S t e p h a n i e

Just when you though you had explored every knook and cranny . .

2008-08-22T23:53:00.003-06:00

So this summer has truly been one of amazement and difference for me.

Why different you ask? well for one i didn't spend my whole summer out at Thetis working with the kids which i missed a lot but i really see why god just wanted me to do something different this year. With going to Living Springs and then in turn ending up working there, and then getting to be a guest out at Capernwray for two weeks, i've never felt so hyped up on god and ready for this next year in my life. To be actually anticipating school and to be excited for what god has planned for my life in the next year is such an incredible thing to be excited about!

I don't know what it was that spoke to me this summer but he's really prepared in my heart in ways that i can't describe.

Too add to my excitement about life and everything in general, cousin paul came and visited for a bit here a couple days ago and we got on the topic of cameras ( big shocker hey?) and anywho in the long run i get to borrow his 50mm lense to see if i want to get one for myself. i'm thinkin that would be a yes. i have absolutly fallen in love with it. its a fixed lense meaning that it can't zoom or any of that niftly stuff but it captures aspects of the face and objects that give a new meaning to photography. Also with photography .. i am hoping to acquire a soft box before school starts. i would love to do school pictures this year so i really hope that i can do it and such before the time comes. PRAY FOR ME CUZ I'M PUMPED! lol

umm and other than that you should know that i am still working at Canadian Tire:) lol and instead of doing the musical chicago like i was hoping we were going to do at the highschool, we're actually going to be doing annie! so ian and i have lots of work to do. exciting and exhilarating all at the same time. hmm it may even encourage me to get some usage out of that gym pass that i recently acquired . . hmm.

well i do believe thats alll for now. hopefully we'll meet here again very soon :)

Steph.

Learning to sacrifice your body in more ways than one . . apparently.

2008-07-14T22:03:00.002-06:00

So i have had my very first experience at living springs this past week.
on the spectrum of normal . . . it wasn't really.compared to my one and only other camp experience it sat at the other spectrum of normal. compared to semi well behaved campers at capernwray who went on late night swims, lsbcers are rather violent and love the smell of mud and dirth on their bodies and clothes. some accquired taste i'm sure.
But something that blows me away in the end is that it doesn't matter where you are in the world (Or Canada) or how violent the games are that you are playing, god's still message is still powerful and he still proves himself to be everywhere. whether its the people your with, or the scenery your in. He truly proves his omnicienty.

Once again i have come home rejuvenated on god and thirsty for more only to excitingly wait for another 2 weeks of it all in a different place. Who knows . . . maybe possibly lsbc has only made the beginning of a mark on me, and i have yet to make a mark on it. Here are some pictures from my week. It consisted of hippies, huge bruises, muddiness, orphans, campfires, and icecream sandwiches. lol
hope to talk to you soon!

steph

House Hermits and Sweltering Girls.

2008-06-30T20:24:00.002-06:00

hmmm.

i do believe i was a house hermit in denial today. it was so hot today that it was almost unbearable to be outside. but for some reason i decided that i should not be lazy and fat on a day like today and forced myself to creativily wander around outside. Successful? umm well sorta. bailey didn't even want to be outside. what does that say? That bailey was hot? . . . OH i guess so.

so what has been happening with me lately that has stopped me from writing you ? well school and exams are finally over and its like a wave of relif coming over me.( i can't figure out how to spell relif right now . . very blonde moment) Oh and i auditioned at the school to be a choreographer for the musical Chicago! and i got it which was very exciting. so it is my task to divy up the songs with my partner and to work on them over the summer and hopefully come back to school with songs done and be ready to audtion a dance team. so its fun to still be involved in dance but not directly through the studio.

Umm as far as taking pictures is going . . i haven't had a whole lot of business lately which is fine because its given me time to just work on school and stuff. Next year i'm hoping to apprentice with a studio and take a "special project" course that will allow me to make a portfolio that i will be able to send colleges and universities when i decide to do so. so thats all very exciting. for the time being i am just experimenting and such and doing little odds and ends here and there.

the last thing i have to tell you is what i'm actually doing this summer. i am going to LSBC for a week for the very first time which i am very excited about because i hear it is so completly different than capernwray and i think it will give me a chance to see god's creation and word in a completly new and exciting way. but no worries i am still going to capernwray for two weeks later in the summer. However on the 15th and 16th and need as much prayer as possible. i am going to a couple of doctors appts to get my asthma and allerigies put to the test to see to what degree i am affected by them and all that jazz. the part that i am worried about is that it involves me being put into several asthma attacks to see how far i can push myself and i am not sure how much it will physically affect me and that worries me slightly. so prayer would be wonderful.
umm that is all for now! i will try to keep you more updated and stuff over the summer since i am hope. here are some odds and ends pictures that i have been taking lately or have been taken of me. Hope your enjoying the beginning of your summer!

much love

Stephanie

Very Little.

2008-01-27T19:50:00.000-07:00

I have very little that i really feel like typing down onto this page.

shocking? it shouldn't be. lol since i've managed to not write for a while. tsk tsk.

whats on my mind right now? well schools. i've been googling photography schools for the past hour. im thinking how ridiculous prices for stuff like this is. so expensive is tuition. it doesn't cost half as much to just pay for supplies and board. gosh. also thinking about how exciting california sounds. some where totally new and different in a place where new and fun experiences are bound to happen. But i'm praying. Its one place in a massive world and i don't think god will have me settled on one school already. i'm sure that will be some other place he will lead me to as well. so like i said i'm praying. i would love it if you prayed. that would be great. actually dance has been really stressful lately. i'm contemplating dancing next year. so definitly pray for me.

oh and if your around in about a month or two you should talk to me about my studio and how taking pictures is going. i have a backdrop and lights just need to be screwed in. colour me excited.

steph :)

Year New Happy

2008-01-02T23:09:00.000-07:00

ousta.

the new year is here. mmhmm 2008 and big ones. i do wonder what sorts of things were thought to be invented by now. perhaps we're actually supposed to be living comfortable in space. Or maybe, the world was thought to be completely fueled from solar power, and everyone's worries of shortages would be no more. Or . . . and this could be quite a big "or", everyone would be so advanced . . we'd look like the people off the Jetsons, and you know i don't think i'd mind that. But for now i think i'll stick it my regular diet caffeine free coke that allows me to blog at such silly hours of the night and my camera to record and keep safe the memories of my youth so that i can eventually look back and say "those were the good ol' days" to my kids and grandkids. However i suppose along with a new year comes resolutions, and while i was in mexico with my family i found out that if your going to try and make a diet work for the new year you call it a "thanks giving resalation"! Don't ask why. Why has become a thing of the past.

So you would be quite thrilled to hear what i have recieved for christmas! i have gotten a lovely large new camera bag which fits so many things. i am quite excited to fill it with lenses and such. I also got some backdrops, and two remotes. one wireless and the other not. all very exciting. and something else too! i may have a semi studio for myself to work with when i get home. it turns out that Broc turned one of the many rooms in the shop into a studio for me and me even put up different coloured backdrops and stuff! Now i just really want daddy to grab me some bulbs for my lights and then i'll be set! i'm hoping that with the new year some business will come. So pray for me please!

well i should be off to bed. i was just informed that i am gettin up early tomorrow which is really too bad. but julia and i get to start our duet tomorrow so i am very excited for that! I hope everyone's holidays were wonderful and a perfect time for rest and fellowship.

much love,

Steph.

