Days Number 93 - 96

I am so sorry. I seem to have just been totally unmotivated the past 10 days. I have hardly had the motivation to do much of anything! I have taken a couple pictures since my last so here we go!

Day Number 93

We had a playdate on Thursday and Bella got to play with her little friend Jayden. They are so cute together when they aren't fighting over the strollers! ^_^

Day Number 94

This is My husband. He is the love of my life and my best friend. I can't imagine my life without him!

Day Number 95

Yesterday Amanda was baptized. I am so proud of her! She continues to amaze me on a regular basis!

Day Number 96

(Today)

"I DID IT!!"

I'm not exactly sure WHAT she did.  However, what ever it was she did it! She sure was excited!

Day Number 65

Yesterday My mom took my to toni and guys to get my hair done! Once I get a halfway decent picture I will post it. I was gone the entire day yesterday and didn't really have an opportunity to take any pictures. Moving on.
  Today Bella and I spent the morning and early afternoon at my friend Sara's house. We always have a great time over there. Its nice for Bella to play with her boys who are her age and for me to have adult conversation with my friend.
 Bella decided to chase Chloe (Sara's  almost 1 year old daughter) around and periodically lay on top of her.  It was cute yet annoying all at the same time!But I did get pictures!!!

They were tormenting the dog together!

Chloe, she's so adorable!

 Then Bella and I made a rushed trip home where I got the stroller out and put the Sleeping Bella into the stroller. We then took off to the school to pick up the big kids! We arrived just in time to see:

Chuckie!!!!!

I wasn't the only one to notice either. The kids FLOCKED to him!

Then they were told to back off. Doesn't Chuckie look relieved?!

It was amusing to watch! Thanks for stopping in!

Day Number 61

 YAY! Today is my birthday!!! As Jon said today is my 1st 29th Birthday!!!  We managed to sleep in until 10:30!! WOW. Our dog woke us up with her whining. Thats ok, I will take what I can get. We watched the last episode from season 1 of 24. Amazing. Then we went and picked up my business cards and headed over to my mom's where I discovered that She and Jon had conspired against me and threw a surprise feast. EVERYTHING was Dr Pepper! The brisket had Dr Pepper BBQ sauce that my mom made from scratch. The cake had Dr Pepper in it the cookies had Dr Pepper in it even the jello salad was Dr Pepper! AMAZING! I know it might sound odd. but it really was awesome! Every recipe was developed by my mom (Marye' Audet-White).  I can  still taste it!
 Pictures from my birthday party? OK!

My cake  was dr pepper with chocolate ganache filling!

Bella thought it was super yummy too! Can't you tell?

Random pic of shiloh!

Dr Pepper whoopie Pies!!! OMGoodness YUM!

And a peep to top it off!

I thought I had more pictures. I am thinking I got caught up in food and friends and forgot to take more pics!

Day Number 59

I think that I am going to post a self portrait today. I was going to get a haircut and  give myself a mini-makeover before doing it, but  I took this one and started playing around with it in photoshop and I like it so post it I shall!

I LOVE Vintage/Antique things. Especially photographs. I love the way they look and the history behind them.
I was just playing around in photoshop and added the grungy/vintage textures I had to this one. I love it.
  On a side note. I may not be around much this weekend.
 Tomorrow Jon is taking a half day off of work. My mom is taking the kids for friday night and Jon and I are going out on our first date in over a year. We intend to take full advantage of having no children so we are not likely to be home much. However, I will have my camera so I'll take pictures and post them on Monday.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Day Number 57

 So day number 2 of walking to and from the school to get the kids was successful. I forgot how much I enjoyed the walk on a nice day.  Bella wasn't overly thrilled with the 40mph gusting winds though. I will admit they made walking a bit more resistance training than just walking.
  I am thankful that the temperatures are still nice and not overly warm.

So sweet, I think I may just get a print of this and have it framed! They bring so many smiles into my life! I am so thankful for my family!

Day Number 56

I took many pictures today but due to a certain little 2 year old who is currently sitting in my lap 2 hours after bed time I havn't even been able to look at them! I DID Manage to find one i was looking for and edit it with my little klingon child.
 Amanda had Chess Club today. I TOTALLY forgot about it until we had walked to the school and got Gabriel. So we sat outside for an hour and waited for her. I took my camera along for entertainment's sake.
Bella was showing me her Bellybutton!

I love the look on her face!
A friend of ours bought Bella that outfit for her birthday! Isn't it adorable?

Day Number 55

Yesterday was Bella's Birthday party! All of my hard work paid off! My house was clean. Food was made, and fun was had by all! It was all totally worth the hard work. Bella was overwhelmed! She was at one point carrying 2 cupcakes in one hand and simultaneously eating the icing off of both! I had a photo but somehow managed to lose it. 
  Here are a couple photos from the party:

Cupcake!

