A PIECE OF SCRAP

It's My Birthday (and I'll cry if I want to)

2011-05-15T20:36:00.000-07:00

so I'm turning 25 this week

no big deal right

only a quarter of a century old

here are some things on my wish list:

external hard drive (tara bite)

five finger shoes for running (pink)

these Toms are to die for

yes I still love polka dots

size 9

As I'm typing this right now, Jake says I'm obsessed w/Toms

no I'm not

yes I am

Do I need new Rainbows yes

goin on five years this summer

size 10

basically I've decided I'm obsessed w/shoes

Toms

regular= size 9

glitter= size 9.5

fyi

I already have blue and gray (regular)

and pink glitter Toms

I always need

Dr. pepper

gerbera daisies

anything pink

and love

phone calls make me happy too

just sing to me

or do a little jig

"Rite of Spring" -Angels and Airwaves

2011-05-09T20:37:00.000-07:00

announcing

I have a YouTube account

LovinItPink

same as my email

find me. fun videos of everything

it's finally beginning to look like spring around here

this is my backyard

this is what my street looks like

so bright

last weekend

Jake and I went to the Tulip Festival

finally

I've been wanting to go forever now. YAY

seriously, I've been wanting to go for years...

I may or may not have made Mother's Day cards

Am I excited for summer? yes

I'm glad spring comes before summer 'cuz it's nice to have a little sneak peak, of what is yet to come.

BTW this was the best day (and date) everrrr thanx love

"California" -Green Day

2011-04-28T09:34:00.000-07:00

Monday morning (5am) April 11th

a date in history

I go home for the first time since Nov.

I have a love/hate relationship with the 6-6-1

this I love

(paren't backyard)

Monday night Kellie time

she picks me up at my parent's after work

we stay the night at the Padre Hotel

Downtown Bakersfield

side note

We also eat at Frugattis

favorite Italian restaurant

It was rather nice to be home

High 80s all week

Tuesday Apr. 12th

Kellie and go to Wind Wolves

Beautiful. Adventure

We got salads from Jakes Tex Mex &

picnicked in the nature.

Wednesday April 13th

Six Flags Magic Mountain

one of my favorite parks

First ride of the day: Viper

one of my favorite rides

You're upside down, more than you're rightside up

no lines

Thursday April 14th

drove down to SD with mom and sisters

Got very little sleep and prepared James

This is how AubreAnn Photique prepares for a wedding:

Friday April 15th

another date in history

Photographed Cami and Jake's wedding

San Diego LDS Temple

Saturday April 16th

some of the sibs came w/me and the rents

Photographed Cami and Jake's reception

Courtney, Aubre, Tyler, and Kelsey

Sunday= Church

chillaxin

Taxes with Ken

Monday= Sleep in

Pack and get ready for UT again

Overall, I had an awesome time in CA and spent some much needed time w/my family. It was nice to get out of Utah enjoy the sun and relax a little bit. Kellie and I always have so much fun together and it was great catchin up w/her. Boy do I miss home some times, but man it really stinks- Literally- It has this (dot dot dot) smell

"Brand New Shoes" -Ryan Shupe

2011-04-05T13:43:00.000-07:00

Today is "ONE DAY WITHOUT SHOES" (according to the Toms website) and I thought I'd make a little post-a-roo about why these shoes are my favorite:

not only are they super cute (pink sparklies= favorite pair)

but they go toward a good cause

I have a few different pair of Toms. I promise I wear nothing else (besides my Rainbows and random other flats). They're so comfortable and the best shoe I've ever worn. Sorry Vans.

If you're interested in learning more about this giving foundation, please go to the Toms website. Toms.com

"Love Like Winter" -AFI

2011-03-28T22:11:00.000-07:00

Hi. My name's Aubre.

I'm addicted to snowboarding

I never really liked the winter in UT before

but this year was different

SNOWBOARDING

a couple weekends ago, we went hiking

in show shoes

When I say we, I mean the following:

Bryan, Kyle, Johannah, Hugo, Jake and me

Bryan= Jake's brother

He was visiting for the weekend from AZ

we hiked up a mountain for a few hours

then snowboarded down

Here's a few favorite photos from this year's boarding:

snow shoeing/boarding

Johannah and Aubre

Johannah= Jake's sister

sundance

Aubre and Camri

basic essentials for snowboarding:

pink under armor and Blink 182 shirt

Tyler and Aubre

President's Day weekend

he came down to visit for the three day weekend

There's only three weeks left before Park City closes the resort. I'll be in California the last weekend before it closes. Must get as much boarding in as possible.

Until next season...

"What's My Name" -Rihanna

2011-03-01T22:16:00.000-08:00

As of February 1st, APX has (officially) changed their company name to Vivint. Instead of APX Alarm, we are now Vivint. We are drifting away from the security aspect of it and going more into home automation. For more information, visit our website (Vivint.com). We did not get bought out. We are still in the same corporate office and still have the same owners/CEO, etc. Here are some things that have changed:

Old colors: dark blue light blue silver

New colors: orange grey white

Old motto: APX Alarm security solutions

New motto: Vivint. simply smarter

APX Alarm and Vivint.

we are the same

old glass. new glass.

water bottle

old pen. new pen

old shirt. new shirt

Just to clarify- I have many many APX shirts. I thought this one would be best for color contrast, and mottos, etc. and I apologize for the color/lighting. It looks a whole heck of a lot different on my Mac editing program :-/

Open Arms- Journey

2011-02-25T21:23:00.001-08:00

I have never loved this song so much (in my life) and I've also never had so much fun at Sundance Ski Resort, on a Sunday after church. Ya know- just taking pictures, goofing off in the car, enjoying a beautiful drive, up a beautiful canyon, with a beautiful person.

Okay, I'm even grossing myself out. done & done

I've had the Utah County viral cold/flu infection (this whole week) that's been going around. Today was my first day back @ work all week. I only made it a few hours and left no later than 12 noon :( Unfortunately this means I'm okay w/going to bed @ 10:30 on a Friday night, after cleaning my house & doing laundry. peace fools

Crazy- Jesse Thomas

2011-01-29T08:55:00.000-08:00

I (recently) fell in love w/this new artist Jesse Thomas and she has this song called drunk but obviously I changed it to crazy enjoy

If I get crazy, is that reason enough to call you?

Would I come off desperate? because I'm not trying to

When I cry, I feel alive

Just let me leave. I wanna see a new light

Just let me be on my own for the first time

Don't tell me that you miss me, or call me when you're lonely I'M DONE

I erased your number from my telephone, but by heart I know it

I threw out every photograph, but you're still around

When I cry, I feel alive

Let me leave. I wanna see a new light

Just let me be on my own for the first time

Don't tell me that you miss me, or call me when you're lonely I'M DONE

Could you let me move on?

On my carpet there's impressions, from the king size bed

Oh we were so happy, the day we moved it in

Now I can't take my eyes off it, when I'm hiding in my twin

Rearrange the furniture and cover where you've been

Just let me leave. I wanna see new light

Just let me be on my own for the first time

Don't tell me that you miss me, or call me when you're lonely I'M DONE

Could you let me move on?

If I get crazy, is that reason enough to call you

Reflection- Tool

2011-01-26T16:39:00.001-08:00

Exactly one year ago today, I took a pretty big trip (by myself) to Bend, Oregon. Never in my life, have I ever been so hesitant to not get back on the plane for my layover. I can only help but reflect on my journal entry from last year, while I was flying. I wrote down every thought, worry and expression I felt. I'm so glad I did, because I can still go back (to this day) and read every word, feeling like I was back on that plane again. I also took many many pictures. Here's to one year later, and for wearing the same exact hoodie, as I did 365 days ago :) miss you

PS i journaled today (coincidentally) exactly one year later... weird

Elora and Aubre

"All is quiet on New Year's Day" -U2

2010-12-31T10:38:00.000-08:00

I've had a busy year. What better way to sum it up, than post a bunch of pictures for the end of 2010

Obviously, I've taken thousands of pictures. yes, thousands. I only picked one or two (or five) for every month this year. The rest are on FB enjoy

PS (caugh caugh) after looking through all these photos, and reading old journal posts, I'm realizing how much I'm in involved w/Nick's band and Double or Nothing's music. Also, it may seem silly that I post my friends birthdays in here, but obviously they're a big part of my life. If you're in here, congratulations.

January (2010)

Aubre flies to Oregon

February (2010)

Nick and Aubre become good friends

Aubre takes a photography class @ UVU

This photo wins a contest:

March (2010)

Double or Nothing plays w/Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband

Aubre becomes a walking resume for Nate

Nate joins Ryan Shupe

Kellie comes up for a (random) visit

Aubre (also) leaves to go on a mini. tour w/DorN and We Shot the Moon

Happy Birthday Kellie (03.17)

April (2010)

Aubre finds herself addicted to these boys

Camri comes w/Aubre to a show in Herriman

Camri loves Nate

Happy Birthday Kim (04.11)

May (2010)

Aubre celebrates 24 years with wonderful people

Kellie comes up for Aubre's 24th birthday

We all get together for dinner @ Cheesecake Factory

Old roomie (and still friend) Brittany

Happy Birthday Aubre (05.19)

Kellie and Aubre visit the "This is the Place" monument in SL

sad that I want to be spiritual on my birthday? no? okay

Hold up. Nick (also) had a birthday in May. Callie also.

Happy Birthday Nick (05.09)

Nick and Aubre celebrate their birthday by seeing Paramore (05.11)

and by seeing Iron Man 2 :) and by playing Lava Tag in the park

or love attack as we call it

Happy Birthday Callie (05.10)

Mad Hatter Laughing Matter (my birthday party)

The boys played in my backyard

June (2010)

We become and official "Blob"

We all go everywhere together like a blob of water

Matt, Nate, Nick, Derek, Kim, Kristy, Cristy, Callie, Camri and Aubre

Taylorsville Days w/the blob. Camri & Kristy missed out and Nate left early

Happy Birthday Mateo (06.21)

Derek, Cristy and Aubre

"Corndogs" -Ryan Shupe

June 12th finishing up one (of many) recording sessions w/the boys

July (2010)

Celebrate the 4th of July on Sunday @ Matt's

Another demo durby? yes please (07.03)

Callie and Aubre

Aubre photographs a wedding in Vegas

saw the parentals

Aubre takes Matt, Nate, Kim, Kristy and Camri to Vegas

August (2010)

Aubre photographs/finishes editing weddings. lots.

Celebrate Mikala's Birthday (08.28)

Happy Birthday Camri (08.17)

Happy Birthday Nate (08.29)

Happy Birthday Cristy (08.09)

Adam, Mikala, Aubre and Nick

see Jack Johnson (never again) on the 13th

Nick runs his half marathon. Nick gets dehydrated.

Aubre takes care of Nick

Aubre photographs Jessica's wedding in SL on the 5th

... interesting ...

still trying to get over how busy July was...

Aug. 31st= Aubre photographs Sara's wedding in Draper

Cristy returns from Mexico and brings presents. Love my bracelet.

