photo shoot with larry...

larry is 91 days old today... how old does that make him in plant years? 91 years? haha... maybe. he looks like hes an old man now... with his graying grass hair! how how he makes me smile! 

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also... i planted my little acorn seeds! yes... i said seedS (multiple)! i have a dozen soon to be acorn trees! i suppose it is a little lame that i get such a kick out of this... but whatev. i love it! :) 

happiness

so... i really do love plants. they make me happy. today my mom brought home a chia herb garden [it was on mega clearance at cvs... haha]. i planted sweet basil, chives and cilantro. they are awful cute... perhaps they will grow? i will keep you updated. :)

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also. i think im in love.

larry makes me smile and we laugh together often. oh how he makes my heart go pitter-patter. okay... maybe not really, but i honestly do get a kick out of him, especially when i am doing the dishes... and he is just sitting there on the windowsill smiling at me, looking into my soul with those big blue eyes... sigh. oh larry...

{new stuff & more hair}

so... this is my newest drawing. nicoles friend got married a couple weeks ago. last night was the open house. anyway. nicole bought this for them... it turned out absolutely fantastic! i really love everything about it. it is the snowflake temple [where they got married]. i love it. here goes...


sorry the color is a little off.... i just took pictures of it.

that was the monogram from their announcement. i think it added a very nice, personal touch :)

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also... look how long and luscious larry's hair is now! its beautiful. although he still has a bald spot right in the front. haha... oh how he makes me smile.

{new stuff}

so, my grandpa farr is pretty much amazing. he is a very talented woodworker and has built us the majority of our furniture. he is still teaching woodworking at eastern arizona college [i took it a couple times] and all with the help of my grandpa built an easel, a frame, a dresser, and many bowls using the lathe... it was absolutely one of my favorite classes i took while at ea. and he has built every one of us grand kids a cedar chest [specially designed by each of us] for our high school graduations. he is insanely talented and still takes special orders. well... i finally got my bedroom furniture all designed and turned it in to him [it matches my cedar chest and the dresser that i built]... and in august when we were up in the gila valley for grandma and grandpa's 55th anniversary party we picked up my dresser and nightstands. we got my headboard while we were in ft thomas for thanksgiving. and i couldnt be more happy with the way it all turned out! it so insanely perfect! all of it! oh how i love it! :) my grandpa was telling us for a similar custom designed bed set it would cost about three grand... but my parents just pay for the wood [its still a bit expensive though...] and grandpa does the work for free. while we were there for thanksgiving we also picked up kelsey's bed set too... which is equally as beatiful! so thanks again to grandpa farr [and my parents!] love you! :)

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my set is made out of oak [with a walnut stain]. we are kinda running out of space to put all our furniture, so austin is graciously keeping my headboard and one nightstand in his room for me. looks pretty dang good, eh? [ps... that wicked cool snake skin? yeah thats mine too... grandpa neilson and i skinned and tanned it :) ] its a really tall headboard... almost five and a half feet, but its exactly what i wanted... and i love it! we still need to get hardware for the dresser and nightstands...


this is kelsey's... her's is made out of walnut [it has a very beautiful grain]. and hers matches her cedar chest too. her dresser is really similar to mine as well, but just as beautiful!

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by the way... here is larry [day 9]. his hair is coming in quite nicely, dont you think?

hahaha...

{this is embarrassing, but here goes}

so... when i was younger [i think i was fifteen or sixteen] i asked for an aquarium one year from santa claus- and i got it! it was a 20 gallon and it seriously made my dreams come true. i had never had a real aquarium before, so i just started out with feeder goldfish. and i named them and i loved them. i had them for years [i even rescued a few from the ward halloween party]. and they got seriously big. they were probably 5 inches long. anyway. they were wicked sweet. and ever since i've had particular affinity for little goldfish.

well... as y'all know i have a soft spot for animals. i wish we had more. and i love the little turtles that nicole and i rescued. they make me laugh. anyway, apparently red-eared sliders are more carnivorous when young, so we've been getting red minnows for them to eat, but chip and big bertha have grown a lot and they can now eat feeder goldfish. i dont really enjoy watching them eat the fish though [austin does... haha]. so recently we've gotten on this schedule of giving them live fish once a week the night before we clean the tank [just cause it gets that much dirtier... they are messy little creatures.] well last week we went to petco [oh and a random moment... i saw i kid that i went to school with... like elementary through high school. i thought he was cool in the fourth grade, but im pretty sure that was the last time ive talked to him... i really should be better about saying hello to people i know, and yet... im not. haha.] and anyway. so im at petco getting fish... i usually get the brown ones just cause they are not as cool looking [although they do change color as they mature... the brown ones turn golden later. weird right? haha...] anyway.... they chick at petco gave us two really cool looking goldfish and i couldnt bear to see them become live turtle food. so... i set up a little fish bowl for them. and we named them goatee and tippy. they are mighty cute right?

welp... they only lived for like 2 days... then austin fed them to the turtles anyway. but at least they didnt have to get their unusually long fins nipped at while swimming around fighting for their lives. and i didnt watch.

maybe this wasnt as embarrassing as saving a snail, but the fact remains... im a softie at heart.

the end.

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also... on a funny little note, i got a mini cheap version of a chia pet. his name is larry [like the cucumber... haha]. ill update you as his hair grows... just because it makes me smile.

the end... for reals this time.