~Lovin Halloween Time~

Tyler and I had planned on going to Mike and Leah's Halloween party for a long time. We never really decided what we were going to be. So last minute... We decided grandparents! (Once a year you get to dress up and be whoever you want and we choose to be old people haha)



Ty, Riss, Bry, Er, Suz and Paul!

 


He can still hold me being that old and weak!




Our love is still strong! haha





Mom and Dad!

 


Freeze dancin!




Our first carved pumpkin together! 70 lbs!!! I could barely even pick it up!



fall so far....

Every Wednesday I help out watching Mike and Leah's kids! I love them sooo much! They are HILARIOUS!  This month so far we went to the circus and we also decorated Halloween sugar cookies with the cousins! SO FUN!

Audrey just loving the horse ride before the circus started!

Nora Bear on the "little" Horsey! 

Isabelle and Nora decorating cookies or just eating them!?!? (nice smiles right?)

 Another "good faces" picture! I just had to add it!

 Nora? Did you decorate any cookies or just lick the table clean!?! LOVE HER!

 Jack and Hayden decorating!



school starts=summer ends :(

Luckily, I am all done with school; however, Tyler can't say the same! The next two years, I'm afraid, are going to be all homework!!!! No new pics since Tyler has started school, so here are a few more fun times this summer!

Tyler with his new nieces and nephew in Bear Lake! 

The water was soooo- smooth it was crazy!

You have to make your own fun on the tube when the water is so smooth because you  barely get a ride!

Bee's Game!!!! They played horrible that night, but we still had so much fun! and the hot dog was DELICIOUS!

LAGOON was so much fun! We got there right when it opened and rode on 8 rides in a half hour! This is the airplane ride we took right before I had to call it quits until after lunch because I was getting sick!

Wedding pics that we love!!!!

It may be old news, but since we didn't have this blog right when we got married here is a collage of the wedding!

             

s.u.m.m.e.r two-thousand-eleven

The summer has gone by way to fast! Tyler and I realized last week that it was our first Saturday together that we didn't go to the lake and we had NO idea what to do with our time.... Anways, here are some pics of us at Bear Lake this summer!

Visual Comm Assignment 3

For our Visual Communication Class we had to analyze a site based on the Rutledge’s axioms.

1.       The most relevant bit of understanding we must possess in order to design an effective website solution for our client is their business objective(s).  This is a true statement. In order to have an effective website the site should include business objectives.  On the Settlement Perspectives site I think that John DeGroote does a decent job on telling the objectives and purposes of the site.

2.       The most efficient way to clearly communicate a page’s visual structure is by using a strong grid. Agreed.  If a page doesn’t have a strong grid then the viewer will just disregard the site.  A strong grid will allow the reader to comprehend the information better.  In the Settlement Perspectives site the designer did a practical design for the page.  You have the company’s logo at the top left corner, then quotes directly under, you have an alphabetized category box on the right, and in the middle you have different articles about negotiation and such.   The page is pretty symmetrical and (for me at least) easy to follow and flow through.

3.       Generally speaking, the lower right is the most effective position for a large image on a text-filled page.  There aren’t any images on the lower right corner, only the category section. 

4.       The most natural and effective direction for leading a viewer’s eye through a web page design or a landscape painting is along an angle.  I agree when information is conducted through angles then the information flows more effectively.  The Settlement Perspective site is to an extent made to flow effectively through the symmetrical page and the three columns of information.

5.       For first-time visitors who have never seen the layout or used the interface of a website, the most important non-brand related issue the designer must take into account for an effective design is a high degree of affordance or intuitiveness.  I think this is true.  The affordance of graphic design or the visual clues as to what the site is about is very effective to someone who hasn’t used the interface of a website.  On the Settlement Perspective page I had to look for what the site was through information; the pictures didn’t tell me what the site was all about; which to me is a default.

6.       The main point of interest is at the area of greatest contrast.  On the Settlement Perspective site the main point is in the greatest area of contrast within the color.  The black and white difference (contrast)  allows your eyes to lead to that contrast which is where the title of the site is found.

7.       Aesthetically pleasing designs are widely perceived as being easier to use than less-aesthetic designs.  Aesthetically pleasing designs are easier to use.  I think that this site was less-aesthetic in the design.  It doesn’t show a natural beauty or any types of emotion, to me at least. 

I went home for the third time in two weeks... oops! it was way fun to see everyone again! Jack turned 3 years old, he was so cute at his party and Leah made him a Bear Lake cake and it is all he could think and talk about all day! In only 11 days Suzy is getting married! I can't even believe it....it feels like yesterday that we were building fires out by the pool at Rebel's Roost and Paul had a secret crush on her.  This week for soccer we have two home games; Thursday and Saturday at 7:30pm.  My parents are coming down for the weekend so that makes for a fun time... obviously! okay that's all!!!!