September (2010)

Aubre celebrates two year anniversary at APX Alarm

Aubre thinks the blob will disappear when everyone goes back to school

Aubre struggles to realize a lot

Aubre knows things happen for a reason. Do not burn bridges. ever

Aubre had a busy summer and is trying to recover

October (2010)

Aubre dresses as a (Flamingo Pink) crayon for Halloween

Aubre starts project w/Michael Burton Films

Aubre changes photography line:

Old: AubreAnn Photography

New:

Aubre photographs Jessica's bridals after shooting for four? hours w/videographer

November (2010)

Double or Nothing releases their first full length album

SILHOUETTES FADE

it's on itunes. check it out

It's really good. Promise. You won't regret this.

Aubre finishes much needed project. New merch.

Final project= amazing (or so I think)

Elder Albert returns home!

We've missed you after two years

Aubre flies home to see everyone for Thanksgiving

We take family pictures, for the first time in three? years

December (2010)

Happy Birthday Kristy (12.13)

Happy Birthday Derek (12.29)

Aubre stay here in Utah for Christmas

Aubre spends the weekend w/Nick and his family

Aubre is grateful for the little things in life

Last Christmas...

2010-12-25T12:51:00.000-08:00

Last year for Christmas...

I few home to California

Tyler was still serving in PA

Oh here's just some family photos from this year during Thanksgiving

This year for Christmas...

I have the blob

need I say more

Joy to the World

2010-12-11T23:31:00.000-08:00

So tonight, most of our friends left for NY for a few days.

The gang who went: Matt, Nick, Jon, Kim, Kristy and Callie

The gang who stayed: Me, Camri, Derek, Cristy and Nate

I'm a little sad they're enjoying this experience w/o us and will be bonding/coming back with all these inside jokes, but I think it'll be a little crazy.... New York is pretty crazy as it is. Two weeks before Christmas? Snow? No thanx

I was supposed to go up to Nick's last night to go to his sister's graduation party, help him pack and have a Christmas movie marathon, but I've been feeling sick all week, (his sister's pregnant, so I didn't wanna get her sick too...) and quite frankly I just had way too much to do... My sisters are coming into town this week. I think I have another busy week already and it was stressing me out to not have my house clean yet.

Two Friday nights (in a row) in Provo. Not bad self

The other day @ work, I decided to make 29 Buddy the Elf quotes. 29 is such a random number, I know. This was for no particular reason. It just happened to be that google was out of quotes. Back to the story. I wanted to make all these quotes for Nick, for when I was helping him pack on Saturday (which would have been today), I could've stuffed all these random quotes in his suitcase/clothes without him knowing. I didn't end up making it up there last night, so while I was in SL tonight w/Cam looking @ the Christmas lights (and pretending like we were in NYC), we decided to take an alternate route, on the way home, and stop @ the airport. I stuffed all 29 Buddy the Elf quotes, into a random envelope Camri had in her car :) Thanx Cam

We went to the Jet Blue Terminal, I waited in line for about 15 mins. with tons of other people waiting to check their luggage. Might I add I looked a little weird standing in line w/nothing but an envelope. I wrote all six of the above names on the envelope, left them @ the Jet Blue check-in counter and quickly left w/Cam before they pulled up. Thank goodness we left when we did 'cuz they literally pulled up five mins. after we left

FEW (wipes sweat off forehead) That was a close one.

I get a text from Kristy a few minutes later, saying "Aw! They just handed him the envelope!" I guess the Jet Blue lady saw them all walk in (all six of them) and walked up to them saying, "Are any of you Nick, Callie, Jon, Kristy, Matt or Kim" hahaha That's awesome! I was pretty excited. I'm very sneaky. Don't ever underestimate the power of my sneakiness.

BTW our group is kinda hard to miss, so when all of them came in... I'm sure Matt had his "I love NY" shirt on...

Here are some of the quotes I left for them all:

Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?

It sounds like someone needs to sing a Christmas carol.

The best way to spread Christmas cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.

If you can sing alone, you sing in front of other people. There's no difference.

We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.

Well, if you're Santa, what song did I sing for you on your birthday this year?

You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa.

Francisco! That's fun to say! Francisco... Frannncisco... Franciscooo

Wow, you're fast. I'm glad I caught up to you. I waited five hours for you. Why is your coat so big? So, good news: I saw a dog today. Have you seen a dog? You probably have. How was school? Was it fun? Did you get a lot of homework? Huh? Do you have any friends? Do you have a best friend? Does he have a big coat, too?

I'm a human, but I was raised by elves.

I just like to smile! Smiling's my favorite.

There were (obviously) many more, but these were some of my favorites. Just had to share.

I'll miss him while he's gone. Who am I going to have scripture study with, this week?... OH CAMRI!

"My Wish" -Rascal Flatts

2010-11-24T20:50:00.000-08:00

My Christmas wish list for this year consists of any of the following on this page: http://www.toms.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=pink+toms

love these

They come in red or blue. I prefer red

Baobab Embroidered Tree Women's Classics

I'm a size nine

Just some suggestions :) questions comments concerns please feel free to message me 24/7 I'd be glad to help :)

Two Hours

2010-11-20T16:45:00.000-08:00

so. we're at the SLC airport getting ready to go home for Thanksgiving and to see our brother (Tyler) for the first time in two years since he just returned home from his mission. and. guess what. Our flight is delayed two hours. Thanx to San Fran weather :) We're pretty bored. We've been here a few hours now and still have two more hours...

I'm thankful for my sisters

we've always had fun together

I'd go crazy if I was in the airport here w/o my sisters. I'm glad they're here... Four hours in an airport isn't that bad.... I have a major fear of flying so it's been kinda nice to sit here people watching and see the planes take off/land. It's calmed my nerves. It's actually made me grateful, and think how fortunate we are to have airplanes for travel.

New Names

2010-11-17T16:34:00.000-08:00

As previously typed below, I usually rename Nick's songs. or. anyone songs written & produced by his band (Double or Nothing)

Yes, there have been times, that I may or may not have been too lazy to say the full name of the song title, so I gave it my own title :)

Thank you for letting me rename all your songs and calling them whatever I want.

Here are the songs I've renamed so far/why I renamed them:

Guess What Maria= Guess What Burrito

The day of the final mix @ the studio, we were all eating sweet pork burritos from Cafe Rio and we were saving the final changes to this song, and Nate was singing to his burrito :)

Silhouettes Fade= Sil. Fad. or Silly Fad. HOWEVER, we've recently discovered, that if you're dyslexic, it would easily be mistaken for someone to call it FEEL SAD.

Can't Stop Us= Can't Stand'ya

Now or Never= The Office Song

The beginning sounds like the intro. to one of our favorite TVs shows "The Office."

She= Shiz

The title of this song, used to be "She Is" and it was easier to say SHIZ, so it just kinda stuck, even though the song title changed.

Stargazing= the beach song

It just makes sense to call it the beach song. Listen to the lyrics, and fall asleep to these tunes :) You'll see why

This Bottle= the bottle song

For awhile, I used to put the word "song" at the end of every song title, so this one just kinda stuck from day one. fyi day one was MONTHS ago.

Summer of '05= Summer of '95

Nick accidentally said Summer of '95 one day

Nick wrote a song called "Angel" awhile ago. Maybe a year ago? It was one of the first songs he ever played for me. on the piano. I've loved it from day one and he maybe made a demo. of it for me, so it's on my itunes. I've always called it the halo song.

That's all for now, folks. They just come within time, so please don't rush the inspiration on these nick names.

one year :) friendship-versary?

2010-11-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

WARNING: super long post

i wrote a Paramore story for Nick, using just Paramore lyrics :)hope he likes it.

Thank you We Shot the Moon and Velour Music for allowing me to meet my best friend, Nick, exactly a year ago. We met through music and if it weren't for WSTM and Allred, I would've never met Nickerbocker. We probably would've ran into each other, sooner or later, but I'm thankful it happened sooner than later.

Nick:

Thank you for allowing me to call you for the most random things.

Thank you for going to the temple w/me.

Thank you for letting me stay @ your house when it's snowing and for being so concerned for my safety.

Thank you for recording a demo. of my favorite song (the Halo song).

Thank you for letting me rename all your songs and calling them whatever I want.

Thank you for calling me after your shows, for the few that I wasn't able to make, and for letting me know how they went/to let me know you packed up safely.

Thank you for having such a wonderful, cute family.

Thank you for writing a cute song, that makes me smile. lots.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this first full-length album and being there every step of the way. I've truly enjoyed it!

Thank you for making me want to be a better person & for strengthening my testimony, when times got rough.

Thank you for the funny inside jokes

Thank you for writing my songs and for being my human jukebox.

Thank you for playing a Journey song, the first time we talked on the phone.

Thank you for calling me and leaving funny messages on my phone in your Elmo voice.

Thank you for putting me in my place & getting in my face, when I need it.

Thank you for our silly arguments and for allowing me to yell at you for 2.5 seconds then being completely over it minutes later.

Thank you for saying "i love your face."

Thank you for being my concert buddy and going to the Mae show, even when you don't want to.

Thank you for rockin' out with me @ the Paramore concert, and for acting like a little kid on Christmas morning, when Reliant K came out on stage.

Thank you for being willing to do all these silly, ridiculous things I make you do, for no good reason at all (?)

Thank you for saying funny things. example "Aubre, sometimes you say pointless things and you just talk to talk."

Thank you for allowing me to support you & anxiously await all your shows.

Thank you for fun sleep overs.

Thank you for true, honest opinions on dating & for not allowing me to date DBs

Thank you for allowing me to have bundles bundles of photos of you.

MOST IMPORTANTLY

Thank you for being the wonderful, talented, witty, funny person you are and for always making me laugh. You have a way of allowing me to not be mad at you :)

This photo was from the first night we hung out:

He made me laugh from day one

We enjoy doing things w/our good friends (Adam & Mikala) and their daughter, Kyree.

Kyree now asks for me when Nick's around. And, when I'm around, she asks "Where's Nick?" hahaha

granola. bologna

I take care of him when he's dehydrated after his half marathon

This is a typical Nick & Aubre picture

Nick plays the guitar.

Aubre takes pictures.

This is just a little insight of Aubre and Nick. Yes, we might be ridiculous, but it works, and we laugh.

I can't even describe what this lat year has been like w/him. We've had so many ups and downs but all in all, he is my best friend and I can't imagine my life w/o him. I've always heard people say that, but in all honestly, he really is my best friend and my life is crazy anyway, but I love having him be a part of it & wouldn't have it any other way. He wrote a song, on his new album (Silhouettes Fade) called When You're Gone and that really put things in perspective for me. I called him, just crying, telling him I don't know what I'd do w/o him and I feel so blessed to have him around. He told me he thinks I'm pretty much stuck w/him, but I don't like the term "stuck." ha

I don't see myself separating from him any time soon :) love ya kid

The Blob

2010-10-31T19:06:00.000-07:00

Want to see what me & my friends have been up to lately?

