coon's age.

It's been a while!

Quick update.

June:

They celebrated their 1 year Anny!

Celebrated Sami' 24th.

Played in the sun.

Sami Jo went to Jackson Hole for work.

Ryan bought me a pillow pet.

Sami Jo bought him Cheeze-Its.

They went Mt. Biking. A lot.

July:

They celebrated the 4th in Star Valley.

They went to Draper days and had a blast.

They both worked their butts off.

They went on the worst trip of their life. Wind Rivers. (315 mosquito bites later) Funny now. Miserable then.

August:

They celebrated Ryan's 25th!

They went to Star Valley for fair week.

They went to the cabin with Ryan's family.

Ryan started school! :):) Only 2 more semesters until graduation!

Sami Jo quit her jobs to do Photography full time.

Sami Jo recieved her business license in the mail. :)

Sami Jo got an Iphone.

Ryan had hair to his shoulders, then a mullet, then buzzed! (stay tuned for pictures/full blog post

Ryan's still mourning his loss.

Sami Jo misses it too, but likes not getting a mouth full of hair every xoxo.

They both still want a dog.

September:

They are loving fall.

They are loving the college life/hating the actual school part. Poor Ry :(

Sami Jo still says to her Mom, "I'm SOO lucky Ryan married me!"

Ryan continues to make Sami Jo very happy.

Ryan is working 30 hours a week + school. Trooper? Yes.

Ryan continues to be Sami Jo's shoulder to cry on.

Sami Jo continues to make Ryan laugh.

They still cuddle and kiss like those annoying couples you see at the mall.

Quotes of the month:

Papa Mike: "The world is round for a reason, it will either come around and pat you on the back, or kick ya in the butt. But it will catch up to you."

Nana Vandi:"Dori. Like the shoe off finding Nemo."

Mikey after we were talking about people saying watching Sponge Bob makes you stupid but Bugs Bunny is way to violent. "I'd rather be violent than stupid."

Mikey after Papa Mike said, "I live in a house with 2 teenagers that act like they are 5 years old and 2 years old." Mikey,"I'm the one that acts like I'm 5 right?"

Ryan, "You were really good looking when we met, but you just keep getting prettier."

Ryan, "You looked SO good in that one piece swimsuit."

Kase, "When I'm not with you I'm in your heart huh?"

"Be of good cheer, your future is as bright as your faith." President Monson.

That's all.

Can I get 3 cheers for conference almost being here??

I will end this blog post with this awesome video from a few weeks ago.

My friend Katie took us fluming. It was awesome.

just maybe.

I got this wonderful idea from this uplifting blog. One day I will be able to come up with my own ideas for blogging. But for now I will be a copy-cat-cutie.

Maybe I'm watching You've Got Mail for the 3rd time this week.

Maybe I want to hug complete strangers that look like they need a pick-me-up.

Maybe meeting Tom Hanks is #1 on my Bucket List.

Maybe I still get home-sick.

Maybe I think Ryan picking me makes me the luckiest girl in the world.

Maybe I want a dog so badly that I've seriously considered buying one and hiding it in our apartment.

Maybe this cold I've developed these past couple days is annoying the crap out of me.

Maybe I wish I wish I grew up in the Little House in the Prairie days.

Maybe I always feel like I'm not doing all that I should.

Maybe capturing the beauty of moments and people is why I love photography.

Maybe I love clothes.

Maybe I'm a girly girl that loves dressing up and looking hot!

Maybe I'm a tom boy that loves to get dirty.

Maybe I'm not good at school.

Maybe I regret seeing Something Borrowed yesterday instead of Water for Elephants.

Maybe I've wanted Be Delicious by DKNY perfume for 4 years.

Maybe I can't read Love You Forever all the way through without crying.

Maybe I can't wait to read books to my kids.

Maybe I would rather get a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils then a bouquet of roses.

Maybe I think my Dad and Lilac bushes are the best smells in the world.

Maybe I've been super moody these past few days.

Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic.

Maybe I love corny. Everyone needs corny.

