Big News!!!

Doug is now officially liscened as an A/C Repair Contractor Commercial and Residential! Yippe! He passed his test on Wednesday with an 87%! Go my Dougers! Now we just have to pay to be bonding and insured and we are set to start our business next year! Yippee(with a little scare in my voice);)


And on Sunday we are leaving to go on a cruise baby! With our sweet cousin/bff John and Lisa! I can't wait. We are going to San Diego, Encenda, and Catalina Island. So be waiting for pictures! Hope all is well with all my sweet friends reading this!
And here is our girls the other day putting on some "Nonant"

Our 1st Camping Trip

So this past weekend Doug and I and our good friend Eric and Alicia went camping up past Payson. It was an awesome experiance! I had such apprehension going into it b/c of my horror camping stories I had heard in the past, but our trip turned out to be so memorable. It's going to be a fun part of our lives. This is what the girls did while we set up the tents. They loved playing around in the car.Sitting around the fire, right before bed with our cute Daddy
Our girls slept from 10-6 that night! Not to bad for being in the woods, in a tent, getting rained on and having the sun in your face at the crack of dawn!

Breakfast time!

Eric and Alicia

Eric and Doug serve in Weblos together. They have alot in common and hang out often. Sweet Alicia is a teacher too!

So fun exploring nature!

We went to the Fish Hatchery and Livvy was facinated by the jumping fish!

Audree in a field

Yay for mini-vacations!

KIDS CLUB at the Superstition Mall

Just about every Thursday we go to the Mall and go to kids club. A cute lady named Persephonie and Duper the Priare Dog, sing and dance for the kiddos. My girls love it and you get to ride the carosel for free! So if any one else is available come on down Thursday's at 10:00!
Sorry about the horrible quality of these pics....sometimes I feel like I can't use my camera on Auto mode anymore!

Our friends Sage and Sydney came with us today!

Duper and Persephonie

Dont' they look so happy;) At the end A had the hugest melt down....It's so hard to be patient when they are freaking out in public.

I'm teaching Enrichment on Thursday!:)

I am teaching a photography class to the ladies in my ward. I am little nervous and wanted to run my handout by you all. Please check for spelling, things that don't make sense, or any other tips you have. I definatly not a pro, but am happy to share what I know! There are picture examples to go along with these as well. :) I'm just too lazy to upload them all:)

Photography Tips

Lighting
Natural light is best!
Don’t use your flash to reduce red eye. Move subject more to the light.
Best time of day to shoot indoors is 9-4
Garages and Doorways are great
Close to a window
North Facing big windows are best
Look around your home during different times of day to see the best lighting
Outdoor shooting is best 1-2 hours before sunset in open shade area.
You can use a reflector to bounce the light off the subject

Posing
Make sure it’s a good time of day for your subjects
Arrange heads at different levels watch for visual triangles
Have subjects srunch together before
Take pictures from different angles
Simple Props-Chair, stool, bean bags for newborn
Set up poses and let the subjects interact

Composition
Refocus and compose
Rule of thirds-try and have the subject a little off to the side instead of dead center
Be aware of your backgrounds

Ways to get attention and smiles
Bathroom Humor:)
Give us a big kiss!
Animal noises
Cover the penny
Where’s your tummy
Look in the lens...what do you see?
Show me...an emotion (happy)
How old are you?

What to wear
Something that suits your personality. Bright colors, or black and white work well too. For family sessions, colors with similar tones work great. Try to avoid busy patterns, and cartoon characters on clothing.

I can't sleep.....I can't eat......

These books are consuming my every thought!!! I borrowed "Twilight" and "New Moon" from my friend on Sunday and have finished both of them already! They are both like 500 pages each and soooooo very addicting! When I first told Doug what they were about he was like, "A girl falls in love with a vampire? And you like reading that kind of stuff?" My dishes and laundry are coming out of my ears, and I have lost so much sleep!

SERIOUSLY If you have not read these, buy, borrow, check out, or do whatever it takes to read them. You will not be dissapointed!

I can't wait to read Eclipse!

It's been a long time that I couldn't put a book down. Go get them!

Badk in the saddle.

Well of my computer chair that is! No media week is over and the 1st 1/2 of the week was great! The 2nd half...not so good! The 1st half was filled with patriarcial blessing and scripture reading. Along with many hours of scrapbooking and preparing for my new calling as chorister. I also went to St. Joe's Hospital with my YW to deliver blankets we made at girls camp. There was a woman with a 1 hour old baby. So fresh and new I cried......I'm a little baby hungry!:)
On Thursday Dougie and I went out while Dene(cousin Dena) watched the girls. Friday I got a call from my dear friend Miceala to tell me that she had a extra ticket to Tim and Faith that night. (For those of you that remember D bought me some for our b-day but we had just seen them last year and we decided to use the money for a cruise instead so we sold them)
So we went to the concert on the floor row 25 and it was awesome! We had a super good time dancing and singing!
Sat. we went to Texas Road House for dinner and ate with music blaring in our ears. So....like I said, the first of the week great! Last part....no so good.
But what I learned is that I really need to have self control when in comes to the internet and t.v. There were many times during the week where I thought, I'm going to go to the computer, or lets watch a show. It was neat to have church music on instead and really prepare for my calling. I hope to continue to have minimal media week ahead.
And today I dressed up as the Sweet Note Sugar Fairy for my primary kids. I got the idea from my friend Taleah Mangum to dress up and have special characters. She changes characters about every 2 months or so. Senior Primary loved my dances and were so cute and embaressed to come up and help, but they did anyway. Jr. hated my dancing and giggled alot. So much fun!
So thanks for reading everyone....hope all is well with you!

Here are some Timmy & Faith Pics...you can see how close we were to them! Faith is so sweet to the crowd. You feel like she is your bff. Tim knows is hot and shows it.....sexy but a little annoying!

Sweet Micalea and Me!