This was last night @ my friend Kristy's (our own ward Halloween party).

We invited some others, for fun, but here's the original ten

Visit our blog: WeAreTheBlob.blogspot.com

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T18:27:00.000-07:00

Since Halloween fell on a Sunday, this year, people in Utah celebrate it the day before. Everyone at work dressed up on Friday. Here were some favorites in my department :)

Gotta love my co-workers

Kerr was a Care Bear

Yesenia was Dora the Explorer

and me?

I was a crayon

Flamingo Pink to be exact

I had a lot of this stuff, from last year's costume already :)

I just made my shirt, too too, and wore a pink party hat. I already had my pink Vans (duh).

Last year, for Halloween, I wore all pink, too.

What can I be, next year, that'll allow me to wear all pink???

Happy Halloween!

Carvage of the Pumpkins

2010-10-27T21:34:00.000-07:00

A couple of weekends ago, we all got together @ Kristy's to carve pumpkins... Everyone minus Cristy & Derek (They were on a date in SL) Nick (made plans for a man date @ Adam & Mikala's) and Nate (had a show w/Ryan Shupe). Sorry you were the only boy, Matt.

The night before that, we went to a haunted house/corn maze. Me no likey.

Lemme just back up & kinda explain my crazy yet fun-filled weekend. Friday night, or should I say Saturday morning, I got home at about 2am (?)

Saturday= Wake up @ 6am to run race (5k). Hurry self. Run fast. Race started @ 7am and finished in 17.8 minutes (I believe was my exact time). Drive home (fast fast fast) get home a little after eight to organize and get my camera ready/organize outfits. Jump in the shower around 8:45ish (realizing I have but no time to wash my hair EW), answer front door which is knocking right at nine (UGH! the one day I need someone to be late, they're right on time). Why hello videographer SO NICE TO SEE YOU allow me to excuse myself 'cuz I look like trash. Throw piece of furniture in videographer's car, drive to location (Mapleton, UT which is about 15 mins. from my house), begin filming/interview process for my video w/photography line (AubreAnn Photique). Bride shows up @ 12:30 for bridals. Oh great it's nice and sunny, we're in the middle of a field and I'm wearing all black. Still no shower, beginning to feel like trash and realizing sleep= important. After talking my head off & thinking of things to say, to attract clients to my line, I now have to be creative and photograph a bride. JOY. Videographer follows me around, while I'm looking like a dork (and trash, need I remind you). Finish bridals around 3:30 (ish) SEND BRIDE HOME videographer and I set up camp (laptops) to exchange memory cards), go back to my house to download everything. ByeBye videographer I GET A NAP AND A SHOWER NOW??? nope. Time to jump in the car and head up to South Ogden for carvage of the pumpkins. FYI haven't shower in two days? Hair= gross. Body= sweaty. Me=tired. Last thing I want to do, is hold a knife, and make a cute design on a pumpkin. Oh well. Such is life.

This year, I was pretty excited for the carvage, as I haven't carved pumpkins in a few years. Here are some favorite pictures:

Camri carved an owl :)

Callie carved an uber cute face

Matt looks like Callie's pumpkin yeah?

Matt had to help me. Of course.

I always make things difficult

Thanx Matt

Kristy carved Will Ferrell

Kristy's mom thought it was Matt

ew Kim that's gross

Kimbo had a skull pumpkin :)

musical note?

I was way tired & only had about 3.5 hours of sleep?

everyone's final product

Camri's pumpkin, Callie' pumpkin, my pumpkin, Kristy's pumpkin, Matt's pumpkin and Kim's pumpkin

side note: Kristy's mom (also) thought Matt's pumpkin said Kristy, even though it said Krispy Kreme hahaha

Everyone was kinda fartin around w/my camera, while I fell asleep watching my favorite Halloween movie (Hocus Pocus). I was way tired, but it was way fun. Thanx all 'twas amazing.

This is Halloween

2010-10-19T23:42:00.000-07:00

Just some cute (if I must say so myself) Halloween decorations @ my house so far...

kitchen window

roomie (Kelci) painted her pumpkin

mah front door

Cute candy bowl w/no candy in it AH!

I love Halloween. I love dressing up, eating candy, and acting like a little kid 'cuz I am one!!! I do not like being scared though, so don't even try. Happy Halloweenie so far

Sunset Pictures w/Jake

2010-09-26T20:42:00.000-07:00

A couple weekends ago, Jake and I decided to take a little hike up Ensign Peak in Salt Lake just north of the capital. What a great way to spend a Sunday evening :) We had been wanting to take these sunset pictures for awhile. Time was the problem. We both work past sunset & could never manage to get up to SL in time. These pictures definitely don't do justice of just how gorgeous this view was. I used all natural lighting on my camera (no flash), so I hope I captured them well for ya. ENJOY Here are some favorites:

overlooking the airport

the view we had of the state capital

University of Utah

okay, this pictures isn't that great, but here's Jake in action

I had to hurry so I wouldn't get caught takin' snap shot of him hahaha

Jake loves his tripod & takes it everywhere. I call it THE CLAW

look closely & you'll see why

BTW these photos are NOT edited. Just natural lighting

THIS IS MY FAVORITE

Kinda hard to see Jake here, as I didn't really edit it... You get my drift :)

A beautiful view of the city :) :) :)

I love how the SL Temple is just in the middle of all the downtown crazyness

Kinda looks like the Vegas strip huh?!?

By the end of the night, this is what our photos looked like :)

FUNNY SIDE NOTE Jake and I didn't really plan on hiking a mountain. We just knew there was this great lookout point, somewhere in SL north of the capital, so we were in our every day clothes (no water bottles, hiking shoes, etc.) so when we went running up this mountain, to try to beat the sun going down, we were pretty exhausted by the time we reached our destination. Well... At least I was :) AND... once we got up there & realized we were up there WAY past after the sun went down, we realized WE DIDN'T HAVE A FLASHLIGHT TO HELP GUIDE US DOWN oops!

I had so much fun on another picture adventure w/Jake. Two in one week. WOW lucky girl I am! He recently took back his camera (temporarily), so he can get the upgrade on the new Nikon, which should be coming out within the next few weeks. We haven't had any picture adventures in awhile, because of this temporary change w/Niki ;) I definitely think he got better shots than I did, as usual, and when he gets the NEW ONE you better believe we'll be back out there capturing the fall beauty in UT Thanx Jake for more learning experiences. Can't wait to get back out there!

Happy 21st Birthday Elder Albert

2010-09-20T18:47:00.000-07:00

Elder Tyler James Albert has officially turned the fantastic, legal age of 21 today :) He has grown up so fast, and is more and more handsome, as the years go by. He is currently serving as an LDS missionary in the Philadelphia, PA Mission. We are so proud of you!

Ty started out this cute & little and was my little buddy :)

Now, here he is in PA baptizing people :)

A year later, this couple was sealed in the Washington DC Temple & Tyler got to attend the sealing!

funny story I have a postcard, from my boss, of the LOVE sign :) I'm going to send it to Tyler, and he's going to be soooo confused, as to how I got it muahahaha

P-Day

Tyler and I share a love for roller coasters. This was summer '06 on the way to Magic Mountain

I can't wait to have my buddy back

Me & Ty on our family cruise ship March '07

Framed in my room :) This photo was taken the day he entered the MTC in Provo

Tyler is a great example to me and his love for the gospel keeps growing & growing

Christmas '07

We cannot wait to have you back, Elder, this year for the holidays

Monopoly game pieces on P-Day

Tyler has a great sense of humor! Always has. Don't worry, nothing's changed. No doubt.

We cannot wait to have you back, Tyler. Time has certainly flown by so fast. Two years! Wow, who would've thought. You have changed so much, and have such a growing testimony that surprises me more & more every day. I'm so proud of you, as your older sister, and your letters shine through so much. Thank you for always having just the right scripture to say & just the right amount of faith, at the most perfect times. We will see you shortly (60 more days?) and cannot wait to spend the Holidays w/you :) Lots of love HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY

Street Light People (pictures) w/Jake

2010-09-13T14:22:00.001-07:00

This is how I de-stress myself. Pictures.

I was having a pretty bad day on Tuesday & wanted to take pictures. Really bad. Nick's producer, Jake, invited me over to his apartment (in Sandy) for some photographing adventures. He has a similar camera to mine (I have a Canon and he has a Nikon), and he's super into photography, so we decided to have a mission to capture moving lights. Something I've been wanting to do for awhile. Having taken that into consideration, Jake decided we should stand on a bridge overpass & take pictures of moving traffic. It was a little scary, as we were on an island w/cars moving fast all around us, but none the less IT WAS SO MUCH FUN and I learned so much. Jake knows more of the technological part of the camera, so we were both able to kinda balance each other out & learn different things from one another. It was kinda difficult, at times, because even though our cameras are similar, the bodies/settings were kinda different. In the end, I definitely think I learned more :) Thanx Jake

Photographing moving lights is more difficult than you think. It's hard to get the shutter speed just right

This is how my photos started out:

Here are some of my favorites, once I got the hang of it:

I kinda edited them all differently

After taking pictures of the moving traffic, we went across the fwy. to the Jordan River Temple. We weren't there that long, and I had a hard time being creative, but here's some faves:

I am in love w/this picture!

These were all natural settings on my camera. The only editing I did= Play w/the color

Not too centered, but you get the general idea

Not the greatest shot, but I was lying on the ground, by the water fountain & getting little splashes of water here & there, to capture this angle.

We went on another picture adventure, just a few days later in SL so look for more pictures soon! I love my time w/my camera and could go anywhere w/it any day :) Thanx again Jake for teaching me so much. If there's one thing I have the hardest time with, in photography, it's shutter speed & it makes the biggest difference, so I still have a lot of learning/growing to do.

Mad Hatter Laughing Matter

2010-05-30T17:17:00.000-07:00

May 7th we had a Mad Hatter birthday party for me and Nick since his birthday's on the 9th and I'm only ten days later on the 19th and he was doing something the following night (the 8th... watching Ironman 2) for HIS birthday. So, this was kind of our joint party w/all of our friends, for the two of us. We had it @ my house, downtown Provo, in my backyard. It's huge and so nice. So, I'm glad we were FINALLY able to make good use of it. We did a Mad Hatter theme, since it was before both of our birthday (almost two weeks before mine), and it just made sense w/the whole Alice in Wonderland movie just coming out :)

These were the invitations:

some decorations

pom pom balls, that hung from the strand of lights

CUPCAKES

"better than ever" (better than sex)

Red Velvet

lime green dyed frosting

My old roommate Lyndee came to my party YAY

I had Nick's band (Double or Nothing) play @ the party

Matt

Singing the song he wrote for me "One in a Million"

Nick

My co-worker Camri

Callie is one of the girls from Ogden who I love

(she's really from SL but lives in Ogden)

The boys decided to play some of their own version of stomp and it was good

Just some friends from my ward

Crystal, Ash and me

I've known these girls forever

This was our Coke add

Matt, me and Callie
Matt and I are making the same face :-P

Thanx Double or Nothing for playing, and to all our friends who showed up. We had great food & awesome entertainment. It was quite the birthday celebration! Sorry guys if I didn't get pix. of everyone :) There's more on FB but I might not have captured everyone. Don't judge me. Thanx again 'twas awesome

Idaho? YOU DA HOE semester two

2010-04-18T22:03:00.001-07:00

On Friday, my dad and the twins drove up to UT to stay the night @ my house and oh how sweet it was. We went to Pizza Pie Cafe, and found dad some pioneer stuff @ DI for his Pioneer Trek coming up...

