the youngbergs: lovers project continues

when they walked up to my apartment both in bright yellow 

with one of the coolest dogs i have ever seen, 

i instantly loved these guys. 

more love

taking so many pictures today & meeting lots of wonderful people. 

SO much fun.

more to come.. LOTS more to come.

let the lovers project begin

i was going to wait till i got them all and post them together but i just had to share this one.

isn't she stunning? 

(random side note: she is doing a sweet giveaway here)

love her. =]

i still need more people so if you are in the rexburg area (or know people who are)

and can spare a few min.. shoot me an email and book a time to come over.

taralarson522@gmail.com

go here for more info.

thanks so much!!

are you in love.. or know someone that is?

share this with people you know that might want to help me out as well. THANK YOUUUUU!

and yes i used another picture of sydney and tyson.

it's because i only have their pictures on my computer right now. 

the rest are on my hard drive and i'm lazy. 

and they are cute.

the end.

things that made me smile today

an all green salad in a black bowl.

am i strange to think salads are beautiful?

my sweet vdub with a crazy cool sky.

this might look nasty ugly to you 

but to me this may just be the most beautiful thing i have ever seen.

the SNOW IS MELTING!!!

matt, travis and i went on a walk and this little guy kept following us.

like creeper status. 

we would walk for 5 min, turn around, he would see that we saw him, and then run back home.

over and over. 

i kinda love him.

[oh and look.. no snow in this picture. a miracle]

this doesn't make me so happy.

how do two people make SO many dishes?

i don't understand.

hope you guys are having a great sunday night.

what made you smile today?

published!

click right here to see its legitness.

i started working on the illustrations for this this my senior year of high school 

and finally it came out today!!

so exciting.

yes i design fake wedding invites to avoid homework

front:

back:

they are totally already married but thats ok.

it was a good distraction for a bit.

thanks guys.

if you are avoiding your homework too..

click here to see the rest of the pictures of "oliver and kristen" 

[aka sydney and tyson]

no excuses

i remember i could not stop looking at my ring when i got engaged.

but after a while it becomes just another normal thing.

every once in a while though, i look down and fall in love with it all over again.

[this picture is me doing just that]

i love what it symbolizes and what it reminds me of.

i have decided that a marriage can be everything you've ever wanted it to be.

before i got married, i was always so worried about finding that perfect someone.

then i found him. 

but now we get to make this marriage into what we want it to be.

and it is 100 percent up to us.

scary/really awesome.

no excuses. be happy and in love no matter what. make the choice.

call me naive but i am in this for the long haul

and am going to do everything i possibly can to make it as wonderful as possible.

i mean.. why choose to be miserable right?

instead of getting frustrated with little annoyances so easily, 

i am going to laugh more.

and instead of being so wrapped up in day to day things,

i am going to lay a big fat one on him every time he walks through the front door.

laughing and kissing.. 

those are some pretty sweet goals right? :)

what are your goals/advice/ideas/ramblings on marriage/relationships?

missing warm california

[16x20 poster available soon]

i miss being warm and wearing tshirts. 

we bought a heated blanket the other day.

i turn it all the way up and wrap myself in it till i can't take it anymore.

it is strangely satisfying.

any day now spring.. any day.

braaap: the sound one makes trying to explain the glorious sound of a dirtbike

check out those sweet training wheels that my wonderful dad welded on for me.

oh and the blonde curls peaking out of my helmet.

a couple decades later.. 

i am going to let you in on a little secret.

ok so it's not really a secret but...

i LOVE love love LOVE riding my dirtbike.

there is nothing like it in the whole world.

pinky promise. 

i know that motocross isn't a typical subject on photoblogs 

but i thought i would broaden your horizons on this lovely thursday night.

i have been places on a dirtbike that you can't get to any other way.

i have been to the ends of mexico, the beautiful mountains of idaho and everywhere inbetween.

i've been the only girl racing against a huge group of smelly testosterone-charged boys.

and i did all this with my dad, creating the best friendship between us ever.

so in celebration of all of that...

here is some "lingo" so you can hold your own in a dirtbike related conversation:

motocross: race on a track outside 

supercross: race on a track inside

holeshot: the person who comes out of the first turn first in a race

scrub: used to "scrub" off height when going over a jump. 

when you are in the air you are loosing speed. 

the quicker you get your tire back on the ground, the faster you can go. 

this is my incredibly talented friend corey. 

taking pictures + dirtbikes = a freaking happy tara

and just in case you wanted to try it...

apparently eHow knows how to do a backflip on a dirtbike

1. get your bike ready

2. find a motocross ramp

3. plan the trick carefully

4. nail the takeoff

5. pull and lean back

5. hold on through the flip

6. land the trick

easy freaking peasy.

[not]