the one with a miracle

pre script, mother i'm putting you trough the ringer again

i already posted the video of the story
the one where you're going to want tissues
but if you want to read their story
you can on their blog

their little boy, bronson,
over came this

to be himself again

check out sarah staker's blog
for the whole story
it starts the beginning of february

the one where it's fast

so FHE is starting in like a half hour

and i'm in charge, so we're gonna make this fast

i got payed to take pictures friday night

my first paying gig, i was so nervous

pictures went great, until i got home

something went wacky on my camera

and now all the pictures are being stupid

cross your fingers that i can post them one day :)

the one with mormon in manhattan

so on friday i mentioned

mormon in manhattan

[link's in the sidebar]

my dearest aunt sarah introduced me

why? because i watch the bachelor and bachelorette

and natalie, aka mormon in manhattan, does too

she wrote about the episodes every tuesday,

or maybe it was monday night-i can't remember

she has been on broadway and is freaking amazing

she does a giveaway like every week

i love her blog, and you should totally check her out

the one with shaycarl and the shaytards

so while on youtube one day

i came upon the shaytards

a cute little family, from idaho, 

living california, and moving back to idaho

they blogged everyday for a year

and they have the cutest family

shay-the dad

MommyTard/katilette-the mom

SonTard

PrincessTard

BabyTard

FetusTard

yes, katiette is prego!

this is from their youtube channel

they are hilarious videos

and if you would like to make me happy,

please watch their videos and

rate them five stars

the one when i have a lot on my mind

we are going to break from pictures

there are things i want to share

things i really like

things that make me cry

things that make my day better

we are going to start with

natalie norton [link's in the side bar]

she is amazing photographer and one day, i hope to be like her.

i found her blog through mormon in manhattan

[once again, link's in the side bar]

natalie had a beautiful baby boy on october 24 last year

and on january 7 Heavenly Father 

decided it was time for him to come home

she talks about it in her blog

and i see how it has affected each

and everyone of her family members and friends

i wish i had found her blog earlier

i wish i could have flown to hawaii

[where she lives, and yes i am jealous]

and helped in any way i could have

here are a couple of the posts that really hit me

gavin david bruce norton

dreams

prayers of faith

water water everywhere and not a drop to drink

impossible

the one with survivor

my aunt emily

check out her blog in the side bar

or here

has survior parties every thursday

and i was so lucky as to be invited

if you haven't been following it, it's okay i haven't either

it's an all-star season

with heroes vs. villains

and who is my favorite hero-colby of course

i remember it was third grade i think, and he was on that season

whitney v., i won't put her last name but i soo remember it,

and i were walking home from school and we were talking

about how cute we thought he was

favorite villain? rob, i love his wife amber 

and he's not that much of a villain to me

but who cares, i know you want to see the pictures

the pictures of griffin and sam are my favorite

liza is such a goofball

so when survivor started i was holding griffin

i needed to move cause my foot was falling asleep

so i set griffin down on the couch

he looked so cute so we left him there

less than five minutes later he was leaning on ethan's shoulder

and once again he looked so cute so we left him there

the one with in-n-out again

so in-n-out 

is kind of an addiction

but one that is kept at bay

cause it's so freaking far away

but once again i went to in-n-out burger

this time lyle drove and somehow

we didn't get a whole lot of pictures of him

that my friends is a double double

because i was already stuffed when i went

but who can turn down a in-n-out burger run

the one with another day of free food

so the last couple post have involved food

and i feel bad that i haven't mentioned that

all of that food, FREE

kellie and i were keeping track

but thanks to my beautiful mother

[check out her blog, it's in the side bar

and it's right here

careful though music starts when you open the page]

who told me it was national free pancake day

at ihop! so of course i tried to get people to go

the top left is another tale of BC kids we saw there

by the time we left we ran into three other tables of BC kids

michelle is kellie's rommate

winsor drove us cause he was the only one 

we could call at 10:30 and ask him to

take us to ihop for free pancakes

so my friend spencer here

decided he wanted another plate of free pancakes

SO against the rules

but he got them anyways

so we decided we would time him,

and in case you couldn't tell

he ate three pancakes in almost 1 minute and 40 seconds

oh and post script

my favorite part of the night?

watching the olympics on the tv at ihop

i miss the olympics!

the one with another photography class field trip

we are no longer allowed at the gateway

as a class, some political reason

so we just went up the over pass on north temple

to take pictures of the sunset

but i took pictures of things i liked

the one with in-and-out just after midnight on monday morning

this is how we roll

we stay up way late sunday night

so we can go get some real food

this night we went to in-and-out

so it's become tradition to get

a couple random shots of lyle

at in-and-out burger

the posse that went, winsor drove

kellie made fun of how i ate my 4 by 4

what's a 4 by 4 you ask?

it's four patties and four pieces of cheese

soo good, but so bad for you

but since kellie made fun of me

lyle decided he would take pictures

of me eating my favorite burger

the one with the scone party

so once upon a time in the salt lake valley

a group of roommates started the waffle party

one guy, one george foreman grill

and his lovely friends started grilled cheese intimate parties

then two girls started what has become the scone party

can you tell BC students like parties?

