lucky.

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.....man, its insane how a person can change your life so much just by being present in it. ive never been happier, and i love the person that sits across the table from me on our wednesdates. ive never felt so comfortable with anyone else in my entire life, and for the FIRST time ever, i can actually trully say that i am in love with my best friend.. seriously though. ive never had such a strong connection with someone as i do with Justin. and i Know that i always tend to ramble about him on this thing, which to me seriously is kinda weird, i usually dont do these kinds of things, but its okay, he knows i write on this..hahaha.. this past weekend was a blast! :) i had both saturday and sunday off! Saturday was semi filled with adventure, kind of, haha.. justin and I went to one of my cousins Quinceanera after watching like 2 movies that morning, then we just slept on the couch. We shouldve gone rollerskating, but I was pretty pooped. Sunday was fun! Went to church all day then went to my nephews birthday bbq at my sisters house, saw the fam bam then went and watched Doubt it was okay i guess. it wasnt too like interesting... but whatever! Monday was Memorial Day! I worked in the morning then headed over to sean's.  had a bbq then went to FHE where i bid on a few things, and won, for a service "missionary fund" auction. 

SOOOO...something hilarious also happened that night.. okay okay, so this girl has known Justin like all her life right, they grew up in the same ward and all. SO i met her like over a month ago, shes in our ward now, but shes always kind of given me the stink eye seriously.well i had told Justin about it when she FIRST rolled her eyes at me, but it was no bigg-e to me, i was just like, Dude, she no likey me. i donno why! well, come to find out that she has a crush on him, which, haha.... is totally funny and fine with me, just keep ur hands off and ur good, i trust ya, i trust him. well, on monday, her true colors came out. We were saying farewell to all of our friends and she comes up and gives him a hug and is like, byee Justin, and I, in attempt to seriously befriend her, because ya know, your friends are my friends kind of thing, SO i say ... "hiiiiiiiiii :D" like being seriously nice, no likeattitude or anything, just sincere hello. Instead of saying hello back, she FLIPS HER HAIR and freaking gives me the DIRTIEST look a girl can give... haha... soooo, since Justin is standing right next to me, he see's it all, and is like... WOAH!!!!! Did that just happen?!?!?!?!? hahhahah... he looks at me with like the funniest look on his face, as i smile and say " i told ya so" hahaha.. and we leave...how rude though, i dont know anything about this girl, and I DONT JUDGE HER, i dont know her to judge her, but she doesnt look like a nice person whatsover... c'mon. It just really bothers me that she is doing these things without knowing the person I am. I know she likes him, and shes probably upset that he has a serious girlfriend, but if she continues to do this, sheMIGHT just loose him completely, not by my means either, he was really mad that she did that to me... 

well, thats my week! I start working as a Manager on Sunday, im really excited but nervous all at once, hopefully i dont mess up TOO bad!! :)

i love you all!

the man they send to die, offers life.

what a sunday, nothing is more precious than a good sabbath day. today, was a glorious one. its crazy how sometimes we tend to forget the most important things in life. i think recently ive been caught up in finishing school, and progressing at work and with my boyfriend that i have lost sight of the progress ive had with my savior. for a while i didnt read my scriptures at night, maybe a quick glance at something that made me happy, but no "in dept" reading. i literally lost my temple recommend, like i misplaced it somewhere, and i have nooo idea where it is, im just sad that i lost the first one i ever got, it is so important to me. i guess ill just have to go in and get another one, but it wont be the same as my first one. today i learned about myself, and the things i need to work on so that i can become a better person, and have eternal life. id really love to be with my family for ever. whoever my husband may be, id love to be with him forever! 

so last year, the best year of my life so far, i joined the church, all thanks to these four boys to your left. Elder Seitz,Elder Folkersen,Elder Moncayo and Elder Orr. All amazing missionaries to the church, who taught me an immense amount of things about the gospel of Jesus Christ.Im so greatful for their hard work, and dilligence for the gospel,because without them, i would still be stuck in an idealistic world. i dont know if id be as happy as i am today. because im sooo blessed, sooo blessed! im so greatful to be a member of my heavenly fathers church, and to be able to recieve the many blessings he has, and to live worthy of those blessings, even when times are at their toughests, pulling forward in God speed and doing what is right is what i want to be found doing the day he comes again. 

