Dew Tour, Smash up, and Wolverine...

So yesterday was quite the busy day! I'm not sure I've had one quite so busy in a really long time. We started out the day by going to Salt Lake for the Dew Tour to watch the BMX finals. It was pretty sweet, we got lots of free stuff, or "swag" as Conly referred to it. We saw some pretty cool new tricks. I don't really know that much about BMX, but it was really fun to watch. So that got over about 3:30, we had tickets to stay all day and watch the skate boarding finals, but they pushed the time back from 5:00 to 7:30. We did really have anything to do for four hours so Conly, Kyle, and I decided to make the treck home, normally you don't think of the hour drive to SLC as a treck really, but Jean-Claude Grand Am was having a bad day (that is Conly's car). It took more like 1.45 hours or so to get home... driving a good chunk of the way at 30 mph. But luckily we got home in time for me to jump in my car with the movie projector and drive to Logan to watch the demolition derby with some of my friends from the 25th ward. It was primarily a truck derby so we saw some pretty good hits. We even saw a suburban get rolled. It was pretty cool. After that we went to Trevor's house to watch Wolverine (who informed me that everyone has a thing for Hugh Jackman- I have to agree with that). Just as everyone was getting to his house from the derby it started raining. Blah! So we moved inside and played wii for a bit. I didn't beat anyone at tennis, but I did pull from behind and beat Trevor at mario kart- the one game that I actually excell at! So after a while the rain stopped and we set up the projector outside on the side of their cinderblock shed. It worked really well! Such a great movie, the best line is "I think there is a naked man in our barn". Yeah, I can totally appreciate Hugh.


So it wasn't a very exciting post, but I'm tired! lol. No that was not whining, there is no whining in this blog!


So at church today I was released from my calling, but not as me... the councilor read off the names, "Justin Allred, Adam Young, Megan Allred... please show a vote of thanks..." Justin looked at me and gave me the "how you doin'" nod. It was so funny! The bishop let the councilor know that my last name is Allen, and it was fixed, but oh it was funny! He did come appologize to me later. I just laughed and said that it was okay.

Fall is coming!

Even though I don't really like that it's starting to cool off, I'm getting excited to take fall pictures. Here is one that I took while we were camping in Idaho last weekend.

So things have been changing a bit. I spent most of last week in Logan training for my new position at Walmart. I am the Zone Merchandise Manager of homelines and entertainment at the Perry store. It will be a good change and I'm looking forward to the challenge. I will basically be in charge of getting all the merchandise in and making features for the departments under me. Also, I gain a lot of responsibilities that Assistant Managers have without me becoming salary. It's a new position that Walmart just created, so not all of us are quite sure what the job entails.

I also want to say congratulations to my friend Kim Purcell, she just got engaged last weekend to Jared Iverson- a really great guy that treats her so wonderfully! I wish you the best!!!

SUPER... baby?

So we did a fun little shoot of Zeke... This was his mom, Alashandra's, favorite. I think its the only one that Zeke wasn't trying to eat the penguin.

This one is definately my favorite from the day, the black and white made it so stinking cute.

This was really cute, I wish it showed more of the superman emblem, but it still turned out really nice. Zeke sports the superman cape well!

Lights... Camera... (I'm not finishing this cliche!)

So I decided to by some lighting and backdrops. Ebay is a wonderful place. I found a great deal and now I'm the proud owner of a whole lighting set! And let me tell you it is so much fun! My friend Kim came over to help me play with it. She was my test subject, and it was so much fun! Kim recently returned from her mission to Ohio, so she told stories and I snapped the camera, we even got a little penguin that I made in on the deal!

L is for the way you look at me...

My cousin TyAnn got married April 17th, she (and her wonderful photographer) were nice enough to let me play with the camera. It was the perfect day, and Ty was the perfect bride, she was absolutely stunning.

Kidnapped!

So I'm really liking this kidnapping people randomly and taking their pictures. Over conference weekend we actually had some really nice weather (not the usual raining icky stuff) so I texted Nicole during the afternoon session and picked her up soon after it ended, I love that I gave her like five minutes to get ready for a photo shoot! But the pictures turned out great! She is very photogenic and therefore makes my job super easy! She even took a turn with the camera and did a mini shoot of me, (she took my profile picture). I love that my camera is that easy to run and take such great pictures! So here are the results from the day!

This one turned out really cool, its a big pillar at a church house in Garland.


Colored walls make the coolest backgrounds. I can't believe I got her to make a "serious" face.

This one is my favorite.

Oh and PS for anyone wondering, I recently bought lighting and backgrounds, so keep an eye out for some attempts at inside shots!