no scones were wasted in the taking of these pictures

the scones were so good, too bad

they're gone as soon as they are made

you have to be there early if you want one

the one with a night of fun at lyle's

so it all started with a waffle party

and it was good, i loved the waffles

but it was boring so kellie and i

started a party in the hall

a mini party of people we liked ensued

and then we decided we wanted grilled cheese

so we were about to head out when we invited spencer

spencer decided he would drive us

we stopped at walmart for supplies

and then we went to lyle's apartment

one of us went to use lyle's bathroom

we were grossed out to say the least

so before any one of us would use the bathroom

we had to clean it, it was that bad-promise

but just fyi, it wasn't his fault

it was his three roommates

then the grilled cheese amazingness started

no joke, his grilled cheese are amazing

even better than mine

the one with trax

so i don't exactly remember why

this event was taking place

maybe it was for grilled cheese

i do remember that we watched a movie

and then i fell asleep, and lyle had to wake me up

if you don't remember lyle check out

the one with the run to draper

the one with the cutest couple ever

so after a long week of work

i had decided i was going to skip BC's Got Talent

but the main reason? i tried out and didn't make it

and i was kind of bitter

when lindsey stopped by the admissions office

and told me i should go with her i said yes

and it's a good thing too

david stauffer, who's a pretty good friend of mine,

proposed to her that night

she had no idea and it was so cute

i'm soo happy for them!

the one with graduation photos...of becca

i still have some time before i graduate

but becca asked me to take some

graduation photos for her

so one friday after work becca

and i went on a photo shoot

here are just some of the photos i took

the one where it's valentine's day

so sue me,

i'm just over a month behind

but i am catching up!

the day started with church

and then kellie and i picked gramie up from the airport

and because i am me i have pictures

and i had kellie hold a sign for her

sorry they aren't the clearest but

it's not like i could reenact it

with gramie in tow we headed to gramie's to drop off our stuff

and then pick up grama and grampa great

i drove them, i think they are learning to trust me

then to sarah's we went

just some favorites

i really like the pictures of grama and grampa great

griffin is definitely one of my favorite babies ever!

i must say i love tanner, libby, eliza and ethan's pictures

it's just something about them

then we were off to emily's for dinner

or the final preperations for dinner

and then dinner

josh's dad was there too,

although i don't know how i didn't get a picture of him

overall, not a bad valentine's day

the one when we eat a big pizza pie

the pie is a pretty popular place here in salt lake

kellie was told by her brother brian she had to try it

and i was told by sarah i should try it

the best part of the trip for pizza?

our name was watermelondrea

to get the story behind this go to 

youtube and search for 'top 60 black names'

i got bacon on my half and it was amazing

kellie didn't like it so much

The one with my trip to provo

i decided it had been too long since i'd seen jordan and stephanie

and i knew the same was true for kellie

so we decided to head down february 11

we borrowed a car and were on our way

until we decided to be good samaritans

 on our way out of the school parking lot

we decided to pick up a guy who was looking for a ride

we felt bad for him, just standing on the ramp in the parking lot

we checked his credentials before we let him in

and the best part is he even told us where

in-and-out burger was so i could get a fix

we picked stephanie up from the wilk

and then we drove over to jordan's apartment

we watched up!

it's such a good movie

i SOOO recommend it

The one with the church history museum

not gonna lie

i was not excited for this FHE

why? cause i wanted to be active

and have fun not see a bunch of old stuff

but kellie and i had a photography adventure

with cameras in tow

we took pictures left and right

steven apparently doesn't like his picture being taken

being his co-chair, i'm going to make that change

the pear up there is the russian initials for CTR

on the 'boat' and 'dock'

fyi-pioneers also traveled by boat

i think i would rather stick with land

brother nielsen's wife and marli mouritsen

and brother nielsen and bishop young

there were a bunch of art pieces

just about the last supper,

i happened to only take pictures of two

would you like to know who is speaking

at general conference in april?

that's right, me and kellie!

the top pulpit is a replica of the one in the conference center

and the bottom one is a replica of the one that

used to be used in the tabernacle

but i have saved the best for last

drum roll please...

so the museum has a kids section

kellie and i just happened to find

the best part-dress up!

there are so many more pictures from it

if you're on facebook, they're there

facebook.com/elliemurphy

The one with our run to draper

...and by run i mean nice little car ride

let me set the scene

i walk into becca's office

she's facebook chatting lyle

they both want to go to in-and-out burger

i want to go too!

we make a run for it

it was amazing

i am converted to the amazing-ness

as we were leaving the parking lot

we saw the temple and of course we wanted to go

so it only counts towards half of my goal

cause i didn't actually do work in the temple

after this we rushed back to salt lake

to be back in time for FHE

The one with the bountiful temple

i have a goal in life

visit all the temples in the united states

do work in them, and take pictures

sarah called one saturday morning

while i was house sitting at gramies

and asked if i would like to go

to the temple with her

I know you can't see the temple 

all that well but i really like it

the branches were so pretty

i wish i could do them justice

i love that the temple grounds

are beautiful even in the winter

The one where I was at an art museum

for health and lifestyle management

we went to this museum/shop

Stained glass, so pretty

This guy was amazing

i wish i could have watched him work all day

it didn't hurt that he was way cute

The one when I go to a concert

landon is the  second elder's quorum 

president in my ward

not to mention he is hot, has an amazing voice

and can play the guitar like no other

      

he invited kellie and i

to the concert,

how were we to say no?

The one with tyler taco tuesday!

back in october, right before halloween

becca and i ran into my friend tyler

who just happened to be at the 

best taco stand ever!

he ordered us a taco

and payed for it so we could try it

in honor of him we go every tuesday

this is very serious, just fyi!

the taco stand guy even knows who we are

are we loyal customers or what?

oh and these are pictures from right before

the one with the coolest FHE ever!

so this is the first FHE

steven and i planned

i must say that this was his idea

and i just flushed it out and made it happen

we called it 90's night

pretty much reliving our childhood

we played mash and 

remembered our favorite things growing up

everyone was told to dress up,

then we judged groups on

outfit

a song [songs had to be released in the 90's]

and their list of childhood favorites

the downside to being in charge?

these are the only photos i took

i know i failed, and i haven't done much better