A Mormon Formal...Mormal

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why yes. those are marshmello guns.

and yes. my shoes are ORANGE...and four inches tall :D

So because school dances are more often than not quite raunchy, the LDS church puts on a Mormon Formal, "Mormal" for the youth to be able to enjoy a clean dance together. It is always a ball. Because i turned 16 (the age that you are allowed to go to said mormal) when I was a sophomore, I have been to five mormals(2 sophomore year, 1 junior year, and 2 senior year), and two Proms (sophomore, and junior years....senior year prom was exnayed due to graduation, and moving on to bigger and better things). Above was my mormal #4 at Kory's mormal. I was SO excited for this one, because Kory is 6'4".....which means i get to wear HEELS....very exciting. but really, a dream come true. I could go on, and tell many stories, but I am tired, so just know....we had a BALL!

Laurel E

The Colors of Olvera Street

translation.. my house is your house...but my milk... NO!!

dried watermelon...you can tell by Lauren's face that it is quite interesting.

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hope you loved these colors as much as i did :)

Laurel E

Credits

Life as i see it Title's backround (blue arrows) by Design Love Fest

A Shrimp Boil

Before Alyssa left to the MTC we had a get together with some neighbors so say goodbye, and you saw it! We had our first ever Evans Shrimp Boil. We LOVE shrimp boils, but only ever have them when we are with my mom's side of the family. We decided to be adventurous and try it out for ourselves. It worked splendidly :) Although our neighbors didn't quite understand that it is 100% finger food, tossed on the newspaper to dig into...they got it in the end. We just had to show them how to properly a shrimp boil. I guess once a Georgian, always a Georgian.

Thats how i see it,
Laurel E

Un Beso

 My sister Alyssa is home for a few weeks before she leaves to the Philippines on her mission. Since I am out of school, I get the blessing of being home with  her and my mom. The three of us get to spend every minute together, and I couldn't imagine a better way to spend my time. Although we are constantly running around trying to get things together for the upcoming events, there is always time spared for a little laughter, and a few kisses.

My mom loves the kisses she gets from her daughters

I love the kisses I get from my mom

Alyssa pretends she doesn't love kisses from both of us, but she can't hold it in ;)

I am so grateful for this time I have to spend with these two amazing women before time will spread us around the world, as Alyssa serves her mission in the Philippines and I go to BYU. A thought for you? Embrace the moments you find yourself in the company of your family, and always give them kisses :*

HAPPY BELATED VALENTINES DAY! XOXOXOXOXO

That's how i see it,

Laurel E 

A Big Bear Fest

For winter youth conference our ward went up to big bear. Jared and I had to go up late because we saw a Brian Regan concert in LA the day everyone left-a word to the wise and the hysterics: don't die till you see him. AMAZING! But we woke up early the next day--exhausted--and jared Alex and i drove up the mnt. Yes it was a beautiful sun rise making the mountains all different colors across the horizon, and yes we got nice and sick winding up the road. But upon arrival we were warmly greeted and hugged..they apparently missed us all;) or so we like to think. But it was sure fun being up there with everyone. Although the snow was not as thick as we had anticipated, the 55 degree weather worked out just fine. Sledding was a funny sight with the snow, sun, and short sleeves. But when we were not sledding, we dressed warm and were just a dandy temperature. I loved taking pictures in the snow, lighting always seemed to be perfect. Alex and Alisa(the two girls with me) just make the weekend a ball. I love them a lot. It's times like these I am so grateful for my friends. They're all good people.

Strange Friends We Are

We took another photo adventure to the Hyatt scouting out places with good lighting for senior photos. But since Alex came late Jared and I discovered the power of a self timer. We propped my camera up on a chair and one person focused it and hit the 10sec timer-which is a long time to wait for an awkward photo to be taken. Haha but we sure had fun and he looked pretty spiffy in his suit. And every time I look at these photos I just have to laugh a little. We're kind of strange friends are we not? They made for some good memories though! Thanks Jared:) and thanks Hyatt!