a haircut that my husband coined – the mullet wig. It was also the first time I told my husband that he would be fixing my haircut. It was so bad we both agreed that it couldn’t get worse and we laughed through the entire process. (Excuse the bad old iphone pic – it’s too good not to share). Years later I would have the second worst haircut of my entire life. I didn’t laugh. I cried. Yet, now it’s hilarious.
Thanks for getting to know me! For a few more of my favorites, click HERE.
