reflections

Here in Utah the schools do this really fun talent show/competition every year called Reflections. Each year there is a theme and the kids can submit a drawing, painting, photograph, poem, dance, etc. They all must relate to the chosen theme. This year it was "Beauty is..." Isaac did a drawing and Grace choreographed a dance that her mom then filmed. Both of the kids entries are going on to the district! Last week their school had a little awards ceremony and they each got a medal. (Olivia's dance also is going on to the district but she goes to a different school so she wasn't part of this event.)

I'm so proud of these kids! They are very talented!




They had Grace's dance playing the whole time and Asher would not leave it! He loved watching it.

finally

(A picture from August)

The sickness has passed. Today my happy baby returned to me. I had forgotten what happy Asher is like after a week of sickness and ultimate crankiness. This afternoon he played and laughed and smiled. It was wonderful! I am feeling much, much better too. Thank goodness.

My mom (not that she's a doctor or anything) thinks we had the swine flu after all. Who knows. If it was, I say all the better because now we should be immune. Or maybe it was just a nasty cold.

so...

The house is cleaner and Asher is teething on top of everything else. Poor, poor baby. I think he's getting 4 teeth at once. He's been cranky, cranky all day long.

Feel sorry for us yet?

Please bless the sickness goes away soon and the teeth come in quickly.

sickies

Me and Asher have been sick for days. Pretty sure it's not swine flu, or even normal flu. More like a really nasty cold. Asher has had a fever the past two days but so far today is feeling much cooler. And he's playing more, so I think we are on the mend.

Being sick is the pits. Being sick with a sick baby is the double pits.

After days of doing nothing but laying in bed or on the couch, my house is now in shambles. Crumby, dirty, messy shambles. Somehow, even sick, Asher manages to make big messes.

I am SO ready to feel better. And even more ready for this house to magically clean itself. A girl can dream.

i think i found it

I think I may have found a purse in my price range that will work just great and is cute.
Long live Etsy.
What do you think?

UPDATE: I ordered it! So excited!

mini sessions!

I decided to give 'em a try.... check out the details here.

happy halloween

I managed to catch a rather nasty cold this week, so I'm home while everyone else it out trick or treating. I even had a costume ready for tonight...guess I'll have to wear it next year. Of course, cute kids are much more fun to see in costume anyway. So hear ya go.

Yesterday the kids got to dress up for school. Olivia and Isaac are both vampires and Grace is Alice in Wonderland.





Tonight Olivia is trick or treating with friends so I didn't get another picture of her. Here are the other three. Grace is a cat tonight.



And here is my adorable WALKING skeleton boy.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

opinions please

I've been mulling this over for awhile and wondering what you think.

Anyone interested in me doing mini photography sessions? I'm talking like 20 minutes and I'll edit 5-10 pics for $50-75. So you don't get the full 30-50+ photos to pick from, but you get a few good ones and call it a day.

Even if you don't live in the area, I'm interested in your opinion.

But wait there's more....

I've also had some inquiries about buying my fine art photos...(please excuse the explanation) as in non-portraits, things like flowers, landscapes, etc... so I'm also wondering, if you would be interested in me making my fine art photographs for sale in more official way. Thoughts?

Thanks a bunch!

(I'm double posting this over on my photo blog too in hopes of getting more response.)

friends

On Monday, before October turned into winter, Asher I spent the afternoon with Avery and Danielle. The babes played and the mamas talked and talked and talked. Pregnancy. Parenting styles. Food. Health. Church callings. Fashion. It was just what I needed.

I'm so grateful for dear friends. I have been very blessed at all stages of my life with wonderful friends. Friends who inspire me and teach me and love me and make me laugh and share in my joys and sorrows. And the blessings just keep flowing. Since we've moved back here, I've made several new friends who I just love already. I'm a very lucky girl.

To all my friends out there, virtual and otherwise, thank you! You mean the world to me.

vacation pics

Way back in August, we went on a fun vacation with my family to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone. I finally got around to going through the photos and posting about it. To keep my blog more organized, I went ahead and post dated it for August. So if you want to see more pretty pictures Check out my post here!