Saturday morning (seven...) we left good 'ol Provo to make our way to REXBURG, IDAHO omg can I please say I was exhausted (by the weekend, I'm pooped!), so I know how my dad must've felt ALL THAT DRIVING! We checked the girls into their new apartment, went grocery shopping, and grabbed a bite to eat for lunch. We left the girls in Rexy :( I'll be back up there soon, girls, for a weekend party... Dad and I drove another four hours back down to Provo... FYI that's eight hours total for him, in one day. Let's not even count the nine hour drive, the day before.

Must I say it was quite nice to spend the rest of the four hours, in the car, with my dad. We listened to Bryan Regan (laughed a lot)... He pointed out I've heard it one too many times, as I knew ALL THE LINES ;) and we just talked. About life. Temples. Utah. Maddie (my cousin's little girl) and how funny she/kids are.

Here are some pictures... Droppage offage of the twinners:

I think Courtney was sick of me taking pictures

I WAS JUST GETTING STARTED

UNPACKING

Friends & roommates from Bakersfield

Deborah. Courtney. Cami. Kelsey.

Fun semester ahead. Rock Band say what
Hey boys, they're in Apartment 106

Court. Aubs. Bug

I look SOOOOO tired

Kelsey. Dad. Courtney.

Idaho Falls Temple

I took this while my dad was driving

By the time dad and I got back down into the valley, we were both exhausted! We got back kinda early (5:30), so I drove him by our APX office & gave him the grand tour of the inside of our building. We went back to my house & walked downtown to grab a bite to eat @ Guros. It's my favorite place to eat, downtown. They have really good wraps & sweet potato fries :) It was so nice outside, so it was a perfect walk, and I'm sure dad appreciated stretching his legs/not being in a car. I can't even remember the last time it was just me and dad. I really appreciated the alone time w/my pops. Fun daddy daughter date. My dad stayed the night @ my house, again, then woke up this morning (Sunday morning), and made the long drive to CA

Thank You so much, dad, for letting me drive up to ID w/you. It was really nice spending some quality time together, and to be able to have some time w/my sisters, as well. I might not have been much help :0) but it was fun. Girls, can't wait to see you again!

Creativity, Easter & Spring Tour?

2010-04-11T19:16:00.000-07:00

My cousin, Kristin, just had another little girl (a few months ago), so I wanted to make something really cute for baby Brooklyn's nursery. I went up to Logan, about a month ago, to take Brooklyn's newborn pictures, and was FINALLY able to meet her. AH she's beautiful & so chubby cute. Anyway, this was a little baby gift, I made for the room...

Picture Frame

Nursery Colors: Pink & Brown

I thought it was pretty cute. It hangs.
You can put three pictures in here

Creativity is me.

I've been meaning to get a bulletin board for my bedroom. I'm tired of hanging all my bills in the kitchen, for the world to see :) and I don't like to have them piling up on my desk. There's enough to-do lists, on my desk, as it is. I didn't want to get just a plain bulletin board and I didn't want one huge magnetic board, so I got one that's half & half and made it cute, to match my black & white room...

Here it is :)

Scroll work and Journey scrapbooking thing I added

I did the scroll work w/rubber stamps

Don't look too closely. You'll see the mistakes

Easter Weekend:

This was Nick's Easter basket, from last weekend

Some fun things in his basket: Glow in the dark Easter eggs

Reester Bunny (my mom always puts those in our baskets)

Laffy Taffy. The jokes are the best!

And a giant tube of BUBBLES

Yes, his Easter basket, is Buzz Lightyear. His nephew LOVES Buzz, so I thought he could give it to him afterwards :) He claims he'll use it as a trash can :)

I tried to go w/a music theme for his basket

Hence the Guitar Hero travel size game

Nick's friend, Adam (who he's known forever and a day), and his wife (Mikala) have us over for dinner, movies, date night, etc. It's fun to double w/them, or just have fun. Mikala and I have fun talking together. I think the guys get annoyed 'cuz there's a lot of talking :) It's fun to have girlfrieds though. We enjoy our Twilight/New Moon talks :)

Their daughter had a birthday party, and they invited me, but I wasn't able to go,

but I couldn't resist picking up this little outfit, when I saw it @ the store.

(Kris, I know you could've made a cuter, more full one. And I know they're easy to make. I could've made it myself. Time is the problem).

My bedroom is done in Paris/Eiffel Tower, so when I saw this onesie w/the pink slash red tutu

I HAD TO GET IT :)

Mikala sent me a picture text, the next day, of her wearing the outfit SO CUTE on her!

I, also, got Kyree (their little girl) a play phone, since she's always trying to talk on mine :)

What little girl doesn't like pink, or the Little Mermaid?!?!

Spring Tour?

Nick and his band kicked of their mini spring tour last weekend w/We Shot The Moon. My twin sisters listen to them, so I think they were kinda jealous ;) I definitely felt spoiled & had so much fun, hanging out w/WSTM two nights in a row! I don't think any more talent nor humor, could've fit in one room/stage.

Double or Nothing did a show @ Weber State (in Ogden, where they're from) w/Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband.

This band is AMAZING!

If you haven't already heard their stuff, check out "DREAM BIG" on itunes. SO GOOD!

I had no idea they were... this big... so when they played this song, I was shocked that it was them on the radio ;) Maybe I made a fool of myself?!?!

;)

Aubs & Ryan Shupe

Nick and his band, did a show w/We Shot the Moon in Logan on 04/01 (This was the end of their min spring tour), so I drove up to Logan & took a half day @ work to spend some more time w/my favorite boys. PS Logan is a two hour drive from my house, so I hope this goes to show how much I love Nick and his band (Double or Nothing), seeing as they played a show the night before (Wednesday, March 31st) w/WSTM BTW I have never missed a show of Nick's, and don't plan on it, any time soon. They play a lot down by my house, so it's been fun.

My cousin, Kristin, lives up in Logan, so I stayed the night w/her & laughed w/her little Maddie. She's just over two and has QUITE the personality.

Who could get mad at that cute litle face?!?!

Madison @ lunch. Cafe Rio

Kristin dresses her girls really cute. Madison just looked so cute in her car seat.

Couldn't help but snap this shot :)

Thanks, Kris & Ster, for letting me stay the night. Our lunch date was fun on Friday. I thuroughly enjoyed the laughs from Maddie.

Festival of Colors

2010-03-28T16:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I went to the Festival of Colors w/my roommate, Claudia, and my friend, Lyndee. Lyndee and I used to live together, and are still very friends, so the three of us had so much fun together AS EXPECTED :0)
What is Festival of Colors? Located in Spanish Fork, UT Thousands of Utahns and visitors gather to the Lotus Krishna Temple to celebrate the coming of Spring. People who attend the Holy Festival of Colors throw colored powder up in the air to welcome the new season. The festival celebrates the triumph of good over bad with music, chanting and dancing. It looks best when wearing white ;) or people w/really dark hair!
I went last year PS but didn't have my camera, so I tried to capture as many shots as possible. Here's a few for ya guys:

Claudia and me BEFORE the festivities

I brought the infamous Hannah Montana packpack
Just some crazies. Look at all that color!
I wanted to take a picture of our refection, in someone's car window
Claud, Lynd and Aubs

This is what it looks like, when people throw the colored flour/chalk.

Big, colorful clouds :0)

Claudia, Aubre, and Lyndee

My Pumas were already pink, but now they're even MORE pink

I LOVE PINK!

Just a part of their temple. So pretty, but now it's covered in color...

Can ya tell I had fun?!?! Can't wait for next year :-D

Right before I took a shower, I took my hair down & shook out all the color

MY ROOM MATE SAID I LOOKED LIKE SOMEOE FROM CATS!

Here's a video of what it looks like from the side :0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-yln9lqWc I WAS SOMEWHERE IN THERE It's soooo hard to breathe, but oh so much fun! Everyone needs to do this.

Valentine's Day

2010-02-20T11:51:00.000-08:00

Since Valentine's Day was on a Sunday, we decided to celebrate it on Saturday. When I say we, I mean me & Nick, and Chandra & Matt. I drove up to South Ogden, Saturday afternoon, to help Chandra and get some last minute things together. I did some fun, cute, little things throughout the week...

Made some cookies for the girls I visit teach

MY visiting teachers made super cute cupcakes

I kept getting random/cute things on my doorstep, over the weekend :)

Everything else from here on out, was for the double date weekend w/Matt, Chandra and Nick

I made heart shaped cupcakes
(This was before I frosted them)
It's surprisingly hard to frost heart shaped cupcakes LOL

This was the place setting for dinner

Cute home decore

Thanx Chandra, and Chandra's mom for not only letting us use your basement, but for the help

Super cute napkins

I was in heaven, because everything was hot pink :)

Thanx Chan, for getting all the paper goods

The boys (Matt and Nick) got a CD w/all their pictures from the band, thus far.

We did the best we could, being sneaky. I'm not too sneaky, but I think we pulled it off :)

I had Nick E-mail me some songs. I have their songs off Itunes, but I needed him to E-mail them to me, so we could convert it to the CD THANX CHAN, AGAIN :)

We gave them super cute baskets w/their CD and cupcakes in them

Hey, who says you can only have Easter baskets?!?!

Nick LOVES Chocolate Milk, so I super glued three together, to make it look like a heart

I did two chocolate, and one strawberry. He said I knew him far too well.

He's easy to read... Sometimes ;) Or so he claims

I picked up the heart shaped pizza

And here we are. The four us us.

Nick, Aubrizzle, Matt and Chandra

Matt nick named me Aubrizzle, since I call Nick Nickerdoodle :)

The four of us kinda have fun together. Nick is like a walking youtube, and can make anyone laugh/quote any movie. It was fun setting up, and putting these little surprises together. The boys had no idea about the CD and were shocked w/how we got the music on their (BIG thanx to Chandra), and they had no clue what we were doing that night. Nick seemed pretty thankful & kept hugging me/thanking me, for putting this all together. He said no one's ever done something so nice for him :) Kinda cut, but it was just real simple & fun. I definitely had fun and enjoyed all the pink :) Hope all those other little love birds had just as great of a time, as I did, if not BETTER :) Thanx again, Chandra, and her mom for all the help :) :) :)

MY PHOTO WON!!!

