i'm alive. promise.

so, after much thought, i will be moving.
check me out at >>> callingcalifornia.blogspot.com
i'm planning on combining my photography, design, fashion, ect. over there.
much love.
bee

hey, remember that time...

...when i said i would update?
like, a whole freaking month ago?
yah.
i don't want this blog to be a constant unkept-promise thing... but i secretly LOVE to write {it's my newfound love} and share, and it's important to me.
so i'm going to keep it up.
anywhoo...
it's been a busy, but perfect summer thus far.
i've been all over the place.
lake powell, indiana {all my mahself. i'm pretty proud!}, exploring my beloved utah a little more, girl's camp, friend's houses, ect, ect, ect.
it has been the most wonderful balance of relaxation and exploration and fun.
as i finish up editing/uploading all of my pictures, there will {hopefully} be a steady stream of posts coming your way!
xo, bee

3 cheers for summertime!

sorry for the lack of post-age lately...
but, i've been up to quite a lot.
school got out last friday and so far, this summer has been fantastic.
mostly, that fantastic- ness comes from a beautiful little place in beautiful utah that i love with all my heart.
lake powell.

lot's more on that little trip & other great things to come.

loves,

bee.

balloons = happiness.

if you couldn't tell, me and haley really like photoshoots.

and when you add balloons as props to those photshoots, we super-duper-really like photoshoots.

{sorry the collage isn't fantastic-ly crystal-clear... i need to widen my blog desperately.}

don't worry... we did, in fact, suck in the helium and sing popcorn popping on the apricot tree {oh, those primary days...}. sadly, the video refuses to upload. sad day for all. all i can say is, popcorn's a-poppin'.

loves,

bee.

cranbrooks, flowers, and sunflares.

summer is pretty much here.
i am sosososo excited!
i just really love summer.
like, a lot.
so, greet the glorious sunshine, haley and i broke out {just kidding, they're always out} our beloved cameras, dusted off our lovely cranbrook cruisers, and headed to a neighborhood field during prime sunflare hours.
i just really love sunflares.
like, a really whole lot.
knowing us, you'd best believe we took a whole boatload of pictures.
'cause we did :)
here's just some of them. {i'll spare you from having to scroll through all 250 of them. we took them all in under 35 minutes, mind you. pretty sure that's a personal record:) }

i told you there were a whole boatload of them. sorry if your brain went into photo-overload:)

i just couldn't decide:)

right now....

okay, so i wouldn't necesarily use the word 'hate' for the situation, but this applies nicely to the way some people {okay, one} are acting in my life. it breaks my heart!
you know what?
i hate drama.
i hate it when people hate people.
it's not cool. for reals.
i feel like i have picked some fantastic friends. believe me, i am quite selective.
and we rarely come to disagreements. actually, we never do/have.
how about you simply talk about it instead of secretly doing things to hurt? that's a good plan.
but sometimes, we have to do what we know is best, out of pure love.
and if others can't see that right at the moment,
whatevs.
i hate to be a downer on my happy little corner of these here internets, but i had to share that great little blog post.
because whatever we do, we should do it with love and christ-like compassion.
anywhoo, i'm still workin' on my little design-situation.
be patient with me.
lots of love to ya!

-bee.

me oh my.

dang flabbit- i had my blog all cutesy and then it got all messed up.
so, blog readers {all one of you:) } please excuse the classic-cliche-nastiness for a while while i re-cutesy.
merci!

-hannah bee.

city creek's where it's at!

my amazing-bestest-friend-ever haley {check 'er out here} invited me to go to city creek with her aunt, cousins, and sisters for her 15th birthday! let me tell you, i haven't laughed so hard in a long time. we slept over at a hotel and then woke up early {9 is dang early for us teens:) } to head on over to the new city creek. it was glorious and sparkly and schtuff. serious. we lusted over jewels at tiffany's {oohhh! lookey- shiny stuff! }, tried our best to not break 3,000$ shoes at nordstrom's, and fangirled at forever 21. i would buy every. single. thing. in that store, if i could.

it was a blast.

i love friends.

i love singing at the top of my lungs. harmonizing, no less {i've mentioned that before. but, it's even better with a car full of silly girls:) }

i love shopping.

i love birthdays.

i love european style hotels.

i love late- night juice runs {don't ask:) }

{look! we have our own safari... of pillow pets :) }

{take a good, long look at these bad boys. complete with randomanimalhair and silk flowers. they could be yours for only 3,000 buckaroonis.

really people?}

moving on....

