Mother's Day

Hello all! I hope your Mother's Day was great. I spent some time on the phone with my parents, wholeheartedly missing home (only 8 months until my next visit!), cleaning a bit, and road-tripping. Karl and I headed to his home town in eastern Utah to surprise his mom. The drive is 1000% beautiful and so relaxing. Long drives with Karl are about my favorite thing in the world.

Anyway, while we were there, Karl's mom was watching Karl's niece Linlee and she was so excited to see us. Karl, his mom, Linlee, and I all went outside and a few of us had some fun on the trampoline. I got some pretty perfect shots of one of the cutest little girls ever who was pretending to be a kitten all afternoon. It was adorable.

So freaking cute, amiright? Overall, a great time time was had by all visiting family and enjoying the warm weather and beautiful country of eastern Utah.

I start summer semester tomorrow and I'm taking a full 17 credit hours, so I'm sure things will be crazy, so as usual, expect sporadic posting. Thanks for being wonderful!

Have a great week!

Tulips Galore!

Hello, friends! It's been an insane week here. There were anxiety attacks, lots of crying, emergency doctors visits, paper writing, final taking, ring losing (Yes I lost my wedding ring. Yes I am devastated),etc.

Among all this craziness, Karl has been incredibly sweet and understanding. When I lost my ring, he told me it would just be another opportunity to propose to me. When I was writing a paper, he made a late night ice cream run for me. When I was overwhelmed, he took me to the Tulip Festival. I've wanted to go every year since I moved to Utah (almost six years ago!).

The Tulip Festival was beautiful and the weather was gorgeous. It was just the outing I needed, plus it gave me ample opportunity to unwind with some photography.

Now that I'm done with the spring semester, I have a week and a half off before I start a 17 credit hour summer semester. Oh, the things I do to graduate next spring! Anyway, I hope you have a great end to your week!

I Get an A+ in Procrastination

Sometimes when I'm in my process of procrastination (yes, it's a process), things get weird.

Yeah, don't worry about it.

"Robyn Hood" Photoshoot

I'm just popping in real quick to post one last photo assignment I did for my photography class. I was supposed to interpret a fairy tale or fable with my photos. Luckily, my handy BFF, Robyn stepped in again (because she's a rock star) and we headed to Wheeler Farm armed with feathers in her hat and a shotgun on her arm! Behold, Robyn Hood:

I'm really happy with the way these turned out. Robyn was the perfect feminine, modern-day vigilante. 

I'll probably post a few stray pictures from my photography class sometime next week. For now, I'm off to procrastinate writing a paper and watch Alias continue writing a 14 page paper for one of my classes. This next week will be more of the same craziness, but then a week-long break before diving into a 16 credit hour summer semester! It's the little things. 

I hope the rest of your week is phenomenal and if you're in the middle of finals, I wish you luck!

"Boston, you're my home."

This is a shotty picture I took of Boston last time I was there. It's not the best, but I love it.

This week has been an intense one for me. As I'm assuming most of you know, I'm from Massachusetts. I grew up in the suburbs about 45 minutes away from Boston. I spent a lot of weekends taking The T into the city and roaming the streets. I grew up skipping school and going to the Boston Marathon with my family. It wasn't just watching a sporting event, it provided some of my fondest memories as a kid. It was a giant party for all of Massachusetts to congregate and have a good time. 

It's weird knowing that the words "Boston Marathon" will no longer first recall happy memories, but instead conjure feelings of fear and sadness (and I wouldn't be a Bostonian if I didn't include being wicked pissed). 

This last week I was glued to the internet and the radio anxiously waiting for any news. It all feels like a blur now. I do know that I wanted to be home in Massachusetts really badly. That place is my heart. Those people are my people. It was difficult to be sitting here in Utah, knowing I couldn't do anything,watching the eerily empty streets on the news. It was strange knowing that my city was under attack.

I'd be remiss if I didn't say how proud I am of my city and the police officers within it. They worked non-stop looking for the culprits (with help from Dunkin Donuts who stayed open just so the officers could still get their coffee). In less than a week this whole ordeal was over thanks to the hard work of everyone involved. I have never been prouder to say that I am a Masshole. 

Looking forward, I'd like to remind you to keep all of the victims of this tragedy (and the one in Texas) in your thoughts and prayers and if you're looking for ways to show your gratitude, I highly recommend donating to The One Fund for the victims or The Boston Police Foundation. 

