Personal goals....

Personal goals are something many of us set.....but some of us never follow through, I would know Im that kind of person :) I figured I dont blog "personally" much anymore, but want too. So Im thinking I should use this as my goal journal! Things I want to do.....
1. Work on my spirituality. I have a testimony and know the gospel is true, and have a great faith in my savior, sometimes I feel that I dont do the things I promised him.
2. Work on my inner self. How can one work on there outerself if they cannot love who they are on the inside? Im working on not placing judgment on anyone before i know them regardless. Im also working on yoga 3 times a week to both cleanse myself mentally and physically.
3. Spend more quality time with my family. This means that I have to make business goals. I have to make a work schedule and stick to it, no matter what. Its not fair to do that to my family so photography goals are a comin!
4. Work on my "sacred heart" I have always wanted to do something in my life and feel more than ever now, that this is one of my many missions. Hopefully I can explain more about this in detail soon.

Anyways its nice to have goals and I encourage everyone out there to set goals and better yet why not do it in writing :)

An update...

Things are crazy round here! Unfortunately the family blog lacks when things are busy, which is sad because thats the most important thing, my family :) We have sheetrock in part of our basement yay! We still have to do the ceiling but its a start! So here are some pics of the sheetrock and a recent outing i had with brenley she just loves rainboots seriously it was funny because last summer she would wear them with shorts ha! She is a riot.

Wowzers!

My lovely photography stuff just stumped over in the corner, gives everyone an idea of how big my softbox is lol I always get asked that question :)

The cool arch our Framer built he rocks btw if anyone ever needs an honest framer that is very good at what he does Call Dave :)

Before the arch.

Photo jewelry!

Ive been missing in action sheesh!!!!! So lets see all the fun informative stuff.....

Mckenna: she is doing well, getting ready for soccer, does really well in school and is overall a great kid, she is such a helper :)

Brayden: Lost his two front teeth prematurely....I cant imagine that had anything to do with his 2 year old sisters amazing right hook, does well in school, and is way excited for baseball signups.

Brenley: well shes another sort.....loves using the word "what" 90 times a day, thinks she doesnt need a big girl bed even with spongebob sheets that her mommy and daddy's bed is just fine for her, and is thinks the potty is bad (yay for us blah)

Emil is currently unemployed (thank you economy) and is enjoying actually seeing his kids now and is focusing 100% on school right now. I am still doing photography and the home thing :) Ill try to contribute to this blog more, I know its missed me :)

Some fun things.....My dad always told me if I believe enough in something I would bet the farm for it, well considering Emil is unemployed now and we are living on my photography I figured okay nows the time so Im betting the farm and we are slowly but surely finishing our basement for my studio!!!! Im so excited but feel i need to be professional have a place to do my work indoors when needed. So Ill document some pictures of that :) Im also offering two kinds of photo jewelry for photography but I would sell them alone too, its easy to slide your very own picture in them way cute anyways thats our update :) Bloggie Ive missed you and will try to come back at least weekly :)

Tanta?

I hope everyone had a great christmas! I have lots of photos to post of course but I had to blog about this while it was still fresh. Brenley was so excited yesterday, she didnt realize until she woke up and came out that santa had come. We asked her who brought this and she replied, "Tanta." she cracks me up. So this morning she wakes up her daddy and says, "Daddy Daddy, Tanta. Toys!" Then proceeds to drag him out to our family room, where she was immediately saddened that he had not brought her more toys. I love kids, they are so innocent! I love it!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree.....

Check Check check it out.....

You wont regret it!

http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-1rst-day-of-christmas-my-moprah-gave.html

Just in time for the holidays, nothing like having a giving spirit! Good luck everyone!

You know how kids have a piece of my heart....

Lets do our part and help to make this boys Christmas wish come true! Merry Christmas everyone!

Christopher Bedgood is a 6 year old cancer patient in Houston County who has a rare form of cancer and is not expected to make it through the end of the year. This sweet little boy's CHristmas wish is to get as many Christmas cards as possible." If you could, send him a little card. Its a simple request.
American Cancer Society
Attn: Bedgood
804 Cherry StreetMacon, GA 31201

These are a few of my favorite things.....

christmas version! Okay im doing my own tag he he

Five favorite treats during the holidays:
1. Emils Cookies
2. Emils choc. whipped balls
3. Emils peanut butter squares
4. My cinnimon almonds
5. This yummy toffee sold in Jackson hole, seriously its so yummy so anyone in wy will you send me some please? white box top black bottom seriously im drooling!

