*my darling kiddos*

Sooooooo, umm yeah its been awhile.....

my life has now been caught up in going back to school

yep, thats right back to school

I'm going to Weber and have started back working on

my prerequisites that i didn't finish 12 years ago :)

Its been a crazy adventure that has seemed to take over my life

I've actually done quite a bit of photography sessions

over the past little while but have decided to finally put

that mostly on hold for now....i have felt lately that i haven't been able to

put the time i've wanted in taking my own family's pictures...

i would get so busy taking and editing other peoples pictures

that i neglected my own.....

Now this doesn't mean i've given it up completely...

i really do love taking pictures...

i'm just taking a small break to enjoy my family!!

I made some time a few months ago and took

some sweet pictures of my kiddos...

it had been so long since i've been able to do that

and if felt awesome!!!!

my kids are amazing.....sure there was some

serious bribery.....and Owen

(who is not a fan of picture taking)

told me i could only take 10.....

and was not to happy when we went waaay past that ;)

and there was always the fear that some random train

would run us over.. (nick was our watcher, and protector)

I also realize that the train pictures seem a bit overdone

but i don't care......... to me every picture

that involves the kiddos are special-

I most likely won't be posting anthing

in the near future

(i'm doing some other fun ways to remember

the day to day stuff)

but i did promise my mom that i would update

and who better to take up my blog

then my kids!!!

I love my kids!!!

* My cute little Bailey Bug *

So over the 24th of July- Me, my mom, my aunt Holly

and Bailey went to Panguitch Utah for a family reunion.

IT WAS A TOTAL BLAST!!!

we ran a 5K, went hiking, ate, visited w/ cousins,

laughed, and ate some more......

Of course we had to do a wee little photoshoot

with this cool old brick wall we found :)

*Look who's getting baptized*

This is the front of Bailey bugs baptism invite

I ordered it on pearl paper..so it had a fun shimmer to it ;)

I think it turned out pretty cute.................

I can't believe my baby girl is 8 years old

woowzers... we had so much fun taking her pictures

we found an awesome place up at pine view a couple weeks ago

and it worked out awesome!!!!

More to come...........

*A belated Valentiney goodness*

So we attempted some "cool" hair for Bailey on Valentines

We got the idea from She Does Hair

the heart shape didn't quite turn out how we expected

but cute nonetheless :)

I'm seriously at a loss half the time when I do my kids hair

so this site helps me feel like I don't send my kids off

with "trashy" hair all the time ;)

And I made these cute little bag toppers in

photoshop for Bailey's class :).

The papers & elements came from the

kit "Yours Truly" from Shabby Princess

I did a 4x6 and then folded it in half over the bag..

stapled it....and voila a fun treat bag!

*Just a little sumthin sumthin*

I've felt like I haven't been able to post in ages

(I've been called to the YW's and so craziness abounds,

but now New Beginnings is over, so perhaps I could start posting

more regular!!)

These 2 pics were up at Park City

(which by the way had some awesome deals at Old Navy)

Poor little Owies..... always with food on his face....

and his hair always has some sort of crazy patch that won't go down!!

All well, I'm pretty sure I'll get mother of the year again! HA!

I love this one of Bailey.... super fashionista

She is quite the little poser !!

I took some more but I haven't played around

with them yet :)

Thanks Mom & Dad for a fun day out!

One of my New Years Resolutions

(besides eating only healthy foods! HA HA!)

**To capture more everyday life with my kids

( I don't do it nearly enough!!)

I'm planning some fun outings with the crazys

so that should be entertaining!!

*I have a 7 year old?????*

So when did this happen???? Where was I as time just FLEW by???

The crazier thought to me is that she'll be getting baptized next year!!!

So anywho, my sweet eldest child- Bailey bug- my little helper-my absolute joy!

I get certain ideas on how I'd like to do pictures (especially with my own kids)

These pictures are a slight version on my original ideas and I love them!

I realize in taking pictures its all about living in that moment of time

and being free to other ideas- so here we are.....

Oh and by the way, we were dealing with crazy weather and lighting

so to have these turn out the way they did, I feel so gratefull :)

So I have to tell you about this cute little ottoman...... So many months ago I saw it

at Ross. It was true love at first sight....but then to my dismay I saw the price tag..

and alas I put it back.....now fast forward 2 weeks....still thinking about the ottoman....

at this point I had my sweet sister in law Joni (Thanks again) rush to that particular store

just to see if they still had it...and of course NO they did not :( ........and so my search began

for this sweet little ottoman..not noing if I would ever find it again......

I believe me & my momsearched every Ross from

here to the netherworlds to find something remotely to my liking

(I swear I'm not picky :) anywho.....one of the last stops we made was the one in Layton....

