Lovesick Cowgirl

My spring break is almost ending! Sad sad day. Time flies when I am on the ranch... there is always something going on and something you need to be doing. Today, since I am always in dire need to get some pictures, I decided to do a photo shoot. My older sister, Allie, (the one who looks like a Kardasian) went to go shooting with my dad for target practice. Allie loves that kind of stuff...I swear she is like Angelina Jolie in all of her kick butt movies... but for real :). And my younger sister told me that she isn't in the mood for one of my photo shoots. So I did myself. I honestly am not self-obsessed or anything like that. I just love photos and photo shoots and fashion and pretty lighting and all that wonderfulness!

Quite frankly, lots of times I don't like getting my photo taken. I always don't like how they come out at the time... I can always find something to judge :/. I guess I am just a typical girl when it comes to that. I think all of us girls are way too hard on ourselves. We all need to embrace who we are and how we look because we can never be anyone else. We should just love what we have been given and be thankful for what we have and try to look at the things on our body we do like. Sorry for that little rant. I do need to remind myself to do that sometimes :).

So anyways, this photo shoot came about by me going into my moms closet and finding this fun Wildfox Lovesick Cowgirl fringe hoodie. I completely loved it and so of course I had to do a photo shoot with it :)! So I went up to this old weighing station (up our ranch road) that miners used to use way back when. Here are a few shots that I liked. Hope they inspire you to be creative with your clothes or your photo shoots! Have a nice night :)

Chocolate Macaroons

Today after my mom and I went to hot yoga this morning, we came home and realized that the side door of the house was open and so when we ventured in, we saw all of the dogs lounging on the couches. And by all of the dogs I mean, Andy, Sugar, Belle, Buck, and Cocoa, so 5 big ol' hound dogs just chillen out in the living room. Welcome home right?! haha. It was quite a scene.

After we got the dogs out, I did some baking. My Gammy and Grandpa came over tonight so I made them some coconut macaroons for some yummy snackin. When I was photographing them, Pumpkin, our friendly kitty came up to see what I was doing. Then Fritz, one of our other kitties, came to visit, so those are the two kitties featured today :). Oh and the last image I thought was pretty. It was rainy and cloudy today and I shot that right after I got done bottle feeding our little dogie calf named Minnie. I know...we have lots of animals.

The Macaroon Recipe:

1 1/3 cup coconut flakes
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbl flour
2 egg whites

1. Combine all dry ingredients and blend together
2. Add the egg whites and the vanilla.
3. Add tbl balls to cookie sheet
4. Bake at 375 for 16-18 min.
5. Melt chocolate and drizzle all over :) (once cooled)

Don't worry, I caught Pumpkin before he could eat any.

Here is little Pumpkin... my favorite kitty on the ranch.

Here is Fritz. He is a little skittish... and a little cranky. 

My front yard :) 

Home

Being home is so refreshing and wonderful. I am such a home body. I love hanging out with my mom, dad, and sisters. I love lounging around in the grass with our dogs and kitties, baking cookies, taking naps, walking the pig :), going for horse back rides, eating yummy food, watching disney movies, and looking through our old scrapbooks. All of the activities that I can't do when I am in California. As I reminisce on my life I realize that I am so very blessed. Not many people have the luxury of growing up on a ranch allowing your imaginations to no limits. I have wonderful parents and two sisters who are my best friends. I remember one of our favorite things to do when we were young was to play like we were Indian princesses and make our "house" down along the creek bed with tall grasses and rocks. Those were the days. Now we are all off at school chasing other dreams. We rarely go home now... and we will never live at home again. It makes me sad, but I know all of those sweet memories I will hold close to my heart. And someday I get to have little girls to love and make sweet memories with :)

Here are a few old photos my mom took of us... (Isn't she a great photographer?!)

She was always taking photos of us. We seriously had a photo shoot every day. Okay maybe not that often... but it was a lot! We got pretty good at it ;)

This is me. 

This one too :). 

Here is all three of us on our old mule. 

Here is little Allie. 

sweet little sister, Kacky (Katherine) 

Look at that little peanut!! 

Allie and I... still best friends :)

Easter Sunday

 Happy Easter!! The Lord has Risen! Hope everyone has a blessed day with their families! Easter used to be my favorite holiday. From the being with friends and family to the extravagant easter egg hunts, yummy food, and sunny weather, Easter is just a happy happy day! I am finally home for spring break and since my mom just got her kitchen remodeled (it looks beautiful) I was in the baking mood. So, I made chocolate nests aka. no bake oatmeal peanut butter cookies and a coconut lamb cake. If anyone is interested in the recipes I will post them, but sometimes I think no one reads my blog so there is no need to write them :(. Sorry for the negativity, I'm done. Have a wonderful day again :)

Playing with the Shop

So today in literature class, I was editing some old photos. I know, I know... not paying attention in class, but when we are on the eve of spring break, you can't blame me for not wanting to be there. Anyways, I like how these couple turned out. What do you guys think?