Five favorite Christmas movies:
1. The Christmas Story
2. Christmas Vacation
3. The Santa Clause
4. Scrooged (with bill murray lol)
5. The grinch

Five Traditions during the holidays:
1. Decorating the day after thanksgiving and listening to christmas music
2. Looking at the lights at temple square
3. Looking at lights on Candy cane lane in syracuse (so cool the whole street is lit up!)
4. Relaxing and hanging out watching christmas movies on christmas eve
5. Banana Bread on Christmas morning

Okay! We are simple right??? Im tagging people yippee!!!!
Annie, Tina, Ann, Kacee, Nikki, Shiloh, Stacy, Lori, and anyone else who looks at this old bloggie!

A few things about Christmas.....

Frajeely, it must be Italian! I think that says Fragile honey.

This is a tree Emils Great grandma helen made! Awesome right? the lights light up too so cute!

This is our house all lit! Heres a tribute to Clark, my Clark lol. Except he forgot to do hundreds of lights on the top of the roof hmmm.....

Nativity!

Our snowie on the ladder lol

Santa Skiing :)

A man who needs no introduction...

Bren decorating the tree

Well we FINALLY got our Christmas tree up and the decorating almost complete, although I have a lot on my part to do still and yes our house is a rotten nightmare!!!! Boxes torn out everywhere tinsel on the floor ugh! I cant wait to be organized, but I do love to have all of the christmas decor out and have the feeling of christmas around me. I love it! So in light of that, you will notice throughout the next few weeks you will see many things I love about Christmas :)

Heres a few of our favorite decorations. They have a lot of meaning to us, which I will explain!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I wanted to take a moment to tell everyone happy thanksgiving! I dont want this to turn into a cliche post but i did want to list a few of the many things I am thankful for.....
Well of course my savior! He is at the top of my list :)
Family
Our health
Our home
My talent to be able to capture beautiful art for people
My husband (I wanted to do him seperate from family because he has gone through some hard times, well we both have but through it all he has stayed so strong, I know its hard for him it is for all of us, but I just am amazed at his strength, so I wanted him to know that :) )
My friends. Especially the ones who dont mind sharing their knowledge with me, that is priceless and sure does mean alot. Then there are those friends who have been there for me through thick and thin, and since I was in diapers, okay well maybe not that long lol but you get it!
Like many of my other peers financial times are tough, tougher than they have ever been, but I still have to say Im thankful that I am in my home, and will be enjoying a hot meal with the ones I love, okay well some of the ones I love, the others live in Idaho, and then a few ditched us to go to Idaho...oh well Ill catch you guys next year! And you mikesells and armstrongs? Dont think your getting off that easy, we will be there to torment you this holiday season :)
And I want to thank all of those that come to my blog to read about my family and my photography, it means a lot for people to come to me and trust me with their memories and that means a great deal to me!
Love ya all!

Life in a nutshell

Photography is in full swing, life is crazy, kids are lucky if they see me and who is scared that christmas is in 44 days!!!!!!!

---blog posting will continue soon---

Happy Halloween!!!!

Woohoo! was today a busy one! I wanted to post a few pics of the kids on halloween!

Poor Brenley she tripped and fell on this guys sidewalk twice!!! Once on the way into his door and once on the way out :(

Its okay though, the candy was worth it!!!

Happy Birthday Brenley!!!!!

I cant believe it I have a two year old!!! (again!) lol. I cant believe you are already two!!! I remember the first year of your life it was so difficult for you but now things are getting better and I couldnt enjoy your personality any more! You are very stubborn but you are also the class clown! You do the funniest things! I laugh on a daily basis at the new things you come up with. Yesterday you took a miniture skateboard (and yes im talking keychain size) and put it under one of your feet and skated around the kitchen. And who would have thought! you have never seen anyone skateboard!!!

You are so musically inclined i cant wait to see what you teach us in this upcoming year. Happy birthday baby! Or I should say little girl!

Happy Birthday McKenna!!!

2 down 1 to go!!! Happy Birthday sweetheart!!! You are the big 9 today!!! I can remember like it was yesterday that you were born! All I can say is Mckenna loves art, school, friends and the Jonas Brothers. Im sure she loves way more than that too lol. McKenna is such a sweet kid, my husband had to interview her and I was amazed at her intelligence, she told my husband that it was hard to be 9 and he asked why and she said because its important that she be an excellent role model for her brother and sister because they look up to her. Im excited to be able to go shopping with her to buy some clothes, she got a lot of moula for her bday so it will be nice to spend some alone time with her. I love you Kenna!

A shout out!!!!