The world is a good place, with the occasional bad person, and as Stephen Colbert said, "These maniacs may have tried to make life bad for the people of Boston, but all they can ever do is show just how good these people are." If you haven't seen the rest of his segment on Boston, I highly recommend it. Click here. Also watch this video. You'll feel all warm and fuzzy afterward...And you might sob like I did. Just a warning.

Anyway, have a great weekend. Hug your family and friends. Be kind to others. Prove that people are good.

Music Monday and Some More Photos

Happy Monday! I hope it's going well for you! I have a busy day ahead of myself (another photo shoot, more homework/finals prep), but it's getting way too nice outside to be overwhelmed. I'm thinking the perfect song for today is "Blue Skies" by Noah and the Whale. They have a new album coming out on May 6th and I'm incredibly excited. Until then, enjoy one of their oldies, but goodies in my right side bar!

On another note, a few weeks ago, I took some photos of my BFF, Robyn  for my photography class and haven't gotten the chance to post them yet. I think they came out really well and I have to give a HUGE shout out to Robyn for being willing to pose in suburban Utah in her underwear and for making and smearing mud all over herself for the sake of some awesome photos.

Does she look like a Bond Girl or what?!

The inspiration for this shoot came from Dorothy Shoes Photography. 

Well, that's it for me! I hope you all have a great week! xoxo

This Week's Photography Assignment

For my photography class this week, I had to take "white on white" photos and I had a ton of fun. I wanted to stop in and share a few of my favorites with you real quick!

Well, that's it for me! I hope you have a great rest of your weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Music Monday and a Few Photos

Hey friends. Sorry I missed last week's Music Monday post. It's getting to that point in the semester where I have 20 pages of writing in addition to a massive photography assignment to do all in one week. It' getting totally out of hand and I'd like to say that I haven't been stress crying pretty much every day, but I'd be lying. Haha. Anyway, next up I'll introduce the song of the week:

Last week I discovered a new radio station in my new car (Yes! I got a new car!) and I've been obsessed with this station ever since. One day I heard a song that I haven't been able to get out of my head since. It's called "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood. As always, you'll find it in my right sidebar, so listen up and enjoy!

The next items on the agenda are a few pictures I've taken for my photography class. I took some killer photos of my best friend Robyn for an assignment a couple of weeks ago, but I lost my flash drive, so I can't access those pictures til tomorrow and I'll post them next week. For now, I'll show you my most recent project. We had to pick a photographer from a list and take similar pictures to three of theirs. I chose William Eggleston, who is awesome. The there are three sets of two pictures below. The first in each set are Eggleston's images that inspired me and the second in each set are my own.

Source: William Eggleston

My Image

Source: William Eggleston

My Image

Source: William Eggleston

My Image

Well that's all she wrote. I'll try to do a catch up post later this week so keep an eye out for that! Have a good week!

Just Some Pictures of Cats

They're cute. That is all.

Our Weekend Adventures and Music Monday

Fun fact: From the ages of 9 to 12 what I wanted most in the world was to be an Egyptologist. I devoured books and research. My best friend and I watched The Mummy religiously almost every day and tried to learn Egyptian from it. I know. So nerdy. Honestly, it was maybe the most interested in anything I've ever been. I had so much fun.

That is why when I heard that there was a mummy exhibit at the museum in Salt Lake (The Leonardo), I knew I had to go! Karl and I went for our date night on Saturday and it was so.much.fun. I was giddy! The exhibit didn't disappoint! There were mummies from all over the world (Egypt, South America, Europe, Asia) and several different time periods (5000 years ago to 200 years ago). It was completely amazing!

Afterward, Karl and I explored the museum. There were SO many fun things to do. I can't even explain them. If you have the Vine App, find me (username: Kristie Bringhurst) and watch my videos of all the fun we had. Here are some pictures, some of which you've probably seen if you follow me on Instagram. :)

Pictures weren't allowed, so these are totally contraband, but I'm okay with it.

If you're anywhere near SLC, I highly recommend a visit to The Leonardo. You'll have tons of fun, I promise.

Also, since it's Music Monday, I updated the song in my sidebar. This week's song is "Across the Universe" by Fiona Apple. Enjoy!