Work?

2007-12-16T20:12:00.000-07:00

pffff who works anyway?
lol this weekend was mass chaos and busssssyness for me.
i worked friday saturday and sunday and i am pretty sure that me leaving for mexico on friday will be a wonderful way to treat my cashier cold. :)
oh and guess who's getting their lisence this wednesday!! ME! so very excited. and yes. thats all i have to say about that. the rest is history and we'll talk about it when i get back.
at the moment i have christmas lists to think about and midterms to think about writing!

have a merry christmas!

steph

I'd Like To Put In A Request . . . .

2007-12-07T23:13:00.001-07:00

Yes.

thank you so much for taking the time out of your very busy schedules to read this and take what i have to say into consideration. I was wondering ( if you find yourself with a short and brief moment to spare) if you would maybe consider changing how the weather works. I know i know it sounds so ridicously but i really have faith in you. So heres my crazy idea. We could have snow like any other traditional white christmas in Canada . . . minus the cold! Because at the moment my floor is ice cold and i have the hands and toes to match it. Not excactly my idea of a spending a cozy night after work at home. Not to mention that drinking my very large cup of Chai Tea did nothing for me except take away that pesty cough (which isn't bad i promise i'm not complaing). So yes if you could maybe find the time to do that for me it would so greatly appreciated. I promise that you will be rewarded greatly for you time and efforts.

Sincerly and Seriously,

One chilly girl.

Lovin Long Weekends.

2007-11-30T00:51:00.000-07:00

like you have no idea how pumped i am for this weekend.

i only work friday which is rad, and i get to see friends, take pictures,

and just have a steph weekend. SCHWING!

any who as promised i took some pictures at mothers and was just playing around with the back drop and some lights. i will only show you some cuz they can get slightly repetitive.

so i hope you enjoy and i plan to be doing more!

much love!

steph

p.s

some are quite silly :)

I've got ever kind of cheese topped on the platter . .

2007-11-24T23:10:00.000-07:00

*sigh* so how am i ?

well terribly busy to start with. Like my title, i feel like i've got every kind of cheese on top of my plate. I finally got my background cut and hopefully in the next week i can get it put up in my bedroom at home. The next step . . lights. But because i'm so darn resourceful;
i have a job :) yup! i got hired at Canadian Tire and i'm actually really liking it so far. I finally started my driver training yesterday as well. Which is about time considereing i finished the course in september and i'm just starting to drive now. but patience is key right?
lol Dance is going well . . band is super; school is super; uhhh and that pretty much sums it up. All you need to know right now is that i'm totally and compleltely leaning on god to get me through the days here. I'd be one tired child without him. So here are a couple of pictures that i've been experimenting around with lately.
hopefully i'll have something more exciting to show you soon!
steph

Have you ever been exhausted without doing anything?

2007-10-21T20:10:00.000-06:00

well that would pretty much sum up my day yesterday.
I went into Camrose with Teresa (parker's mom) and watched cross country.
It wasn't that warm outside to begin with and the wind didn't help. So even though i thought i was smart to be wearing a long sleeved shirt, a sweater, my jacket, AND my gloves, i was wrong. i ended up taking parker's blanket for a while and stayed warm that way.
but yes so i walked around all day talking with people, cheering the sabres on and of course taking pictures.

oh and something lovely that happened thanx to some boys with a strange sense of humor. A few of the guys had signs for the sabres that we were holding up for the senior boys as they ran past. we were on the side of the track and getting from place to place through the bush is an entirely different storry in itself. lol quite funny however.
any who, so i turn around to look one of the signs and to my surprise it says," Call Stephanie" then it has my cell number and a big arrow pointing towards me. so as these boys are running past their looking at the sign . . and then at me. i wanted to die. lol we were getting comments like okay! and . . sure thing! haha so that was quite intersting. Thanx Jacob and Anthony!

All in all it was a pretty sweet day.
oh and another first for me . . i ate at extreme pita. Nifty hey? i thought so.
if your a cross country person or parent, you should take a look at my facebook albums. i am selling some pictures that i took and the details are in the first album. so have yourself a looksie.
so this week is the start of something good. i'm already looking forward to friday (no school), but i suppose thats just the silly steph in me :)

hope you all had a lovely weekend!

all my love <3>

steph

p.s i would put some photos up but you see the uploader is not working right now :( so sorry.

Thats Why Darling . .

2007-10-19T22:34:00.000-06:00

Tonight was coffee and sweets at the highschool. if you weren't there .. well you missed out on some pretty super stuff. but by far my fav was listeing to the jazz cats sing unforgetable by nat king cole and his daughter. it was one of those times that made you just wanna sing along. But then you remeber your not in jazz cats and people might look at you funny . . so you stop.

Tomorrow i plan on heading upwards to go and watch some cross country provincials. it should be super since i've never actually watched cross country at all . . hmmm . . theres a thought hey?

Well whats new and exciting in my life? so glad you asked:) i got home last night to see that my bedroom was all finished! estatic? uhh yes. definitly. My new large desk is so wonderful and i'm looking forward to being able to actually do homework on it. i know big shocker . .me and homework. tee hee. SHAKE YOUR HEAD. i am a good student :) speaking of good student i did fabulous in my hair cutting module in cos. so you know if ur feelin a little shaggy . . give me a ring and i may possibly be able to hook you up!

And last but not least Imagine Photography. Things have been going rather well actually. I am going to be getting hooks on the roof hopefully by monday. then i will need to by some white and black sheets, some lights, and away i go taking pictues. so i am very stoked for that. Another thing that blew my socks of today was that my dad mentioned that this room in the shop ( very large garage) could possibly be used to be my very own studio. like omgosh YES! if this miraculous thing happpens i will be so happy. Bussiness is pretty good right now . . the words getting around with god's grace. Its been wonderful watching it fold out like this.

but this is all for now. if you were wondering about the fall face . . its my "omgosh its fall" face.

so have a lovely weekend and hopefully we'll chat sooner!

much love!!

S t e p h a n i e

You could drink jones .. and think of me!

2007-09-16T12:02:00.000-06:00

Hey if i can get you guys to go to the links and vote for my photos . . i might actually get my photo on a jones! YAEE!lol so pick ur fav . . .or vote for them all:) your choice
thanx so much!!
steph

Maia and Julia= sour faces
http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/view.php?ID=853839&offset=12

Maia and Julia under umbrella
http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/view.php?ID=853842&offset=10

Bright Umbrella
http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/view.php?ID=853851&offset=2

Tsk Tsk

2007-09-14T22:57:00.000-06:00

i know. feel free to shake, wave, and point your finger at me.
its been a while. i can't even say that its been all of life's distractions just you know holding me back from getting back to my usual blogging, but that would be lying. Lying is bad (in case you didn't know). But that matters now is that here i am writing a lovely little message to you AND sharing the joy of my wonderful day with you! Now doesn't that just make you all warm and fuzzy inside? i thought i might :)

So school has been pretty nifty. i kidna thought i would be all gung ho about it getting to see friends and all, but you know it hasn't quite been that way. i think i really need to get back into the swing of everything for it to really set in me as a routine that i will be doing whether i like it or not! But today is what this entry is based about.

