McKae Bre'a Photography

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I love taking pictures so I decided to start learning about taking them correctly. I joined the Focus Film and Photo club at school where we all just learn from each other, but our instructor also suggested we try the 365 day challenge: take a picture each day for a year and see how much you've improved. So that's what I'm doing. Feel free to follow and comment! =)

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Smoke & Drive - Mike Posner

I find this song so seductive

Makes me want to buy a stogie and go on a roadtrip.

... kidding, that's nasty, but I do love this song.

Aloha...

   So here I am, back in Hawaii once again, but this time things are dramaticly different and I LOVE IT!

     First of all, here is my house! Yes I'm off camous this semester and its SO much better. I can eat my own food, have whoever I want over, come and go as I please, it's like I'm finally out on my own again instead of being hounded my rules, rules, and more rules.

     Well, I figure I should probably catch up a bit seeing as I've been here for almost 2 months already. So, I'll start from the beginning...

     My dear mother got to come with me this time, which I LOVED because not only did we get some much needed mother/daughter time but I also knew enough about Oahu to show her around a bit. We had a blast in those jam-packed few days.

We toured historic Laie (Ma on The Point)

Rested up at our hotel in Honolulu

Scavenged the Swap Meet at the Aloha Stadium

Visited the Pear Harbor Memorial

...and took Dream Board pics at China Man's Hat

     After being home for about 5months this last spring/summer it was way nice to have my dear ma come help me transition back into Hawaii life. It was a great lil getaway fro us both. =)

     I love being back in Paradise, its been a blast having my dear friends Kara, Paris, Li, Taylor, Jordan and Allie here. They make my life wonderful. I feel like we've done so much already. Kara got this darling moped named Kanake (Hawaiian for Candy) and we've been scootin around on in all semester. We've been to Kaneohe quite a bit and I've come to really enjoy the drive.

Our new friend Kanake

Zoomin on scoot scoot

 Our pit stop, it's crazy how sore your butt is by this point.

Trip to Kaneohe for Li's B-day

     Speaking of B-day's, everyone seems to be having them these days...

 We went and had a ice cream/pizza party for my dear roomie, Annette's 23rd B-Day

We went to Kahuku Grill and Sunset Beach for KallyRae's 20th B-day!

     ...and we totally partied like it was 1999 for Paris's 20th BASH as well

     We've beached it up quite a bit and I've even gone SURFING!!!! I didnt necesarily get up but the instructor told us later that the board we were using didnt have fins so it was pretty much impossible to get up on, but I tried anyways. ;)

 

We even went night swimming... and FROZE to death!

My first sunset... like ever, I dont think I've ever just sat and watched it decend below the horizion.

And We've had many many other random adventures thus far...

 

One of our MANY trips to Angels--->

<--- Step Up 3!!!

 Car pooling to a party at the Sexy Men House

 Syndi's completed puzzle after working on it for MONTHS =)

 Oh Im goin to hukilau huki huki huki huki huki hukilau... cafe'

Hot tubbing before/after night swimming --->

<--- Random adventure in Kahuku

 Kite Festival

 General Conference party

 Being super cool and acting like spys avoiding campus security

FOOD FEST! .... we found a kitty. (Named BabyQ)

     So there it is... my adventures in Fall semester thus far. I'll keep yall updated on whats to come. 

Aloha!

Is This How Your Supposed to Blog?

     So I realized I never really talk about whats going on in my life. I just post random thoughts, lyrics, videos that pop into my head. I guess that's why I sub-titled this blog "The Random Ramblings of McKae Bre'a". But i've decided to be traditional today and give a summary of my blunderings through life these past few months.

    Let's see, I spent this last spring and summer at home. During spring I worked as a Para-Ed and Lunch Lady at our Elementary School, which i sadly didn't enjoy too much. The kids and teachers I worked with were AMAZING though. I spent a lot of time with my Bestie, Brit, over in Tri-Cities during the spring. We had a birthday party for her and went on random adventures to the park and sonic. 

     But once summer hit, we barely had time to hang because of our jobs. I started working at the city pool again only this year I was the Co-Assistant Manager with my friend Nick. 

