I came accrossed this...

and I wanted to share it. I think it is a great thing to do AND if you donate she will enter you into a drawing. (It is only a 1.00!) The drawing is for a scrap designer to scrap a page for you! We are talking super talented ladies that will do a pg for you! Sooo cool! Check her blog out and the website they are donating to...great cause...and fabulous drawing!

http://www.karenrussell.typepad.com/

*you'll have to scroll down a bit to get to the info*

Favs from my Maternity Shoots

I love to do these shoots! Seriously love them! I wish I could do more of them . It is such an exciting time, and I love to document the experience.

Oh yeah...2 hours after the shoot one of my clients went into labor! Seriously if you are wanting to have your baby you must spend time with me! I put people into labor! I must have too many hormones or something! LOL!

I entered another contest...

You know what tat means...will you vote PLAEEESEE!

http://photocontest.shutterfly.com/action/photocontest/vote?entry=124384

thank you!

BELATED: Easter pics

When I look at these they make me want to cry! My kids are getting soo big. They are so stinkin cute! I just can't believe it! These are definatly my new favs Kase is looking so handsome and Macie is just beautiful her eyes are so fabulous!

The Coolest thing happened!

I was out on a walk with the kids and all of a sudden Kase started reakin out..."mooooom!!! Look! I looked down and thee was a HUGE butterfly flaping around on the road. I picked her up and put her inside the stroller. When we got home I let the kids play with her and then Kase just took her to school with him! I was so neat to see them all excited and asking Kase questions! So fun! I can't wait to gte hm home from school. I am hoping the poor thing will recover and fly away. If not she just hang out in our little garden! I will have to post pictures about it!

I am a Tee-Ball Mom!

...and loving it! Check out how dang cute Kase looks in his baseball pants! He is having sooo much fun! HE is also doing really good, i think we have found "his" sport! know, I know he is only 5...but it is aready better then soccer!

more neices and nefews

Aren't the the most beautiful kids?

Sweet Neices

These are the "exoctic" cousins...Dont they have that look? They are so beautiful!

I am a photo-editing junkie

I have finally caught up with all of my recent shoots, they are uploaded on my site and I ready to start fresh for this week.

I have 2 Maternity shoots and then 1 infant shoot the week after.

Then I will be heading up North for some much needed girl time.

(SB expo, ex-roomie wedding, photo shoot with ex-roome and time with my BF from HS) I am going without kids and I am sooo excited!

I am really needing to feel their energy and love right now!

Kinda having a bad day...

I am kinda feeling all alone today, I think it is just because it is easter sunday and I am missing my family. It would be nice to be able to go over to a relatives house for a holiday dinner and not just be stuck at home. I decieded today, I didn't want to be alone so the kids and I went to our old ward. I was able to spend time with the YW agian and I was remind why I loved them so much. I felt at home there with them. I was with people who have known me for years, who tell me how good it is to see me, people who understand how hard it is go to church week after week with out a husband. In a small way they were my family and every week i looked forward to going and being with them. It is hard to be in this new ward where no one knows me, where no one understands what I go threw everyweek trying sit alone with the kids at church. I know other people do it all the time, and I shouldn't be so whinny about things but today it just was exspecially hard and I am feeling all alone and very far away from home.

Ok last post tonight and then I must sleep!

I talked to my friend Melissa today and I have great news...I booked a Maternity Shoot for next week!!! I am soo excited about it ! You dont how many people I know that are pregnant and cute but were not comfortable with pics taking ! Know I have a willing subject! ...and for a bonus she doesn't have stretch marks (which it would be totally ok if she did) but I can't even tell you how much fun this is going be!!! I am sure they will fabulous!

Just favs of Karson...

This is Heathers oldest boy and Kases' little buddy! I wanted to capture some shots of them together because they crack each other up...I think I captured it pretty good!
*CRAP! I just realized I spelled Karsons name wrong on the collage thingy errrr*

Recent Shoot...

Remember my friend Heather, the one that just had her baby? Well here she is! This is the little imp that made me cry in the hospital! I already adore the sweet little thing! I loved taking pictures of her also! What a little doll!

Ahhh! I want to post all of these things!

My mind is going a million miles a minute! I have got a huge surge of creative energy these last few days, the kind that will keep me awake at night planning and designing. So I have spent the last few nights up late trying to get all of my thoughts down on paper. My Step Sister suggested going into OBGYN and DRs. Offices and posting flyers to advertise my business! Such a great suggestion! I have been going crazy with ideas! I have also decieded to redesign my business logo and business card. I am also going to have them professionally print, because right now they are on photo wallets and they are getting very pricey to print! I also designed my photo coupons to give out to customers...I would really love some thought on them, and what needs to be fixed and changed!

Well tonight I am feeling very happy

...happy to have a great group of friends that all share simalar interests, friends that crack me up everytime we get together, friends that listen and help with problems and friends that I am comfortable enough with that I will show them my ever so embarrassing happy-trail! Just GREAT Friends!

