My field trip.

Today I left from BYU-Idaho campus around 6am for my first college field trip. We went to Spring feild to see some student art, there were some really fantasticO pieces. Here's some of the pieces I like most, they're the best in state. Eventually I got through the 300 plus high school pieces and made my way up stairs and found some really great pieces as well. Here's some images from just around the building.

There was some great art there as well :) There was some paintings up by probably one of the most talented oil
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After getting some great insight on the resources for art educators and some free swag we were off to the Provo campus to look at thier gallery. I had thought that I was going to transfer there some day and guess I'm still interested in that but it was just so overwhelming to be there.
I also went to a museme a block away from the conference center...
it was pretty dang amazing and had original Rembrant etchings. They had a great collection of stuff that related to the beginning of the LDS church. annnd wellpainters in the world and he is also a professor here. I love really textured paintings Provo was great! We picked up some lunch and then off to Salt Lake! I think the best part of the trip was that I was with other art ed majors. So This time around touring the conference center we made the guide take us to all of the paintings and sculptures. I never noticed how many originals were there! One of my most favo paintings how of the a whole set by an artist I like was the one and only one that was a print... quiet sad.


okay so this entry got sooo messed up but i'm too lazy to fix it right now..

FHE blunders

So I am obviously an extra-veeeeert.


So I feel great once I have some sort of foundation.
In my Family home evening group I am a "mom" which is a really silly calling for me, for so many reasons it is ridiculous.
I have a lot of louder people in my group. I love to observe people and if I don't have much to say then I typically won't make shiz up.. unless I'm in a small group or in a one on one situation.

Typically when I make an effort in a group of loud extra-verts then I just get looked over. I'm completely okay with that until people have to point it out and try to point out character flaws. I mean who the heck do you think you are? Yeah... lame.
I feel like a lot of people so quickly just think.. oh yeah she is like this so.. that is just how it is and I don't care anymore.
I wish to be better and I am working on it.
Meh.

I taught one of my "sons" to kind of draw cartoons today. Although I don't know if it was really appreciated I really enjoy helping others to understand the things I know how to do.

It reminded me of a full circle moment I had with a primary class I taught while I was at home. Bare with me because this is probably a repeat story.
As a little kid I recall watching older people be able to so effortlessly draw an image_ I don't know if there was anything more that I wanted to be able to do.
Art wasn't really a natural talent for people... although my mommy would disagree... it just wasn't really. It is something that started as a desire. Doodling in Sunday school the cute puppies from 101 Dalmatians. Doodling in classes on the side of note book paper and hand outs. Those doodles gave me a jump start on understanding form. I eventually got to be in art electives through out grade school and art including doodles ( cartoons mainly) has become such a big part of my life that I have come to love. In not a lot of time I had invented my own cartoon characters and could effortlessly draw them.

It wasn't until I got a calling to teach CTR 7 with my best friend Carmen.
We often finished the lesson early and it was typically followed by hang man. One day I was drawing a dog with crayons on the back of an extra handout. One of the girls asked me how I did it. I drew it once explaining all the shapes it takes to make a dog. I Then helped guide her hand to make the dog, and then she did it by herself. In that small simple moment I had had a full circle moment. I just had a little girl not much unlike myself watch in awe as I drew a cartoon effortlessly and was able to teach her what started me off on making cartoons as well.

Hmm so I like this song and am not a huge fan of the images with it but still.. enjoy. Have gone from listening to Tech N9ne and Linkin Park to more of Death Cab and Meiko. I've just been ya know thinking about life well..people...persons...person...
either way.
I hope you enjoy them.



I've started this new thing where I find a song I like and then I learn to play it on an instrument and then make an art piece about it.
This is the song I picked. I can't really read music/ haven't made the effort to remember the lesson I had in elementary school about reading music
.. SO I've been trying to learn to play it but ear and guessing... a little pathetic perhaps...and yet I love it.
Here is the song.


I don't know what to think about school anymore.
I am just not feeling it.
I think I'm suppose to go but there is alot of things and blah blah issues with learning disability and all that jazz but it just isn't clicking...
Will I be here next semester?
I don't know.
If I am I know exactly how I would do it, and how I could manage my time, deal with people, and I've learned better studying habits... although the reality has struck me that perhaps it is too late.
I talked to me bishop about serving a mission this past Sunday. I'm not positive what will happen but it certainly would not hurt my life

Beside the point, I am a pretty decent person. I promise.

Oh and I don't look over what I've typed when I post it so just bare with me...

my weekend.

Saturday we had a ward service project for the people the people in Haiti and Chile.
Alot of people showed up so it went super quick.
My roommates and I were trying to round people up to hang out later that night...
but then I ran into Stenven and he said something about night skiing.
I got some candy and made a quick picture for this really great girl's birthday.


The picture... ^^^

So I rented a board from the ORC and got a lift ticket online and by 4:30 pm we were off to Kelly Cannon. I was really nervous to go because the only other time I've been was a little over two years ago. It was super fun though!!! I'm a little afraid of picking up to much speed so my board was horizontal most of the time and my thigh muscels were killing me by the end. After snow boarding we went to Cragio's!!!





I had fun talking to my roommates for a bit and then went to bed fairly soon...at least I think I did...

Sunday I had church and that was SUPER!!!
After church my visiting teachers came. With the pressing matter of teaching my first discussion at 2pm... I was going a kinda crazy even more so because I hadn't prepped for the lesson yet.
After my visiting teachers came I rushed back over to the Snow building to meet Ryan and Paul to go over what we were teaching.
So Jessie and Brittany came... and I only had ten minutes to plan.
We taught the first lesson to them which was about the restoration.
It went alot better than I thought it would and Paul Ryan and I all had something great to offer to the lesson.
As I walked home I remembered how much I had wanted to serve a mission.
Perhaps it really is a far off thing.. so that may be in the works soon.
If nothing stops me then I'm going to go... although it still could be a very long time coming.
Later on some great people came over and we had a different kind of tacos! They were fantastic!!!
Oh and this kid from my home town came and it was great to catch up.. or really just hear about him because I was never really his friend before.
So ya know..Sunday was great and filled with typical Sunday activities.
At some point on Sunday Ryan and I had dicussed going to Targee.
So this morning I went and it was so sweet. Targee was my 3rd time going. I've never really had some one teach me and Ryan was a great teacher. I totally ate some powder and learned how to carve.