So Shadia, Stella and I are wanting to be dolls for halloween. So shady and i went and snooped in all the regular stores that you expect to find decent costumes. pfff. some good that did us. so finally i suggested this second hand store that might be interesting to look at (having the thrift store at chemainus completely in mind here). So we wander in and find all these amazing clothes! Like completly retro and like wow! Being the person that i am the whole time i'm thinking . . wow i could take some sweet pictures in these . . and there so cheap. why not? lol so that would be the motivation for buying stuff that has nothing to do with being a doll. In Total i bout 2 dresses, and umbrella, and apron a head scarf. i feel like i really accomplished a lot today. oh and i bought shoe laces from the dollar store. they look nice in my hair. haha.

My conclusion of the evening? Visit the second hand shop more often . .its AMAZING :)
how you just love my pictures!

love

steph

Short . . like shortcake.

2007-08-28T22:30:00.000-06:00

i don't believe i've ever tried short cake before.
and is it really short? wow . . i bet if someone really liked short cake, they have to eat several because one just wouldn't be enough!
Well things have sorta been confusing lately. I've been helping out at registration taking pictues (shocker!) for the past 3 days. Tomorrow being the 3rd. So i've been at the school every day since monday seeing classmates, teachers, getting schedules, books, and all that jazz. But tonight i took the the time and edited some photos. there tiny but i was wanting to jazz up my nexopia page so i just decided to edit photos.
hope you enjoy them :)
all my love!
steph

these are rather small so you need to click

on them to really see what they say

(sorry) i may possibly fix them and put the

big versions up later!

I'm Baaaaack!

2007-08-20T21:19:00.000-06:00

Well here i am
after 7 weeks i'm here all filled up with Capernwray :)

I had such an awesome time out there. My relationship with the lord took a new spin and i've learned so much. I hope now that even though i'm not on the isolated island . . that i will be able to keep my faith strong when there are many tempations and influnces in our world that would prefer otherwise.

But Camp itself with all the kids was good. There were certainly harder times that didn't happen last year that threw me off a bit, but there was a lesson at the end of each one. Hmm some highlights would be, the llama Smoochie (a story in itself), tubing, getting chased by a cow, taking pictures, playin high-jack, and making everyone else on the island adapt to the lingo of Stephanie :). I made myself very well known and i represented my home town! haha oh right .. barely anyone knew where that was! lol.

Oh and also during this summer i got the chance to share my testimony with other youth and some staff. It was an experience i have to tell ya. When i was preparing for it, i thought " wow, my story is so different from usual christian familes. This could be a seroius reality check". But at the end, i got some sweet compliments and you know standing up there telling my story wasn't that bad after all. My goal was just to be myself and share how i got to where i am now, and i think i did that. I had prayed that god would just let me share exactly what someone else needed to hear and i think he did that.

Funny enough, he's provided in other ways for me. This summer i had expected not to be taking so many photos but it seems that i took way more than i would have if i would have been at home! It was so much fun and such good practice and learning timse for me. At the end of it all i have a Price List for my Photography to post if anyone is interested in services. So i'm pretty pleased with that. oh and some sweet pictures too!

but that is pretty much all for now. i won't post all of the pictures because there are so many but i you would like to see some i have them on face book . . or you know you could just e-mail me :)

Love ya all!
Steph

The Land of Ocean, yummy food, and good fellowship.

2007-06-28T22:34:00.000-06:00

That pretty much sums it up. In a couple of days i am headed on my journey to Thetis. Still very excited. One thing i will miss is getting to edit all of these great pictures and show them to you. but maybe i will get a chance . . . maybe. Once in a while. but while i'm gone i'm sure the world will continue without me (as hard as that may be to believe). So i guess this is my goodbye post, until i come back later during my stay, or you know August 18th. I may write before i leave more last time if i take photos but the chances are slim. If anyone wants to contact me, they should e-mail me and ask for an address or my e-mail that i will have down there. I would love letters, they really make my day. you have no idea. So i hope everyones summers are so awesome and great and i will see you all very soon! YEA SUMMER 07!

All my love for a WHOLE entire summer :)
♥ S t e p h a n i e ♥

so heres how these pictures work. i went to the beach

for two consecutive days and here are the products.

there kinda of backwards in the sense that they start

with day two . . but ur smrt enough to handle that.

hey? ;)

Beach Day Number Two

Beach Day Number One

Hmmm . . something Catchy.

2007-06-21T18:15:00.000-06:00

Sorry. i just couldn't think of anything eye catching or catchy as a title. oh poo hey? Well well june is almost over. And in 10 or so more days i leave :) *que the marching band and streamers* I'm only a little bit short of enitrely so excited that i might pee myself. Which i think displays a great amount of self control.

So my first exam is tomorrow . . . i sure hope i am ready. Its social. Social is kinda retarded test wise to begin with so i hope my 4 hours plus many more to come will be substantial to pull me through without lowering my mark too much. Here are some pictures that i took with shad the other day before we left to go shopping. Speaking of shopping i think i am almost done my summer shopping . . all good news for me and my subconcious to hear(i think thats what i am talking about anywho).

And possibly soon to come will be my very own website where i will have all of my pictures posted,and prices up! i am quite excited so i will keep you informed. oh and i finally have some sort of a banner/logo! so thats pretty sweet too.

Well i shall share some more with you later. perhaps after exams.

ttyl!

♥ S t e p h a n ie ♥

Tut tut it looks like rain . . .

2007-06-17T23:23:00.000-06:00

Wow. its been raining cats AND dogs here lately.
maybe even the occasional bird, but honestly its been crazy. But i like it. I think its quite stupendous because everything looks so green that it makes you go "ahhh green". kinda like how after it rains you can walk outside, take a deep breath, and go "mmmm rain". Which then leads my mind to thinking about rain boots, and how i would really love to own a pair of very bright rain boots. Possibly a matching umbrella to really set everything off. And then i think about how i would love to take my camera and make someone wear all this (or you know possibly myself) and capture all of the brilliance of being silly in the rain. AND THEN i think about . . ahaha just kidding. no more thinking. pff thinking is so overrated ;) okay stephanie. get a hold of yourself here.

So i happen to have an abundance of pictures sort of just sitting on facebook and yes i would love to share some with you! They kinda date back to well . .. all over the place. From the Gwynne grad to pictures in the park around when i was taking pictures of Denton footbaggin. Oh and did i menton that its finals again ? yea . . me would equal oh you know a just a little short of not totally enthused. because you know how these goals go down. you promise yourself that you will study till your brain falls out (cuz that happens all time right?) and then when it comes to a day before the exam, you realise that its still there!! ahhhhhhh! So being the very logical and collected person that i am, i am going to make sure that it falls out one way or another. Or at least that my head hurts like a brain freeze after drinking a slushie (which i never get either by the way so i may be a little shocked at this sensation). But yea wish me luck.

Anywho i hope you all ahve a wonderful week and i am sure that we will be meeting again very soon! It seems our conversation here was very welcome and warm and i am sure that there will be many more to come.
all my love!

