YEAH, WEIRD.

So I'm not very good at this blogging thing.

The last few months have been crazy busy and... weird. Yeah, weird. So many new experiences. One things is for sure, it's weird not to be in school anymore. I never thought I would say this but, I miss school. I miss the people, projects that I could spend weeks working on, and not working for a full day (yeah, I just said that).


Growing up can really suck. But, it can be really great at the same time. These last couple of weeks I have decided that I need to be more optimistic and look forward. I can't control everything that happens in my life and I need to be ok with that. I'm kind of a control freak (just kind of).

I decided that I needed some sort of change that I could control. So I "chopped" my hair. Yeah, yeah... it's not that short. But it sure feels short. I mean, I spent over three hours getting it done. Damn thick hair.

Once again, random post.
I thought I would let the three people that read this know that I'm still alive and doing ok. :)

Happy Weekend.

AS OF LATE

Yeah, I know it has been awhile. That's nothing new if you haven't noticed. 

Here are some pictures of what has been going on lately. 

Things are going well in the Walter household and we are glad to be settled into our new place. This summer has been a busy one and isn't slowing down. Matt's little sister gets home a week from TODAY! We are so excited and can't wait to see her! I hope everyone is having a great summer.

happy weekend

This guy turned 26 yesterday and I can't believe he was only 18 when we met.
He wanted to keep the evening pretty low key, so we went to dinner and watched a movie at home.
Matthew is such a great guy and I'm lucky to have him in my life.

While we were out we stopped by Home Depot.
I have been wanting to start a plant collection before we even moved into our new place.  It has a massive deck and is very bare. Here is the beginning of it. We picked out a few different cactus plants and I'm super excited about it.

People use to think my sister and I were twins. We were asked that question quite often. If they didn't think we were twins they weren't sure who was older. 

We are six years apart.

Now she is a mother of a 15 month old little boy and is one sexy momma! 

Yes, this was a random post but, I do like to talk about random things. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Next time I blog I will officially graduated from college and be working at my "big girl" job. 

Happy Weekend!

COMING TO AN END

My BFA show is down and school is wrapping up. I graduate in exactly 14 days. I still can't believe

that things are coming to an end for my college career. I have been so ready to graduate and be 

done with school but, I am realizing how much I'm going to miss all the people I have met. 

Here is one of the latest. It was a group letterpress project. I definitely got luck being put in such a

fun group. I loved working with the letterpress and wished I had more time to work on it. I'm really

excited how this turned out for us and I can't wait to put it up in our new place. 

Hopefully in the next few weeks this blog will get an update. I started the facelift and I need to

complete it. No one likes a facelift that isn't finished.

CHANGES

I love this time of year when flowers start to bloom.

I was so excited when I saw these in my front yard. 

I posted this picture on Instagram yesterday... 

Yeah, I'm cool enough to have instagram now that it is available for Android. 

You can follow me @alexbewalter.

Anyway, about five hours after I took this picture they were destroyed! 

All over my front porch. Sad right? The little boys that live downstairs ruined them. 

I was so ticked.

On a brighter note, there is a lot of exciting things coming up.

We are moving in about two and a half weeks.

Matt's birthday the beginning of May, I will be graduating two days after.

Then our THIRD anniversary shortly after.

Lots of changes coming which will be exciting and scary all at the same time.

A Small Update

Here is a little update. I really need to start taking more pictures. Truth is, I didn't even take half of these pictures. Thanks to all of you that I stole them from. I would also like to thank those who came to the gallery to see my capstone project. :)

Oh, and don't worry, I have about five weeks until I graduate. That's freakin' crazy!

Have a great weekend everyone!

I'm Not Really Into Cooking

I'm not really into cooking, but I don't mind baking every once in awhile. This weekend my Mom and I decided we should make some sugar cookies for v-day. It was kind of a tradition growing up for my sister and I to make these cookies with our Mom, and not just for Valentine's day. We would make them for many different holidays. Anyway, these have got to be the best cookies, EVER. I may be a little bias (family recipe) but, I would say these cookies are better than Kneaders or Paradise. Yeah, I just said that. 

Happy Valentine's day tomorrow.

HOBBIES

So I have been thinking about after school (you know, when I graduate) and I feel like I'm going to have some spare time. Ok, more like hoping that I will. I don't really have many hobbies and I keep telling myself I need to get a few. I was at my parent's house a few weeks ago and my Mom had been doing some deep cleaning. That is when we found this bad boy. Light meter and all. 

It is Slick Rick's (my Dad) camera. Which he said it use to be my great Grandma's. I couldn't believe my Dad still had the camera.

By no means am I photographer, I did take one photography class which seems like forever ago but, I thought this could be fun and maybe learn a few new things. Wish me luck.

NEW ADDITION

We are now going to be a family of four. No, it's not what you are thinking, I'm not pregnant. Matt got a horse! Matt has been wanting to get a horse of his own for awhile now and this couldn't have come at a more perfect time. He is so excited about it and spent almost all weekend with him. The new guys name is Dynamo and he should fit in just fine with the other horses.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is Dax's (my sister's son) 1st Birthday. He brings a lot of excitement to the fam since he is the only grandchild on the Davis side. There was a big robot party for him this weekend which was great. A "yada" (pinata) and all as my cousin's son would say. I had fun helping my sister with some of the design elements and of course the cupcakes. :) Here are a few pictures from the party. 

LAST SEMESTER

This week was my first week of my last semester. Can you say crazy? I thought maybe I would be excited. But, honestly I'm not so sure about the whole last semester and graduating thing. I'm happy to be moving on and doing something new but, very scared at the same time. Lots of people go to school for five years right? That's what people keep telling me. I still am not sure what I'm doing once I'm done with school but, hopefully I will be figuring that out soon.

