What if...

The other day someone told me I would make a good writer.  I just laughed at them.  Yes, I am creative, but I'm not that kind of creative.  
Well then I started thinking... what if?  What if I was an author?  A singer?  A seriously legit photographer?  What would I write/sing/photograph?
So I sat and pondered, and these are the answers I came up with for my three ultimate dream jobs.


AUTHOR:  I would FO' SHO' write children's books.  I would write about pretty princesses, dastardly dragons, evil witches, handsome princes (oh, the handsome princes!), curious creatures, and far-off fairy filled fantasy lands.  Is it so wrong that I love using literary devices like alliteration, simile, parallelism, and imagery even on this silly little blog?  Just look through my blog entries and you'll see that I use them all the time... sad and pathetic?  Maybe.  Awesomely cool?  Probably.  And there would be beautiful artwork, even if I was writing a "chapter book" as I used to call them when I was younger.  One of my favorite books of all time is The Voyage of the Bassett, and it is a chapter book with some of the most beautiful artwork of any book I've seen with a fantastical story that makes your imagination soar.  That is the kind of book I would write.


SINGER:  I want to be a rockstar and I LOVE to sing... in the shower, in the car, at church, into my hairbrush... everywhere and anywhere.  (Don't EVEN pretend like you don't sing into your hairbrush too or play the drums on your steering wheel...)  I'm not fabulous, but I'm not terrible either (at least I don't think so...).  What would I sing about if I ever became a famous performer?  I would sing about how beautiful each of us are, no matter our differences.  I would sing about mending a broken heart.  I would sing about the thrill of new love, and about the intense longing when it feels like you will never experience it for yourself.  I would sing about feeling good about myself, even on bad hair days, fat days, blue days, pms days, and all the other days in between.  I would sing about Christ, His love for me and my love for Him.  I would sing about the joy the Gospel brings to my life.  Mostly I would sing from my heart, the experiences I've had and the things I want to experience before this life is over.  And I would get paid for it instead of being told to shut up.


PHOTOGRAPHER:  I know what you're thinking...  Kim is already the best photographer I know!  (Just humor me, okay??)  But not everybody thinks that.  SO... if I were a professional photographer with a studio and people recommending me to other people, and people booking sessions months in advance to get a shoot with me instead of me having to beg and plead with people to book me, I would really like to specialize in couples portraiture, and especially in engagements.  For now, I am a renaissance girl when it comes to photography and I shoot everything and anything, but I ADORE shooting engagement portraits.  Those are almost always my favorite shoots.  I love the love that you can see, and the tender moments that I secretly capture in between shots when the couple is unaware the camera is still pointed at them.  Something I've learned recently... shooting kids is hard!!  When they don't want to cooperate, it shows.  I kinda like the challenge though :)




What if... ?

THE Gift

Every Christmas there is at least one gift that is THE gift and I am so excited to give it.  This year, that gift was my mom's gift.  I made her a box to keep all her letters from Zack in.  I was SOOO happy with how it turned out.

Front (sorry it's blurry)

Close up of Front details

Side. 

Back.  I took that picture of the temple.  Isn't it a beautiful picture?  When I have a house I'm going to blow it up and hang it on the wall.

Close up of back.

Other side.  I also took the picture of the Angel Moroni.  I'm also going to blow that one up and hang it in my future home.

Top.  My favorite side.

Close up of the top.

I love this trunk.  It turned out way better than I had even originally imagined it.  It was a lot of tedious and difficult work to make it, but my mom's reaction made the hours upon hours spent on this all worth it.  I think I might make one for Zachary too...

Christmas is:

Homemade gifts wrapped in pretty paper with pretty bows and pretty gift tags.

 Lights, lights, and more lights.

 Free tickets to Universal Studios and a day of goofing off together.

 Ginormous Christmas trees (this one courtesy of Disneyland)

Family, minus one.  

 Having fun with best friends.

 The Castle all lit up at night time.

Christmas fireworks at Disneyland and snow on Mainstreet.  (I've been three times so far and plan on trying to go again next week before Christmas)

Christmas is a lot of things this year, but most importantly of all, Christmas is a time for us to remember our Savior.  I loved teaching my Primary children about the greatest gift of all today in Sunday School.  Me: "Today we're going to learn about the best, most amazing, most awesome gift in the WHOLE WORLD."  

Kids: "Better than a lime green beach cruiser?"  "Better than legos?"  

Me:  "Yes.  Better than all of those things."  

Kid:  "I don't know about that.  Legos are the best thing ever."

I hope that at this wonderful time of year, we can enjoy the gifts, lights, trees, and fireworks, but that we can also remember why we have gifts, lights, and trees.  I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father loves me enough to send the greatest gift of all, His Son.

The "H" Kids

Some of my favorites from the shoot I did this weekend for my friend Kami.  She has the most beautiful kids, doesn't she?  And they are just as sweet and well-behaved as they are adorable.

You wish you were this cool!

 Seriously.  Don't you wish you were this cool?  Santa laughed at me and told me he was old when I said I wanted to take the picture as a self portrait instead of having someone else take it.  Good times.  All I could think while taking this picture was "SANTAAAAAA!!!!!!!  I KNOW HIM!!!"

My friend Megan took a picture with her phone of me taking a picture with Santa.  So awesome.

It's That Time of the Year!

I am so super duper excited for Christmas this year.  Last year I was kind of a Scrooge and was not excited for Christmas.  No matter what I did, I could not seem to get into the Christmas spirit.  This year, however, I have slipped right in to the spirit of the season.

-I have almost all of my shopping done (only 2 gifts left to buy, one of which I already know what I'm buying, I just haven't bought it yet)
-I have seen the Holiday Fireworks show at Disneyland twice already and it's only December 1st (It's okay to be jealous... in fact, you should be.)
-I bought sweet new pj pants for Christmas at Old Navy for $5 the day after Thanksgiving
-I took my picture with Santa (Best Santa Picture EVER.  I'll post it as soon as Megan email's it to me *cough, cough*)
-I plan on buying a pair of those super trendy slipper boots... I love them!  I might buy them in a couple of colors :)
-Bought a card that you can record your own message on.  Going to record my infamous Will Ferrel inspired version of "Silver Bells" to send to Zack.  GOULET!!

I want to know who else is excited for Christmas!  What are you most looking forward to this year?