♥ S t e p h a n i e ♥

Footbaggin.

2007-06-14T14:28:00.001-06:00

Another chapter has been created in my book of adventures. Actually . .. i don't have a book, but if i get inspired i'll let you know. And yes, i know i have neglected to write about my ventures. so i will fill you in. Last thursday was the Gwynne grad. So i was there taking pics of shad and all the grads and me n parker got some pics in there. i'll put them up once i catch up with the load of editing i have yet to do from the park the other day. which was quite fun too. But back to my point. Yesterday my friend Denton asked my to take pictures of him Footbagging. What is this you ask? well for all those who don't understand this term and don't feel like going to www.dictionary.com its basically a more athletic version of hacky sack. Except . . . this is like instense. These pictures do no justice to what actually was going on in the pictures. But its for sure a totally new world that i never knew about. Just goes to show, Don't knocl till you try it.
This is only the sample of the pictures if you want to see all of them just go to this link. http://hs.facebook.com/album.php?aid=28198&l=2c804&id=549655037

♥ S t e p h a n i e ♥

What Happens When the Roads Comes to An End?

2007-06-12T14:44:00.000-06:00

Well, you hope you stop in enough time to think of something to do!
but i suppose thats how it feels now that school is coming to an end. Except, that instead of the road just ending, theres a big gap and on the other side is a ferry waiting to take me to capernwray. Kinda picturing the image of the welcoming crew in Hawaii who put leis saying Aloha. I think i would be one of those people who just shake and nod there head and walk away. lol meaning absolutely nothing :P
Now the trick would be just to jump the gap and not have to do all the work that is required to get to the other side. Which probably is all the exams that i am going to have to study for and do. but hey i guess the pay off is pretty sweet so it should be alright.

Hmm whats up? well . .. i would really like a Thunder and Lightning storm. I don't know why . . but i think it would be pretty fun. Hmm what else .. well this weekend is pioneer days and on Saturday i am dancing for the last time this year with my group. which is kind sad cuz they are all graduating and maybe just maybe i'll shed a tear. but just maybe. but yea we are doing run for like for short cut for the cure.

but anywho thats all for now. i know i'm not very exciting but tonight after homework and all that jazz and am editing pictures! yae!

♥ S t e p h a n i e ♥

Dipping all 7 of my toes into the puddle of success

2007-05-30T14:52:00.000-06:00

But of course this wouldn't all be possible if i relied on myself. thats a given.
so here's my exciting news. I have had my first order for grad pictures.
What makes this little event even more exciting for me is the fact that its an order from someone who i didn't even take the pictures for in the first place. One of Kaila's friends ( thats who i took the pictures for) and she added me on face book and asked me for the pictures that i tagged her in! Its only three 4 x 7 pictures, but its so exciting to think that i am getting paid to do something that i love. I am so thankful to be blessed with such an awesome talent. Hopefully ( hold your breath, cross your fingers, and your toes ;) this will be the start of something good, and that just dipping my toes into this experience and work force, will turn into a huge tidal wave or . . maybe i'll just cannon ball right in. MAKE A SPLASH! lol well you know . . i suppose we'll see what happens right?

but this is verse for my entry that i think makes so much sense and fits everything just about perfectly!

"Delight yourself in the lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart" Psalm 37:4

Well hope everyones day was super :)

♥ S t e p h

Grad Weekend.

2007-05-28T21:59:00.000-06:00

So it was grad weekend here in good ol' hicktown. and i have to say taking pictures for kaila was such a blast. everyone there looked so gorgeous and the guys . . looked like they were happy to be in their suits and colourful ties and vests. The dinner dance was really fun too but unfortunatly i got like 2 pictures there because my very very bright flash intimidated me and i decided that taking 221 at the park was a very good job . . for a first job that is. so i ended up taking 136 and editing them. the ones that i thought turned out the best. just a note for all those people who are interested . . or like what they see. i am selling the photos . . so if anyone would like a copy of some they should contact me and i will share my prices and get that done ! but yes the ones i have up right now are only very few. the rest are on face book. if anyone wants to see those i will gladly give out the links and share the albums with you.
but for now i must go to bed and i hope you all had a lovely weekend!

♥ s t e p h a n i e

My Maylong . ..

2007-05-20T23:36:00.000-06:00

Lets take a Moment and Marvel at the Magic i found in Maylong.
Now i have to admit. . i wouldn't have come across this if i had been at b.c. So evidently there was a reason that i wasn't supposed to go. but i had lots of fun. and it was nice and warm so i got to stand by the screen door and enjoy the sun and heat. lol although i did eventually get outside :) and that was nice too. The sad part was that i couldn't use my backdrop upstairs because the builder man has white sawdust all over the floor :( very sad. ooo and daddy found me some potential lights in the shop. i am quite excited. what else to tell you . . oh yes! i am quite excited for this friday when i get to take pics for grad . . and i am hoping that i have enough practice to be able to do a really good job on this. so fingers crossed and lets pray that my talents and creative eye really get out there . . i'm sure the being out doors will do it good.
Tomorrow i am going to see Shrek 3 so i'm pretty excited.
but i hope everyone's may long was fun!

♥Steph♥

remember to click if they look a little distorted.

Your Probably Wondering.. .

2007-05-18T01:18:00.000-06:00

Does this girl ever get some sleep?
well yes actually . ..it ususally comes after laying your head onto the fluffy pillows.
lol but this is my last batch for tonight.
then i am done and calling it quits .. for a while anywho.
some are repetitive but i'm really trying to find good angles and play around with my computer to its greatest lengths.
S t e p h

Due to High Request . .

2007-05-18T00:31:00.000-06:00

i have edited the CADF Pictures.
This is me . . posting them.
hope you find them super and memorable( if you were there, if not well don't try to hard to remember ;) ) oh and i may be puttin up more photos in a couple of mintues because i have some from the other night that i took. i promise the amount is small!
♥ S t e p h ♥

Funny Story . .

2007-05-16T15:07:00.000-06:00

So . . . . today my life flashed before my eyes a vertical sort of fashion. You know how some people say, they actually remember parts of their life . . . k well mind was a little out of the ordinary. It was more like OMGOSH I HOPE I DONT' BREAK MYSELF! But your probably wondering just what on earth is this girl talking about? Has she been dropped on her head?
. . . . . . Well not exactly, but let me lengthen on this situation.

