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I love the Holidays

The Dancer

Every year for the last 3 years I have gone to Gardner Village and picked out a new Christmas Ornament from The Christmas Shoppe. This is one of my favorite personal traditions and it always gets me ready for Christmas. This year I picked Willow Tree's "The Dancer Ornament" and I think she's my favorite ornament so far. I love Christmas.

The Dancer

Creative expression comes from within

The Dancer is about creativity. The sentiment refers to the fact that everything we create starts with a little idea — and a many times we get these ideas in quiet moments of inner reflection. We are quick to reward action and work — the process of doing. But a lot of creativity sparks from seemingly inactive moments, so it is important to daydream, imagine, and get excited about possibilities. It's about giving yourself permission to quietly sit and think — these moments are to be valued. This piece celebrates creativity, in all its shapes and forms. The Dancer is unique in Willow Tree in that she is not hidden in a dress. I chose Body Movement as a universal expression of creativity because modern dance and ballet is what I watch to be inspired. It is sculpture in motion. I think it is one of the most beautiful ways of using the body to express emotion.

Yep, I'm a nerd.

Last weekend I had the awesome opportunity to be in a movie. The movie is called Takito: The quest to save Rivendork, and it's a prequel to the first Takito movie which is making fun of the movie Shakito.
IT WAS A BLAST!
Acting is definitely not my forte but because this movie was supposed to be funny and over the top I was able to get into my character of Mable more easily:)
Who knew I would enjoy being such a nerd?!?!?! Anyway here are some pictures of the "intense" and funny parts of the shoot. Gotta love the arts!

P.S It was absolutely freezing on set

Andy (the director) showing me how to use my knife correctly

I miss all my Takito friends :( Can't wait for the next one :)

Dad in Utah= Happiness

Dad came to Utah last month and it was SO great to see him. We miss him so much. It was as always much to short of a visit but we made the most of it. Love you Dad.

Tutu Cute

Meet the cutest 4 year old I know.

This cute little missy spent 2 hours in a couple of my fall line tutus and allowed Signature Photography to get some amazing shots of her playing at the pumpkin patch. Thanks Cutie!

To order tutus please email me at fairycutetutus@gmail.com

William David Christensen

Yep, already time for an update of pictures. He's absolutely gorgeous!

I LOVE being an aunt :)

This is my beautiful new nephew! He was born to my sister Sarah and her husband Lindsay on Monday October 5th weighing in at 8lbs. Welcome to the world William David Christensen!

I love you and I can't wait to meet you!

Cofin Jumping

CAUSEY ROCKS MY WORLD!

The Gang sans Kristen

Me, Shannon, Fred, and Amanda were ALL jumping at the same time but Fred wussed out at the last second lol

My BIG jumps of the day. About 40-45 feet.

The girls sans Isabel (she had already left...sad...)

As you can see, my friends and I went to Causey this last weekend for (what my dad fondly refers to as) "Cofin Jumping". It was pretty chilly and cloudy but it was such a blast anyway. A Praying Mantis tried to eat me, Shannon, Amanda, and I all got bruises and were the only girls that jumped the 40-45 foot ledge (woot woot!), Amanda scrapped her leg, Kristen jumped in full clothing, Karl jumped a 50 foot on his first jump of the day, Shannon peed her pants in front of everyone (for real though), Angel got sunburned, Isabel had to be threatened before she would jump, Fred had to be bribed to jump, Mike and Karl carried a canoe down the side of a mountain, and all in all we had a fantasmigorical day.

The Daredevils of the day!!!! Yep, we're buff.

Yay for friends and fun. Who's up for another Causey experience?

Can you believe it?????

Ben is 8 years old! My oldest nephew is growing up so fast! He was baptized and confirmed last week by his dad and it was such an amazing experience.
Ben's full name is Benjamin Dennis Fewster Gardner. He is named after my grandfather (his great grandfather) Dennis Fewster. My grandad passed away last summer I miss him so much. It was so incredible to feel his spirit there at the baptism. I am so grateful to know that i will see grandad again and that there really is life after this life.
I am also grateful that my dad was able to be in Utah for this baptism. Dad hasn't been able to visit Utah for 2 years so I am thrilled that he was able to be here for such a special day.






WE LOVE YOU BEN AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU!

Remember how I jumped off a 40 ft cliff?!?!?!

It has been such a fun time lately! I went on a cruise to Mexico (If you want to see the pictures of that trip you'll have to go on facebook. There are like 900 of them) and then I went up to Causey Resevoir to jump off cliffs with Megan! It was SO cool. WHAT A RUSH! I will definitely be doing it again soon!

OH yeah then we got locked out of the house so we had to break in.....GOOD TIMES! Meg was like a little monkey!

Check out the videos :)