CJ's Corner
From Casey Jene: This is me ( Amy's sister ), Amy and my sweet puppy Kona. We are such sisters and family. Amy Jo took almost all of these pictures. She is an amazing photographer. I'm glad and proud to be her sister.
And they wanted us to be quieter. Ha.
As we sit around the table, Jennifer tells us about a book she is reading and how it changes her way of thinking. Emily jumps in agreeing, and adds insights. We all nod in understanding and want to learn more. Tara is curious and says its similar to the way her sister thinks. Together we agree that if we change our thoughts, and believe only true and good thoughts, we are a lot happier. Then Jenny says, "wait, this is a book? This sounds like way to much work".
Emily: Still beautiful and has her same strong, independent nature. A practicing speech pathologist, a wife and mother of two adorable boys.
Jenna: Still sweet, kind and caring, and helps us all understand the best ways to handle money in relationships. *Jenna's dog in Jr. High was named Amy Jo. Just sayin'.
Tara: Hair very long and beautiful, with her humor still fully intact lives in NYC with her dog and "man's man" boyfriend. After working almost 3 years as a paralegal in NYC, Tara tells us about her new job she loves working in the big city as a buyer.*I am visiting her in Feb. Lucky me.
Jenny: Just the same as she always has been, perfect skin and braces, again. She busted out her camera and showed us her new favorite thing to do, take pictures, and push other people out of the way to take pictures.
Brigitte: Smile as amazing as it always has been, and a laugh that is oh'so contagious. Defending us from the old ladies in the booth next to us who attacked our kind of loud reunion. Brigitte loves her job, and tells us about her Husband starting school in January.
We reminisced of the old days, blow dryers and Jenny's Hawaiian boyfriend who moved to the main land for her.
We laughed a lot (as always) and it felt so good to be surrounded by these life long friends. No joke, we all met by the 7th grade and have been friends since. Beat that. Some of us since The Little Mermaid came out in theaters.
Sometimes I feel like this.
Scattered winds, blow me cross the ocean, turns and spins, leaves me breathless, but with no sense of my direction, or where the main land sits, I find my soul. I need to live by an ocean.
Picture: Kandavu, Fiji
La Hacienda Just Smiled.
From Provo to Boulder. I was fully stocked with Pretzel M&M's from my sweet student Riley, cameras, Coke, music and 12 books on tape (I need options). I was on my way to enjoy a beautiful rainy drive. My favorite.
Road trips are always good to me. I always feel rejuvenated with a good 24 hours to myself. Music has always been tied to photographs for me, I can't put my finger on what exactly does it, but some songs speak to me (literally sometimes) and really make me want to take pictures.
The National really did it for me this time, especially this song. And this song by Ryan Adams.
I mostly relished in the time I had at the hotel. I took a few pictures of myself, which I am not always so big on, but I really didn't have many options, and after my road trip I was still in the mood to take pictures. Yes, I could have left the hotel bu that would have defeated the purpose of my relishing in the hotel. Understand? Yeah yeah, I didn't have to post them, but I did. I got a kick out of myself.