Today in Gym we went biking. yup biking. Some how i got to the front of the pack and went to far! well the group started to go on another trail so i had to book it back to catch up. i finally get to the end of the group and one of my fellow bikers (shea lol) says ever so casually, " oh watch out for that pot hole". What pot hole? all i see is a fill in on the path. so being the very cool and relaxed person that i am i don't take any notice to her warning and continue on my way ( at my very fast speed i will now point out.) Once i get about two feet away from this fill in on the path i find myself yelling " HOLY POT HOLE!" and grabbing the breaks with both hands. Smart move . . yes you see i've worked it all out. if i would have hit the pot hole i may not be the individual i am today. shocking and a rather horrible picture to think of i know. Unfortunatly my right hand having slightly more dominance to it grabs its brake faster and my front tire was brought to a sudden stop. However my back tire decided that it was definitly not going to stop at such a fun pace so it continued over top of me bringing me almost directly veritcal with the ground sending me flipping over my bike. BUT BEFORE YOU THINK THAT I AM BROKEN, i would like to point out that because of my amazing grace and . . .well you just the fact that i am steph, my fall was completly gracefull because i landed on my shoulder and ended up only having a bit of a scraped elbow and knee. Being completly honest i was hoping for more impressive battle scares cuz it looks like i just fell down doing normal steph stuff like tripping over your own feet. but any who continuing on with my story. so i fell off the bike, immediatly got back up and started screaming my head off because HELLO i just flew over the bike, umm i don't ever want to see the ground from that postion again, and HOW AM I ABLE TO BE IN NOT HORRIBLE SPLINTERING PAIN. I think the most ironic thing that happened though is that as i stand up to scream my head off and naturally make a scene ( shock kicking in) my helmet rolls off my head. and yes it was buckeled and yes i think the school is playing a cruel joke on me. lol in short, please someone give the schools decent helmets!

so thats my story. funny . . well at least chelsey and shea think it is since the have told like EVERYONE!( lol thanx ladies :P) but yes. thats all. :) may long should be rather . . . plain. sorry for all those in thetis who i would have been seeing. i really miss you guys and i guess you will have to wait for july . . which i suppppose is getting closer but it seems so far away right now.
here are some pictures from the birthday party that stella and i hosted. it was pretty rad i must say . . . mmhmm i wore the cake all night :)

♥S t e p h ♥

I'M SORRY!

2007-05-14T16:09:00.000-06:00

I know i know.

i've neglected for so long. but i really . . i've been very busy.

its an honest to goodness truth. Strangly enough even though the weeks are gettin packed with due dates and crazy amounts of work, school is comin to an end very quickly. but i really don't have alot of time to talk because i need to go and pick my sister up from her field trip but i have lots of pics to edit and post . . .so i'm thinkin that maybe thats a wednesday job . . or possibly parts of friday. ooo what a plan hey? but i'll keep yha posted.

hope everyone is remembering to put their me times on their schedules!!

steph

Putting the Sweet In 16

2007-04-30T10:16:00.000-06:00

Happy Belated Birthday to myself!

yes yes i know. its more then a little late but at least its still april right ;) lol. So we have a bit to catch up on. My birthday was so awesome :) from the surprises in my locker to the iciing from cake in my ear, it was pretty packed full of stuff. The only downer was that i started to catch a cold. It was so cute, when i went to dance for my little girl tap group i was telling one of the older girls in the group that it was my birthday today but it sucked to have this cold. She came right up to me and gave me a big hug and said i hope you get better really soon! awwwww.

The band left for seattle Thursday night. So you can imagine how lonely it was when i came to band class the next morning with only like 4 people there. lol Thankfully i had talked to Mr. Sweet earlier and asked if i could study in the library for that period but wowzers, the rest of the week was so pretty quiet without all those people there. In short i miss them all and i am so glad that they had a safe and great trip but i am really excited to see them all tomorrow!! yae!

This weekend it was back up too Sherwood Park again for me. We did pretty good. There were times when things were really frusterating but i think its all part of the growing process. You learn to like what the adjuicator has to say, or you learn to have patience because they just keep talking and talking about nothing really. Oh and patience and understanding to some how understand just how they came to the conclusion that that particular group recieved that medal standing. Some of it was quite frusterating not gonna lie, *patience stephanie*. lol Lately i have been folding down the pages in my devo book that i really liked and wanted to look back on, so i was flipping back here and i found one :)

Delight yourself in the lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart

Psalm 37:4

Why do i find this appropriate and sticking out in my mind? Well first of all the desires of my heart part reminded me of my birthday and how some of the things i got from people were things that i love sooooo much. The 2nd thing that kinda scrolls across my mind is the dance competition. I am so thankful that i have been blessed with this talent, and that i get to share it with so many people, (dancing you know having the purpose to entertain) and what better way to get the desires of your heart by just pleasing people and sharing your joy with them. Of course theres also the awards, medals, repuations you get by hard work, but some of the best rewards in this are just hearing what people think about how you did or a simple congratulations.

Thanx for your support and congratulations :)

lots of love,

♥ S t e p h an i e ♥

We had a very large break during dances so we went

outside and took a little walk around the path by festival place :)

(really gotta click on some of these, i just noticed that there kinda small *sorry*)

Did you ever have the feeling

there's a WASKET

in your BASKET?

Or a NUREAU

in your BUREAU?

Or a WOSET

in your CLOSET?

-There's a Wocket In My Pocket

By Dr. Seuss

Casually Strolling In Your Backyard . . .

2007-04-17T21:08:00.000-06:00

is exactly what i was doing the other day.
the other day being sunday. it was quite lovely in the forest.
Lots of deer presents . . . practically everywhere!! So that is where i took my pictures for this blog :) oh by the way, i've decided that i want to give my photography a name . . maybe get it a little recognized. So i've decided to call it " Imagine Photography" :) I like it. Hope you do too.
ooo and i have a compition this weekend. So wish us busy dancers luck!

♥S t e p h a n i e

Some presents that the deer didn't leave ;)

(remember to click if the pictures seem to come about a blurr)

FLASHBACK

2007-04-15T16:29:00.000-06:00

Okay so crazy stuff.
so i'm sitting here on this very interesting and confusing sunday afternoon looking at blogs that have won awards. i'm automatically attracted to the photography ones (shocker). My lovely sister who barely managed to eat her Wendys meal at lunch is laying on my bed playing SSX On Tour. What a lovely kodak moment. but anywho. the reason for my flashback which i just had to share with you.

So as the game is loading to the next thinger, she asks me," why is the sky blue ?"

My mind races and i'm takin back to the summer when part of our morning ritual with the kids was doing that pirates skit and we pretended that Marlene was Ted's mom and that she had the answers to everything. haha oh great fun.

But the question that re-occured every week was:

"why is the sky blue?"

Marlene would simply answer,

"because god really likes blueberries."

Oh the joys of being young with so many questions waiting to be answered :)

♥ S t e p h a n i e

Its Official

2007-04-14T18:41:00.000-06:00

I've taken it upon myself to say that i think spring is finally here.
Finally being the keyword there. I'm done with all the silliness of suprising snow. But for some reason i can just see you reading this and nodding your head quite vigorously in agreement. Easter break has been quite the adventure. Its like a snippit of what the summer has in store . . . . except colder. And you know considering i won't be here . . . i'll be at Thetis (so excited i can hardly contain myself). But there are fine details there that i have to workout. I think one of the saddest things about when i leave for Capes (cuz you know there are a few) is that i won't be able to blog that much. Infact . . i wonder just when i will have this time. So cherish the small and meaningless entries while you can. lol cuz you know what they say. You don't know what yha got till its gone ;) speaking of gone, i just had supper. This has been my second crab night in a week. wooowee i'm on a roll. And just for the sake of it, i'm goin to call who ever i ate Sebastion. My sister would be proud.
BUT ANYWHO.
the whole point of me even taking my energy to click to the site and upload all theses pics (strenous stuff i tell yha ;) was to show you a little bit of what i did all by myself without the aid of my sister. which was too bad . . makes running back n forth between the camera and all that jazz quite the pain. but who knows . . . .maybe just maybe i'll get a remote for my birthday. if not, well i guess i will just have to put that on my list of hopes and dreams ( and at my pace its progessivly getting bigggggger! LOL )

oh my this is quite unreasonably long. i'm sorry if i've wasted valuable minutes of your time. I'm sure i'll make up for them sometime.

