This is My BYU Party.

It has been way too long since I've posted something. And I have a surplus of pictures here to show for it!

Its been a crazy amazing week!! Being here at BYU never ceases to amaze me.

First on the list of amazingness: IMAGINE DRAGONS CONCERT.

SO FREAKING GREAT.

Not only was it my first concert, but we had ridiculously good seats (3rd row baby), and Imagine Dragons is one of my favorite bands. It was just so much fun, I can't even explain to you...

Here's a picture of our view of the stage and all the different colored lights!

Ahh, I'm still kinda in shock from it.

This is pretty pretty Lizbeths.

She wants to put her mission papers in, and asked me to take her mission picture for her! So here it is. (it has 131 likes on facebook, not to brag or anything)

The pearls are from her beloved Chase. He's in Guatemala right now.

Spontaneous photoshoot of myself right here. I was craving doing something different, and this is what happened..

This picture has a long story to it... don't worry, it's a good long story.

In my Art for Elementary Teachers class, we were learning about installations and guerilla art. So my teacher gave us a project in which we had to do an installation of our own. The only criteria was that it should brighten someone's day. So I decided to set up a teaparty... in the elevator! I even put little cookies on the plates, and they kept getting eaten! I had to refill them at least three times, I thought that was pretty great.

The tea party stayed in the elevator for quite a few hours, but when I returned to retrieve it, someone had stolen all my stuff and left a ransom note... It required a plate of chocolate chips cookies in order for the return of the animals to take place.

Eventually they just put it all back in the elevator :P

These were all taken today in honor of fall and my new shoes hahaha. My roommate and I had quite some fun playing in the leaves. :)

 

Overall I'm just content. Things are going well, and I've been adjusted to this new life of mine for quite some time. I still miss my family a ton, especially when I hear about all their antics :P

My brother is doing great in Mexico. I'm always proud of him. He turned 20 this week!

Mostly I'm grateful for this opportunity to grow closer to my Savior. This atmosphere is so conducive to the spirit, and I feel constantly uplifted. Hopefully there's not too much to drag me down.

 

looking forward to adventures

 

miss maren lee

Diptychs and Diamonds

The proper definition of a diptych: a pair of paintings, especially religious paintings on two hinged panels

My definition of a diptych: The perfect pairing of two related moments in time.

This is Gideon. At first he was very stubborn and didn't want me to take any pictures of him. He kept his head down, and those gorgeous eyes away from me. Finally I ran away and got him to follow me into the shade :P it just so happened he was sitting on leaves that complimented his eyes ;)

 

You've already seen this picture, but so much about it is so perfect. Chase and Lizbeth are basically the cutest, and they're going to get married. When I took this picture I was actually sitting outside photographing the bottles in front of them, but Chase kept bugging me to take pictures of him. So this just sort of happened :)

 

Krista is one of my roommates for Fall-Winter. She's gorgeous :) These pictures were taken at her property up in North Salt Lake. From the first photo, she had just turned around and given this look of "Guys, isn't it wonderful!" I made her stop so I could capture that face. The second one is right after that as she started sprinting away to see her horses :)

You've seen this one too. Tyler cuddling with Lizbeth's teddy bear and my blanket. Sittting in my chair. hahaha.

 

 This lovely old (but not really old) lady is Megan, another one of my roommates. She and this guy had dressed up as grandparents to promote their "Taste From Home" activity. They were just so cute together I had to take pictures. (that's baby powder in their hair. It got EVERYWHERE) Needless to say, plenty of people showed up to the activity :P

This is also from Krista's property. I just loved the colors and serenity.

 

trying to capture perfection

 

miss maren lee