My Photos

York, England

2010-04-28T10:04:00.003-07:00

So, I went to England a couple of weeks ago. Here is a picture of the night time sky in York, England.

Salt Lake Temple

2010-01-24T23:16:00.003-07:00

A few friends and I went to Temple Square on New Year's Eve to take some pictures with the lights. This one is by far my favorite from the night. I love the reflection of the temple and trees in the water. So beautiful!

Jackson Hole with the Family

2009-08-31T15:26:00.012-07:00

In June my family and I went to Jackson Hole for a vacation. It's the first time in a LONG time that all of us kids and my mom went on a vacation together. I had a lot of fun. We stayed in Teton Village in a house and had fun playing games, cooking dinners, enjoying one another's company, hiking, chasing the grand kids around (well only Kate because the other two couldn't crawl yet... ) but anywho, it was fun. It rained a lot so we didn't do many outdoor activities, but the one we did do (the hike around Jenny Lake), it wasn't rainy so that was nice. We also shopped around the town a little bit and got a couple of souvenirs... I bought a pair of earings, picture frame, and a sweatshirt. Oh and I almost forgot. We did one of those old-time photos with everyone. I'll try and remember to scan it in and post it. It's a great photo. Oh memories...

Here are some pictures that I took from the trip. I'm getting better of taking pictures of actual people instead of just scenery... so not everyone is in the pictures and I apologize but I'm getting better. There are still a lot of scenery pictures but those are the ones I like to take. Enjoy. ;)

Missing in action from these pictures: Matt Stalsberg (Melissa's husband), John West (mom's boyfriend), and ME!! I rarely take pictures of myself so consider yourself lucky if you see one! :)

AJ and Hudson (Hudson's the baby)

The Tetons.

Melissa and Jennifer acting silly, as usual.

Jenny Lake.

Laura teaching Kate how to use her camera. I think she's a photographer in the making. :)

From L to R: Jennifer, AJ, Mom, baby Sam, Melissa, Grant, Laura's back w/ Kate and Jon's head.

Grant, Hudson, Jennifer, and AJ.

Jon teaching Kate how to drink from a CamelBak. So cute.

AJ overlooking Jenny Lake.

Jon, Laura, and Kate taking a breather and eating some snacks.

I forgot what this waterfall is called, but it was the whole point of the hike.

The Tetons.

Jenny Lake.

I absolutely love this picture. She looks so intelligent, doesn't she? Doing a word search and she doesn't even know how to read!

And last but not least, baby Sam Stalsberg. He's so cute. :)

Jet Cars

2009-08-29T11:24:00.003-07:00

So like a year ago or so I went to Rocky Mountain Raceway with a friend to take some pictures of the cars and races. They had a bunch of jet cars there. For those of you who don't know what a jet car is, it's basically a dragster with a jet engine on the back of it. When they start to go, it's like you're right next to an airplane. That's how loud it is. IT'S AWESOME! You can feel the ground shaking! While they're getting ready to drive up to the starting line, the engines let out flames! How sweet is that? So here's my favorite picture of the night.

Lake Powell at Night

2009-06-14T16:24:00.004-07:00

Over Memorial Day weekend I went to Lake Powell with a bunch of friends. It was a blast. This is one of my favorite pictures I took while I was there. I love the light on the houseboat, how it's like a starburst. Awesome.

Samuel Ray Stalsberg

2009-04-20T22:32:00.003-07:00

Here is my brand new nephew: Samuel Ray Stalsberg. He is now one month old. These picture were taken on Day One of life. He was 9 lbs 10 oz and 20" long. Wow. Big boy. His mommy Melissa is my older sister and his daddy is Matt. They are so happy he is here and it's so cute to watch them with him, especially Matt because he doesn't have that much experience with babies. Sam's hands were as big as his 4-month old cousin Hudson's. Haha. We measured the boys last night at my Dad's house and their torso's were the same length. They're 4 months apart!

Precious Kate

2009-03-25T22:46:00.004-07:00

Here is my precious niece Kate. I took this at the hospital when we went to see baby Sammy. I asked Kate if I could take her picture before she went home and she said no and gave me this sweet innocent look so of course I defied her wishes and took a picture. This was the only one I got and I think it is just adorable!

The Johnson Kids

2009-03-15T19:58:00.006-07:00

Last fall I took pictures of my coworker Steve's kids: Andrew, Caitlyn, and Faith. They are so adorable and so sweet. We went up to Sundance Ski Resort to do the photos and it was so beautiful up there. I definitely want to do pictures up there again. I've noticed when I post pictures on this the color is a little off so sorry about that. I don't know what the deal is...

Hudson - 3 Months Old

2009-02-22T01:05:00.005-07:00

This is a little photo shoot with baby Hudson for his 3-month pictures. I can't believe he's already 3 months old. He was blessed last Sunday along with his 4 cousins on the Bay side. They're sure gonna cause some rucus when they're older. Oh... this is his mom Jennifer. Aren't they so cute together? I just love black and white pictures. I, of course, shot them all in color but I just love boosting the contrast and highlights in the black and white. Anyways... here they are.