It has been along time since I have had these kind of bonds with a group of girls and it is so nice! Relationship are so important to me and they are truely the best! I look forward to our nights out together to scrap and laugh!

So Angela, Amber, Ticee, and whoever else is reading this blog...I LOVE YA! and thanks for making our nights together a blast!

I am offically a size 10...and 12...and 14

It all depends on how much leg room the pants have. My waist is smaller then my legs i guess because size ten fits my waist, but on alot of pants it doesn fit my stupid dancer thighs! Umm go figure! So I got 3 pairs of shorts in all three sizes just because they all fit differently! Beside how could I pass up the joyous occasion of fitting into a size ten? It has been aloooong time people! The cashier lady prob wondered what the heck I was doing! Oh well I totally feel like I have a new wardrob with all my new stuff check them out!...











{OLD NAVY} I got 2 pairs of the shorts...and one of the capris...I wanted to get the shoes but they were all sold out!

{IMPEL} these are the shirts that made long so you butt crak does hang out...I love them! I have soo many shirts from these companies...This time I got 3 v-necks brown, red and white and 3 henleys in red, purple and green all for when I am pregnant this fall...wont they be cute? :) www.impelclothing.com

WOOO HOOO!

We got to go pick out our lot for our house last week! I am soo excited! It will still take a year becuase we pick a lot on phase 2 that phase is on the hill and looks out at pine mnt and zion...we will have fabulous veiws!) and It is most likely that we change lots because they are trying to trade some land with the city but we have picked one out! The lot that we picked can have a basement so that changes things as far as the house plans go. It adds alot more space onto the plans so now we are back to picking that also! We will prob have 6 bedrooms but turn 2 of the bedrooms into other things like a photography studio, which has always been my dream ! We will also plan for a some type of rec room downstairs and a scrap room for me :) !! I will actually have my own space to scrap and do other things ! It is soo exciting! It'll still be a long time before it is all complete but I am starting to get really excited about it! Looking at houses for colors, thinking about paints, textures, marble, granite, etc! I am sooo excited for this!

The plans...What do you think? Please comment!

This was our first choice, until we found out there could be a basement added. One of the bedrooms up top would be the photography studio. the other would be a guest bedroom. We still like this plan but I we are still considering the other plans too.














I like the master and master bath better on this one We wouldnt have a dining room because that is were the stairs would go for the basement. I would use the den as the photography studio.













I really like the layout of this one but because the garage come in for the side there wont be many lots aval. Also we would have to make room for the stairs...










I really like the kitchen layout in this one it is more open and there is a pantry! The master bath is nicer too!

Happy Anniversary Baby!

Well really it was yesterday but I still wanted to post! So justin and I are movin on up! Our normal tradition for our anniversary is to go eat at red lobster but tonight we were forced to step into the higher class catagory. We ate at this fancy-smancy place called "the painted pony' It was so fancy that they only had about 12 things on there menu, all the guest around us where drinking expencive wine, and the food was soooo classy! It was fixed all decorative and the items on the menu were lamb, pork wellington (i dont even no what that is!), bacon wrapped duck, etc! So at first I am thinking oh great what did we get ourselves into ...but oh yum! The food was spectacular! The flavors were suttle, meats were tender, bla bla the fact that I am up at 1 am typing about it says something doesn't it? I told Justin we had to make this our new tradition, although I am not much for all that upper class, snobby stuff, I could rise to their level once a year, besides the cheesecake was better then sex! I am not kinding! I ate it with my eyes closed! oh my gosh! Ok enough of the blabing...just had to share our first taste of the upper class! :)

I changed all my sidebar info,

go check it out! I put lots of new fun stuff on there!

PROOF Just for Angela...and everyone else who thinks I am so put together...

I'M NOT!

My new chairs!!!

These are my fabulous ikea finds...i am in love with them...they are for my photo studio !
i'm so excited!
They seriously where soooo cheap
$10 for the stool and
$15 for the blk chair...sweet deals hun?
I love it when i find great bargins!

I have so much to catch up on, so i prob will be post at least 2x a day untill i get caught up!

Well tee-ball season is coming up and guess what...Justin was asked, no begged to coach Kases' team. I am a little nervous for him but excited at the same time! I think it will be good for Kase to be with his dad more and good for justin to learn how to coach a team of little kids! Anyway , i am sure there will lots of pictures coming from all of the games this season...I am getting so excited to be a baseball mom!

I hate to admit defeat!

All of the month of March I was out to win a scrap contest from a message board I am apart of....sadly I did not win. I seriously have never scraped so much in my life... never!

I completed

126 pages

11 completed albums

(baby books, b-day books, a color album, recipe albums

and an album for my grandma)

4 alt. items

36 cards

and alot of other random things for my photog business

I even scrapbooked while I was on my trips and I lost, I lost! Eww I am so not happy about it! Seriously I am the kind of person that it takes at least an hour to finish a pg... 1x126 pgs=126hrs=10days, gesh what a waste ! Ok not a complete waste but i could have taken my time on each project. Oh well I will have to just dream about winning and owning the prize instead!