I was onery..my kids were onery...my mom was of course her usuall cheerful self....So I go back by thefurniture......and low and behold there is my little ottoman.......I shreek with joy and joyness(at this point people are really afraid of me and back away :) So anywho.....the good news...Ifound my ottoman and because it had a tiny tear they discounted it for me 50%

All Is Well In The World!!!!!! Well that was a mildly entertaining story.....

Anyways enough about me and more to my darling daughter...

hehehe, I love that I can see the balloons & myself in the reflection

It just makes me smile (I know I'm weird :)
And aren't those glasses hilarious!!! My friend Emma got those at

the dollar store- I had to use them!

I found my new little favorite spot while driving around the city-

I'm pretty sure it goes to someones house and we could have been

killed...but it was the risk I was willing to take :) HA!

This is so her look!!!! This is her.. "I'm going to smile but your a weirdo mom look" smile

Just PRICELESS!!!




This is part of her birthday invite- I of course left out more personal info-
not that I think anyone who actually reads this is crazy ;)

Ode to my eldest child....
You are so sweet and true
You make me happy when I am blue
You love all animals and treat them right
Your tolerance with you brother is out of sight
We love every thing about you, especially your freckles
And your cute laughter when there is tickles (close enough :)
So here is to you, our sweet little daughter
We are so very lucky we've got her!!

Ok.... so I'm not really a poet.. but hey.. What do ya do??

*Bailey Bug*

*To my sweet little Bailey Bug*

Having a daughter is truly a joy

She is so quick with an "I love you"

or the first to point out that

"moms leg hair is longer then dads!"

She is our special little spirit

and I think we'll keep her :)

p.s. She is usually the most willing to let me take

pictures of her-so bless her for that!!!

This picture was at my parents house

underneath a huge arch they have,

covered with flowers.

*My beautiful Garden Fairy*

So I've been playing around with the idea of turning Bailey into a "fairy" of some sorts- so anywho I took some pictures at my Grandma's house- The flowers in the picture were in her yard- So we transformed them into fairy gooey goodness--- I'm not gonna lie to ya, it took awhile to get this picture looking how I wanted it to- but by golly I think its just lovely :) *Bailey was originally sitting on a bench- so let me tell you how fun that was to crop her out :(*

Were actually going to turn her bedroom into a fairy wonderland- starring her in every picture

-different flower scenes with her in them- we'll see if I can pull it together

but anywho, she's excited about it, so why not??

*Sniff sniff *

I can't believe it.... my sweet little Bailey Bug graduated from Kindergarten!!!

I'm not gonna lie to ya, I had my moment of tears welling in my eyes :) She had such a great kindergarten year and I can't believe she'll be gone all day with first grade. She's my little helper and buddy and its going to get a little lonely without her around in the day! (except the fact that Owen is really like having 2 boys, so I should be kept fairly busy :) It was such a nice day (even though my baby girl is growing up way to fast) We all went out to eat at Cafe Rio (yummy) after the graduation. Were so very proud of you Bailey Bug!
Adoring fans!

Bailey showing us her "mad" skills at the monkey bars. This is the kindergarten playset and so she gets to move on to the bigger and better play area for first grade.

*All I want for Christmas is my........*

...2 front TEETH :) After many weeks of wiggliness they have finally come out!! Bailey would not let us even give them a little pull (even when they were sooo wiggley) They had to come out by themselves. When she lost the first front one, the other sagged down toward the center which we lovingly called her "hillbilly tooth" untill it finally came out! Hooray!

I'd like to thank my brothers and their wifes for getting Bailey (& Owen) a fun toy for loosing her front teeth. Dave & Joni took the kids one night so we could have a date- and Dan & Marky bought Bailey a toy (and Owen :) Uncles & Aunts rule!!!!!

*Oh this is our Tooth Fairy Pillow *

which I had when I was a kid :)

*Yeah- No training wheels!*

No more training wheels for this little lady :) She was soooo ready that it didn't take her long to figure it all out. Nick had to help with a few "starts" but then she took off like a rocket (and almost hit the mail box!) Were so very proud of you Bailey Bug!

*Sweet Moments*

I had forgotten I'd taken this pic last fall- I really loved it!

I tried a "midnight sepia" look and thought it was really cool

I love these moments between my kids and my hubby!

*Quick Photoshoot*

So I thought I should take a few "wintery" shots before spring comes (hurray!) also because Bailey is probably going to loose her two front teeth soon enough (there quite wiggley)-so here are a few pics that I loved (ok, I loved them all but I'm to lazy to post them all :)