THE DAY OF SPARKLES

This week, I kind of celebrated Independence day two times, because I'm just that patriotic!

Okay, okay. It's because it was storming all night on the fourth, so I played with my sparklers on the fifth.
Anyway, usually I'm not all that excited for the fireworks and lights and such because ever since I was little, I have always hated loud noises (when our family would go to Disney and stay to watch the fireworks at night, I was a wreck. Crying and screaming the whole time. Also, I was afraid of automatic toilets...there, I said it!!). But this year, the fireworks were canceled, and I kind of missed them! It's a family tradition of ours to sit in the parking lot of McDonald's (so classy) and watch the city fireworks. But that didn't happen this time!

Lucky for us, though, there were some people setting them off around our area.

Also, a bright side to the rain: rainy photo shoot!

Photo cred to my sister!

#BehindTheScenes

In this post we will take you behind the scenes to look at how I prepare for my posts! (in other words, you will see me awkwardly taking pictures and trying to learn the new camera tricks that Kryn taught me.)

Since I don't have a fancy shmancy lens and all, (I just use the one that came with the camera) I decided it was about time that someone taught me the ropes. And apparently adjusting the ISO and appature makes a big difference! Who knew?!

(let's all take a moment and appreciate my very lovely VBS t-shirt that I had to wear for that day. I promise, this is not something that I would wear on a regular basis!)

And here we see me pretending to play the ukelele, because Lord knows that I am definitely not musically inclined! I know one chord and strum that for about a thousand times and there's my song. I think I'll call it "Sarah's Lame Excuse for a Song".

And finally, here's Kryn, looking and sounding perfect (as usual). Sometimes I just get so lost in her songs! It's kind of crazy that someone can be so talented!

So yeah, I can't think of a good way to end this, so PEACE OUT PEEPS.

ps: thanks Kryn for all the wonderful pictures! 
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The bestest Kryn in all the land!

After Kryn made her sweet blog post about me, I decided it was time to return the favor!

This girl is just too wonderful for words. She is super gorgeous and funny, and we have countless inside jokes about the stupidest things such as celestial light and Frozen songs. (so he's a bit of a fixer upper!) 

I enjoy every second I get with this girl, she is such a blessing to have in my life! She's always there for me if I need someone to talk to (a.k.a. when I vent about dumb stuff for like 4 hours), when I need a laugh, or a Spongebob buddy (it's our favorite tv show).

Kryn, you are the loveliest person alive and I am so thankful for our friendship! Love you always!

downtown adventures

A couple weeks ago my sister and I went downtown to take some senior shots. So basically, we were walking around awkwardly while people were staring. Fun, right?!

No but seriously, it was great. And I got some pretty good shots.

BUT, there's a train track that runs through the city and I suggested we get some pictures on it. Rachel didn't want to, and it's a good thing she didn't because about 5 minutes later, the train came running through! It was so loud, oh my gosh.

Okay anyway, the sister that I would put on plays and cover the whole bedroom in powder with (long story) is all grown up, and will be going to college soon. It's times like this when I wish Neverland was real!!

spring calls for a photo shoot!

Since it's spring and the birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming, Kryn and I went on a photo shoot! Note: if you're planning to go take pictures, check the weather first. Make sure there's not a 50% chance of rain all day, because that can screw things up. 

But luckily there was a 30 minute break in the rain and we could run out and snap a few! 

Okay, you should know that to take these pictures, we went in front of a stranger's home (a beautiful one, at that) and they were home. But, no shame in our game! They were staring, though, just watching us be dorks and tapping on the windows as a signal to leave their property. 
But Kryn decided we needed to take a few more pictures before we left. 

So we stayed, and they were mad I'm sure. 

Nevertheless we got some great ones. And on the way home it started raining again so it was just perfect timing. The rest of the day was filled with snapchats, Spongebob, and graham crackers with icing.

Moral of this post: 1) check the weather 2) don't leave when strangers tell you to because the pictures are worth it.