{our dapper bunch in front of tiffanys.}

{haley and i in front of our favorite store... except maybe target. :) }

{the beautiful hoch girlies}

{the disney store is pure magic. we love rapunzel hair!}

thanks so much for making this happen auntie mo! it was so fun!

-hannah bee.

the bird with wise eyes and a beguiling smile.

if this is not one of the cutest things you've ever seen, i worry for you.
oh, and i'm totally jealous of their play house.

getting to know you, getting to know aaallll about yooou...

since we're just getting acquainted around here, i thought i'd tell you a bit more about me.
- i love music. i feel like i have really created my own music style, and my "favorite's" list grows daily. i lovelovelove regina spektor, florence + the machine, the beatles {all of which i have talked about already:) }, mindy gledhill, feist, sara bareillis, adele {the early years}, the submarines, the civil wars... the list just goes on and on. i love to scream happy songs at the top of my lungs, and imagine that i am in a depressing movie when i hear sad songs {admit it, we all do it:) }. oh, and something else. i avoid the radio at all costs. i hate it how they play really fantastic songs over, and over, and over... so then their fantastic-ness level goes down a couple bars. but whatev's. that's just moi.
- i adore pinterest. there's just so much inspiration and creativity goin' on over 'de-uh. i am pretty pro at pinning, also. i can pin about 5 quality pins every 45 seconds. now that's skill. :)
- i am somewhat OCD about things. i obsess over what's going to happen, what career i want to pursue, what i'm going to wear tomorrow, yadayadaya. i feel like i really live in the moment and am "go-with-the-flow, however. it's a weird balance, for sure.
- i love anything vintage/ eclectic. i just do. therefore, one of my favorite stores is DI. oh, the gems you find there:)

-the only time i really use capital letters is school. i just really don't like them for some reason :)
- it's been said, but i really love photography. i LOVE capturing precious moments. also, i have this fear that one day, i won't be able to remember little things like that. actually, it's not just a "fear". i know that it will happen. so i take pictures like a mad woman and hold on to them like a lifeline. oh, and i also keep a daily journal. it's kind of a challenge to myself, just to see if i can keep it up. but i adore looking back on things in the past and my feelings, even if they are silly:)
- i lovelovelove babies. and kids. and people in general. as i've broken out of my shell more in the past few years, i recognize just how much i love making friends and that it is much more fun to be yourself and outgoing then quiet and "watching from the outside".
- i have lots of pet peeves. but my worst one is when people don't use correct grammar {we're talkin' they're/ their/ there, ect.}. i'm tempted to salmon-slap {read: busybeelauren.blogspot.com} the worst offenders on facebook. :)
- i can really blab on forever, so i'm just going to stop here:)

stick around so we can get to know each other even better, mmmkay?
kthanksloveyabye.

-hannah bee.

bonjour!

hi.
i'm hannah.
hannah marie saxey.
lovingly called an assortment of fantastic nicknames such as harry {don't know where that came from}, hannie {curteousy of elise}, and BEE.
hence the "bee" part in my blog title.
i am usually very happy, funny {well, at least, i think i am:) }, caring, and extremely passionate about life in general.
i sometimes have a heavy accent {utahn, of course} when i get mad or am talking a million miles a minute.
i think that regina spektor and twinkly lights and beach cruisers and screaming the beatles at the top of my lungs and spring days in utah are some of the best things in the whole wide world.
i adore the beautiful french language and am trying my darndest to learn it.
mark my words: i will make it to france someday.
i plan on making it everywhere. i want to experience life to it's fullest, which for me, includes experiencing it in other places and other cultures.
my favorite song ever is "i belong to the church of jesus christ" {check it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzGS_gooSxE} because it describes me to a T. i have such a strong testimony of the gospel and my heart is filled to the rafters just thinking about it.
i LOVE my special needs friends that i have made this past year serving in the special needs mutual in our region.
i lovelovelove photography. i like to think i'm OK at it, too:)
i was gifted with my beloved florence {namesake: florence welch of florence + the machine... she's one of my very favorites} for christmas this year.
she's my third eye.
i'm learing and growing and becoming me.
i'm breaking out of my shell. {guess what? i used to be deathy afraid of... well, people.}
i'm sometimes serious. but mostly, i'm not.
i'm overflowing with love for my family and friends.
i'm hannah.
i'm ME.