Give thanks,

for IHeartFaces and the beautiful picture opportunities autumn brings! Mix them together and what do you have? Another week at IHeartFaces with an awesome theme! Have you guessed the theme yet? Just in case you haven't, I will tell you. Its autumn beauty! And this is my entry:

I did this lil guys photos a few weeks back and I thought they turned out great! It was hard to pick one but I decided on this one for the bright colors, the blueness of his eyes, and the silly little half grin on his cute little face!

I hope you liked my pick, feel free to leave a comment- they are always appreciated! Would you like to enter your own or check out the other entries? Well then what are you waiting for?! Head on over to IHeartFaces and get in on the action!

Love,

So I have this sister,

who celebrated her 12th birthday on the 12th! That means its her lucky year, and hopefully that turns out to be very true! She was so excited talking about how she is a preteen now! lol.

Dana,

Happy Birthday! I am very sorry I didn't get this up on your actual birthday, blame college- its not my fault! Lol. I just need you to know that I love you very much. I remember when I was little I would tell Mom all the time that I wanted a little sister. She said I was stuck there was not gonna be anymore kids for her but then I got my wish! I was ecstatic and still continue to be, even though you take my clothes despite how they do not fit you at all! I love all the notes you leave me. Its wonderful coming home and finding a note from you. And of course having my own personal model around is pretty awesome to. I am really glad that your my sister and I look forward to the many more fun moments that we will have together.

I love you very much and hope you had a great birthday...
and I am not just saying that because you seemed to like my present the best ;)

Love,

Halloween festivities!

I have to tell you, usually not much happens around my house for Halloween. We simply observe the holiday by wandering around with my sister and a few other small children to receive candy, then call it a night. This year was different though, and it was a very wonderful change to celebrate and enjoy the holiday more in its entirety. Having the girls living closer has certainly made a difference because having children around to enjoy holidays with makes them much more enjoyable, especially the little holidays where if they were not around it would not be as big of a deal. Its so nice that they are closer, not just in distance but in heart to. They have been permanently embedded into my heart and my family, along with my actual family (of course) as well as the other people that are near and dear to me. I am so blessed to have the people I have in my life and more so to be able to spend even the littler holidays like Halloween with them.

Here are some pictures of my wonderful Halloween:
The night before we carved a pumpkin! And then cooked the seeds. And just so you know, Mikayla wore that costume every chance she got, she really liked it! Just a new picture of me and the girls after the pumpkin carving!
Kelley and Me! She is one of my best friends. She took the pictures and helped bake the seeds.
TRICK OR TREAT! The girls all dressed up for trick or treat!
Taylor was a kangaroo. Here she was holding up her candy bag, signaling that she wants to go get candy and not stop for a picture lol.
Mikayla was a unicorn, and boy did she love that costume!One of my favorite boys! My neighbor boy Landon who made the cutest cop in the universe! The other of my favorite boys! Gavin who is also my neighbor makes the cutest koala bear!Dana did not allow me the chance for an individual picture of her so here is my lovely sister with Taylor.

Then comes the big kid fun!

Here is me, Jodi, and Whittney all ready for a Halloween party we attended. Don't you just adore our costumes? We wanted to do a group thing so we went as a cheerleader, football player and a Ref. We were the most awesome themed group there! I must say, I was so very filled with pride and thankfulness as we trouped up for that party together. Most of my life I have struggled with friendships and have never had a true friend I could could count on, the ones I did have decided I wasn't good enough for them. I hadn't had a friend who would do the things a real best friend would do (like coordinating Halloween costumes) until these lovely ladies came around and I am ever so thankful to call them my best friends. It was the greatest feeling in the world to be able to enter that party feeling apart of a tight group of friends- to feel accepted, loved, and knowing that I have two best friends who will stick by me no matter what. I have realized these things quite often but walking in as a group was just another bittersweet moment when I realized how truly blessed I am.
Because Jodi has problems with getting her picture taken (yeah, I don't know either. I mean I don't like getting my picture taken either (despite how it looks the opposite with all the pictures of myself on my blog) but i love the memories pictures give me so as long as i am in the picture with people i love i don't mind it as much) well she ran off after we took the one of all three of us. So I asked Randi (my lovely neighbor) to get in a picture with us and so she did. Which made my night ever so more the wonderful because Randi is another person I am so very thankful for- another great influence on my life and i am so very glad she is my neighbor!

Boy am I blessed and even a Holiday deemed Satan's holiday couldn't make me think otherwise! I have terrific family and friends and I had a great Halloween as well. I hope yours was spooky and wonderful!

Love,

Top 10: Goofy pictures with Whittney edition!