Maybe I love rocking out to Katy Perry.

Maybe I still sing in the mirror with my curly brush dreaming to be a famous singer.

Maybe starting my photo business is harder than I thought, but will I give up? No.

Maybe my favorite part of my body is my legs. I'm so thankful for strong legs.

Maybe I wish that I could adopt all the kids in the world that need a home.

Maybe I want to adopt so badly I think about it every day.

Maybe I want to be exactly like my mom when I grow up.

Maybe I love my siblings too much.

Maybe I'm the proudest Aunt you'll ever meet.

Maybe I care/cry/laugh/love too much.

Maybe change is hard for me.

Maybe sometimes, I wish that all of us Hansen kids lived at home together again.

Maybe I have regrets.

Maybe I LOVE my curvy, HEALTHY, flawed body.

Maybe I haven't legally changed my last name to Shurtleff yet.

Maybe I think quoting Another Stakeout and The Mask is cooler than quoting Anchorman.

Maybe getting up at 5am for work still sucks big time.

Maybe sometimes I feel like a bad friend/family member/wife.

Maybe sometimes I feel like I don't help the world enough.

Maybe I'm dramatic.

Maybe I wish I was African American. Seriously, in 3rd grade I would pray to wake up looking like a member of TLC

Maybe ever since we left Moab I've wanted to go back.

Maybe I'm extremely passionate.

Maybe I'm conservative.

Maybe I love my smile.

Maybe this past year has been the hardest year.

Maybe this past year has been the best year.

Maybe I can't watch the news because it makes me cry.

Maybe I get called a hick at least once a week.

Maybe I'm obsessed with Glee and all I wanna do is sing all day.

Maybe I can't find any of the pictures I take interesting unless there is a person in it.

Maybe Ryan's laugh was the first thing I loved/noticed about him.

Maybe this sounds a little repetitive?

Maybe I'm done?

Yep I'm done.

your turn!

xoxo.

MOAB!

The perfect weekend. It started with shooting a wedding in SLC and then their reception in Moab on Friday. see pictures here

Then we had a fun filled weekend full of biking, hiking, camping, laughing,SUNSHINE and eating. It was my first time Mt. Biking. Seriously, before this trip I was terrified to ride my bike off of a curb. Our first ride of the trip was slick rock. Holy Guac! It was nuts. I biked my little heart out and 5 hours later we finished. I'm hooked. All I wanna do is ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. Ryan and his sibs were so patient and such good cheer leaders. It was such a blast! Oh and how impressive is Ryan's hair?

summer day.

Like most of you I'm sure, I've been CRAZY busy. I took my trip to Austin which ROCKED, and ever since I've been back it's been non-stop GO GO GO. Lucky for me, what's keeping me the most busy is my photography. I'm getting more and more sessions booked and I feel very blessed! I quit Happy Sushi so now I'm down to 2 jobs, not 3. So I actually had 2 days off last week! It was awesome! And what made it even better is I got to spend my days off with my nephew. I'm so lucky to have my best buddy just 10 minutes away. We enjoyed a day in the sun at 1st dam. We blew bubbles, kicked the ball, threw the ball, fed the ducks, played in the water, and went on a hike. I locked my keys in my apartment so we were out playing for 5 hours until Ryan got off work! We took a break from the sun for about and hour and then we headed to Ryan's soccer game. Kase fell asleep on the couch during our break so I thought he would just chill at the game in my lap and relax. But nope, Ryan's niece was there along with a couple boys around Kase's age so they ran and played soccer for 2 hours together. It was the best day. I loved seeing you sunshine.. see you again in a few days... (hopefully)

cute kid.

Check out this cute kid. He was at the wedding I shot today. After I took his picture he said, "you are the nicest photographer lady." hahaha. So cute.

See more pictures from the wedding at samijophotography.blogspot.com

mac book!

Somebody got a macbook... and Cs5 photoshop this week.... :):):):)

I bought it for my photo business... But the photo booth's been quite entertaining. Haha.

spring is here!

I got to spend a day in the sun with these 2 cuties!