Monday, January 26, 2009

Hawaii!

Cris's parents are in Hawaii for a bit seeing his brother and their new baby. . . we got a package in the mail and got a few things . . . here were our favorites (what we could get pictures of at least . . . gotta love uncooperative kids)!



Now I want a MU MU! Can't wait for the day I get to go there too . . . THIS FALL CROSS OUR FINGERS!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Photo Editing

Man do I love Photoshop and stuff! This picture of Rysa was overexposed/blown out in its original condition but with editing, it turned out cute!
I am pretty excited, I got my first paying photo shoot. I posted an ad up at USU saying I would take pictures for $25 and they would get a CD with full Copyrights. As I get more experience, I am going to up the price and limit the amount of pictures they get. I am so excited that this is heading off in the right direction. It is so much fun . . . 1 problem . . . I kind of get lost in my photography and my house and children and husband tend to suffer. It will get better . . . I am getting off the computer now and listening to music while I CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN! Also, I posted some more pictures . . . no on comments . . . please tell me how I am doing!



Man do I love Photoshop and stuff! This picture of Rysa was overexposed/blown out in its original condition but with editing, it turned out cute!
I am pretty excited, I got my first paying photo shoot. I posted an ad up at USU saying I would take pictures for $25 and they would get a CD with full Copyrights. As I get more experience, I am going to up the price and limit the amount of pictures they get. I am so excited that this is heading off in the right direction. It is so much fun . . . 1 problem . . . I kind of get lost in my photography and my house and children and husband tend to suffer. It will get better . . . I am getting off the computer now and listening to music while I CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Photography

Sorry I have neglected this blog for a while. . . photography has kind of taken my attention and I LOVE it. To see recent pictures go here I am loving it so much. I learn new things everyday and hope to continue to learn.

A little about what's going on . . . it is unseasonably warm here. While the rest of the country goes through negative temperatures like we do normally every year, it has been pretty warm (if you call 30's and 40's warm). Cris's parents just left to Hawaii for a few weeks to see our niece (their granddaughter) Lia. I can't wait for the day to come when I get to go too!

If anyone wants to come over and let me take pictures, I would LOVE it. I need new subjects, mine are already tired of me. It is nearly impossible to get Cayten to let me take a good picture. He is always giving me goofy faces and Rysa doesn't hold still long enough for me to blink usually.

Rysa is just getting so big . . . she is walking and running and talking and signing. It is so much fun to watch her learn. Yesterday she learned what a ball was. I threw the ball and told her to go get it, then eventually I just said, "go get the ball" and she would. It was pretty awesome.

Cayten is an overachiever by far. He is so smart. As I say he is smart, he has had trouble counting and can now almost always count to 11. It isn't much but since he couldn't or wouldn't count a few weeks ago, I am hopping for joy. He is in sunbeams now. We have only had one week but it was pretty interesting. He did not want to go . . . UGH

We changed our cell phone plan and now it automatically includes texting . . . I never thought I would be included in this world of texting, I hated it . . . it is nice though . . . I am giving in . . . I can say though I will not text while driving or at a funeral like I have seen done.

I am starting a new adventure in my life next week. My sister has asked me to watch her kids for her while she is in school. I will be driving into Logan everyday to watch them because she doesn't have a car. It will be interesting but I know Cayten will love to play with his cousins.

Other than that I am reading "God Wants A Powerful People" by Sheri Dew. It is wonderful, I love it so much. And here are some pics . . .





Sunday, January 11, 2009

4 Years

On January 7, Cris and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. We ended up going to Chili's for dinner. It was a lot of fun to be out by ourselves. (THANKS SHANNON) I can't say the last 4 years have been perfect, I can say that what I remember of the last 4 years is perfect. I love Cris so much and I am glad we have made it thus far. Next year for our anniversary (THE BIG 5) we are planning on going to Hawaii. I can't wait. We have wanted to go see some of Cris's family and friends for a long time but babies and school have kept us away. I WILL not let them get in the way again!

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Picture of Rysa

I like posting BIG pictures that I have taken. Here is one of Rysa . . . I can't post it here because of the size . . .

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Photoshoot

Today for FHE we did a photo shoot with my Christmas present (a new SLR camera). I still need to post pictures of Christmas but there are so many to choose from. Maybe I will work on that tomorrow . . .

Here are my faves from tonight:

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