S t e p h a n i e ♥

And so it begin:

Whats Wrong With Your Feet?

2007-04-11T00:41:00.000-06:00

So monday i finally saw the movie Happy Feet.
oh wow it was soooo good.my favourite part is when Mumble is dancing around right after hatching talkin to his dad saying

"F- f - freeeeeezing"
"Oh don't worry you'll get used to it. Whats
wrong?"
"I'm happy"
"Whats wrong with your feet?"
"There happy too!"

mmhmm. it was a very cute movie and i am very glad that i finally saw it. Then later that day i went to Rachel's house for her birthday. it was great fun and we went shopping today up at west wed. but we had a problem . what to buy? Clothes for Spring/Summer, or clothes for Winter. For everyone not in the area, or didnt look outside today (if you didn't what were you doing all day?) it was snowing. On the 10th of April, something about this picture is wrong to me. lol I'm just hoping that it decides to act like spring soon. cuz that would be quite lovely! Well Julia got her braces today. They actually look pretty good. not a huge change in her face that makes you notice right away that she has them. A learning experience for all i am sure it will turn out to be. So regarding pictures, I still have some of julia i need to take some time with (oops lol) and Rachel has a bunch from her party that are worth looking at :).The first set of pictures are ones that were taken Monday when Parker came over and we went outside, tryin to avoid the mud and visited the horses up by the pond. The second set is today when us girls ( Chelsi and Rach) went shopping. So i'll keep you updated. Hope you had a lovely Easter!

s t e p h ♥

p.s
remember to click on the picture if it
looks blurry because they are
actually clear, its just quite small.

Steph + Parker + Horsies

Chelsi + Rach + Steph + Shopping

oh so the story is, i wasn't sure if i wanted to buy the shirt.

so i took a picture decided i would look at it and contemplate the possibilites

of such a purchase . . .

another dressing room pic. this coat was gorgeous . .and

forty bucks. But we still loved it :)

So if your wondering if i bought it. .

no i didn't. But you know the more i look at it

i think i'll just have to treat myself in the very near future.

i mean you know it is only 14 days till Stephanie's birthday :)

psssssssst.

i'm a medium in shirts. unless it looks quite big.

then go for the small ;)

It must've been the spring air . .

2007-04-08T23:30:00.000-06:00

because i was on a roll today with the pictures. i took 343. not to say i used and posted all of them. no no! of course not! but i did take 41 of them out. i have 96 yet that still ahve to be editing but thats for next time. but my easter was wonderful. the bunny popped by a little early and left a hollow clone of itself on my bed :) how thoughtful. how ever julia's dog was not! it ate half of hers and then continued to look for more. silly dog hey? its doin fine. . . it was just slightly hyper. oh and dance compitions were wonderful! out of 6 dances i got 5 high golds and one gold! and 3 awards. so it was great. and so much fun. I am so excited for this week. its going to be great fun and a wonderful break that i think is well deserved for everyone. (i'm sorry if you work or don't get it off. i'll be thinkin of you as i sleep in). Well here are my lovely pics.
by the way . . it all goes to show that i was born in with a gorgeous sister. who is getting contacts and braces in the next two days by the way. it will be great and she will be even more gorgeous.
well have a lovely Easter break.
s t e p h ♥

Here are some of me. some being the key word lol.

(click on them to make them bigger because some are blurry)

Now my fabulous sister :)

i say they are magnifique!

A Tissue For your Issue

2007-04-01T15:33:00.000-06:00

Happy first of April everyone!
now i know all of you have started the mental countdown till my birthday.
yes its offically 24 days :). how exciting hey?
well my weekend was quite interesting. i got very sick at work which sucked so bad,
and then i couldn't go to this birthday that i had planned on attending :( oh poo.
but i think all this rest and drinkin of fluids has helped because i have pictures!
yes pictures! but the fact that i am not feeling good . . . doesn't allow me to give you
the abundance of photos as usual. so sorry. next time perhaps.
well hope ur 1st of april was fabulous cuz mine was :)

♥ s t e p h a n i e ♥

P.S

this pic is the da cooolest ever!

Patience is a Virtue

2007-03-25T18:17:00.000-06:00

So because of my wonderful waiting,
or just because that last night during all my excitement of pictures

i managed to accidentally delete them all,

i had to have a take 2 today :)

So these are just a bit.
It starting to look quite lovely, melty, and warm outside so i think i need to venture out there sometime in the near future. but as for now i'll give you what i've got. :)

hope your weekends were just fabulous. cuz mine sure was.

♥ s t e p h a n i e ♥

this was julia's creative idea. very ponderous

then she reminded me of the time when

i dragged her out of the van at church

and the man beside us in a van gave us the strangest look. lol

ITS COMING!

2007-03-25T00:21:00.000-06:00

oh wow.
guess what?
i took pictures tonight!
i know
your excited, i'm excited, WERE ALL VERY EXCITED.
but my battery died . . and now i'm waiting for it to even just charge a titch . .
so that i can quickly plug it back into my very trusty handy dandy computer
and have some fun!!

eeeeeeee! suspense is killing
♥ s t e p h ♥

Defintion please?

2007-03-19T15:58:00.000-06:00

Just let me ask you.

i know that its a monday, a day that we all dread ( well the normal amount of us anyway) but i've got a question for you that maybe require firing up the old noggin.

just what is the definition of a long weekend?

Do we call it long because its more then two days? is it long because we thought i would never end? or is it possibly long because we got everything accomplished that was on the agenda? Well if the last one was true . . this weekend was a short weekend for me. Puttin aside the facts that it was actually 2 days longer then last weekend.

I know i said " oh yes a weekend of potential". k well . . i didn't get the pics i wanted takin, infact the ones that i took today were somewhat very unsatisfying. so they will remain on my camera until further notice. Not to say the weekend sucked. cuz it was far from that. . . but i think i need to write a letter to someone explain my disgust in how long weekends can go by so fast, and the short ones well . . . . they just don't.

if anyone knows anybody i can contact about this, it would be greatly appreciated.

♥S t e p h♥

A Weekend Of Positive Potential

2007-03-14T21:00:00.000-06:00

yes this sure is a weekend full of
maybes, possiblys, ifs, ands, ors, and buts.

But Potentially seems to be a bright one in my future. But i'll have to double check with my fortune cookie just in case. So this long weekend . . . where i am hoping my potential will go to is possibly pictures! Since i do love them so much :) I might be-a-headin down to rocky, workin, and my all time favourite . . SHOPPING! schwing! but yes. that is my bright n shiny future. lets see here . . i have to write an in class essay tomorrow and a math unit exam (not excited) Oh and big band was just fabulous! except i am still trying to compete with the ever so winning sleep factor. I think its startin to seroiusly catch up with me. I suppose i was hoping it would just leave if i got some regular nights under my belt . . NOPE! i was wrong. Well this is all for now. Here are some pics that i took at dance and of myself a little while ago. hope u enjoy :)

♥Steph♥

Breaks? Who takes those!

