my family - my sisters at least will appreciate this video. This is all I have been singing for the last few weeks...can't believe I still remember all the words!! Enjoy....

Boys...

this is what happens the day after mother nature leaves this in your yard....

Life...

So the last month has been a bit up and down for us. This past week was pretty emotional for me and I struggled with some decisions and the stress was pretty steep. So after it was all said and done we had a nice day and we took the kids to the park to so I could take some pictures. That seems to relax me. That night as I was going through them these two just struck me. It just made me realize that there no matter what decisions we have to make and no matter if we make the "right" or "best" one - we will still be a family. We will still have each other and that is really all that matters. So without boring anyone with the details, thats all I am going to say about that and I think now I'll be able to be back on track....

finally asleep

So two days in and I've already fallen off the wagon! In all fairness I did have a photo that I took yesterday. Its up for today on the side. The above photo will serve as today's. A was sick last night and so we got zero done. After dinner she started crying and didn't fall asleep till after midnight and then tossed and turned ALL night. She is finally sleeping well and we have an appointment this afternoon. So yesterday N says to me "lets play hide and seek." I'm always up for a good game of hide and seek so I agree and ask him who is going to hide first. He replies - "you stay in the kitchen and count and I am going to go hide under my bed!" He cracks me up. So when my hiding turn rolls around I told him to count and he agrees and asks me as I am leaving - "where are you going to hide?" It's always entertaining. In taking my photos for yesterday I really wanted to use this one but it is so technically challenged that I couldn't but I so loved it so I had to share....

busy busy busy

My life has been rather hectic lately. I have finished the 500 wedding invitations I had to complete and a few other things and now I think I will finally be able to get give some more attention to the blog. I read somewhere about a challenge to take "a photo everyday". So I have missed January and most of February but I am trying to take that challenge. I'll try to post a new one on the sidebar everyday. The photo for today is from a little boy I shot this afternoon. Hopefully that will force me to blog everyday! I'm off to Nauvoo this weekend to photograph another wedding. I'm excited to be going back up there and thrilled to be doing another wedding!! Hoping to get some great shots. I have been practicing a bit with my camera on objects other than my children (fake apples don't wiggle) and while I was N was gracious enough to let me snap a few of him. This one was my favorite. He has always had these facial expressions that say so much and this is his {what} expression when {what} is the answer to anything I say....gotta love him.

AND...chocolate frogs tagged me a million years ago so here are my answers...

What were you doing 10 years ago?

Ten years ago? You mean when I could remember ten years ago? If it was February than I was just 6 months into my first “grown-up” job post college as a marketing assistant and preparing for my real estate licensing exam.

What is on your to do list?

What isn’t?

Where are 5 places you've lived?

MO, UT, UT, UT, UT

What are 5 jobs you have had?

Dry Cleaners Clerk (by far my favorite), Marketing Associate, Communications Specialist, Graphic Designer, Real Estate Agent (my least favorite)

What would you do if you became a billionaire?

Join the witness protection program.

Bad Habits?

I bite my finger nails and……

Things that you enjoy?

Being a mom, digital scrapbooking, taking photos, PSCS 2, making gifts, SEWING (who would of thought?), the Backyardigans, listening to D sing to the kids and doing Chicken Fat with N.

I am suppose to tag someone but there is only D left since he still hasn't replied since Critch tagged him weeks ago - maybe now he'll want to play....

a thing of beauty...

It's not everyday that you get excited over an appliance. But, last Friday at our house was just such a day. After living out of a mini fridge for the last month after ours died and the new one we purchased was on back order, the fridge was an anxiously awaited arrival. They brought that morning and about noon we were in the living room and I heard some really loud pounding I wasn't sure what it was so I went in the kitchen to check it out. Now if you don't know, our son thinks that ice is a food group all its' own. When I realized that the noise was the freezer making ice I called him into the kitchen. I said "Look what is in here." He pulled the drawer out and there were maybe three ice cubes. He looked at me with a huge smile and said: "our new fridge makes its' very own ice!" Needless to say he was the most excited of all!!

happy birthday HP

Hey buddy! We hope you have a wonderful birthday!! Wish we could be there to help you celebrate!! Love you!!