New wellsfargo card? Help me choose!

So my friend Nikki got her Visa card done with a picture of her pups, and I decided to look into it. Here is Nikki's card:

Well wellsfargo does do it! So I need some help choosing some pictures.... Let me know what ones you like!!!

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My friend Nikki

So since taking my photography class over summer I haven't done much with Photoshop recently. My good friend Nikki asked me how I got my blog header, and I told her that I created it in Photoshop. So I offered to do one for her. She sent me a few pictures and just let me do the rest. I had a blast! I really love photoshop and I love learning new things about how to use it. Anyways so here is the header that I ended up....


For those of you who don't know Nikki, we met over summer. It was kind of a random meeting. I ran into some people walking their Siberian Husky pup and they asked me if Kumo was a Klee Kai. I said yes and they said that someone they worked with had just gotten one. I asked them where their friend got their Klee Kai from and they said Texas. I told them that I had gotten Kumo from Oregon. So I immediately went home and emailed the two Klee Kai breeders in Texas. I guess Nikki did the same thing and emailed the breeders in Oregon. Well we got in contact and were friends from then on. Now Nikki and I meet up to go on walks to Tanner and have decided to go hiking every weekend! Her and her husband John are great people and their two dogs are so cute.



If anyone else wants me to make them a blog header, just go ahead and ask! I would love to do one!

A very good read

So I have been following a blog for some time. It's not someone that I personally know but her story is very interesting. The Arizona Republic just finished an article on her and its a very good read. It takes a while to read so give yourself some time to read it, but make sure to read it all. Its heart warming. Here it is

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/stephanie-nielson-intro-120609.html


There is an intro and 10 parts to the story.

Senior Project

So for my Computer Engineering Senior Project a group of us had to design and build something relevant to our studies. We decided to build dynamic source filtering sunglasses. Our goal was to design some sort of glasses that would blot out bright lights like the sun. We accomplished this by designing a processor that read in brightness levels from a camera mounted about your eye. The processor would then determine which light sources to blot out based on a variable threshold. The processor would then tell the LCD to darken certain pixels. The LCDs were running at 60Hz so it would refresh faster than your eye could move. This allowed our processor to track bright lights and blot them out even when they were moving (or when you were moving). Today was demo day and here are some pictures from it. There were three other senior project teams. Each team had four team members and I was the only girl on any team. All teams successfully completed their projects and our professor announced today that we all got A’s! Here are some pictures from the day:

Here is our group: me, Torrey, Jason and Dan

LCDs and cameras. Notice the sunglasses is front of the cameras. This was because the camera processor would gamma correct and we were not able to interface with it and tell it not to. So therefore we just used some good old fashioned sun glasses to darken what the cameras were seeing.

better view of one LCD and camera
Our processor

closer view

our hand controls. Ever persons eyes sit different and have different head shapes and therefore fit into the hard hat differently. So we had some controls to adjust the cameras.

Our senior project professor trying it out

front view of the whole module

Why is there dog hair.....

You may ask yourself why is there dog hair on the back of the two couches?...... Answer:

And why is there dog hair in my car's cup holders..... Answer:

It's a good thing he is so dang cute. He falls asleep in the funniest places, so I figured you would get a kick out of the photos! Enjoy!

Thanksgiving with the Todd's

So for Thanksgiving this year Bryan and I went up to the Todd Ranch. Bryan, Keven and I waited until Jessica flew into Salt Lake from Cali, and then started on the road to Bluebell. We got to Grandma and Grandpa Todd’s a little after 1pm on Thanksgiving Day. A bunch of Bryan’s extended family was there. Unfortunately I had come down with a very bad cold, and was pretty sick on Thursday and Friday. Thanksgiving was yummy, and the games with the family were silly! I was definitely thankful for cold medicine this year and a nice warm bed to sleep in. Friday was a day spent with Bryan’s immediate family. We did some Christmas decorating and Kiley did the tree all by herself! Notice I am not in the pictures because I didn’t want my sick face yucking up the pictures. Anyhow we ended Friday watching the movie Angels & Demons. Boy do I LOVE that movie! Saturday we all packed up and made our way out to Provo. It was the BYU vs UTAH game and Keven, Jess, Bruce, Bryan and I were to go to the game. Well due to the fact I still felt sick, I opted out of going and went along with Carla and Kiley on a little shopping trip and some girl time. We stopped at this party store in Lehi and I had my first Zortz candy, it was so yummy! After that Carla, Kiley, and I made our way to the Gateway mall in Salt Lake and got a pedicure! It was wonderful, especially on a cold day like today. Unfortunately we had to walk out in the cold after the pedicure in flip flops as to not ruin our nail polish. That was not so wonderful. We ended the day with some paradise bakery. What a wonderful Thanksgiving! Notice I did not mention the score of the BYU vs UTAH game… I do not accept the outcome, so I am not reporting on it! Hahah Here are the pictures… didn’t take hardy any since I wasn’t feeling well…..

Tanner in the snow...

So it finally snowed again in Salt Lake last night. Everything got coating in about an inch or so of snow. I decided I had to go to Tanner park today before everything started to melt. It was so pretty in the park. The south side of the park is relatively shaded so the snow was still all over the trees. It was a really peaceful walk. Here are some pictures....

the view on the way down into the park...
Kumo looking over the ridge

sitting on the bench overlooking the park

what a cutie!

all the tree covered in snow....it was so pretty

the snowy trail

Mill Creek Canyon hike!!!

So today Bryan, Keven and I decided to go up to Mill Creek Canyon to do a little hiking. It was forecasted to snow so we thought it would be fun to hike in the snow. Well we went up the canyon and got onto the Thayne Canyon trail. We hiked up the canyon for a little over an hour and headed back down. Bryan and I tried out our new snow spikes and they were awesome!!!! It didn't start snowing until we were on our way down, but it still was a nice hike. Here are the pictures....

camouflage?

Bryan was throwing snow balls at Kumo...Kumo went nuts and was running all over the place, hahaha

bry and kev striking a pose?

bry and kev

Snow spikes!!!!

Bryan and I went to Tanner park on Sunday and walked around in the snow. It was so beautiful! I slipped a few times even with it being the first snow and all. I remember one of my friends mentioning something about snow spikes to me, maybe it was Hailey or Amy. I can't remember. Anyhow I did some research and ordered some today from qvc. I can't wait to try them out this weekend. It is supposed to snow on Saturday so hopefully I can try them out then! Here is what they look like!

Winter's Here!

So when I got up this morning, I figured the weather reporter had just made a mistake, because there were no clouds and no snow. Well a few hours later I was sitting in the office on the computer, with Kumo on the window seat. I noticed that he was intently staring outside. Well sure enough it was snowing. I let the little pup out onto the balcony, and he loved it. He would come inside ever once in a while and run around in circles, and then he would want to go back out... Crazy pup! I guess he really was made for the snow. Here are some pictures.....

in the office when he first realized it was snowing...

he loves to eat the snow off the ground, what a wierdo!