23??

yes... 23

23 what?

i turned 23 years old!

michio and i went to the movies

spent time together

and his dad and step mom took us out to a japanese restaurant for dinner

Christmas

our niece alilia got a puppy for christmas

lucky girl!

our "first christmas" photo

the weekend before we had a christmas dinner and the kids performed the nativity story

they had the stage all decorated and santa even came

Christmas Lights

michio and i went looking at christmas lights with a couple from our ward . 

most of the pictures are from a place called sparkle ball street . 

it was so awesome !!!

these pictures just don't do justice to seeing the real thing

every house had these amazing sparkle ball ornaments hanging from every tree

Semester is OVER

ive been waiting since this past semester of school started for it to be over!

just wanted to share some things ive done over the past few months both inside and outside of school

graphite pencil

series 1 - graphite pencil

 

 

 series 2 - charcoal pencil

 collage/assemblage

collage

crochet

my first time decorating wreaths

Family Photos

This thanksgiving we were fortunate to have all of my immediate family come together except for my brother alex who is serving in mexico .

we took advantage of this opportunity and took family pictures !!

all of us watching ej dance

 

silly sister shots