2007-02-28T20:39:00.000-07:00

Well for your fyi . . i do
a greatly needed one. Honest it feels like everything is swirling around in my brain. Almost like one of those impossible puzzles that really just don't ever fit together. Unless you have all the time and patience in the world *sigh*. I'll be truthful, lately patience is something i'm lacking lately. So here's my heaven sent message that i'm trying to let soak into every ounce of me;

Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to god.
phillipians 4:6

So Stars of Hope is on Saturday. Am i nervous? actually . . not as much as i thought i would be. I'm kinda really excited, i get to perform for some people that have never seen me dance before. That in mind, sorta gives you more of a drive to push yourself past the limits and dance like you've never danced before. So something to look forward to if you ask me. As for the rest of my week, i'm holding my breath. I kinda had hoped that when my dad got home from Thailand, that all this moving and shipping around of Stephanie would stop, but it hasn't :(. Its given me a kind of tired that i can't even explain. I will be so thankful and greatful when this week is over and Monday rolls in again. or at least Sunday afternoon. In short please pray for me. I would greatly appreciate it.
♥Steph♥

Some Pictures Takin a While ago that i only finally just got to now!

I have some dance ones that have yet to be edited too . Sorry for the wait:

Uhh . . second helping?

2007-02-20T17:13:00.000-07:00

so i didn't wanna put a bunch of pics on the last post.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU READ MY LAST POST CUZ ITS NEW TOO :)
lol so here are the pics that i got from rachie and her house.

Your Daily Dose of Steph.

2007-02-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

So today in the "Sophisticated Steph", readers get the oppurtunity to see directly into Steph's mind. Discover just what she's thinking about as you see that dazed look in her brillant blue eyes.
So i posed the question that is on everyones minds lately, what exactly is on your mind steph? She laughed and took a drink of her water that i had left for her on the table. Then she leaned forward with a spark in her eye that i had never quite seen before.

Where has your lover gone, most beautiful of women? Song of Solomon 6:1

Thats exactly whats on my mind. I was reading it in my devo book a little while back and when i first read it i was like what?? how could this possibly have anything to do with me ? it sounds like some guy walked out on his so called love. But as i read the story of the girl who found it and how she had interperted it, it all made sense. We all go through relationships with other people whether it be with a girlfriend/boyfriend, family, or just friends, and when it seems like everyone else is betraying you, being hurtful, or just not caring, God cares. His love is the strongest and the most powerful. Which got me thinking when people say their single . . their not really single. To the naked eye maybe, but in reality they are deeply in love with the greatest person in the world in a relationship that is everlasting.
So theres your look into the eyes of me. . . . whether you wanted it or not i suppose. lol well i had quite the photo spree this weekend. Seth and Aunty Sue came down so i got to take pics of Seth, and i went to Rachels house. so i have quite a few that iwant to show you :) Hope you enjoy them!
♥Steph♥

Seth:

haha okay well now more of seth :)

A Spoonful Of Sugar

2007-02-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

Happy V-Day!
sorry its been soooooo long.
i know . . . shame on me. But it feels like i've been so busy . . and i didn't want to dissapoint you with no pictures.
So my title for this happens to be a Spooful of Sugar. Becausee . . . . you see its valentines day, a day of sweet candys, sweet cards, and most of all sweet people. oh and because a spoonful is all i am really showing in the picture department today. Grams computer is a little on the slow side so i cannot edit any more photos :( ( how sad i know)
Hmm but honestly that is pretty much it for right now. I will hopefully keep you updated much sooner sometimes . . . .say next week? okay sounds wonderful :)

talk to you soon!

♥ Stephanie ♥

Let the Good Times Roll:

Returning So Soon?

2007-01-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day of my very enjoyable holiday.
Yes it was quite peachy. We went tap show shopping today.
Unforutnatly, i see that i may need to get an appliance for my shoe :(
because of my lack of toe. not that its totally horrible or anything, but it means one more thing we have to make an appoitment for and get made because of my "disablement"
In the great words of Pooh . . . . "oh bother." Well rachie was over last night after we got back from Sandrelle's and we were escorted to the door. lol. That being another story entirely.
But i have some pictures from our morning breakfast . . in case you were wondering.
there nothing spectacular . . just a bit to liven up my story.
Well i must leave you now to change into my beautiful new black tights n tappers ;)
♥ S t e p h ♥

mmmm nutella

water wall? oh yes. we do love the waterwall

STEAMER! rachies amazing mixture.

To Him I Devote My Everything . . .

2007-01-26T23:33:00.000-07:00

He is my everything
The reason I wake up in the morning
He holds the key to the garden of my heart
And I trust Him with it
I tell Him everything
And He always listens
He is always by my side;
Watching over me
He loves me more than anyone else ever could
I belong to Him
He knows what is best for me
Because He made me in His own image
He has a plan for my life
And I want to do His will
He will never leave me
I am His child
He knows me the best
And He thinks I am beautiful
But He wants to make me more beautiful
On the inside than on the outside
I want Him to.
He made it possible
For me to be in His presence for all eternity
He loves me...
And I will spend the rest of my life
Falling more in love with Him
His name is Jesus
I was reading Stephanie Penner's blog and found this. Not very surprisingly i fell in love with it. ♥

What Do You Call a Rose?

2007-01-26T01:34:00.000-07:00

What do you call a rose?
well what kind of a question is that.
A ROSE DUH! You don't need to call a friend, ask the audience, or get a 50/50 for that one.

So how was my exam? Well i've come to the conclusion that some people assume us young individuals these days to be strappingly smart and that we should know as much as possible. Or until our brain falls out cuz we've used it all up and forgot to check the warranty. Well you wonder why some people are really blonde! lol Not to pointe any fingers or mention any names at all! So in short, my exam was quite difficult. I don't know how i did, nor do i really want to find out. But the rest of my day was by far fantabulous. So much to a degree that i think i had forgotten most of my stress by the time that "Oh where is my hair brush?" song came on ;).

Well as far as my day went... it didn't realy go much of anywhere now that i think about it.lol. I woke up at 10:30. yes i know 10:30. My body is now even against me sleeping in let alone my family. So i got the oppurtunity to write in my journal, take pictures, and play with dear Bailey. Of course the takin pictures part was by far the highlight. So i will let yha take a look now .
Have a happy weekend :)

♥ S t e p h ♥

The Stephanie:

The Roses:

On your mark . . . .