2010-02-11T20:08:00.000-08:00

So, I'm taking a photography class @ UVU and LOVE it :) I learn soooo much! I've been taking it w/my friend (Emily), and sometimes I lean over to her and say how low my self esteem is, or how much knowledge I still need to gain, or how much more equipment I need, etc. Tonight, we were learning flash (which is perfect for my photoshoot tomorrow night), and I was feeling pretty crappy about the flash I had. I totally need another one :) Only Emily and Alicia ;) would understand my pain/feeling on this. Anyways, so I was feeling pretty crappy already...

Well, in this photography class, he gives us these assignments. The assignments consist of things we learned, that night, and we're supposed to E-mail him pictures from the assigment. ie- Last week, we learned about shutter speed. We were to take photos of items moving, and capture them so it looks like they're still. After we E-mail the photos, we're able to vote on them, the next week in class, and who ever wins, gets their photo printed. It's pretty cool. PS my instructor is the owner of Allen's Camera (which is where I buy ALL my camera stuff ie-lense, reflectors, battery packs, etc.) I felt pretty confident about this, as I already knew how to manual/auto focus & use shutter speed. I decided to E-mail him THIS picture:

Everyone voted and MY PHOTO WON!!!! He, actually, said this was his favorite picture, too, but that he didn't want to open his mouth & say anything 'til all the votes were in :-D

I was trying to be humble, and calm about it, but my friend (Emily) was nudging me the whole time, and I couldn't help, but grin. People were asking me how I did it, so I kinda got to teach the class for a little bit & explain what settings I used, etc. I got out to the parking lot, and immediately called my mom. I, then, called Nick (on the way home), and his exact words were "SEE! I told you your pictures are great!" ...He's so awesome & positive about my work!!! I was, seriously, so happy, I could've cried. I know that may sound nerdy, but I feel so grateful to have this talent, and to be able to be so blessed from our Heavenly Father. I love taking pictures. It makes me so happy!!! :-D

Thank you to everyone, who has believed in me and "voted" for me to keep going. I am so on cloud nine right now :) :) :) My picture won!!!

Room Mate Christmas

2010-02-09T19:46:00.002-08:00

So, we waited until Claudia gt back from TX to do room mate Christmas, which meant I had to leave the decorations up until then :) The Christmas tree was QUITE the fire hazard ;)

Claudia got her oragami paper

Kasie got some Office stuff :)
I got my favoite cereal :)

Thanx Case Face

PS Kasie got me a real nice photography book &
inside she wrote a message to never give up :-D

That's the temple from Claudia's mission!!

Claudia also got stakes, since that's pretty much all she eats/loves.

ROOMIE PICTURE TIME!

Aubre, Kasie, and Claudia

California, Kansas, and Texas

Christmas 2009

2010-02-09T17:59:00.000-08:00

I flew home for Christmas, this year. I started out taking off from SLC and had a layover in San Fransisco. It seemed like only 5 mins. but I guess I was there for about an hour. Facebook really helps kill time, on the iphone. Thanx for all the phone calls, guys, to keep me occupied & make sure I landed safely. We all know my fear of flying.
I finally landed in Bakersfield & was there for a little less than two days (no joke), before I headed down south, to spend time w/my dad's side of the family, then head back up the hill to Apple Valley, where we spend our usual Christmas day w/mom's side of the family :) I flew out of Ontario, just two days after Christmas, because I had to be back to photograph a wedding :) :)

This is one of the signs I saw while in CA

I love CA and the busy freeways
Grandpa weighed my suitcase to make sure it wasn't over 50
30 lbs. later & zippers bursting...

I went with a snowflake theme this year, for gift wrapping
I even made all my name tags. Red glitter was EVERYWHERE!

This WAS a Victoria's Secret gift bag ;)

And this was a Hallmark gift bag :0)

Christmas Eve w/dad's side of the family

Aunt Leslie & Uncle Steve

Cousin Brandy, Bill and the funniest second cousin EVER!

Brody is his name :) Funny is his game

The Mills Family

Uncle Frank, cousin Jason & Lindsey

Grandma Bailey & Grandpa Jerry

The Albert Family (minus Tyler)

I love my family! We're so cute

Why wasn't Kelsey looking @ the camera ;)

Aunt Kathy & her silly boys

Matthew is hot stuff, Sean's looking @ the sky w/his mom & Timothy wasn't photogenic

The Albert Family :)

Again

This was Christmas morning w/mom's side of the fam

My super cute parents :)

Hope you all had Merry Holidays. Sorry this is so late. Clearly I've been behind in my blogging :)

A little update on me:

This whole photography thing :) has really been kicking my butt. I've been super busy, but that's a good thing. I'm now just trying to be a certified photographer for the state of UT and get my perosnal business liscense. I've been a little on the busy side w/dating, but of course that's a good thing :-D I'm not really into the whole '50 first dates' thing. I told myself I didn't want to go on a date w/everyone and their mom. I just kinda wanted to get in the groove of things (which I have), and maybe date people I already know, so I don't have to explain my situation to everyone. I still find time to go to the temple once a week and have been running every morning/night. I love it. As long as I have my ipod/good music, I can run a good six to eight miles, in the morning. I can run more in the AM vs. PM I'm training for a half marathon. Currently doing well (I think), and of course still going to concerts. I made a goal to take a vacation (great or small), every month. I've been keeping my word, since November, so I think I'm doin pretty good w/this :) I have an iphone and love it :) I'm dating someone in a band and love it :) and I am taking a photography class @ UVU of course I love it :) I'm now wanting to go to school (part time) in the fall. I'll keep you all posted on this...

Hope everyone is well. I enjoy reading your blogs & keeping up w/you and your family, so don't think I don't check ya out ;) Until next time, enjoy :) :) :)

Unplanned Thanksgiving in UT #2

2009-12-02T22:08:00.000-08:00

Dun, Dun, Dun Wednesday 11/24 I worked from 7am-12pm and came home to pick up my already packed sisters. Courtney played the role of dad, puzzle piecing everything into the car, so it fit just right :) Long story short (it gets more and more painful every time.... JK) We got about an hour south, on the road, and I realized my gages weren't registering. My car was stuck in the same gear & not registering anything or shifting. I freaked out, called my dad (again! FYI this already happened once when I was in ID a few weekends prior, and we thought the problem was fixed) so dad told me to drive it back to Prov b4 it got too late and we were stuck in the middle of no where. "Great," I thought. "Another Thanksgiving in UT" So, the mechanic said it was fine to drive it to/from CA and that we'd be safe. All I have to do is fix the clutch in my car, after the trip ($520 W-T-Heck?!?!) So, we get back on the road and I just had a bad feeling, so we turned back around. WOO HOO some road trip. Thanx 4 making the sanwiches, Courtney, and for packing the snacks, girls...

I went into the Chevy Dealership looking like this:

My sisters came down from ID so we could drive down to CA together. We were supposed to be surprising the family, so it was hard to keep it a secret and not tell anyone how much fun we were having...We did a ton of stuff while they were @ my house. It was so much fun, but I definitely exhausted myself! We went up to SLC Friday night, when they got here and saw a MoTab Concert. We, also, went to CPK while we were up there...

Courtney, Aubre and Kelsey
We saw "New Moon" opening weekend, and surprisingly loved it.

Look who we saw @ the Mall....

I wanted to take them for a drive up Alpine Loop, but it was closed, due to all the snow. So, we stopped @ Sundance, instead...

We bought a Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving.

Bubbles did SOMETHING right and fit part of the tree :) in the trunk of my car

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Some of my favorite ornaments:

Twinkling lights in our front yard

I was supposed to drive all my presents home to CA for Thanksgiving, so all my Christmas shopping was done early :) Thank goodness!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I know I did. So much to be thankful for. I mean, at least we had a family to go home to... A lot of people don't even have a family. I'm grateful for my sisters, and that we're able to be friends & not just sisters. I really enjoy their company :) I'm grateful for a great job. Not only a job (with this economy being so bad) but a great job. I have great benefits, a supportive & understanding supervisor, and great co-workers who I'm great friends with. I'm grateful for music and the opportunity to attend and support great musicians. I'm grateful for the church in my life and for trials to make me grow closer to our Savior. I'm grateful for Missionaries and their hard work, to help find out brothers and sisters, and bring them home so we can all be w/our Father for eternity. I'm grateful for family, who is patient, loving and positive w/every sistuation we all go through. I love my family & couldn't do much of anything w/o them.

"You Scare Me" letter

2009-11-22T17:08:00.000-08:00

A LETTER FROM A PROCTER AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE TO THE PRESIDENT.

THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE MOST CHILLING!!!

Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends- an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management. Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.

AN OPEN LETTER TOPRESIDENT OBAMA...

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America ' crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsiblycapitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are bothomnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaugh's, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

This letter was sent to the NY Times but they never acknowledged it. Big surprise! Since it hit the internet, however, it has had over 500,000 hits. Keep it going. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. It's happening right now.

I-da-ho? You da ho!

2009-11-18T22:05:00.000-08:00

Last time I was in Idaho (gen. conf. weekend) this happened:

I went back up to Rexburg, Idaho, to visit my sisters again (last weekend) and this happened:

We went to the Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" (third time for me) SO GOOD! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED :) :) :)

We preordered tickets to see one of our favorite bands, We Shot the Moon & have never been so excited!

Courtney and I had matching shirts :)

Allred opened up for We Shot the Moon. So unbelievably hot & talented! Don't believe me? Check out his stuff & my favorite song: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DeI9oShdoP3U&h=3ea15ac2fe5709b9ec2668f242de8edf

Yes, he's single. He says he's 28 & proudly single. Currently resides in SLC, UT

Um, doing WSTM's oncore, they decided to go back stage and wear women's dresses. Yes, that's right. They were performing in a theatre, so that's where they got the idea to come back out in dresses, but Jason (our fave) decided to wear his favorite tie die onezie & Peru beanie :)

Allred was supposed to get some video, on WSTM's camera, but he was out & about, so he handed the camera to Courtney. We decided to take a picture 4 them 2 remember their favorite fans :) My idea
Kelsey, me, Jonathan Jones, (lead singer) and Courtney

Jonathan kept crowd surfing & thanked everyone kindly, for not grabbing his bottom :-P

Last time I saw WSTM this happened:

Kelsey, me, Jason, (guitarist/our fave) and Courtney

Jason kept spitting water, out of his mouth & squirting it straight up in the air, to make it look like he had more sweat on his face :-P
Last time I saw WSTM This happened:
Kelsey, me, Trevor, (drummer) and Courtney

Trevor kept dropping his drum sticks all night :-P

I got Trevor's, broken, drum stick HAHAHA If you click on the image, to enlarge it, you can see the drum stick has dents in it :) Of course he signed it!

Thanx girls 4 another amazingly fun weekend

One year!

2009-11-11T19:10:00.000-08:00

So, my younger brother has been serving in the Philidelphia, PA missoin for a year now :)
Here is his first performed baptism. I cried when I first saw this picture:
Before he entered the MTC there was some running around to be done @ Missionary Mall, so naturally we were able to hang out and have some last minute memories together, such as doing a session in the Salt Lake Temple. What a neat experience, to see my brother in the temple for the first time :) I met them @ their hotel every morning, for breakfast & off to run errands!

