the one with the ugly sweater dance

so not the most exciting dance ever

but great opportunity to take pictures

becca in halee's car on the way to the dance

marilyn, my 'mother' here at school

and bradley practicing his model pose

 

alex duty, marilyn's brother-in-law

derek was dancing, at least i hope that's what he was doing

nathan christensen, best ugly sweater of the night

and justin, just incredible throwing the peace

david burton, one of my favorite people

i want to marry the guy in the blue shirt

why? because he managed to somehow get into most of my pictures

and later told me i looked good that night

my friend mark was teaching krystal how to breakdance

the music was tons better than the halloween dance

but i just didn't feel in the dancing mood

zach and michael were pretty much in charge the whole night

brother matt tittle, dean of student life, stopped in to say hi up there

oh, we're facebook friends too

i don't know the two guys on the left side

but the guy in the red shirt is in my doctrine and covenants class

his name is zech, he's pretty cool

michael and kiya mcConnell are dancing in the top pciture

in the third picture is my friend michael oakford

 

mostly just becca and halee dancing

 

steven myers, such a funny guy

matt polifka and his friend ran a photo booth

it was so much fun

and it was zach duty's idea, he's married to marilyn and his brother is alex

 

will has always been a really good guy

sitting with me at devotional so i wasn't all alone

leading me through a hecka scary maze

and now he's dating my relief society president

important news

all my editing is a pain with out a proper mouse

so that's why it's taken me so long but

thanks to my favorite mother int he whole entire world

who is sending me a package 

i'm getting my mouse back, so tons more posts coming soon

the one where...

maybe it's because valentine's is just around the corner

and once again i am all by myself

maybe it's beacuse once again

i tried out for a talent show

and once again didn't get a call back

maybe it's something else

but for once i need to come out on top

the one with wednesday, of last week

I am in love with taking pictures
of freaking everything!

there are some random people
from my public speaking class
but i know a couple of them.

in fact the two guys,
in the bottom right picture,
ran into me a the grocery store
last night.

we had tons of fun
just being stupid college kids
they introduced me to a new cereal
it's called blueberry muffin tops
[more to come on that story later] 

 the old guy, he's hilarious!
his name is brother newman,
he's a teacher here at the school
but the best part-we're facebook friends


that's a wrap!

the one with devotional

aren't you proud of me?

i've updated my blog more times

in the past couple days

than i have in the past couple months

so here's the dish. 

i freaking love devotionals

when i don't go i always end up regretting it

i was a paparazzi at devotional

i was taking pictures right and left

i saw my friend derek and decied to take a picture of him

little did i know that my other friend chelsea was in it

let alone my friend caryn was looking right at me

after i snapped a picture of my friend will

he insisted he take a picture of me

now mind you i had a mini heart attack as he asked

this camera is my baby

but really will is one of those guys you trust

....with your life

oh and that dress i'm wearing

it's new originally close to like $50

$15 purchase baby!

these people, my readers,

makes up student council

the first picture is posed, they posed themselves

david stauffer and zach always make me smile

jen bradley karlissa, pretty chill people

david burton is the coolest

matt tittle, oh how hilarious he is

and did i mention we share a deep love for 80's music

too bad he's married and has beautiful kids

henery, the camera man, and i met

in the admissions office while i volunteered

sam, makes my heart smile.

i want a guy to talk about me the way

he talks about the girl he's in love with

sister dunn, she's freaking amazing. 

she was the devotional speaker

she's also my stake president's wife

the one where i can't say it out loud

my dearest readers (but mostly God),

i don't know how many of you know

but i don't have the best track record

with liking/getting along with roommates

mind you it wasn't always my fault

anna was just crazy and i wasn't gonna play

i did like linnea, i miss her

becca, great friend-bad roommate

i thought i had a good roommate

one that i would keep in contact for forever

have her at my reception

but i am starting to not like her

why am i so judgmental?

but i think this is a double sided thing

she's a little off, if you know what i mean

she means well...i think

so i will say

thank you Heavenly Father for making us all different

thank you for making me have to deal with people who drive me crazy

thank you for changing how i deal with people

but most importantly

thank you for the need to sleep

cause sleeping makes me forget how mad i am at people

good night! 

love, ellie

the one with a photograph adventure

i ordered my camera on wednesday night 

got it monday morning, president's day

thank you fed ex for not taking monday off

so that whole day,

after i charged my battery,

after i got my lense,

after i got my cf card,

i was a maniac with a camera

i took pictures

of random places

i took pictures 

of the infamous trax
 

i took pictures

of my favorite place in salt lake

the one where i update, with pictures!

