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!

I'm Going to Shoot a Bride

No silly, with my camera! hehe. In fact not just one bride but two! Yep, I will be shooting my first two weddings this coming May and the first one is on my Anniversary! Cool, eh? I am very excited, anxious and a little nervous but I know my friend and mentor, ScottJarvie, will have me prepared and feeling more confidant by the time May rolls around. Until then I have engagement and formal shoots booked to help me prepare more although, I can't compare them to a wedding day shoot! Woof! Big responsibility!

I know I haven't updated my blog in a few weeks (again) so I thought I'd share with you some February accomplishments and updates.

1) Mentioned above!
2) Preston got a wicked awesome yearly review with his boss. I am so proud of him!
3) Preston and I will be in Switzerland exactly one month from yesterday :D
4) We have trained Duke to roll over and shake
5) We have been successful in fighting our urge to buy movies. (believe me, if you know us, this is a huge accomplishment!)
6) I have made some awesome, stylish (if I do say so myself) curtains for the back room in our house. Pictures to come.
7) And last but not least, we have begun the process of moving our stairs by tearing down the ceiling in the basement.

Hurray!

Kara's March goals:

1) STICK to my workout plan (it's been difficult with my busy photography nights and weekends).
2) Spend as little money as possible in Europe.
3) Save, save, save!
4) Cook dinner at least 5 nights a week.
5) Kick butt on my photography shoots!
6) Update my blog more often and with interesting posts.
7) Go to the Temple twice!


That's it for now, friends. Sorry this post was so boring. I will post again soon. xxx

P.S. Check out my updated photography blog if you haven't already. I'm pretty excited about the engagement shoot I took the other day! I love being able to see improvement in my own work and finally being some what satisfied with it :D

Only Fitting

There is so much love to be shared this month, this new background is only fitting.

February 4th:
- Landon's Hump Day

February 6th:
- Coby's Birthday

February 11th:
- Kayo's Birthday

February 13th:
- Baline's Birthday

February 14th:
- Mom and Dad Palsson's Anniversary
- Valentines Day

February 24th:
- Big B and Manda's Anniversary
- Gavin's Birthday

Busy Bee!

Hi Friends,

I'm sorry I haven't posted much. I have been meaning to tell you all about our winter vacation but so many exciting things have come up these past two weeks. All my time has been stolen.

Two weeks ago I applied for an internship with an incredible photographer, Scott Jarvie. He accepted me!! My nights have been dedicated to photography for the last week and will continue to be for the next 4 months. I have learned SO much! I feel confident that my own work will improve quickly and my own business will be established within the next six weeks. My first big shoot will be this wedensday morning. Scott and I will be shooting the Utah Symphony, Utah Opera and their CEO. How exciting!! And plenty more exciting shoots to come! I am honored to be working with Scott and very excited to learn from him!

I will try to post a little more but if I don't, you know why!

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.

Merry Christmas!!

The Carpenters!

Hurray for Christmas Pictures! Our good friends asked if I would take some pictures of them for their Christmas card this year. At least I think that's what they said they were using them for haha. This has been my favorite shoot yet! It seems every shoot I learn so many new and different things to improve myself on and I think it's finally starting to pay off a little. I'm still no where near flawless and there are many more things I need to correct myself on before I acquire the competence I would like to have but in the mean time, I'm having a BLAST while learning and practicing!