Here's our last night together:

We took the Elder to Tucanos. My family had never been there before, so it was nice to see their reaction to all the food! They loved it!

Mom, me, Elder Albert, Austin and dad

Lastly, we said our last goodbyes @ the Provo MTC and I cried like a baby. I promised myself I'd never go back :) He cried when he hugged my mom too & thought it was weird how he was crying, since he never cries...

He was so excited to get out in the mission field & serve. I can, still, hear his eagerness through his letters & enjoy watching him grow.

YAY for having a year left! WE LOVE YOU, ELDER ALBERT!

Halloween 2009 (a little late, sorry)

2009-11-08T22:04:00.002-08:00

This year, for Halloween, I had so much fun! I made my regular monthly package, to Elder Albert, by sending him a Costco size box of brownies (8 bags of brownie mix...) and I dumped 150 pieces of chocolate candy (also from Costco) in the package, along with cute, Halloween confetti. I thought he might want to dress up, as an injurred missionary, so I sent some fake blood, and a bandage w/"blood" on it :)

My roommates and I did Mario Kart. I was Princess Peach and this was the back of my car w/o the tale lights. We weren't quite done w/our costumes, in this picture...

One of my favorite Halloween costumes, was the snake charmer. My friend, Spencer was awesome, and talked w/an Indian accent all night. My favorite part, about his costume, was the wig. He got it at DI (in CA also known as Salvation Army or Good Will)...Chris was a tourist. He even had on a Disneyland shirt. Pure classyness!

So, one of the girls in our ward, went as road kill and she blaimed Princess Peach! I felt targeted, as a California driver... Oops!

Did you know we won a costume contest?!?! Heck yeah! Check out my hot pink horn, and those headlights! We had awseome Porche stearing wheels, too :)One of my old roommates, Lyndee, threw an awesome Halloween party, the night before Halloween (Friday, Oct. 30th) and all her roommates were evil villans :) So, maybe I thought this guy was really a dwarf...

Thing One and Thing Two (Ash and Stef) Two awesome people!

Just some cool costumes @ the ward Halloween party, on the actual Halloween evening...

APX sales rep. WHAT?!?! He totally made fun of our company...I love this girl (Maru) She's from Equador and sooo sweet!

Hope everyone had a good Halloween!

It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!

2009-10-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

HaPpY HaLLoWeeN! I'll post pictures soon of the ever so cute Princess Peach and her Mario Kart, soon. For now, Halloween comes once a year, ghosts and goblins will appear :)

JD Power & Associates Award

2009-10-26T14:25:00.000-07:00

http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2009228

So, our office got the JD Power & Associates Award, again! It takes a lot to get this award, especially when 85% of our customers think we're crap; However, this award prooves we're not and that we have plenty of other customers who are completely happy w/us!

Also, instead of having our huge year end party, we usually have in the fall to welcome home our awesome sales reps. we decided to take the money and put it towards the local hospitals, who could use it more. Here's a clip of the video that was on the news:

YAY for Proudly Protecting Families

Summer 2009 Recap

2009-10-19T22:32:00.001-07:00

FYI I wanted these pictures to go below (with the Disneylad pix.) so they could be in exact cronological order, but whatever...

I went to the Paramore/No Doubt concert with my best friend (and concert buddy) Kellie. This GREAT show was held @ the Bakersfield Rabobank Arena. So neat to see No Doubt reunited and back together again!
No Doubt had the greatest stage set up :)
I ran into my friend, Mandi, and her mom @ the concert. Mandi and I knew eachother before her and Brian got engaged/married. We used to hang out in the single's ward. Paramore opened up for No Doubt and can I just say I love Haley's voice. I'm not even sure if that's how you spell her name, but she was crazy cool, running around the stage like crazy. Can we say energy?!?!

So, I just wanted to say I do believe in life after love. Thanx Cher :) This has been an amazing summer, and I just wanted to share/recap everything with you all... Enjoy!

Summer, this year, began when I went home in May for my 23rd birthday & had many celebrations (for three whole weeks) in CA This is @ BJs w/my sisters. They have the best dessert!

I, also, went to Disneyland/California Adventure (two seperate days) w/my best friend, Kellie. This is the best place to celebrate a birthday- The Happiest Place on Earth :)
While I was in CA my best friend (Kellie) graduated from the nursing program @ BC I'm so proud of her! She graduated top of the class :)
Speaking of graduation: The twins (Kelsey & Courtney) graduated from high school. Both graduated with honors/CSF (meaning they had 4.0 all four years of HS) They will be @ BYU-I (4 yrs.) then transfering to med. school to major in NuroSci. They both want to be neurologists. Go fig.

Of course my summer included concerts. One of which was in Lehi, UT (Thanksgiving Point) and I went w/some girlfriends from the ward. Left to Right- Crystal, Aubs, and Ashley

We saw Secondhand Serenade. For those of you who don't know them, they sing "Fall For You," as one of their bigger songs...
Afterwards, we were able to meet the lead singer, Jonathan, from We Shot the Moon (a band I'm now additcted to)
Also playing that night, was Single File. Their known for their song, "Girlfriends." They are amazingly creative & whistle :) I love these boys!
I got backstage passes, from work, to go up to SLC and go to the Vans Warped Tour. Of course Single File was there, so I brought the above picture, and had them sign it :)
Here's me w/my favorite boys (Single File) @ the Vans Warped Tour in SLC (They signed my shirt too!)

div>I was able to see Blink 182 when they played @ UVU in Orem, UT My friend (Kathryn from SLC) came down and we had a blast! Best oncore ever! Travis is the best drummer, hands down.
Yes, I flew for the first time @ age 23 I flew to Long Beach, CA to photograph a wedding @ the Redlands, CA Temple (Tracie & Eric).

Funny story: While I was in CA photographing a wedding, my parents drove my sisters up to BYU-I for their freshman year of college. I didn't get to see my sisters, but was able to see my parents, on their way back down to CA Thank goodness Kelsey & Courtney are only 4 hrs. away now!

This summer, I also bought myself an ipod. It's about time, right?!?! My own grandpa even has one! I bought the new nano ipod (5th generation). It has radio access and video camera. It comes in handy @ concerts and I love listening to the news at work. I have the 16 gig, so I have plenty of room for songs; However, I only have like 500 right now. What's wrong w/me?!?! I need to get more... PS this picture, shows my ipod is black, but I have a pink one now. Her name is Aurora.

I've had a lot of photoshoots, lately. My photography line has launched incredibly fast, and with that I'm grateful. A lot of my shoots have been in SLC so I've been able to spend a lot of time w/my good friend, Aly from CA who nows lives in SLC Aly and I ran around a lot together, before she got married. I've really enjoyed her and Wil's company @ the many trips taken to the Cheesecake Factory. FYI Wil is her one year-old boy, who I photograph often and love :)

I've grown super close w/my roommates (Claudia and Kasie) We do a lot together. Claudia and I want to the Utah State fair in SLC and played on the rides, before a concert. Kasie met us @ the concert later and we all had so much fun. It was outdoors and rainy! AH!

My co-worker, Laura, was at the concert, too. All my friends in UT rock, I swear! I have so many concert buddies and have had so much fun!!!!

I left on a jet plane...

2009-09-16T23:10:00.000-07:00

...and wasn't sure if I'd be back again...
Literally, guys. I lost my flying-ginity when I flew for the first time from SLC to Long Beach to photograph Tracie Knabe (now Snowder's) wedding.
Tracie booked me a 7:30am flight, and me being the overly paranoid person I am, about being on time (Thanx mom!) I wanted to make sure I got there in MORE than enough time, seeing how I've never flown before and wanted to factor in, getting lost.
I stayed in SL the night before, with my friend Aly (Thanx Al Pal!) and told her to get me to the airport by 6am (remember, had to factor in getting lost in this huge airport) Aly assured me it only took about 20 mins. to get to the airport, and that being there 60 mins. early would be just fine...
I rested my case there, seeing as she was driving me and had to wake up here little boy soooo early. Again, sorry guys. I'll be forever grateful. You can blaime Tracie on this one ;)

PS I was so scared, and unsure about flying, that I called the little Jetblue lady thrice! Let me just explain some Aubreisms, from this fear of flying that took place :)

So, I call Jetblue and ask if it's true that my seat was a flotation device (my co-worker told me this was"true." I had to confirm... ) Jetblue lady told me it was, but that there isn't an ocean between UT and CA; Therefore, flotation device is pointless :( CRAP! I'm going to die!

I was very concerned about the plane blowing up, so I asked if it was okay that I brought my laptop on the plane w/me and she confirmed that I could put it above me and fly w/a little carry on, by my feet, and that they recommend you fly w/lap top on plane, so damage isn't done to your computer. I would never hoot Toosh and was sooo grateful they were letting me take my comp. (I, serioulsly, considered lending my comp. and camera to Tracie [since she was driving], because I had such a fear of the plane goin' down, and if that were to happen. Well, sorry... You're out of luck when it comes to awesome pictures 4 your wedding, since I have the camera and computer and the plane just crashed and we all just died! So, I was going to prevent this, all in all, and give it all to Tracie, to drive w/to CA and write a will to my parents/family, just in case...)

Also, in the same phone conversation w/Jetblue, I asked where my seat was, because I didn't know what F2 meant. Apparently, it's a window seat, and I had the same seat both there & back. Don't want to know how many germs, (Thanx mom!) from people, in between...
So, I ask her if a window seat is recommended for someone who hasn't flown before, and who is TERRIFIED of heights. She said window seats tend to have more room; Although, the lady next to me, seemed to have spacious room for her little legs and little bag...The Jetblue lady, also, told me they do have window shutters that I could shut at any time and that they wouldn't force me to look out the window. Thanx Miss Sarcastic!

So, I check my bags in the airport and go through airport security (BTW there's a lot of people @ the airport @ 6:30am Who would've thought?!?!) I heard you have to go through security w/no shoes and seeing how I wear my Rainbows, everywhere, thevery thought of coming close to getting Athlete's Foot, disgusted me, so Aly let me borrow a pair of socks. I know, gross, huh?!?! But hey, I forgot...

So, I get weird looks, putting on socks, as I'm going through medical detectors.

I didn't even want to take a chance of getting lost, so right away, I ask airport secuirty man, wheere Gate E2 was (or whatever) He tells me it's back in the corner. I, of course, didn't know how to get to the back corner, so I'm looking all around the airport, trying to figure this out, and I think the airport security man could see my wheels turning, so he explained I needed to go up the escelators and turn right :) AHA! When in doubt, ask. Why take the hard way?!?!

So, I get to the right gate (I think...), and talk to the Jetblue man. I show him my boarding pass, which is just a little receipt (LAME!) and ask him when I can get on the plane. He says they call them row by row. So I asked if I just needed to listen for row F and he said they would call my row number. I'm like WTF row number... So, I sit down (my phone is already off at this point, because I was afraid to have it on, through airport security) and I 4get all about the row number...Oh no...