Apologies are in order for not posting yesterday,

I had troubles with my picture editing programs

But better late than never right?

I don't think most of you know but,

I was called to be the FHE co-chair

for weeks 1, 3 and 5 

The first activity I helped with was an ice cream social

no pictures :(

due tot the fact that I had no camera

But the first one I was sort of in charge of was ice skating

held by the stake presidency up at the U 

My stake president is the one making a funny face

He's such an amazing guy!

I loved listening to him speak in stake conference

and I can't wait for ward conference

The second counselor and the bishop are in the first picture

Brother Moritsen and Bishop Young

In case you couldn't tell by this point I was taking pictures like crazy

I was having so much fun too! 

I loved taking quick snap shots of friends.

mike is becca and i's like best guy friend

steven is the other co-chair for the FHE committee

brayden is a guy i met when i was giving tours of the college last spring

he's a pretty cool guy, except for the fact he's a U fan

wayne and I met at pre-new student orientation

michael makes class so much freaking fun,

and is an amazing DJ

dennis is pretty chill,we are both helping the music committe in the ward

until they have committee members

 

becca was a loser and didn't skate at all!

spencer is a new friend, but halee is one of my favorites

kaylee's pretty chill but I freaking love shareese!

we were in foundations of learning together and then mentors and ambassadors

chandel is another favorite!

but i have big news! huge in fact

mom will be proud, dad too!

no, i'm not engaged!

but while I was there I didn't fall once!

I was so proud of myself.

Well, we've come to the end! 

There's not much more to write tonight.

but I will update with pictures again soon.

     

The one where I realize something

So first of all people are stupid, me you-all of us we're stupid!

At least at one point or another.

But sometimes stupidity is inexcusable.

Like when you question leadership of the church

or horribly make fun of another's opinion.

Thank you for reading this rant.

There will be pictures tomorrow.

promise!

The one where I apologize and give a date

I apologize.

I haven't posted because it would have been just words,

NO pictures.

And that my friends, is boring.

Why no pictures you ask.

My camera was broken by the cutest little boy this summer.

Technically I could still take pictures,

I just couldn't see what I was taking.

The reason-

it was a nikon point and shoot with no view finder

just the LCD screen.

See that beauty?

That is what my new camera looks like!

I have found true love, the pictures are freaking amazing.

I got my camera yesterday morning in the mail, thank you FedEx!

I bought the body through UsedCameras.com.

I got the lense, which is different than the picture, from this guy who posted on KSL

which for those of you who don't know is like craig's list but safer.

But I digress, so I got the lense for $45, such a steal!

But it gets better! He gave me a tripod, an extra lense and a bag for my camera,

for nothing!

It was such a blessing! I already have tons of pictures!

But because my laptop is stupid, I'm waiting til next week to do anything.

But I promise there will be a new post with pictures by 

january 27, 2010!

The one where it's halloween!

I thought in honor of a day where you can be whoever you want to be; a surgeon, a rastafarian, a muggle, you name it you can be it-that I would post some pretty school stuff. (or at least cute) So I thought the drawing of the pumpkin was cute so therefore it made the post. This one to right was so cool, with all the little leaves but then it was beaten out by this one. It was carved out by a laser, we're talking a laser here! Apparently it's supposed to be some death star thing but whatever, the cool part here is the use of a laser.










Now on to other things... like this wall of carved pumpkins, all done by one man. Way cool, although the laser one is still better. But then I came upon this one, and i thought it just might beat out the laser one, but the fact that it almost looks fake made it come in second.Come on though, who doesn't love a princess pumpkin.

*For these pictures and others type-clip art pumkins, cute jack o lanterns, or carved pumpkins into google image.

Now for costumes!

                              but this one is my favorite-tetris! i wanna do this one year!
shower scrubbie!





another good one was the youtube video, way funny. but this is where i will end.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!