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"Thank you for calling CirclePix. My name is Caren. How can I help you?"

I work for a real estate marketing company in Springville, Utah called CirclePix. We have photographers across the country who take virtual tours of real estate listings for the internet. I have worked here for a year and a half and don't plan on changing that any time soon. I absolutely love who I work with and what I do.

I currently work in the accounts department and am pretty much an assistant to everyone. There is a joke in the office that I do what everyone else doesn't want to do. But I'm fine with that. I like busy work and big projects and doing things so that the account managers can work on bigger issues that I don't have to worry about.

One of the things that I love so much about this company is the morale in the office.

Work hard. Play hard.

We like to have fun here at CirclePix. Obviously after we do our work. You'll see what I mean in the pictures below. But the CEO and the COO have definitely built a good, strong company based on quality service and a friendly atmosphere. I wouldn't trade my job in for anything.

 These are the people I work with on a daily basis. I'm sure they don't mind me posting these at all ;)

This was our "special" face picture. I think Jen missed the memo...

 Working with real estate agents, we often times find lots of awkward agent pictures. This was us trying to impersonate them. I think we did an awesome job.

 So the head and arm were there!! But we got bored and thought it needed some pazazz. So we decided to have them blow off.

A co-worker got ahold of his brother's soft serve ice cream machine. So we got as much ice cream as we wanted for 2 days!! It was awesome. And it was the easiest time for people on diets to work here ;)

We had a training for our department during lunch, so the company bought us all lunch! This was a personal greek pizza that I ordered. It was a little slice of heaven. Or four.

Our handy-dandy popcorn machine. This thing gets fired up almost daily. We had a special training during our company meeting just to learn how to use it. I am officially a certified popcorn maker.

For employee of the month, the special employee gets a special poster showcasing them for the month. And normally, they coincide with what that person likes. Last month, Travis was the employee of the month. And since he loves honey-badgers, he became one!

Our manager always wanted his own office. So while he was out of the office for almost 2 weeks, we decided to build him one! (while we were on our lunch breaks of course) He LOVED it! He wanted to keep it up longer than we wanted it up. So we had a demolition day and tore it down. He was not a happy camper. Below is a virtual tour that we created for him. We had to do this because this is what our company does! Duhh...

Brad's Office


My coworkers decided to invade my desk after I had left yesterday. They documented every move.

All in all, I am very fortunate to work for the company I do. They know how to take care of their employees and have an awesome, one of a kind product that is of huge value to real estate agents.

If you know of any real estate agents, send 'em our way ;)

Sunday Afternoon Drive

One thing I absolutely love about Utah, and where I live in Spanish Fork particularly, is the easy access to canyons and beautiful views with just a 5 minute drive. In Arizona, I had 2 choices. Okay 3.

1. Drive up to the Salt River (15 minutes at most)

2. Drive up to Roosevelt Lake out by the Superstition Mountains (20ish minutes maybe?)

3. Drive to Flagstaff. (2 hours)

Up here in Utah, there is pretty much a canyon in every big city. There is Payson Canyon, Spanish Fork Canyon, Hobble Creek Canyon, Provo Canyon, American Fork Canyon, and once you get into Salt Lake, they just keep coming. All of the ones I have listed are within maybe a 30 minute drive, depending on which road the state decided to tear up and rebuild that week.

John and I live in Spanish Fork, and just 2 quick minutes to the nearest canyon, Spanish Fork Canyon. Some coworkers of mine live in Spanish Fork, or grew up in cities within the canyon and know quite a bit about it. This canyon is one of the only ways that you can get to Price, UT. With that being said, it is a big trucking highway. And due to the weather during the winter and the narrow roads, it is one of the deadliest canyons in the country.

With those factors in play, it is also one of the most beautiful canyons I have seen. Yes, it was a little scary at times with the tight curves and the big trucks zooming past you at random times, it was very much worth it. All in all, I love long drives with my husband.

Along with enjoying the scenery and talks with my man, I get to hear John go on about what he would do if we were rich. He is quite the dreamer ;) It really is interesting and mind boggling what he can come up with when he thinks long and hard about something. This is one of his many dreams that we talked about while on this drive. If we lived in Arizona, he would want to have a 4 story house. Say wha???!! Two stories above ground and two stories under ground. On the lowest level, he wants to have a huge movie room, or an indoor pool. But the pool MUST have fiber glass walls, so you could see through your pool. Along with these (and many more outrageous ideas) he wants a 4-6 car garage. Big enough for two cars, a boat, and a shop on the side. He also wants to build a spa for me, along with a huge commercial grade kitchen for me. Okay, the kitchen part I added in ;) Everything aside, I love my husband with everything I've got and then some :)

Here are some pictures of our drive, courtesy of John's phone.