I loved working at the pool even though it was more responsibility this year. We had a great team this year; my little brother, Logan worked with me which made it way fun, we had some good laughs. And one of my best friends, April, also worked as a lifeguard. We had a BLAST hittin up the taco truck, drinkin blue dew, raving to techno music during break, and havin glee offs. Lifeguarding ROCKS!

     April and I did tons of fun stuff this summer, we went and saw Eclipse with my Ma and lil sis Shaunessy. We also went and played at Moses Lake Water Park and took a spontaneous trip to tri-town to watch The Socerer's Apprentace. We had a huge quote conversation on facebook, watched a lot of That 70's Show and Gilmore Girls. I had such a blast with her! I don't know what I would do without her sweet smile in my life. 

     "Don't want to make a scene??? You dump Fez, I dump fries, theres your scene!... Here's a dollar for the scene." 

      My best guy bestie, Jase, got home from his mish this last summer too. So we got to spend lots of time together too! Boating, hot tubing, cliff jumping, cannoing, arguing about him being able to read me like a book... a spanish textbook (whatever that means). I missed that boy =)

(He's the pelirojo in the left corner)

      The best thing of all about being home though was being able to spend time with my family. I love them so very much! =) It was so much fun having us all together under the same roof again. 

      We went on a family outing to Palouse Falls on Labor Day, it was SO MUCH fun! We also took a family vacation to Silverwood, a amusement park a few hours from home. I loved my rides to singles ward with Chase every Sunday, and how he and Logan would make fun of me mercilessly. The one time Logan and I started bickering in the car going somewhere a random polka song started playing on his ipod and made us all crack up. I love my bros! 

     And I love my dear little sis too! I had a blast hearing about her new horse, Rosebud, all the time. and going to see our first 3D movie together "Step Up 3". I love love love that darling lil country princess. 

      Even though summer was a tough time, I really enjoyed being around people who i know love me no matter what. Which is the greatest feeling! 

So thats my summer in a nutshell. I need to catch up with Hawaiian life but i'll do that later.  

love love love love

Have You Ever...

Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone...

Your whole life waiting on the ring to prove your not alone.

-P!nk "Glitter in the Air"

Photo by: Chuck Goodenough

I ♥ ...

... ice cream

...walking home barefoot from church, just cuz i can

...reading for fun

..."She's the Man"

...wheat thins and chunky peanut butter

...scooping ice cream

...sitting in the library listening to Mayday Parade and Mae

..."First Time" by Lifehouse

...the smell of books and coffee

...avacados

...holding hands

...long walks on the beach followed by random trips to Angels

...people who love the same music I do

..."Just Friends"

...first kisses

...getting homework done days before it's due

...laughing at something that happened yesturday

...smiling to yourself

...punk rock

...boys

...driving with windows down and music blasting

...Katy Perry

...best friends

...the smell of sunless tanning lotion

...a bowl lined with peanut butter filled with cap'n crunch and choco milk

...cold hot chocolate

...kitties, namely Nike

...cute emo couples

...bad boys

...Taylor Swift

...the drive from Connell to Tri-Cities

...burger factory's chocolate, peanut butter, banana milkshakes

...dancing

...realizing God's hand in my life

...shopping when I don't have to worry about anything

...sleeping in

...babies

...day dreaming about the future

...Three Days Grace

...concerts

...clubs

...dance movies, namely the "Step Up's"

...laughing until my stomach hurts and tears are running down my face

I ♥ LIFE

Love Letter?

Dear Anonymous,

I've loved you for practically forever. I say the word love in the sense of possibly just being infatuated with the thought of you and mistaking it for love. Why is it just infatuation? Because I have no clue if the feeling of supposed love is returned by you.

I just want to see you again

I want closure

I want you to say to my face that you dont care,

That I mean nothing to you

So i cant finally get a grip and move on.

But most of all...

I want you to love me too.

Breathe A Brand New Me

I finally found this video today

Ive loved this song for like forever and a day now

And the music video just makes it even better


"Breathe Me"- Sia


... which reminded me of this video I found last year in Idaho

which also reminds me of Danielle

(My dear roomie)

Good times... Good times!


"Brand New"- Amie Miriello

Should I Give Up, Or Should I Just Keep Chasin' Pavements?

The coolest music video EVER...
Not only do they know how to dance
but they can dance lying down
and make it look good.


"Chasing Pavements"- Adele