I love dressing up…. a lot. And I love keeping track of what I do with pieces in my wardrobe. This year I got very out of the habit of documenting my outfits as I had in previous years. I kept on wanting to get back into it but I didn’t know how! Thankfully, near the end of the semester my girl Britt Moe introduced me to the ‘frametastic” app on my iphone! Although I still didn’t document my outfits that frequently, I’m hoping to get better! And so, here are some pictures from last semester:
Before convocation T and I attended an award banquet at the university which honoured premier David Alward. And so, we got fancy. T had his classy brown thriften suit all ready and I had… nothing. And so we headed on a search for something that I could wear to the banquet! In true Leanne fashion, we hit up Frenchies! At Frenchies we found this old school power blue dress that I loved. It may have required a couple of clothes pins but I was totally thrilled with the way it turned out. We joked all night that we looked elderly but I think we just looked fancy.
I like to plan things. I like to plan things responsibly. That was really the whole reason that I paid gobs of money to fly to the opposite side of this great country only two weeks ago. But, alas, it was not to be. I think that there is something very humbling in not having plans work out the way that we needed them to. And let me tell you, being forced in to treeplanting retirement was definitely not what I had in mind.
I wish that I was one of those people who can make extreme spur of the moment decisions and just know that it will work out. People who are totally comfortable not having a plan (or a backup plan). But, in reality, I am not like that at all. I make very calculated decisions, ones that I know the end result of. I think that’s what makes trusting Him so hard. It’s hard not being in control at all and just knowing that “it will work out”. In my heart I think that I do know that it will.. my heart just hasn’t told my brain yet.
Anywho, I just thought I’d leave you guys with a couple of my totally incredible and very artistic iphone pictures from my two weeks living/working in the woods!
I think that I’ll always be seventeen in my mind. I know in my mind that I’m not but it just doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since I graduated high school! It’s really incredible to look back at the past four years and see the development of not only myself into the woman I am today but also the development of my friends and class mates. Not only do we look different but we really are different people emotionally, experientially, and intellectually. And so the big day finally rolled around: Convocation. It’s the day that I have been working towards tirelessly for four freakin years. I never pulled an all nighter (a point of personal prize) but I certainly took a lot of courses, wrote a lot of papers, and rocked a lot of exams. All for those two little pieces of paper.
To be honest I wasn’t super excited for convocation because it meant that the next day I was flying out to BC for three months. On top of that, my experience had been that convocations are VERY boring. When it was all said and done though I was really happy with my convocation experience. Not only was I honoured wit the chance to speak on behalf of my class as valedictorian but I also got to have my entire family there with me which was such a beautiful thing. I won’t go on a big rant and expalin every moment of that day but I’ll just tell you that it was really great. There were lots of hugs and congratulations, as well as lots of food and pictures (thanks to T). And so, here are a couple of pictures of my day and the wonderful people that I got to spend it with.
Before I left for tree planting I had the momentous task of moving all of my earthly belongings to Dave and Amy’s house in Mirimichi. Let me tell you. This would have never have gotten done if it weren’t for a series of great friends. One of these great friends is Robyn, a long time best friend. This girl dedicated a day to helping me make one of two trecks to Mirmichi and lent not only her muscles but her company for the journey. On the way back we drove by some train tracks and Robyn said “I’ve always loved when people get pictures by train tracks, I’ve always wanted some!”. For those of you who don’t know, Robyn is a pretty normal model of mine (BUT I always make her do weird stuff). And so, we stopped right there and fufilled a life long dream (exaggeration? maybe haha) of Robyn’s. Feast your eyes!
I’m so embarrassingly behind on blogging! A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to photograph the Davidsons and it was an absolute whirlwind! Natalie and Ryan have the two cutest (and most energetic ) twins around! It was a total blast to be involved in capturing this family’s love and we all have more than a few stories from the experience (some of which will e told at a wedding some day… ;)) Thanks to the Davidsons for such a wonderful afternoon, let’s do it again sometime!
Hey guys! So, as most of you know, after finishing my last exam of my university career 2 friends and I hopped in a plane a flew to Cuba for a week of relaxation and fun! It was such a great week of beach time and exploration, it was EXACTLY what I needed after finishing up four years of very hard work. I didn’t take many pictures while we were down there because hauling around a DSLR is no walk in the park but here are some that I did take. Enjoy!
It has been a WILD couple of weeks, and there’s so much to tell! I cant wait until I have time to update you on the things that I’ve been up to in this season of exciting change. Until then I thought I’d leave you with one of my favorite images from my trip to Cuba! Stay tuned!
Both cats and dogs wander the communities freely in Cuba. I fell in love with this stray because of his beautiful, sad, green eyes.