Ive been looking back to the things that i have accomplished this year, and boy, did i do good! for the first time ever, i finished all the classes i started with in the semester, so sad but so true!Sending off 3 great friends on missions, and more actually, has probably been the most bittersweet feeling ever. im sooo glad that Karen,Angela,Shatara,Krista,Catina,Stephanie and Ashley all decided to go out and serve the Lord this year, i hope and pray for their well being and progress wherever they may be in the world :) 

well, i have to get to bed, its almost 2 and i work at night, thank goodness for naps, or else id already be dead asleep.

always remember who you are

and what you stand for.

let no one take that away.

-mayra

stress free is the way to be!

Holy smokes! This week has BY FAR been the best week  in a good while... for one, IM DONE WITH SCHOOL! well at least until next semester which isnt until august! Justin and I celebrated our 4 month anniversary last night, we went to lucielle's and had ourselves some bbq tri tip...hmmmmhmmm...it was way yummie!we then went to k1 speed, hoping to race some wicked fast indoor go-karts, BUT i got us lost, which always seems to happen when we go to k1, i was really mad at myself, because of course, i had a FEELING that it was at a certain turn, but i went straight insted, which took us onto a road, then took another wrong turn and by the time we found the place , it was closed :( so so saD! BUT we're gonna go again tonight! Justin is studying for HIS last FINAL right now, super stress case seriously, haha..im jk. hes good he'll do great, i know it, i know exactly how he feels, like he has no control over what is just about to go down, thats why studying is the smartest idea ever!

so ive come to a realization that i really love to do portrait photography a whole lot more than environmental photography.we went to our friend Derek's(seen to your left) party, where i went photo balistic! i actually took this 

this picture of him, of course, i edited it a little, made it a little bolder and added a little outline on i photo. nothing really major on picture editing, bc i like to be able to know that I 

took the picture, and if its a good one, editing should be small details to fix something up, right?hahah... 

i took this picture of justin that night, id say its a good one yea? i think so, hes so darn attractive hahaha...its

 so awesome, he's my best friend and im so greatful for that, and the ability to be able to tell him everything... i went to the mall to exchange a skirt that i hated! i dont know why i bought it, but i exchanged it for this AMAZING dress! on the way out i stopped by Regis where his mommy was getting her hair cut! it looked so cute :) its really cool to get along with his family. well, im hugry, and so, im gonna eat some food...

i love this kid.

oh and here's some more pictures i took that night...:) 

mikey!!!

marlon!!
richard!
me and vanessa

 

Distant Memories...

TIMES ARE A CHANGIN!

man! summer is just around the clock...24 hrs until im free from all school work for the next 3 months! im so excited, but at the same time, im so sad! Vanessa is officially in utah for the summer, next is David, he's leaving on his mission to Louisiana, which is sooooooo exciting and all, BUT im gonna miss him! 2 whole years without David Witt...why the heck am i not hanging out with him as much as id like to! Tylers going up to utah in like a month for school, and will probably stay up there until hes done with school, so this picture you see here, yea, there wont be another one like it for the next few years, bc although we have awesome friendships, were gonna be in different states for the next few years...these two lovebirds down there are getting themselves hitched on july 31st, which is

super amazing! im so happy that they found each other, this 

was where they "remet" in december, and it all just progressed from there! :) theyre sooo perfect !:) these pictures are pretty dang old...i took them back in january at some HB party! man, do i miss those too! school sucks, it takes up so much time and takes all your social abilities out of reach, and that sucks!! the only free time i have i spend with justin, just bc its the only time we really get to hang out! It's officially been 4 monthS! wahooo....

dont we look so cute here..hahaha... that was a fun night! he held my hand for the first time (in public) this night, ricky and vanessa were very impressed! :) i love this kid!haha..yep. i do. i seriously cannot wait until 6 pm tomorrow night. i dont know what im gonna do, but i have a bucket full of sidewalk chalk, so im for sure gonna color on the floor with that stuff this summer...might go for bikerides..oooo, midnight bike rides!...get out on the beach and tan...i told justin i was gonna work out ever day this summer..hahah...i need to be serious about that one!im sooo excited for him and the whole chp thing he's going for this summer, i think hed be way better as a chp than a sherrif, more $$ and he'd get to go on car pursuits, aka, drive REALLY FAST  on the freeway which is something that i know would make him the happiest! im just really excited to see him in that whole suit...hes so hot! hahahaha...