Well, how difficult can it be, to board a plane. I can figure this out myself.

EH! WRONG! I Get on and immediately look lost. HELP!

After many phone conversations, and embarrasing the crap out of myself, I board the plane (AH! Finally!) I'm looking for F2 and apparently that doesn't really exhist, because you have to find the row, too. Crap! What does one do now?!?! I was memorizing F2 the whole time. AH! So, I walk to the back of the plane and the flight attendants are looking @ me like "Why is she coming back here? Maybe she'll stop. Oh no, she keeps coming towards us. What do you think she wants!??!" So, I ask the black guy w/the fro "Excuse me, can you please help me find my seat?... Sorry." Yes, I apoligize for everything. It's sad... The dude tells me it's in the middle of the plane, row 12 Seat F2 Ok, I thought, I can handle this. So, I proceed to tell Mr. Fro that I've never flown before and felt dumb for asking such a ridiculous question. He proceeds to interrupt me, and makes such a big deal out of the fact that I'm 23 and have never flown before. Holy cow, I thought, just let me go to my seat, now that I know where it is, and I seriously considered taking back my apology after he made such a big deal of my flying-ginity...

As we're getting ready to take off, I'm already feeling sick and naucious. Not sure if it's from the anxiety/nerves, or lack of sleep, but I have issues w/not being able to see wha's going on straight ahead of me, so (yes) I got motion sick before we even left the ground. What's wrong w/me?!?! I looked out the window and took pictures the entire time. You could, definitely, tell all the people around me were professional flyers, as they closed their window shutters, closed their eyes, and went back to sleep. AH! How could you?!?!

So, the plane is turning around, backing up, and making it's way to the run way. AH! It's no turning around from here... I notice the wings have these little things flapping up and down and start freaking out that they might be broken. The flight attendant was in the isle, right next to me, doing some sort of weird presentation of how retarded to look, in case of an emergency, and upon her performance ending, I asked why the wings looked broken w/the shutters. Apparently, the pilot was testing them b4 take off. Oh good. Glad he got that over w/and done. Better have that out of the way now, than in the air. I mean, too late to realize something is broken, once you're in the air, ya know?!?!

So, we gradually take off. I'm expecting this huge Superman effect... Nothin'. Kinda disappointed. It made a lot of noise, yes, but no freak outs, until I realize CRAP I'M OFF THE GROUND FOR THE FIRST 23 LIVING YEARS IN MY LIFE!
This was my seat: The wing. Apparently it's the safest place on the plane, because it's close to the emergency exit. I was one row behind the emergency exit, so I had to hear the passengers swear their life away, that they would help others get out of the plane safely, upon an emergency (AH!)

I was amazed at such a beautiful sight, Heavenly Father created.
No, really. I couldn't help, but look down every 10 seconds, and be so thankful for the Earth he created. I'd, also, never seen clouds from this perspective. It was neat to see them from above, and so pretty, this early in the morning...

Tracie and Eric were sealed Labor Day weekend in the Redlands, CA temple (09.05.09)
Not only was I there to photograph her special day (Remember: A picture says a thousand words.) But I was also able to attend the sealing and what a neat experience that was! I've never been to a sealing before, other than my own funeral, so it was neat to see such beautiful people, who I've grown so close to, just in the last year, be knealing at the altar, to be sealed for all time and eternity. Such a beautiful promise, the Lord has made for and w/us, and I'm so grateful for temples and good friends :)

Tawnie, Tracie, me and Sarah (all from Bakersfield)

This was the ocean, taking off at night, from Long Beach. When I flew into LB I flew over land and never got to see the ocean, so it was kinda neat and kinda scary to see it at night. Again, amazed at all these beautiful creations, the Lord has made, just for us to enjoy :)

Oh, before I forget: Tracie decided to catch the 24 hr. flu bug on her way to CA before her wedding. Naturally, I got the flu, after being around her and Sarah, who had the flu w/her baby boy, William (who I recently photographed CHECK OUT AUBREANNPHOTOGRAPHY.BLOGSPOT.COM FOR MORE DETAILS) Therefore; the day after the wedding (thank goodness!) I was so sick, I could hardly move. It hurt so bad to get out of bed. All I wanted to do was throw up, even though I fear it and hate barfing. I couldn't tell if it was the flu, making me so sick, or if this was nerves, getting ready to fly again. AH!

Kellie and I decided to make a pit stop, on my way to the airport, and had a bite to eat @ Ruby's 50s Diner. They only have them down by the beach, and is a definite must, right along w/Inn and Out (which I had twice while in CA) Keep in mind, I had the flu and was sicker than a dog (hence the no hair done, and no make up on, look)...

Kellie let me see the ocean, before I went back on time out, to the air port. Thanx Kel :)

PCH baby! I could smell and feel the ocean, at this point, and was getting excited! I didn't want to go back...

4th of July and 9-1-1 Tribute

2009-09-12T18:28:00.000-07:00

God Bless the USA!
My co-worker's girlfriend made these cute candies for everyone...

I got bored @ work one day...

Watching a firework show up in Taylorsville, UT before the 4th of July weekend :) This ciy is so cool, they just like to celebrate the city of Taylorsville.

Ashley & Aubre
Friends from the ward, watching stadium of fire on the 4th PS do you like how I'm not even wearing red, white and blue? I wore purple HAHAHA

My cool, new shoes, that I bought @ this awesome sale in Buckle :)
what? The shoes reminded me of fireworks...

Happy One Year Anniversary!

2009-08-12T23:46:00.000-07:00

I've been with APX Alarm for one year today 08/12

Introducing the new lense :) YAY for an addition to James Dean!
Canon Ultrasonic 70-300mm

Will post more, later, promise! I've been busy w/shoots and editing and it's late. More to come :)

Disneyland/California Adventure

2009-08-02T23:19:00.001-07:00

California Adventure, the day before my birthday.
A is for Aubre!

BAKERSFIELD!... Traditional Picture.

Screamin' California- My favorite ride :) I think I lost my lense cap on here...

Disneyland, finally! MY BIRTHDAY!

Birthday Button. Everyone told me HAPPY BIRHTDAY all day. It was great!

We rode some rides & the lines were INCREDIBLY short. ie- Pirates= 5 mins. Indiana Jones= 10 mins. The longest line was for Splash (60 mins.) and we had a fast pass for that ride...

We ate lunch @ the Blue Bayou. Somethines I've always wanted to do :)

We found some hidden Mickey Mouse heads, throughout the park & on the rides. If you ask the cast members, they'll give you hints, as to where they are :) Thanx mom 4 pointing this out to me. It was fun!

Thanx Kellie, for such a wonderful birthday @ the happiest place on Earth :)

Life?

2009-07-31T21:57:00.001-07:00

What is the meaning of life?
Some people need music, alcohol, shoes, people... I need pictures.

AubreAnnPhotography.blogspot.com

AubreAnn Photography

2009-07-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

:) This is the best decission I've made in my life.

Kelsey & Courtney's Senior Pictures

2009-06-08T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hart Park & waterfall area off Fruitvale Ave.

Introducing James Dean...

2009-05-02T23:24:00.000-07:00

Canon Rebel xsi
I finally bought it :) Enough said

Fruit trifle I made for work

My acoustic guitar, Fiona

The day my camera arrived!

Spring.

Provo Canyon

Grafitti

Bridge @ Provo Canyon

My Goal

2009-04-25T14:08:00.000-07:00

I made a goal, about a month ago, to go to the temple weekly, and now I attend the temple once a week and love it! I can really see a difference in my daily activities, and performance @ work, when I put the Lord first, as my focal point.

Luckily, I don't live very far from any temple :) Provo Temple is just minutes away, but Timpanogos Temple, is just a hop, skip & a jump away, on the freeway. Needless to say, it's one of my new favorite temples.

"How To Save A Life"- The Frey

2009-04-15T22:27:00.001-07:00

Did you know that someone needs blood, every two seconds?

Be nice to me. I gave blood today :)

APX will be one of the featured companies profiled this month on the hit home improvement cable show, Designing Spaces.

The first broadcast is this Friday, April 17th @ 7:30 a.m. EDT (WE Network) then followed up on Sunday, April 19 @ 7 a.m. EDT (TLC Network). Shawn Brenchley did a terrific job as a guest on the show as he discusses home safety tips and reviews the installation of an APX home security system. Look for the completion of the monthly schedule.

Here is a breakdown of channel selections for the primary cable and satellite providers:

DIRECTV
WE Network- 260
TLC Network- 280

Dish Network
WE Network- 128
TLC Network- 183

Comcast
WE Network- 502
TLC Network- 679

Don’t forget to set your DVRs in advance!!

HSM

2009-04-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I've been busy-?

....Yeah, busy stalking the place where they filmed HSM

By the way, HSM stands for High School Musical, for those of you who aren't cool enough to know :)

I was able to spend last weekend (Conference weekend) up in SLC w/my friend, Aly, and Katherine. While we were out & about, Saturday night (while the boys were @ Priesthood session....) I made Aly drive me by Salt Lake's East High School :)

In this above picture ^ This is where "Gabriella" walked onto campus, and saw "Troy" at the top of the gym... He, later, asked her to prom at the top of the gym...

For the Beauty of the Earth

2009-02-21T15:39:00.000-08:00

AE has all their spring clothes, and yet, when I look out my window @ work, I see this:
FYI This is Timp Mountain, covered in snow :)

I love my job! I just get a little bored, the last few hours. Those seem to be the most difficult minutes of my life. Not when I'm at the gym at seven in the morning...

Cute Valentine Babies

2009-02-15T17:30:00.001-08:00

I babysit baby Rhyen, pretty much, every weekend and I love it. This weekend, Kayde and Clay spend their Valentine's Day on Friday....

She's just so cute when she sleeps. I love this little baby :)

Talk to the hand, I'm sleeping.

I didn't want to take a picture of her wearing the bib, as much as I wanted to capture her cute, little face. She looks at me so cute when I'm burping her. I try not to take it personal.

My favorite time w/her, is after I feed/burp her :)

And, this is Madison, my cousin Kristen's baby girl. She just turned one and is a future heart breaker.

More Friday Funnies

2009-02-13T12:42:00.001-08:00

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.

Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.

We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.

The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.

The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground

The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

A will is a dead giveaway.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

A backward poet writes inverse.

In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.

A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.

A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in linoleum blownapart.

You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.

He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

A calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

A plateau is a high form of flattery.

Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture: a jab well done.

Friday Funnies

2009-02-13T12:40:00.000-08:00

My friend @ work, E-mailed this to me, awhile back and thought I'd share. They really made me laugh and think. I've been feeling SO relieved today, so thought I'd share a laugh or two:

If you've learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius! Pursue at
your leisure, English lovers. Reasons why the English language is so
hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine
in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French
fries in France (surprise!).

