Arts and Crafts

Well, as you may or may not know, I have recently switched my major to Graphic Design, and as a result, I have been working on many projects so far this semester. So I thought that I would share some of them with you.

This was for my 3D art class. It was called "skeleton and skin" we had to make a frame of some sort and then add a "skin" to it. It's kinda weird, but whatever.


This was also for my 3D class. The assignment was called "transformation." We had to take an everyday object away from its usual use. I used lampshades, spray painted them all black, and made a mobile. This one is my favorite for this class so far.

This is for my Basic Drawing class, we had to choose a cluster of leaves to draw with charcoal. Love it!Lastly, this is my arts and crafts project for the house that I made on Sunday. I know it's way simple, but I just love it. I made it from a Scrabble board and letters (all together now, "duh-Ashley!). If you can't read it, it says "Welcome to the Leavitts." It is hanging on the wall right as you walk into the house. If you don't believe me, then you will just have to come and visit! :)


PS. I married the smartest man ever! He just got a 105% on his Physics test! We celebrated and went to Krispy Kreme last Tuesday. YAY Nathan!

So Long Sweet Summer

Nathan and I just started school this last Monday, meaning our summer is officially over, hence the title of this post. We have quite a work load ahead of us this semester, but it will be fun. We are at a new school and new town, so technically we have no friends...but we have a really great ward and we are also in an institute class, which is also awesome! Here are some pictures showing you all some of our summer adventures...

We painted our bedroom "vintage yellow." Being that I'm still obsessed with my wedding colors, I decided to go with the yellow, and it looks fabulous, if I do say so myself. I spilled a lot paint on the floor, lucky for me it was on the drop cloth.


Nathan also turned 22 this summer, what an old man...I made his birthday cake, we each had one piece - and for some reason we didn't eat anymore. That is discipline. I also forgot to buy candles for the cake, so we just used the only candle that we have. He was pretty excited.

And finally the most entertaining thing yet. We have had countless problems with our sink in the two short months we have been married. In one event we thought it would be a good idea to put the rest of unused not fully cooked pinto beans down the garbage disposal. To our dismay it would not grind up the beans, and so we had to fish them out. After some Drano and a little labor it finally started to drain. To top it all off, a few weeks later the drain stopped working all together. Nathan "googled" it, and next thing I know he has a shovel in the sink. All we had to do was move the blade around, apparently it was just stuck - oh, the things that the internet tells you to do.

Pose for the Camera now...click click click

Pictures of the wedding are coming soon! But if you can't wait to see them, there is an online gallery to look at: www.pictage.com/691321 otherwise, I will have them up soon.

It's OFFICIAL - We're Mr. & Mrs.!

That's right! We finally got married! It all happened on June 25th in the Portland, OR temple, and it was a perfect day! All except for one minor detail involving these two...

These are my twin nephews - Grant and Collin. Now, I know what you are thinking...they fell in the water, and took me with them (or maybe you were not thinking that at all) - well I must say that is highly unlikely considering they are not even two years old. Mind you this all happened while Nathan and were in the temple, waiting for our wedding party to arrive...so unbeknownst to us, these little munchkins got a hold of some car keys and managed to lock themselves in the car. Pretty funny now, but I'm sure that Amber and Zach (in-laws) were freaking out about it. Apparently they called the fire station and everything in the temple parking lot. I'm not sure how, but those little guys managed to get out of there safe and sound. So, the only thing that happened was that it delayed the wedding a little bit, which was totally not a big deal.

Anyway, now that I told the funny story of the day, I can give you some details about the wedding. We got married at 11am, more like 11:30 because of the "problem," and then we came out...



so happy, SO MARRIED! It was a crazy feeling, let me tell you, and I know that Nathan would agree with me. Our colors were yellow, black, and white - as you can see. I loved them! I had so much fun with them. We took pictures for awhile, three hours to be exact.

(Papa and Mama Leavitt)

(Zach, Amber and the twins)

The photographer was Deyla Huss, HIGHLY recommended. She was so fun, and is from the Portland area. She even made Nathan like taking pictures, how sweet is that!?? So, when I get the photos, I will post some of those - I just know they are going to be awesome, well, I hope so anyway. Then we had a luncheon at the hotel we stayed at which was the Century Hotel in Tualatin, OR - which had an accompanying resturant called Hayden's Lakefront Grill - seriously some of THE best food I have ever had. Here's some pictures from the luncheon.

(Susie and Zach)

(Bride and Groom's Table) - so cute!


(Cutting the cake)

It was a beautiful day, and I can't wait to see all the pictures from it. I think I will have to blog about the reception another time, I'm getting too lazy to keep trying to drag all the pictures down from the top of the post. You just wait until you see the reception...it was basically a huge garden of flowers - ha! that will make you come back for more! Anyway, I will get those pictures up as soon as I have the motiviation to do so.

Oh, and I wanted to say congrats to David and Leighanne on their new baby Maggie! She is SOOO cute! That's all.

ENGAGED!

Technically, Nathan and I were engaged on April 17th - so it's been a long time coming for this little blog to come to the internet world. To be completely honest, I knew that the proposal was coming, so Nathan claims he had to keep the only element of surprise left. So that morning he came and woke me up and made me breakfast - eggs and toast to be exact. I woke up for a little moment and saw Nathan standing in my doorway with a plate full of breakfast. He made his way through my World War III of a bedroom and said "good morning," and then he got down on his knee, said some romantic things and asked me - all while I was still trying to wake up and make sense of why Nathan was at my house so early in the morning.

That's the ring! I love it! And the best part is that he picked it out all by himself. Now, I have to tell you about the behind-the-scenes of the proposal. The night before Nathan had went to the apartment where I live with my mother and got the key to get in early the next morning. That's not all - he purposely kept me up late the night before so that I wouldn't wake up while he was cooking the breakfast. Needless to say, it worked.

Also, Nathan and I got our pictures taken by his mother - and they turned out really great. Here are some of my favorites...

We are getting married on June 25th, in the Portland, OR temple - and we are SOOO excited. And now that we have a blog you can all stalk our married lives together. Haha.