oh, so new stuff in life, i got a NEW CALLING at church!! :) im so excited, dave said it was an easy one, which is cool to me, but im just excited to be able to serve my Heavenly father some more! :)i had to work this sunday though :( that sucked big time..i have this saturday off though...we were gonna go to disneyland, but were just gonna wait for jared and kim to come down so we can all go together and FO FREE! i flippin miss that place soo much!

so vanessa is gone up to utah, shes going to Uof U!! which is cool i guess, i sure hope she doesnt get too bored up there.. bc when we went up to Utah, it was pretty boring, BUT we made the best of it all! :) i miss my friends, theres a party this friday, its gonna be a good and big one, which is what i like..i cannot wait, finals and all being done, im gonna have SO much time on my hands to just DANCE DANCE DANCE...maybe ill pull this outfit back out of my closet, i dont think ive worn this shirt since that night, but im gonna wear it. maybe, im sure ive gained some lb's since january, thanks stupid school...ugh...

things are a changin, but i know that theyre all a good change... i mean, school, school, mission, marriage(not me) are all processes of life that must happen, either one or the other, of course marriage=essential, but the other two have to happen, either one or the other...who knows...im just excited to start a fresh new summer season full of fun! :) oh it will be a great one...

goodnight :) 

picture time.

here i am.

in this wonderful world. 

living life.

the best way i can.

we took a trip.

to bakersfield in march.

found a daisy filled hill.

and fell in love with it.

so,

we photographed it.

         i and he

apparently were hippies

this day was such a blast, we took so many pictures up on that hill.

    i fell in love with this moment, and these pictures.

i need to print this one out and frame it somewhere..yea, i need to.

Day 2.

i shouldnt be awake right now, if anything, i shouldnt even be on this thing, i have a massive project due tomorrow and im sooo close to done, but im sooo dead tired..ive been awake since 5 am this morning. i got the pleasure to rearrange the store today, and make it look really good. i had some help from another manager of course, because im still the newbie that messes up at everything! :) after work i went and got my hair done, its just a tad bit shorter and the same color but just a little more "enhanced." then, i went to Justins and he and i finished up my art project! i sculpted the LA temple with wire :) its sooo awesome! :) We then went on a very short bike ride, due to my temper tantrum and fatigue, i didnt want to ruin the fun, so we went on a short one. Justin was very greatful of how i handled my "stress," i just stayed quiet and rode, it felt good :) and it was a nice break. Something came so unexpectedly today, and it made me sooo happy. sooo sooo sooooooo happy. :) i guess when something goes so right, it just keeps progressing.. i hope that this is how things continue, with progress and delight. because all i want in life is happiness,and i have had that in my life for quite some time now, and im sticking with him... 

school will be over soon... and ill go on bike rides to the beach, and sing in the car while driving down pch, its gonna be grand, i can already smell the grass a changing... the winds blowing the ocean breeze in, and im so happy....

i love you.

goodnight.

Day 1.

Ive wanted one of these so called "blogs" for a good while now...

i think itll definitely be a fun way to express myself to the cyber world through photography and all that other fun snazzy stuff i like to share! :)

today was okay, work is pretty fun, its hard though, theyre making me a manager, which is exciting, but i kind of doubt my abilitlies sometimes..i messed up today though, and i put myself down because of it...thankfully, i have a wonderful man that knows just how to cheer me up, Justin, te quiero muchO amor!

Hes just so freaking grand, seriously, ive found my match, well, for the time being, were gonna take things as they come, and enjoy them while we are here! :)its been very close to 4 months since we first went out on a date, that was such a fun night!!I remember like it was ayer ( yesterday) who knew things would work so great though, he is not only my amazing boyfriend, but my new best friend :) We were driving home on saturday morning, after a fun little bike ride to the carpintero building for boyscout breakfast at his home ward, and he was singing to Kings of Leon, Day old Blues, and just sounded so amazing, i like to listen to that song now, because that moment of him singing replays in my mind, and i get little butterflies... hes so awesome...

but anywho, were both sooo ready for school to be over, i think were definitely gonna go to K1 speed and celebrate, im sure ill kick his butt at it again for sure! hahah...

two more weeks and its serious summer time..

i have class in the morning, and as much as i feel like i can write so much more, i have to read some scriptures and get to bed... but enjoy some pictures ive taken over my photography lifetime... <3