So, my best friend Whittney, well shes a goofy kid. I am also a slightly goofy kid. When we hang out, our goofiness is very evident because we both act pretty crazy. Well, sometimes though, boredom comes into the picture. And me being the crazy camera girl that I am gets the idea that "Hey, lets take some pictures" and so the story goes. So I want to share with you 10 of my favorite goofy pictures of Whittney and I. Yes, we look pretty dumb and yes she might kill me for putting some of these on here but when I asked for permission to use photos of her she did say yes.... ;)

#10

I think this one is funny because we were trying to do the whole charlies angels thing but I could only use one hand because I had the camera in the other. Then Dave after seeing it asked why Whittney had to use two fingers to pick her nose!

#9

This one is only really funny because of our costumes. What costume? Exactly. haha. Well we did use the face stuff to put circles around our eyes.... yeah, I do not know either. lol.

#8Childrens hats that we managed to get on our heads. We thought we were pretty cool.
#7
Haha. Grape Faygo is the best pop ever, and even better when you can stick the wrapper to your head!

#6

Because cups and boredom just don't go together. Can you hear me now?

#5

Caught off guard- We were both making the motions to an inside joke although I have to say..What the heck Whittney?

#4

Do you see our faces? Could you tell that we were laughing really hard but trying to smile and look normal for the camera? Thats because about 3 seconds before this picture the dog tried to hump my leg. I kicked it off, we laughed, this picture was taken!

#3
We wrapped a lot of gifts that day. After wrapping gifts all day we thought it would be funny to make ourselves look retarded by putting the empty roles in our sleeves. And then there is that creepy santa behind Whittney...

#2

Because the fact that Whittney has her nose in a sheeps butt is funny, the facial expression she has fits perfect and this picture just makes me laugh!

And #1 is....

Its shows our friendships true colors. Ha, not really but it does look like I am gonna whack her a good one! I was actually gonna smear more mud on her face but that's not how it looks. And then there is the duck coming out of my head. This day was so much fun, we had a crazy mud fight! We both were completely covered in mud, it was great!

Well, there you have it. My favorite crazy pictures of me and my best friend. I guarantee you that there will be many more I will have to add to this list within a short amount of time because we are pretty crazy and I always have my camera!

"You can tell when two people are best friends because they are having way more fun than it makes sense for them to be having"

Love,

Just a little peak!

At this cute lil guys pictures! I took Hunters pictures on Sunday. It was such a beautiful day for pictures and luckily wasn't to cold! Hunter was fun to photograph, Whittney was very good at making him smile! The only thing was he was not for sitting still! He wanted to eat the foliage instead so he crawled around trying to get the best leaf, lol.

Well, I do not want you to wait any longer, so here are a few of my favorites:

After we were all said and done I ended up with 166 pictures! I think I had a very productive day ;)

Love,

Excitement!

is the theme over at IheartFaces this week! Once again I am very excited ;) to participate! I thought I would have a hard time finding a picture for this theme but after searching for a short time I found this one and deemed it perfect:

I got the girls Pjs this last year as part of their Christmas gifts. I thought the clothes would be the gift they would be least excited about amid the toys and such things. But Mikayla opened her Pjs,squealed with delight, and hugged them. I am so glad I caught that moment in a picture. Her excitement is authentic. Her face tells it all, she loves her new jammies.

I love those sorts of reactions. When they get so excited and your heart is filled with that warm fuzzy feeling because you know you picked the perfect gift and truly made someone happy. I love gift giving and try to do it often not just for holidays. I love the feeling of surprising someone with a gift and knowing I made them feel special. And I want them to know they are special to me. I just love making people happy =]

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Love,

Girls day out!

Last Saturday Whittney and I took Taylor for a girls day out. We promised her awhile back that we would take her shopping- just her and us. Taylor was so excited when we came to pick her up, we couldn't talk much because she kept asking when we were leaving! I think it made her feel very special to hang out with us and I love having her hang with us. She is truly an awesome little girl! I call her my mini best friend because she really is! We certainly had a blast, we rocked out to a couple of Taylor's favorite songs during the ride (Waking up in Vegas, Joey, One in the Same, and Party in the USA) and then had a blast in the stores being crazy, but not too crazy ;) Of course I brought my camera for this special day, and i will share some pictures with you- Taylor with Whittney in the first store of the day. And yes, Whittney was talking. lol.
Me and my mini best friend!

Then we got into head gear. First Whittney and I donned some princess crowns. Taylor said we looked goofy and would not get into the picture with us, haha.Then Taylor got in the spirit and found a witch hat!Then Taylor picked out this cute blue winter hat and wanted it, so I bought it for her. And of course got matching gloves to! Doesn't she look adorable!
Then to McDonald's for some dinner! It was very good! And Taylor looks like she agrees!
When we got back, Taylor anxiously showed off the stuff we bought her. And of course I couldn't go without bringing something back for Mikayla. We bought her some cool stuff but she was loving the gloves and was showing them off in this picture!And this one, only i put my hands up to! (So we put our hands up their playing our song .... haha.)I had an awesome day, and I am pretty sure Taylor did to ;) (and yes, this is a cell phone picture. The genius that I am thought to take one with her phone but not with her real camera.)

Love,