Jamie & Her Roommates

So my sister and her roommates wanted me to take some pictures of them so they could make a Christmas card to give to all their friends at college. We went out to Provo Canyon to take the pictures with the fall leaves. It was a lot of fun and I think the pictures turned out pretty well. If you can't tell by now, I really enjoy making photo collages.

Governor's Day

For those of you who may know when Governor's Day is, you'll know I'm posting this kind of late (it was September 19th), but hey, later is better than never. Anyway, on Governor's Day all the soldiers in the Utah National Guard (both Army and Air Force) march for the Governor and he inspects the troops. They have all sorts of booths set up selling food and they had some rock-climbing and bull-riding (not real bulls of course) available free of charge. They also bring in some helicopters, howitzers, humvees, etc... for people to see and take pictures in front of. It is always pretty fun and afterwards we go out to lunch with the fam. Devan, two of his brothers, and his dad are all in the guard, so that makes it pretty fun. Here's some pictures of the fun day:

The family posing in front of a howitzer. You may think it looks like a tank, but really, it is much cooler than a tank. A tank doesn't shoot very far but a howitzer can blow something up that is 20 miles away. Pretty cool. That's what Devan does, he's in artillery.

Devan, his dad, his brother Nick, and his brother Rusty posing on top of the howitzer.

I couldn't get a picture of the whole field full of soldiers, but here's half of it. It kind of gives you an idea how many were there.

This is a picture of Devan. You can't see him very well, but if you click on the picture and look up close, I have outlined his face with a red circle.

My cute cousin and her cute baby!

A couple of weeks ago, I got the opportunity to take some pictures of my beautiful cousin and her adorable baby. Isn't he so cute!?! I just wanted to let you all see.

Sad Day

Grandpa Turley (my dad's dad) passed away yesterday morning. A few weeks ago, he went to the hospital for the first time in his life and found out he had a bunch of heart problems. He needed open heart surgery but they decided he wouldn't live through the surgery so they sent him home so he could have a little bit of comfort. I still can't believe it, it doesn't seem real at all. Friday I will be flying out to Missouri for his funeral and I'm sure it will hit me then. He is such a wonderful grandpa, I will miss him so much. He has like 70 grandchildren and he was still able to know so much about each one of us and make us all feel loved. I hope I can be as good a person as he was. He was a great example to all who knew him. I know he is in a better place and I know I will see him again and I can't wait. It will be such a happy day! I'm so grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the knowledge that my grandpa will be resurrected and I can be with him and the rest of my family for eternity.