photo shoot / boho glam family pictures

before syd left we really wanted to take family pictures. we hadn't gotten any done since jarman has been an official part of the family. we decided to just try to take them using a tripod and a clicker. it was actually a lot harder than i thought it would be- my clicker wouldn't work if we were too far from the camera, but my good lens makes it so we have to be kind of far. so the ones with the whole family were literally timer pictures where i was running in my six inch heels in the sand to get back to the camera. it was totally worth it though because i love how the pictures turned out.

we decided we wanted to do a boho shoot (which not only provided our stylistic choices but also lots of jokes from the boys). we all tried to wear longish or flowy dresses with big heels. we also brought down a bunch of furs to wear for some of the pictures. we like to choose outfits that loosely go together, rather than things that are obviously matching (like white shirts and jeans). i love the bright blues that pop out of some of the outfits, and we also had creams and browns and black and few others. 

we took the pictures in oceanside (this little outing was on sydney's last day so she got to see the beach and eat at phil's as well). some of them are just in front of people's houses, and the others were on some rocks and stairs that we found. we went down with some ideas of places, but nothing set. it was fun to drive around and find the cutest places we could (we ended up parking the car only once though- all of these locations are within walking distance of each other).

seriously though, how cute is my family? my sisters get prettier and prettier, my mom looks younger and younger, and jarman is handsomer and handsomer. you better believe we will have lots of these pictures all over our house!

from my camera / st. george

last weekend we went to st. george to visit our aunts and cousins. it was kind of our last hurrah before sydney leaves to costa rica (even though we will have lots more 'last hurrahs'). we spent our time shopping, seeing movies, lounging, and eating. oh, and we went on a hike (which somehow was the only thing i photographed all weekend). we kind of have this tradition of going on a hike every time we visit, and my aunt, joylyn, outfits us in all of her workout gear. because carpenter girls don't really own workout gear- everyone thought i looked goofy in my nike getup. we had the best time in st. george- even though it's utah and kind of boring- the people make it worth it.

we wanted to take a sisters' picture, but farah really wanted to be in it- we happily obliged!

is her sweatsuit real???

the whole gang!

lots of cousin love going around!

i'm kind of obsessed with cacti right now.

he posed like this on his own.

the one other picture i got of the weekend.

happy anniversary / engagement photos

today is our second anniversary! i'm going to save you guys from hearing about what an amazing husband jarman is and all the different things i love about him- i'll just tell him in person. this year we aren't doing anything too grandiose for our anniversary (last year we went to new york), we are actually spending the day driving home from our trip to st. george with my family. i know, so romantic. we are thinking about taking a weekend away alone, but we will see if it happens. 

we took our engagements with megan papworth photography at griffith park in la. it was so much fun to go back through the pictures, i love how they turned out! these are the ones we took in our first outfits, i will share our second and third (my personal favorites) later! 

{ps. links to all of the parts of our wedding: the bridals, the decor, the food, the party}

from my camera / jarman's birthday bash

so this is actually jarman's 25th birthday from last year. he turned 26 on saturday and we spent it almost completely opposite. last year we were living in utah, in the snow, had lots of friends and no family. this year we live in california where it is 70 degrees every day, have all of our family and no friends! i love california and never want to leave, but i have to say i miss our friends a lot!

last year we all went up to the ford's cabin for jarman's bday and had a sleepover. it was so much fun. we started out at a mexican restaurant, then headed back to the cabin for cuddling, dog piles, xbox, the laughing game and cake. we had all of our best friends (which we have kept since high school) there. it's crazy to think that in the past year some of these people have gotten married, some have gotten engaged, some have had babies, some have gotten pregnant, some have bought houses, some have graduated college. while everything may change, i know we will always be friends!

from my camera / audrey's birthday brunch

audrey's birthday was on friday and i kid you not when i say that she loves her birthday more than i love mine. and that's saying a lot, because i loooovvveeee my birthday. she made a schedule two weeks beforehand of everything that we were going to do, and then posted it all over the house. she also made andie sign a contract promising that she would be nice all day on her birthday, and threatened the rest of us and her friends that she was going to make us sign one too. first on her list was to open her birthday outfit and have her birthday brunch. the night before, audrey and our mom went to the dollar store to get supplies for the brunch. they got the polka dot table cloth, balloons, and plates to accent the leftover decorations from the bridal shower last week (which i am posting about on wednesday, be excited!). after her brunch we went shopping, then came home and she tried on all of her new clothes for us. that night she went to sushi and we had lava cakes for dessert.

almost everyone says that me and audge look the most alike and act the most alike. she is kind of my twin separated by ten years. we are both a little bit spazzy, very excitable, and tend to over-think everything. we have a few good qualities too. audrey is by far the most thoughtful person in our family- she is the only sister to consistently give presents and always chooses meaningful things. i'm happy to call her my twin, not only because she is so cute but also because she is such a great little sister to have in my life.