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is
neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose 2 geese So one moose, 2 meese?
Doesn't it seem crazy, that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them,
what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a
fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in
which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by
filling it out,and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when
the lights are out, they are invisible.

P.S. Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick

Proud to be APX Alarm

2009-02-10T19:41:00.000-08:00

The VP of Service, sent the following links, in an E-mail @ work:

APX Customers Saved From Home Invasion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fevjj1Qmla0

Dominique’ka Story, Saved from Fire: (We met this customer and flew her out for one of our Year End Parties, in the fall. APX presented her w/a brand new stove, for her home...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVsezV1Ifc

Sonny Rast Story, Medical Pendant: (We met this customer, as well, and his wife. We, also, flew them out for our Year End Party. It was amazing to see and hear their story in person...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVsezV1Ifc

APX Courage Award:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqhVPs46FI

APX Alarm Sub for Santa, Home of their Own:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QACklSXKrU&feature=channel_page

APX News Story from KSL on Hurricane Ike Relief:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=engZkY2B7JM

APX News Story on KBYU on APX Sub for Santa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Johlgft1y8c&feature=channel_page

Just thought I'd share a little bit MORE of what our company's all about. PROUDLY PROTECTING!
Of course, I'm most proud of the Hurricane Ike video, since that was the only project I participated in....Enjoy!

My idea of fun on a weekend

2009-02-04T21:04:00.000-08:00

Kayde and Clay live in Pleasant Grove, which is just a few exits away. So, I get to play w/baby Rhyen on the weekends, when they go out :)

She's such a girlie girl already...

She's at that cute, little stage where she's noticing things. She likes the music mobile in her crib.

I love to put her to sleep.

She's so cuddly!

She'll wave at ya! Not really... But we have full on conversations :)She's the best date on a Friday night!

She smiles and laughs, like none other! I love this cute, little bug :)

Results of Hot Springs

2009-02-04T20:30:00.000-08:00

Hey all :) Sorry if I haven't posted in awhile. Been real busy and am NEVER home. That's no lie. I'm still alive though. LOOK!

A couple weeks ago, I had the brilliant idea of going up to the Hot Springs. For those of you who don't know, it's a Utah tradish and SO much fun. Especially in the winter.... OR NOT!
So, you can either go up to Lehi, or up the Provo Canyon, to Midway. We decided to go there. Bad mistake! Too cold! It was like negative degrees outside, and the Hot Springs, are naturally produced hot water, that get up to about 115.
So, I'm feelin' a headache come on, while IN the Hot Spring. I'm w/the three best lookin' guys in town (Jake, Ryan and Kyle) and I turn to Jake, tell him I'm not feeling so well, and he suggests we get out 'cuz it had already been about an hour and everyone was gettin' too warm. So, we hop out.
Long story short (yes, this is possible w/me...) We get out, and my body goes into shock. HELLO! If your body goes from one extreme to the next, you will pass out and go into shock. At least I do :) So, I start falling and stumbling and REFUSE anone's help. Jake tells me to lean against Kyle's truck, while he opens his jeep door for me, turns around and WHAM! Two seconds later I'm on the floor....
Ryan was in my face, asking if I could see him- Nope, everything was pitch black. I could hear him, but had no vision. So, they're asking me what the last thing was, that I ate. I admit pears :) It took SO much energy, just to get THAT out. Anywho, I hit the ice SO hard, that my knee looked like this:

PS I hit my head, on the way DOOOOWN. I had a bit of a shiner on the side of my face. For those of you who don't know, I'm a side sleeper, so the bruise on my face, didn't feel so good when I was sleeping at night...
How'd I get the bruise on my face? Well, I hite my head on Kyle's truck. I hit it SO loud, that he thought someone was throwing down the bed of his truck.... Nope.
When I finally got into Jake's jeep, I was hot. I didn't want blankets, dry clothes, etc. It was the weirdest thing...

And, as the days went on, the bruise got bigger, darker, and the knot grew. Eventually, the color turned to green/yellow (You'll thank me for not photographing...)And, instead of the bruise being on the top of my knee, it drained into the lower part and expanded. Ew, right?!!

I still don't think these pictures do justice...
I sitl have a bit of a bruise, and now the joke is- Don't let Aubre get too cold, she'll pass out..

This is the start.... Of something good :)

2009-01-02T23:14:00.000-08:00

Happy freakin New Year, everyone!..... 2009

I was able to be home for Christmas, for a little over a week. It was nice, and I looooooved it. I had so much PTO built up, from work. Shows how many vacation days I took LOL (Not any at all, doofs.....) I love our little Roxy Roo :)

So, my best friend (Kellie) came back up to UT w/me and we had a very important mission to complete, in Vegas....

Guess no one will ever know what happens. I'm not sure if one can see what I was doing, in the above photo. ENJOY!

Me, myself and I

2008-12-10T20:09:00.000-08:00

I know this might seem a little weird- A post w/just pictures of myself, but this is what me, myself and I have been up to lately....

I definitely love my promotion and the new team I'm with. I love setting goals and accomplishing more than I thought I could, in one day. The first day on phones, I was able to collect just under a grand. It was perfect, and I know my supervisor made a comment about it. My theory is- If I don't start out strong now, I'll never be strong and will only go down hill. However, it's just the opposite :)I've been able to prove myself wrong and collect more than I thought I ever could. My team is very motivating and I only hope I can bring my best work to the table.

With my new department, I'm basically like the Sheriff of Nottingham. Our dept. calls people who are 30, 60 and 90 days past due. I have an hourly wage (and that was a huge difference from the dept. I was in before...) plus I get bonuses for what I collect after that. Bottom line, I have to collect $25,000/mo. to hit the bonus (I'm not expected to bonus this first month BTW...) so I figured I'd need to collected at least $1,000/day. I was able to have a customer sign up for a year in advance, so that really helped. Yay for sweet charm over the phone :)

I love winters only because I have a reason to be cold & there's always cute sweaters!

First real, full day training w/the new position. I absolutely LOVE my new job in the Collections/Billing Dept. I'm able to really push myself to set and accomplish my goals for both myself, and others in the department. We have a really strong team, and I feel like things are going really well thus far :)

I'm all APX. This is w/no make up, just chillin one day w/the APX hat on. So, take THAT! BAM!

And, this is the old Aubre, in Customer Support. But, as we all know, I went movin right on up in the company and have only been w/this company since August. WOO HOO!

APX on YOUTUBE

2008-12-07T20:25:00.000-08:00

THE VP of Operations, forwarded this website to everyone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVsezV1Ifc

Just thought I'd share :) It's, pretty much, what APX is about....

Fwd. E-mails

2008-12-07T20:06:00.000-08:00

So, at work, we can forward E-mails to our supervisors, about good phone calls. Of course, they're all recorded (working for a security company & all) and they listen to your phone calls, to make sure you're really telling the truth, and what not.... Anyways, I forwarded this E-mail to my sup. and she was able to fwd. THAT to the supervisor of Customer Support. I was extremely happy (and felt cool, I'm not gonna lie....) and it was just kinda cool to see MY experience, being forwarded to the whole division :) Hope you enjoy the following words:

Shelby, this customer gave 3 referrals. Carolyn was very pleased w/the referral program! She asked what we would say when we called friends/family members. I stated we would identify ourselves as APX Alarm Security Solutions, and that we would ask if we could protect another home and that Carolyn has enjoyed our service thus far. Carolyn has enjoyed our service thus far, and will help us in protecting other homes in the future :)

Thank you!

Aubre Albert
Customer Support

And this is what my supervisor of Customer Support, forwarded to the division:

This customer provided us with 3 referrals because she has been so pleased with APX and what we have offered to them. She looks forward to not only being with APX Alarm but also helping us protect more and more families in the future!

I dunno, I was really excited and wanted to share. Yes, I love my job and miss everyone oin Customer Support. BTW This was about a month ago, so before I had my promotion....

Memory Lane, what?!?!

2008-11-26T16:34:00.000-08:00

I love being up in Utah, I swear it :) One of my most favorite child-hood friends (Amanda) lives right up the street from me. I've known her since we were in Kindergarten. She's just a hop, skip, and a jump away. We enjoy playing the guitar together. With the two of us together, there's no tellin' what we'll jam out to!

Speaking of child-hood friends... Do these faces look familiar, anyone?? Paul & Kaylene Coates!!! My parents received a wedding announcement in the mail, saying their daughter was engaged. This cute, little family, lived across the way in an apartment complex and I used to "play" w/their daughter when I was just a wee lad.

I just HAD to attend their wedding reception, when I found out it was up in Layton. I was going to be up in Salt Lake that night, anyway, and Layton is just a little north of SL

I, normally, don't wear jeans to a reception. But, I was in casual wear for that night anyway. Oops! Please don't judge me...

Melinda and myself :) Used to be pen pals, I swear it! She even remembered!

(Sigh....) Utah and its gloriousness. You never know who you'll run into. I've had lots of reunions!!!!

Weekend full of babies

2008-11-26T16:00:00.000-08:00

This last weekend, I had the opportunity to go up to Salt Lake and visit my good friend, Aly, and her family. It was so nice to be able to get away from Provo for a bit. Such a small town :)

This is her "little" boy, Wil, all wrapped up and ready for bed. He looks like a burrito.

The kid has so many rolls, I just have to laugh. I don't know what it is about big babies. Especially boys! I must say, he makes me laugh. I always get a little tearie-eyed around this one. I'm so proud of my friend, Aly, and just love her munchkin.

BTW This was Wil in the hospital, when he was first born..... Still BIG

Laura, one of Aly's older sisters, was able to come up from Cedar City and hang out w/us for the weekend. It was so much fun! I forget how hilarious that woman is....

Aly's mom even came up, from Tehachapi :) and we went to the chocolate show that they have every year in Draper. These were some of my favorite cakes, entered into a contest:

This one was cool, because of the slanted effect they created. Not too sure how good my lighting is, on my phone, but I LOVED this cake :)

We all know chocolate fountains are the best, but who would've thought to stick it in the middle of a cake?!?! This is for all ya'll who DON'T like cake. You can dip stuff into the fountain instead :)

Is it just me, or is this kinda upside down? So pretty....

This one was just all around beautiful. They had really pretty brown, candles around and in between the cake layers. Just real elegant.

And this, my friends, was my FAVORITE! I decided to save the best for last... I love pink and polka dots. This takes 1st in my book :)

Making Wil laugh :)

I had so much fun! Thanx guys, for letting me come up for the weekend. I think Wil enjoyed himself, too. I got a few giggles out of him. Wish I would have recorded it....

On my way back down from SL, Sunday afternoon, I stopped by Clayde's :) place, to check out their little princess. They just brought her home from the hospital on Friday, so I was real anxious to hold her!

Whenever Rhyen's fussy, I swear it- Kayde will hand her to me and almost instantly she goes to sleep. Maybe I'm boring or something?

She's so little. Completely different than Wil. Definitely a big polar opposite, after spending the weekend w/the chubster.

She's so pretty and looks just like her momma. I love her!