2007-01-23T21:35:00.000-07:00

Okay.

lets all just inhale and exhale calmy. feel better?
no? me neither. I'm pretty nervous for tomorrow. I've been studying since noon today and missed my last two classes. So i decided to take a well deserved breather and express myself through words :) lol. Earlier today however, i was takin a trip down memory lane by lookin at some photos that one of the guests had displayed on a blog of his. There i found this strange girl running in a cow suit behind a chicken! oh right that was me. Silly steph. My eyes then came across the sea shell that sits on my night stand. It says:

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Luke 12:34

hmm catchy, yet so unbelievablly true. Although when i think of this the image of popping balloons and listeing to Amy scream is what first comes to mind, but i feel blessed that i've had this little piece of information shared with me and introduced to my world. Well i just wanted to write a short little blurb. I found some pics from christmas of when Aunty Sue, Uncle Chris, and Seth were down. lol all two pics of them :P

♥Steph♥

lol big eyes and cheeks. what a funny guy

Accepted

2007-01-22T17:37:00.000-07:00

Accepted has to be the sweetest word of the week so far.

Today, when i returned home i was tired,
worn out, and done with my day.
my grama brought a letter from capes into my bedroom. Ladies n gents, stephanie haynes will be returning for to thetis for one sweet summer. So my final this morning was pretty good. Mr. McNeil ( one of the many english teachers) made me choke/swallow my gum when he decided that yelling STELLLLAAAAAAA! would be a good way to call on my friend. i had a bit of a stomach ache for the rest of the exam :S (oh dear)
So after i went to smitty's with a bunch of ppl and parker and had french toast with strawberries. maybe not as yummy as capes but it was sure close ; ) So i slept for about two hours, and bein as drowsy as i was, i showed up at dance later. But other then everything i just mentioned. .. . today was super!
well time for bed!

keep me in your prayers as i endure a hectic week!

♥steph♥

Some pictures i have taken lately, but neglected to put up :)

Mr. Green. At the moment he guards the picture that Sarah Gilmore sent to me from a "memorable" LTS excperience

one of my many dried roses from past dance recitals:)

My Favourite Barbie Jasmine. She was also one of the first to lose her head :(

hope yha liked them!

- steph

Whistle while you work . . . .

2007-01-14T13:10:00.000-07:00

Today is Sunday . . what a day it is.

I have accomplished something that i am very proud of today.
i . . Stephanie Haynes, did a fantastic job at cleaning the bathroom.

yes . . . i even tackeled the ever so dreaded toilet. props for me.

now i am takin a break before i dive right back into homework :)

hmmm and yesterday i worked, and then went to a see "we are marshall".

it was a really super movie. really sad but good too. Then i proceeded home to have very intelligent and lovely conversations with people on msn.

And tonight we went out for supper with my grama ( who is still crippeled and just "pretending" to use her crutches. bad grama!) and my sis and dad to the new chinese place in town. it was so terribly yummy . . . then my sister and i secretly suggested " ice cream? dairy queen? oh why what a good idea daddy . . yes lets go there" so i am satisfied and at home after a long and hard day of cleaning, and studying. :)

well . . i supppose its time to do something useful with myself. .*sigh*

♥Steph♥

Finals

2007-01-12T16:29:00.000-07:00

The first week of school is over after being away for 2 weeks.

So this is very insane. Finals start next week. I have to write 2 in class essays, present a french project, and study for just a plain old science unit exam. Some how in the middle of all this i plan to study for the next week for my other finals. *sigh*

Last night as i was reading my devotions, it seemed heaven sent that i would happen to read this now.

Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

proverbs 3:5-8

So i'm gonna let him work his miracle and get me through the next two weeks. but please pray for me! Highschool is so much fun and i love it, but this whole finals thing seems really overwhelming. Well thats pretty much my life right now. i have one edited picture that i really like. so i'm gonna show it to you :) lol

♥Steph♥

Time for a Kodak Moment

2007-01-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

so we made it back from Calgary safe and sound.

it was really good to see my Uncle and Aunt. My uncle is turning 89 at the end of this month and he still have a head of black hair. No, he has never dyed it. Amazing, i'm hoping i got some of those genes! So that was fun. The night before we got to stay in this real fancy hotel and we found out that there was this reall awesome huge water park thingy! so at 9:00 in the morning we decided we should go bathing suit shopping! unfortunatly . . Zellers doesn't sell bathing suits at this time of the year and nothing else was open :( so that was really sad. Were talkin about 3 floor high water slides and a huge pool. it woulda been a lot of fun but i guess thats for next time :)
So now that we are home, dad decided he wanted to have a pic in from of the christmas tree! So here are the best ones. there not as good qualitly as i would have liked it to be. I was using my new tripod but i wanted to be in the pic too. lol so i wasn't there to make sure of all of this :(

OH and after my sister took some pictures of me .. w hich are also interesting because she was too small too look through the view finder :P But here goes nothing :)

notice how the dog is chewing julia's head scarf.

lol actually its my scarf!!

so adorbale eh? lol i wonder why the dog won't be still for me?

WERE HAVING A MOMENT!

Entering the Calgary city limits :)

2007-01-06T18:19:00.000-07:00

Hey
Well tonight i am heading off to Calgary to visit some relatives of mine that i haven't seen in ages. So i will not have any time to edit and possibly put up some of the pictures i took . very sad. :( Today at work was pretty blaaa. The phones were ringing off the hook but i still managed to finish one book and then start and complete a second! craziness i know. Then theres school on Monday. *sigh* Well i'm praying for a safe trip down tonight with all the back home holiday rush n stuff!

Talk to you all later!

♥

Stephanie

2007-01-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

After some technical diffuculties . . i finally made them work.

brava stephanie.

i present myself with a standing "O"

Photos from my Spectacular Day

Expressions during a burst

This is Shadia . . . she's a funny girl

us being rather silly

this is meg, shads sis. she is also a very gorgeous girl

this is the pic that was asked for more of :)

Meg again, this is my fav pic of her!

this would be myself!

Kisses!

Us laughing at ourselves . . a wonderful thing

Tryin to catch some flakes.

one of the only serious ones i could find of us :P

Shadia . . looking very pretty.

Shad, lookin like an ad for something wonderful

To end my mini showing . .

I give you us in black and white.

How simple :)

Bloggette

2007-01-05T01:05:00.000-07:00

Well this is my first blog entry . .

how does it feel? just spectacular!

So i decided to call this entry Blogette.

because as of today .. i have given life to a female blog :)

So today was pretty much an amazing day. Why do you ask?
well let me tell you!

For the past 2 days i have been at my BFF Shadia's house. And one of our favourite past times is to take pictures. So for christmas i got this amazing camera my dearest daddy. Its a Rebel XTI!!!!! i was so excited because i love photography so much. So back to my story. I was pretty eager to try this out. So i took random photos for as long as my battery would possibly let me.

So today i get home and i start going through these photos, editing them and putting them on the internet so my friends have access to them. But one photo in particular stands out to Shads' mom and she asks me if she can have 4 of it in colour and 4 in black and white, on photo paper, and she'll pay me for it. Like omgooodness! Someone likes my pictures enough to pay for them! I was so excited. They plan on takin the pictures and giving them out to friends and family.

So right now i am so thankful that i have been blessed with this passion and talent to want to do this and to be able to make other people happy through it. Which is what i want to do. Share it with everyone :) I even got the oppurtunity to pick up a tripod at wally world tonight so extra yae to that.

and to my joy i got to have a nice random chat with my boyfriend who is in California right now. Who knew that Dr. Seus and the phospheressence at capernwray could make out to be such intersting topics? but the current time here in the boonies is 1:51 am (oopies). time to hit the sack. nighty!