Present!!!

Cupcakes again

Monkey Cookie

Cakepops!!!

I got the Idea for the cake pops from Bakerella they are so yummy!!!!

Day Number 54

 Today was Bella's birthday party! But I'm not going to post party pictures until tomorrow. BUT I did snag this one right before she blew out her candles! I am in love with the picture!

Also! Talk about an amazing moon!!!

Such an amazing view! Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Day Number 51

WOW I just realized I have surpassed 50 days of my photography challenge! That is INSANE! I don't think I've ever commited to something like this for so long. I am really excited!
  Now On to the photo.
 You may remember my being commissioned to take a photo of my kids under an umbrella? If not you can refresh your memory Here.
  Well believe it or not, the artist is one of my brothers. He needed to make so many copper plates for his college course. So he asked if I would take that photo so he could turn it into this:

I recieved it on Saturday so I wanted to frame it before it got torn up. Which is likely to happen when you a. forget to put things in a safe location and b. have children who have no concern to someone else's things. In my case, both apply.
  Doesn't it look great?! I am so proud of him! He is so talented!!!

On a side note, I finished editing Isabella's 2 year photos! They came out so nicely!

 
If you want to see the rest of them, they are located on my  Facebook Fanpage. Please go take a look! I am always looking for subjects. Make sure to click that "Like" button so you can follow my work!

  

Day Number 49

I FINALLY got around to doing Bella's 2 year photos today! I am REALY Excited about them! I ended up shooting at my mom's house because we were having a family feast and when we got there the lighting was PERFECT!  I love my mom's house because it has a very country feel but is still in city limits. Imagine how much more convenient it would be if her house were in Grand Prairie instead of Lancaster!
So here's a little peek at what I got!

Yup! That's my soon to be 2 year old! One week from tomorrow! I cannot believe it! Regardless she is my gorgeous little redhead!

She will hate me for this I am sure! But she should know better than to be goofy when I have a camera in hand! I love this girl. She is absolutely one of my favorite 15 year olds in the WHOLE world!

Now it's off to bed for me. Gotta make sure I can get up on time with this whole moving an hour ahead time thing!!



Day Number 46

Bella and I met Jon for lunch. I love it so much when he is working close enough that we can meet up and eat together. It always makes the day pass faster.
  Bell was so excited to see daddy all by herself, with out the interuption of the older kids. She was talkative, giggley and very expressive. She even ate most of her meal. Her siblings make it difficult when we go out with them. Bella gets distracted so easily. We had fun but she was definitly ready for her nap when we got home!

I know that I enjoyed Both of my older children at this age. It was difficult though I felt so overwhelmed. Amanda was abou tthe same age that Bella is now when Gabriel was born so I feel like I missed out on so much of their developement because I was so busy. It's been easier with Bella as she is home with me alone most of the day. The older kids get out of school at 3:20pm so I get to enjoy her and her "Bellaness" so much more because I am not so stressed. However, all three of them bring so much joy into my life I can't imagine any part of it with out them!

Day Number 45

 Finally I am all caught up from the weekend! I worked on a couple of hairbow/head piece concepts in my mind. I think they came out pretty good!
It did not at all surprise me when Amanda asked to Model it for me. She's my camera ham!


It's not often that I like big giant bow like hair ornaments. But I have plans for this one. We'll see how the end result turns out!



This one is intended to go with the tutu that I made for Bella's 2 year Photos!



Day Number 44

After church I made my way along with Bella to find Jon. He leads praise and worchip for our children's ministry. So I knew just where to find him. I dropped Bella off and went to make sure I had cleaned up the nursery, came back to find that Jon had handed our almost2 year old a pair of drumsticks. I found her as shown:

Yep, Thats Jon cleaning up cords in the background.

Thanks for visiting!

Day Number 42

Bella's second Birthday is coming up and I have been wracking my brain of a fun Idea  for something she could wear for her photoshoot/birthday party. Today I decided I was going to search the web to make sure the concept I had was not someone else's  that I had seen and when I discovered I would not be copying someone else I went to work making the world's most adorable Tutu! I think that if I could get away with wearing one like it I would. Alas, I cannot so I shall not.  hehe. But Bella will Rock it out when the time comes. I plan to make a matching hairpiece and need to come up with something shirt-like. That can wait till tomorrow.


**Front**
(Please do not copy this. I worked hard for originality and I would like it to remain that way)



**Back**
( Please do not copy this. I worked hard for originality and I would like it to remain that way)

  This little cutie is goin to look even more cute (IF thats even possible.)

I can't wait!