The latest collage, again-- this one is from my Director's family trip to Greece. Shhh- it's his wife's birthday gift in a couple of weeks :)

The latest and great collage commissioned by my Director for his sports cards that he designs and sells. This picture got me recognized for two more orders from co workers, since this one is hung in the office.... how fun!

...and my favorite of Emmaleigh 

My favorite of Benton! 

Side view 

Here is an example of the collages I have been putting together. See the cream paper with the gold streaks? That is what I might do with the paper you gave me--put it in something like this. Or I will use is almost exactly how you have it, Alysun.

The dress in it's entirety. 

Fun Night!

Me and Mallory and my best friend Lindsay had a great time with the camera last weekend. 

Water Break

Here is me and my coworker Karlha and my manager Nick taking a break around the water cooler. We took this picture as a joke and ended up laughing harder than any of us thought possible. 

Update!

I modeled at a bridal fair this past Sunday. They put me in a Maroon wedding dress, which I lovelingly refer to as my "Spanish Princess" dress. If I get a full body picture e-mailed to me, I will post it on here. My goodness it was a lot of color! 

Brunette! 

The happy couple! 

All the sisters! And a brother... 

Me and the family at the beach in Laguna for Jonathan's wedding. How fun! 

Mallory is 21! Oh my gosh where did the time go? Here is me, taking my sis out for a drink.  

Ready for my close up!

In Studio City on the set for a movie!!!!!

So, me and a coworker went down to Studio City this past week because we signed up to be extras in a movie. COMPLETELY random trip. We left at midnight on Wednesday (after a full ten hour day of work, I might add) and got to LA at 4:30 am. Then I made him sleep in the car until 6 (he said he was too keyed up to sleep, but I told him that he would thank me later). If ya'll don't know me by now, I was asleep almost the entire way down there, but woke up every hour to make sure he was awake, then dozed off again. I couldn't have kept my eyes open if my life depended on it. So at 4:30 a.m., I was not up for adventure. No one has to encourage ME to sleep. Anyway, in the bright early morning, he changed in a Starbucks bathroom while I put my makeup on in the car, then I met him in Starbucks to change as well. Check in time was at 9:30 am and we were early. Since we were too nervous to eat breakfast, we were paying dearly by the time the shoot started almost at noon. I can't tell details about the movie until it comes out. BUT! I will say this. The guy that stars in Princess Bride (Carey Elwes) also stars in this movie. Well, at one point, he walks down to the audience during the scene and he walked over to me and touched me on the shoulders. Both shoulders, from behind. Thats right, I am might actually be in this movie--- or I could end up on the cutting room floor.
At the lunch break, the guy that was sent to entertain all the extras (about 200 of us) asked for people to enter a talent competition for prizes. Well, I dont have a talent, but I watched a lot of people who thought they did show off their stuff. Whatever. Who cares if you can wiggle your ears??? So, after they handed over the prized for that, they announced that the singing competition was going to be next. I put my head in my hands and groaned. The guy next to me asked what was the matter and I said, Nick wanted me to sing. He looked at me and said, You sing? When I nodded, he yelled out, We got a singer here! I was stuck. My feet felt like they were in cement blocks as I made my way over to the other singers. It was my intention to sing the national anthem, since my friend had told me to sing it as much as I can in front of audiences to prepare for the football games. Well, at the laaaaaast second, I went in front of everyone and told them my name. They asked what I was going to sing and I said, A song from Phantom of the Opera and everyone gasped. Oh great! I shouldnt have said anything. Now I was extra nervous. Then the entertainer guy threw me off when he said Everybody on the count of three, do your best scary impression1-2-3! And everyone proceeded to scream. I stood there like, Are you kidding me right now? but what I said out loud was, And you might do that again after I sing. Everyone laughed. Now I didnt want to sing anymore. But one last breath and....

Think of me, think of me fondly, when youve said goodbye.
Remember me, once in awhile please promise me youll try.
When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free.
If you ever find a moment, spare a though for me....

