How Well Do You See Color?

Did you know that 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency? Does this prove that women see color more accurately then men do? I think so! ;)

X-Right recently put out a test online that you can take to check how well you see color. If you're a photographer, designer or just curious as to how well you see color, take this test! All you do is arrange tiles in hue order. Here is the link to the X-Right Online Color Challenge.


I quickly arranged the tiles and only missed 4. Not bad for being legally blind in one eye. I may try it later with my larger monitor which has more accurate coloring and take my time with it.

On My Mind

There has been a lot on my mind lately...

things that I am looking forward to
things that I am bummed about

things that I can accomplish

and things that I wish would be over with.

But most of all, the things that I LOVE!


Spring Time
I am very much looking forward to the
flowers blooming
and the sun shining. I am ready for it to be
warm and green again

Japan
I miss Japan so much.
I mostly miss my friends.
They were and always will be my best friends.
I love them all so dearly.

Babies

Over the past 2 years I have fallen in love with
babies and children.
They are all so very precious.
Many of my friends have either recently
had a baby or are expecting.
It has been so much fun meeting these new
innocent souls that I will get to see grow
and become such amazing people just
as their parents are.

The Gospel
Because of the gospel I have been blessed beyond
imagine. I am thankful to have
the guidance and support of our Heavenly Father
through the Holy Ghost.
I love the Temple and the feeling I receive
when I am inside.

Photography
I love Photography because the learning is endless
Everyday I learn something new and exciting to
improve my own photography.
I crave it just as a "phat" kid craves cake.


Bike Trips
I can't stop thinking about our annual
Nilsson Family Bike Trip!
I am so pumped for our June trip this year.
We're headed to CANADA to visit family!

Happy New Year!

The first post of 2010! How exciting!

2009 was a fun year for us. We celebrated our 1 year anniversary; bought our first home; we did our first remodel in our home by fixing the upstairs bathroom; we welcomed our first puppy to the family, purchased a few fancy gadgets such as my first professional camera and a flat screen TV; Preston now works for Adobe who bought out Omniture and to end the year we were delighted to find out that we are expecting a new member of the family! ... no... not me, everyone knows that I wish it were me but I'm still ecstatic for my brother and sister in-law who are expecting their second baby boy! Hip Hip Hurray! I'm so excited to meet my new nephew in April :D

We really have been spoiled this last year. We have such a wonderful family who are so giving and selfless. We are eternally grateful for each and every one of them and love them all so much. Preston and I really have been blessed this last year and are very much in debt to our family and Heavenly Father.

Although 2009 was full of so many fun memories, experiences and stepping stones we are very anxious for the new and upcoming year. We have many things planned which we are looking forward to.

To start it off, I have planned to organize our blog a little more. We are splitting it into two separate blogs. One for our personal progress, events and achievements and another for my photography.

My new photography blog site is, http://karanilssonphotography.blogspot.com/

I'm still working on my new blog. There are a few things that need to be adjusted but hopefully I will be able to work out the kinks quickly.

I want all of you to know how much fun I have reading your blogs and I'm looking forward to reading everyone's new post's as 2010 progresses.

It's Official!

Preston and I are going to Europe!

Here's the proof...

Clicking the confirmation button for purchasing our tickets :)

My Best Friend

This is my Best Friend...

I have been so blessed to have found Preston
and I am so lucky that he chose me.

I still don't quite understand why some people say
that the first year of marriage is so rough
because as far as I'm concerned, this has been the best year
of my life and each day is better then the last.

Preston keeps the amazing communication
going in our relationship.

He always has a smile on his face and
when I'm down, he cheers me up.

Preston and I love to stay up late and watch
movies together, play games together and/or
work on house projects together, despite the
fact that we have to get up at the crack.

Time is the most precious of gifts that
we can give to one another and boy do
we both give a lot of it.

Preston sacrifices so much for me
and I am eternally grateful for that,

I am eternally grateful for him.

Preston is responsible, mature, intelligent,
strong willed, spiritual, witty, goofy, loving,
kind, giving, patient, humble,
talented, physically strong, gentle,
motivated, creative, honest, trusting,
passionate about the things he believes in,
family oriented, great with kids,
and FUN

He makes me a better person everyday.

I am so blessed that I get to spend all eternity with him.

Thank You.
I'll love you forever and always.

(CHEEZY, I KNOW. BUT IT'S TRUE!)

A Couple of Pictures...

These two pictures are of Preston and Evan. I took them over the past week and really liked them so I decided to share with everyone :)

For some reason the color of my pictures are dull when I upload them to the blog. I've read up on how I can fix this but nothing seems to work. All of my pictures are so nice in their rich colors on my computer, I wish I could share :(.

Our Room of Love

A new love sac has joined our home! ... for a little while at least. My brother in law, Blaine, bought a love sac so that he will have something nice and comfy to relax and watch movies on when he moves in. But for now, we're enjoying the full fluffy room. There is not an inch of walking space. It's so much fun! You have to step on one sac to get to another. We're going to miss that TV room. This is our last week at the condo because the bathroom is finally completed!! We are so anxious to move in. We love our new home and our new bathroom. Preston and I are looking forward to the future and all the fun projects that are coming with it.

tag 3's

3 Joys:
- Spending time with my most amazing husband in the world, Preston
- Being close with the spirit and learning about the gospel
- Traveling

3 Fears:
- Losing a loved one so early in life
- The monsters under my bed (seriously)
- Living in Utah forever

3 Goals in life:
- To learn of the gospel more fully and become closer to my Heavenly Father
- To be an amazing mom to my children so that they might live a successful, happy, "normal" life
- To design and build my dream home

3 Current obsessions/collections:
- Photography
- House Hunting
- Saving money

3 Surprising facts:
- I'm secretly starting to get baby hungry
- I have had the same job for almost 8 months now and still love it!
- I can drive my husbands stick-shift Jeep Wrangler pretty dang well (I like to think that's not so surprising but apparently some people do)