 So this technically wasn't taken IN the canyon, but on our way to the canyon, literally 2 seconds away from our house.

 Look at that hunk ;)

 Are we in California?!!!

 I wish we were....

 Leaves changing colors!!

I love all the mountains! 

The Little House on the Prairie??

Love the contrast of colors 

 Now this picture is super boring. But we literally turned a corner from the pictures above to this boring nothingness. The scenery can change so fast.

Total and complete side note.

I LOVE this song. And it makes me want to go to Hawaii super badly.

That is all.

Part Dos

On our hike in the canyon with our family on Monday, I used 6 rolls of film. Sadly, when I had them developed on Monday, I could only find five. But...John saved the day! He found the last roll in his pair of shorts from that day. YAYYYY!!

So, here are some more pictures from our trip :) Nothing out of the ordinary or crazy awesome, just some cute kids and pretty scenery. Enjoy!

  Jackson and Corbin. My favorite little twins.

 So here's a little story. Jackson (the one without the hurt hand and in the red cap) came up to me while we were waiting for the rest of the family and said "Here Caren. Here's a flower for you". He about melted my heart.

 Look at that stud ;)

I think this one is from when he saw a chipmunk. They were so obsessed with catching it. Too cute.

 I just LOVE the blue sky and puffy white clouds.

 I might just be weird, but I love it when a picture has some film flaws. To me, it adds a lot of character and something special. It makes it a real picture.

Disclaimer: None of these picture have been edited. They came directly from the camera.

Last Day to Wear White??

Thanks Labor Day. What are brides supposed to do? Did you ever think about that one?!

Anywho, I like to think of Labor Day as a day to not have to work. And that's exactly what I did! I slept in, okay I didn't sleep in. Only because John and I were going to go on a hike with our wonderful family in Salt Lake!!

So, our day begins. 8 AM. 

Wake up. 

Shower. 

Eat.

Leave.

We picked up John's brother on the way and were almost to the mouth of the canyon when one of John's sisters called to say that another sister was having car problems. Yuck. So, we turned around to go pick up some of the kiddos and take them up with us (I think this was my favorite part of the trip). We had the privilege of picking up the 3 year old twins, Jackson and Corbin. They are just so darling.

 The ever so handsome Corbin.

 The punkster Jackson

Love these two!!

So we got lost..like 3 times (no thanks to me) but finally found our way to the trailhead. After waiting for the rest of the family to arrive, they finally showed and we started the short hike. Now, I had hiked this trail last year almost the exact same time and there were still mounds of snow that had not melted. Also, the river was almost over flowing and could technically be classified as a white water rafting river. Yeah, it was pretty intense. Well today, there were no snow mounds, and the raging river turned into a cute little stream. Kinda sad, but that's what having an Arizona winter in Utah does.

Sadly, I no longer have my digital camera. BUT I still have a film camera or two from when my dad was on his mission and through college. Oh boy did I have fun with those beauties today! Here are a few pictures that were taken from our hike.

 Sara!!

 Caught Jett right as he fell down, poor kid.

 Best buds

 I want to have a yard full of aspens when we buy a house.

 All of the nephews and niece that went on the hike.

 Jackson showing off his huge muscles.

 Corbin showing off his huge muscles, and his hurt hand from falling in a camp fire.

 Jett showing off his huge muscles.

Can't you tell that they kinda like showing off their muscles ;)

 Emalee!

 Hudson is so freaking cute. He will be...is a chick magnet.

 We hiked up to Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The reason why it's called Donut Falls is because the water falls into a big hole in a rock...

 And comes out into a cave below. It's like a big rock donut.

Now, I do need to give credit where credit is due. John took this picture, with his phone. I'm kinda jealous of his photography skills. But shhhh...don't tell him ;) This was taken inside the cave right where the water flows into.

Brotherly/sisterly love.

 Hudson waving goodbye to us as we drove off.

Long story short, today was epic. 

It was awesome. 

It was lots of fun. 

I love spending time with my amazing extended family.