stuff

xmasVideo HERE

I got an awesome down sleeping bag for xmas!!!!!! I am so excited! nothing can stop me now! January backpacking trip, here i come!

And, I got a salad spinner. Ive always wanted one, and my hubby remembered.

too cute. i love it.

Nothing quite like watching the snow fall =)

Visiting Santa!

well

i thought maybe id have a little extra money to fly to South Dakota and visit my best bud while shes on break from nursing school (GO Jen jen!!)

But, i dont. =(

maybe in the spring! we will see.

ive been enjoying some lazy days at home with the kids. OMG its so amazing.

i love it so much.

saw the black swan last night with my girls friends at the Vine. It was amazing! And the Vine is awesome! they totally redid it, and they serve you food and wine , and you sit in couches! so so so cool.

now off to andy and shawnee's to hang out. yay. love this time of year.

finally

selling car

Someday I'll have thei money to visit u

dang

its really comin down.

Lots and lots of rain.

Hopefully it turns to snow in camp connell.

Last day of antibiotics. This shit better not come back.

Well, Chris & Alyssa move tomorrow for Portland .

Going away party tonight.

now, off to do another puppet show for the kids.

i love rainy days at home with my babies more than anything in the whole wide world.

christmas

Once you get married and have kids, its near impossible to make both sides of the family happy.

And, quite frankly, I am sick of trying.

I think next year Ill just focus on making US happy.

time to start making our own damn traditions.

like... camping on christmas!

can you tell.. im dying for some nature. The arroyo del valle just isnt cutting it for me right now.

"This is the funnest Ive ever done"

Feather River Video

just curious

So, my brother is getting married next year in Costa Rica.
For some reason, , my family seems to think I will be able to make this happen.

=)

my daughter has been saving her allowance to buy our family presents. melts my heart.
=)
my mom took her shopping last night. now we have presents under the tree!
my dear girl.

high as a kite

Im fucking high as a kite right now.
no bazillions of annoying emails and orders to fill.
customers to please.
phone calls to be chipper on
no more professional voice.
no more happy photographer face. clowing around. making crabby cranky spoiled kids smile.
no more crazy brides.
no no no more.. for a few months.

guess i should get my wisdom teeth out too while im at it!

now back to what i do best..
being a MOM!

hello laundry, pile,.. ive been waiting for you old friend.
hello garden... i know im a little late on the bulbs, but I hope you will bloom in the spring.
hello vacuum .. i love you Dyson.
hello friends. I have time for you now.
helloooooo children... its craft time. its cuddle time. its happy mama time. its time to cook together. play together. BE together. take hikes by the creek, take bike rides in the park. no where to be . nothing else to do.
YOU HAVE MY UNDIVIDED ATTENTION CHILD. JUST AS YOU SHOULD.

holiday play!

Avery had his first performance yesterday at school. They sang holiday songs. It was so darling!
Here's the after party. Avery loves his coffee!! haha! dont worry! Its decaf!

hubby loves

well, Mr-has-never-called-into-work-sick-before , has been home for over a week with strep.
He finally went back today!
=( I miss him so much already!
Although we were pretty much loafs of nothingness on the couch for most of it, it was still so nice spending some much needed time together. Even if we were too sick to talk.

letter for juni

ta da!

Well, thats that! today was my very last day of holiday portraits! and my first day out of the house in a week.
I finally felt better today, but was still a little out of it. (the norco made me more creative if anything )People must think im absolutely insane. haha awww well.. I think i did ok,. lol. and the day went by so fast. Lots of cute kiddos and really nice folk! Now time to edit edit.

And, i thought it was time for a chicken update.. check out how big they are! Should be getting eggs any day now. =)

i just sit and stare at them.

Im fu&(*(*)(ing tired.

my lucky babies. surrounded by love.

daniel in the kitchen!? now thats a sight to behold!

after 10 days of antibiotics, i finally got my energy back. but.. it was temporary.

damn strep throat came back! guess its a stubborn one. And Brandon has it too. Which leaves not just ONE but, TWO absolutely helpless, cranky, sleep deprived, dehydrated people laying on the couch while our children run a muck and make our heads hurt even worse.

And of course my new shitty insurance (kaiser) gave me the runaround for two days before I could get any more meds. She actually said to me
"Maybe your throat started hurting because you found out your husband has strep?"
I wanted to punch her in the face. but i didnt have the strength. ya lady, this is all in my head. I cant fucking swallow. or eat. or sleep. and I have two kids & a sick husband to take care of.
"are you sure you finished all the antibiotics?
-yes
"you know you have to take them all"
-yes, i know that
"ok, well, im going to have to do another culture to make sure its strep"
By the time I got them my throat was literally closing in on me again.


So, more steroids (which make me starving, but i cant really eat cause my throat hurst too fucking bad) yay!
and... the new antibiotics give me diarreah, and the norco makes me constipated. (thats IF I can manage to keep them down without barfing)
too much information? hehe.
you would think they would balance eachother out.. well.. they dont!!!


aaaahhhhhh!!!! seriously!!
im so sick of soup!!


Brandon & I passed out on the couch when Christian and Daniel were cooking.
=(
I want a re-do night!!!!

hmmm....

cool wedding photography name?

connor the conure

two days

my mom is feeling so much better... and getting some of her energy back. (she had lost a lot of blood after the surgery) .
So, im back to my two full day work week! (she watches avery two days a week).

aaaahhhhhh two full days to work.
omg. the things I can accomplish!

I am caught up on almost everything!!!!
album designs, emails, paperwork, holiday card orders, etc etc.

feeling much better now.

4 meetings in the next two days for wedding season 2011!
wowzers.

flashback friday

circa 2003
(oops.. i cute chloe out!)



i tossed and turned last night, about the reality of anna and jake and aden actually moving. yes, for reals this time. fucking oregon.
just far enough to where I wont really see them but once every couple years, if that.
first jeni, now anna and jake!
we have all grown up together in more ways than one. as friends, as parents. and our kids have grown up together. I look forward to all growing old together too! Ill miss them so much inbetween. cheers to old friends that are family!

baby chickies

My mom brought this picture over yesterday to show me!!
I loved those chickies soooo much!
my dad built that sandbox.
=)
Dude, avery looks just like me!

ive been busy

Taking pics
going on field trips
cleaning
laundry
stuff
other cool stuff.
booking the crap out of next year for weddings.
Ill be rejuvinated again by then.
my next venture..
a tiny petting zoo at my parents house.
how fun would that be??
ya, and im not joking.
Stop by, grab some eggs & beer while your kids hang out with some animals.
pure genius i tell ya.