I haven't had an 8 o'clock class for a couple of years and it's kicking my butt. I've been rockin' a pretty sweet messy bun so I'm able to sleep as long as possible. :/

On a side note, Dozer has been hanging out in his beds a lot. Yes, I said beds. He has two. Spoiled right? He had an accident last weekend while playing at the farm. His ear got caught on some wire which left a pretty good sized cut. It has bleed off and on this week but, it is definitely getting better. Lucky we didn't need to take him in for stitches.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wow, another year has flown by. This year the holidays were pretty low key and we had a great time. We got to see a lot of family and friends that we haven't seen in awhile and it was great. :)

I have definitely been a slacker taking pictures lately. So here are just a few.

Above is what our New Years Eve looked like at about 10 pm. Yeah, then about 11:30 we were in bed. Matt and I were joking about the year that I fell asleep on him before midnight. That was four years ago and it's crazy to think about every that has happened within those four years.

This last year I went through a lot. I have grown so much as a person and I am so thankful for my wonderful family. I am more happy than I have been in a long time and can't wait for all the changes that are going to be happening this year.

READY FOR THE HOLIDAY

This month has flown by and Christmas will be here before we know it people. I figured I better put a picture of our tree up for a few reason. But, mainly because it is a fake tree. This is a big deal at our house. Matt has always been so avid about having a real tree. This year we decided to grab one at the lovely Wal-Mart due to the fact we have been short on time. 

And here is the holiday card that I designed for my Momma. I had a lot of fun working on it and was glad that I was able to do it for her. I hope everyone is having a good holiday. It's great to almost be done with the semester and to be able to spend time with the fam.

Until next time.

TIME FOR AN UPDATE

I decided I need to update the look of this blog. So, the next few days couple weeks this thing may look interesting while I figure out what I'm wanting to do.
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and hopefully a great Christmas break. I have two critiques left which they both happen to be next Wednesday. After that, only one more semester.

Happy Weekend everyone!

halloween

Halloween is just around the corner (like you didn't know) and I would have to say that it is still one of my favorite holidays. Part of that may be due to the fact that my birthday is the day after. Lots of candy and gifts, who wouldn't love that? :) Whatever you do for Halloween, I hope you all have a good one.

A BOOK

So, I just finished a book that I designed for my publication class and I'm pretty excited how it turned out. I figured I would put it on our blog and let you guys see what I've been working on.

Open publication - Free publishing - More book

WOLF MAN

So I figured I better blog about my wonderful... ok not wonderful, painful experience. While carving my relief I stabbed my hand. Ouch, right? Big time. It wouldn't stop bleeding so we figured we needed to head to the ER. Of course it was busy (being Labor Day and all). The nurse took one look and said I was going to need stitches. A few hours later the doctor came in to stitch me up. As he was trying to numb my hand it was about as painful when this whole process started. If you ask my sister she would say I swore at the doctor. I did say a few choice words but, I didn't swear AT him. :) Anyway, I'm suppose to get my stitches out on Monday but, I think it is still going to be a while before I can use it all the way. Matt keeps telling me I need to milk it but, I'm ready to have my hand back.

Here are some nice blurry pictures to show what I was working on.

This is what the relief looks like as I was carving it out.
Also the lovely knife.

Sorry if that is a little graphic for some. But here are the five stitches.

Here is the print. Not bad considering the circumstances
and getting some help.

this fall

I can't explain how excited I am for fall. I know, a lot of you have probably expressed the same feelings but, my reason is not only to be done with the "warm" weather.  I mean, I am exciting about that. I have been dying to wear a sweater for months. But, what I'm really exciting about is the tv shows. Not only am I excited for the Office, Happy Endings, etc. But I'm ready for somethings new!

Did I really just blog about tv? Oh well :)

a starving artist, huh?

Some of you may know that I am currently trying to get my bachelors degree in graphic design. Well, I haven't been doing a whole lot of designing this summer and decided I wanted to do something fun. Last week I decided I wanted to illustrate a picture of my little family (hence the illustration above). And, I actually had a lot of fun working on it. I'll probably have it featured on a shelf in my home.
Whenever people ask me what I'm going to school for I always seem to get responses like, "a starving artist huh" "I thought about that graphic design but, then decided that I wanted to actually make some money" "what is that" or "what can do you with that kind of degree". I could keep going but, I won't. On a side note, not everyone is negative about my career choice. I have great family and friends that support me.
Designing makes me happy and who doesn't want to be happy for the rest of their life, right? I'm glad to be graduating, but at the same time I'm crapping my pants. I have no idea what the future hold for me and if I will land that "awesome" job.

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW

I have been getting so bored with this blog of mine (and Matt's). I have thought about just deleting it all together but, haven't had the guts to do it. I enjoy looking at others blogs. Between that, pinterest and online shopping I can stay entertained for awhile.
Well anyway, I'll give an update of whats been going on. Matt and I are working our fingers to the bone (Ok, not really. But it, seems like it). We have been up to Hatch quite a bit this summer. We had two reunions and friends come up as well. Camping over at Tropic Res. to go watch my Momma and her BF Jeanette run the Bryce 1/2 marathon (they rock). Went to the SLC a few times to visit my sister and her adorable family. We are planning some sort of small trip right before school starts. And speaking of school, I will be quitting my job to focus on school and drum roll please, I will finally be graduating from college in May. I honestly thought this day was never going to come. But, it's happening, I can see the end of the tunnel. We will see if these next two semesters are going to be hell or not. I'm hoping not. That's all I have for now. Hope everyone is having a great summer!