Before I could even breath again, the place burst into applause. I was stunned. Then the rest of the people sang and the entertainer brought us back up to have a clap off. There was about 12 people and I was in the middle. When he came to me, people were really cheering. At the end of the line, he said, The winner is in the middle somewhere. Lets see. How about this guy? And pointed to the guy to my left. Some people clapped. Then he went on the other side of him, not towards me and said, How about her? and once again some people clapped. At that moment, the Director poked his head in the door and said, We gotta roll! So the entertainer said, The girlshe gets it! And people started yelling something and it took me a second to make out what they were saying. They were saying Phantom! Phantom! I was floored, and when I looked up, I caught the eyes of a guy across the room that looked like he was barely 18 and he mouthed, I voted for you! This same kid met me at the door on the way out to hug me and said, It might as well have been you in the movie. Cute kid. Needless to say, when Carey Elwes asked later on in the afternoon of anyone there could sing, I did not raise my hand and let the girl who won go up to the microphone and sing in front of the cast and crew. Though when she raised her hand, people were yelling, Tawny! I did not want to sing againI was having too much fun letting them all think I could sing :)

Filming was not over until 8:30 pm, then we made the trip back home. Nick drove the entire time and I don't know how he did it. We got back to town at 2 a.m. on friday and were just beat. But I have to tell you that it was one of the funnest days of my life. THE GUY FROM PRINCESS BRIDE-- HE TOUCHED ME!!!!

Mickys puppy dog, Zeke.  

Sophia and I in the pool. I held her for over 2 hours because she would not go to anyone else. How fun! 

Hi Cousins! 

In the family way....

No, sillies, I am not in the family way. But allllllll of my friends are. So I made myself up some bona fide business cards. Alysun- I love publisher!!!!!

For the baby girl

And the baby boy

Angels Among Us...

Today I went to El Rosal to meet my friend, Alison, for lunch. She warned me that she would be a little late because of a meeting and I reassured her that I would be there early and get us a table.

When I walked up, I was on the phone, and a nice gentleman held the door open for me. I quickly got off the phone when I got inside because I had to look for a table. Some people were just getting out of a booth so I went over to it to claim it while it was being cleaned. Then I spotted an open booth in the corner and took that one. I sat on the side that let me look out to spot my friend when she got there. After about five minutes, I saw a gentleman pull up to the curb in a beat up white truck. He got out with a pot of yellow daisies in his hands, and I thought to myself, "How cute! He is going to come in and give someone flowers!" Since I had nothing else to do but wait, I watched him as he looked on one side of the restaurant, then come around the booths to the side I was sitting, all the while scanning the tables. I assessed him-- he was about in his late 40's, early 50's.... and so I started to look around for a lady to complement that description. He was walking up the aisle toward me and stopped in front of my table. My mind was furiously working on the reason he could be standing there, when I saw him put down the flowers in front of me. And not just any flowers. Daisies. My favorite. I stared at them, thinking he was going to give me instructions on who to pass them off to: like the lady that he was looking for was not there and he had to leave quickly. Before I could look up at him, he spoke: "You are the most beautiful girl on this earth. You're exquisite." I felt the red creep up my neck and the tears come to my eyes. As he turned and walked away, I tried to force the "thank you" out of my mouth loud enough so that he would hear it, but I don't know if I succeeded. I watched as he turned and walked out the door and back in his truck. My jaw was still on the table. I did not know this man, and was pretty sure that I had not seen him before today. In the back of my mind, I think it was the guy who held the door open for me as I was walking in and he was walking out. Truth is, I don't know what prompted him to buy the flowers or to give them to me or to say what he said. But all of it touched my heart in a way hardly explainable.

"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing, some have entertained angels without knowing it." -Hebrews 13:2




Daisies are such a friendly flower

This is not at all fun posting pictures about myself. I need a baby :) Just kidding. Kind of... 

Sassy Sophia 

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