I have to give a shot out to Heather Thompson! First off I LOVE my hair!!!!! It is so beautiful! Okay so if anyone is looking for a good local hairdresser (is that the proper term? lol) you need to check her out! She has a cute salon in her basement and its so quaint I love it! She is located in West Layton and has a blogsite on my bar to the right. Okay so this is what I loved about Heather, her talent, and her salon.
1. Its painted blue, okay lame I know but it was So.....relaxing :)
2. She is so nice to chat with! I didnt feel ackward at all!
3. She listens! WOW, she actually did my hair they way I wanted her too! lol
4. This is going to sound so bizarre but you know how most people use a dryer to set your color sometimes (or speed it up I should say?) she uses a steamer! It was so neat! I asked her why she did this and she said its because steam is less damaging to your hair, it in fact puts moisture back in! (I hope I said that right)
5. Okay ladies, you know that hair product she was raving about as her favorite and giving away? She is totally right!!! It works and not a greasey area on my hair in sight (and yes this is the morning after) Its so soft!
6. She cuts hair amazingly! I mean seriously I have the wildest hair and its cut and shaped beautifully!
and drumroll please........
IT DIDNT BREAK THE BANK!!!! She was so reasonably priced I was amazed!!!! So make sure next time you need to get beautified you call Heather!

Thanks again Heather, seriously you rocked it!!! Ill for sure be sending you a pic!
Matter of fact when I get ready I will take a pic (or have my kids take a pic he he that will be funny) and post it!

For those whom love hair.....

A hair blog! but this is geared towards adults as well, and valuable product information and what not a great way to start off then with a giveaway!!!! so go visit www.hthair.blogspot.com (or click on my link on the right for heather thompson hairstylist and leave a comment on her blog to enter!!!! 

Happy Birthday Brayden!!!!

Oh my! My baby boy is turning 6!!!!! Its really kind of sad because he is my only boy! So when he grows and grows I cant help but think what life will be like when my youngest grows and grows! The thought of know toddler talk and the excitement of learning new things. Brayden is such a good kid too, he is my mellow child, very laid back and accomodating. Here are a few things about Brayden!

Favorite Color: Blue (ha go figure lol)

Favorite shows: Spongebob, tom and jerry, scooby doo

Favorite things to do: Draw, play his nintendo ds and wii lol he actually rocks at guitar hero, and rockband he does pretty well at!

Um sheesh I just dont even know what to write about him!!! He is just a sweet all around genuine kid and melts my heart. He is a true gentleman and the thing that makes me laugh is how he interacts with his sisters. He has a great bond with both of them but he is more of a "protector" over brenley because she is his little sister. Every day when we go and pick him up from Kindergarten he gets a sticker and brenley screams in excitement and yells "beau!" and he gives her his sticker and she laughs and says "sticker, sticker!" Its so sweet, he only gets one sticker usually and he always gives it to her. I really couldnt be more proud of the man he is becoming. Happy Birthday buddy, we all love you so much and are so proud of you!!!

I will definitely post pictures tomorrow of him and his presents and cake with his family.

Freezer Stencil shirts

WARNING: I am not a product photographer lol so please ignore my pictures :D

I have been wanting to try it out, and I finally Did!!! Freezer stencil shirts! They were so easy too I had fun, I still have to do Brenleys though but I did my niece one and another gal for her bday I hope they like them? Oh and to add the snowmans black lines are really straight its the fact that the shirt is wrinkled....enjoy! In case you would like to try this at home (i.e. Annie lol) here are the instructions :)

1 Roll Freezer paper (by ziploc bags) it will go a long way too!

Fabric paint in whatever colors (i just bought mine at wally world :)

sponge brushes

Draw or trace a design on the freezer paper (waxey side down) so make sure you are drawing on the non waxey side of the paper

Preheat your iron to cotton/wool setting

Cut out your design using an exacto knife (works best) now your paper looks like a stencil

Then place the waxey side of the paper against the shirt fabric and iron it on. Then take your fabric paint and sponge brushes and color your shirts, let dry then peel paper away! Its that easy! If anyone is confused Ill make sure I do a step by step with brenleys shirt :)

I looked out the window and what did i see???

No it wasnt acorns popping on the apricot tree :) It was SNOW!!!! Sheesh Its too early for this stuff!!! I guess Ill have to take up skiing again or better yet snowboarding. Okay yes ackward picture but I wasnt going to attempt the freezing temperatures!

Tagged!

Okay this one is a little different, I have to choose the fourth folder and the fourth picture, well this is it! So I have to talk about it lol. So this is my babies first birthday invitation, pretty simple compared to my photog skills now lol this is what I did as a hobbyist :) She is so stinking cute though! It makes me sad to think she will be two this month!!! AWE babe are you reading this? Im so sad can I beg for one more in like a year or so? Dont run!!! lol

Okay Im tagging random people lol, so I hope you look at this blog! Annie, Jenn, and Ann