The Allan Family

2009-02-22T00:54:00.005-07:00

This is my wonderful family, well, most of them. I took this at my grandpa's 80th birthday party in January. It sure is hard to take a big group shot like this and have everyone looking at the camera, with their eyes open, and smiling. For the most part everyone is, except Jennifer...

Baby Hudson

2009-01-29T17:30:00.004-07:00

Here is my handsome nephew Hudson. These pics were taken the same time as my earlier post. This time they're in black and white. One of them is the same as the color one in the other post. I used my 50mm manual lens for these pics so it's hard to get the focus where you want it so there were only a couple worth looking at. But, I like them and that's all that matters. :)

Prague, Czech Republic

2009-01-22T23:46:00.005-07:00

Here is the beautiful Prague Castle taken in September of '07. Prague is so beautiful at night! I will admit that when I arrived I thought to myself, what's the big deal about this place? Everyone always says it's so beautiful, but all I could see were the cigarette butts and graffiti everywhere. But at night... that's when you see it. There is a yellow glow around the streets that's just so beautiful.

One thing I noticed is that people tend to keep to themselves. They aren't overly loud, like some would say Americans are. Also, the Czech language is really neat to hear and try to understand. I learned how to pronounce the words when I was there and say a couple of phrases, thanks to Jacob, but it's really hard to understand. If you ask me now to say something, I can say only a few words. Darn. Almost everywhere you go people spoke English so that was nice when we needed directions.

I would really like to go back to Prague. I keep thinking about this place and having dreams about it. It's really weird. Out of all of the places I went in Europe (London, Prague, Venice, Florence and little towns in between) I think about Prague and the Czech Republic the most.

Venice, Italy

2009-01-22T20:56:00.005-07:00

This picture was taken in Venice, Italy in September of '07. Venice was absolutely beautiful! I loved seeing all of the different colors of buildings, the gondolas and their paddlers with their black and white striped shirts, the multiple Gelato stands (mmm mmm good), the water taxis, the secret pathways winding in and out of the buildings with the water all throughout. I want to go back. One day I will and you can hold me to it! Anyone else want to go?

Hudson Grant Bay

2008-12-30T12:46:00.005-07:00

This is my oh-so-handsome nephew Hudson. I babysat him a couple nights ago and I snuck some pictures of him. Here is just one of them. I'll post more later.

The Stalsbergs

2008-12-22T18:18:00.008-07:00

I took some family pictures of my sister Melissa and her husband Matt and their two dogs Charley and Max (Charley is a girl and is the yellow dog). The dogs behaved so well, as long as I was holding the blue ball. Ha ha. The dogs had so much fun playing in the snow. In some of the pictures it looks like they're smiling. So cute. For me to say that these dogs are cute is pretty much a miracle because I used to hate dogs. But, they've grown on me these past couple of years. Just don't ask me to kiss them. Here are some pictures at Tanner Park.

Abbie Vickery

2008-11-10T12:29:00.003-07:00

Here is the lovely and talented Abbie Vickery, straight out of Menan, Idaho. She is the daughter of Jay and Carrie Vickery. Here are a few pictures of her while I was up there a couple of months ago.

Madison Boone

2008-11-04T20:31:00.005-07:00

Here are some pictures I took of Madison Boone, daughter of LeGrand and Theresa Boone. I took her pictures when I was in Idaho a couple of months ago for Audra's wedding. I took pics of Abbie Vickery, Jay and Carrie's daughter, also. I'll post some of those next time.

Check This Out.

2008-11-04T00:51:00.001-07:00

All I can say is, Inspiring.

The Martin Family

2008-11-03T23:41:00.012-07:00

Well, Lacey's sister Chelsea, and husband Larry, flew me out to North Carolina to take their family pictures. I must say, their family is Adorable, with a capital "A"! Their three kids are 1/2 white, 1/2 black. I think I need to marry a black man just so I can have kids like these. Ha ha. Enjoy! I'll post more pics of the family when I finish "touching them up."

This is Jaden and he is the oldest.

Here is Keeyan who is the middle child, like me. :) I hope I spelled his name right.

And last but not least, Amaya. She is the youngest, and only girl.

Aren't they just the cutest kids you've ever seen (except for my niece...)??

My Favorite Niece

2008-10-22T20:24:00.011-07:00

This is Kate. She is absolutely adorable (mostly because she's an Allan). She is my one and only niece and I love her. She has the most adorable expressions. This first picture is one of my favorites of her EVER. Her lovely mother, Laura, took it. The others are of her taken throughout her short 20 months of life.

Cape Lookout

2008-10-22T19:14:00.012-07:00

Here are some pictures from my trip to North Carolina. Lacey and I went to Cape Lookout to see the lighthouse there. It's one of the oldest lighthouses in North Carolina. I found some pretty cool seashells on the beach that I took some pics of.