Fun in the sun

Tempe beach park with our cousins, Savanah and Becca

On the drive home I gave Audree a red vine....

Sweet Doug gave me an Edible Arrangment for our anniversary....yummo!

What a great way to start our new diet!:)

Tempe beach park with cousins

3 years ago today.....

My sweetheart and I were married! It has been an amazing, wonderful journey thus far. Doug is truly and amazing person and my best friend. I am so glad that I am married to him. I cannot wait for the years to come.

At a Dbacks game in 2005, I was just barely prego.
Our 1 year anniversary....I was sick the whole time!

I wish I had some wedding pictures to show you, but they are all on film:(

Lisa and friends get together!

Sweet Lisa was in town this past week before our family reunion in Flag. We had a blast and enjoy each others company so much! We had and EAC get together and our old roomie Jennie Whiting came by with her cute girls. It was so fun to see everyones kiddos. Sweet Leslie came by and Audree found her glasses. She loved them!

Jennie, Lis, Lorrianne and Em( Brianna T. came too but wasn't there yet)

At the end of the day we went out and ran through the sprinklers! All the kiddos loved it!
Cutie Easton\Lisa's baby

Sweet Raelyn

Jennie's baby

Jennie, Me with my new do(thanks lis) and pretty Lisa

What we've been up too!

Hey everyone...long time no blog! Things have been busy around here. I just got back from an amazing week at girls camp. Sweet Doug had our girls and had a ball with them. I am so glad I was able to go. Such a neat experiance being up there feeling the spirit and bonding with women!

We had a fun family weekend a few weekends ago. My little bro Chris took out his endowments, and we played as a family all weekend long. We went and saw Cirque de So le and our battery on our van died in Glendale.:(


Here we are enjoying the weather. We are so grateful for our backyard!

Cutie Mr. Curtis...he is so much fun to take pictures of!

Sweet Hyrum...he is such a good boy!

Swimming at Aunt Amanda's pool. Check out the suits and the floaties.....you can never be too safe!

Doesn't this just scream summer! The girls loved their watermelon! YUMMO!

We were playing Cranium and we didn't have any clay so we used tootsie roll. This is mom making a budda! We were craking up!

We have enjoyed being outside and are looking foward to our Udall family reuion in Flag this next week. Also Lisa is coming to stay with me next week. Yippe!

And Doug and I booked a cruise with John and Lisa at the end of August. We are using this trip as our 3 year anniversary trip! Fun Times!

Just in case you forgot.....I have beautiful Girls!

Took these on my bed the other day. I had to hold their hands to keep them still. They are so much fun these days. They learn new words all the time. And Audree said Wev'ee(livvy) for the 1st time the other day. :) They are so precious to me!

She loves to dance and loves music. I really like this one!

And yes that's a key chaing hanging out of her mouth!

My 1 year Photography Journey

Last year for Mother's Day, my sweet Doug got me a beautiful new Digital Camera. A Nikon D70. I was amazed at the pictures I took, the snapshots looked awesome. I started to take pictures for people in my ward and then I found this website. www.ilovephotography.com
That is really where my journey began. I bought books, learned about natural lighting, shooting in manual, shutter speeds, ISO, and aperture. It has been so neat to have something to learn and do besides being mom everyday. I love taking pictures and capturing cute moments. So to show the transformation here are some before and after pics. (I didn't sharpen these for the web, so they might seem a little soft:)
I have practiced alot on friends, family and people in my ward. I just finished my 3rd stranger session. I charge $50 for a cd of the images.

I thought these were amazing!!

Still thinking I was rocking it!

Got a new lens and kept on practicing.

This one might be my all time favorite!

These were a while ago...but I love them!

I can't wait to see what another year brings! Thanks for looking!

Did you know????

That you can print your blog!! That is 1/2 the reason that I try to keep up on it! What a cool treasure and journal!
Here is the site
http://www.blurb.com/create/book/blogbook

New changes...

Just figuring out blogger and adding my friends, and some new pics...hope you like!

Cousins, cousins and more cousins!

I know I said that the title was cousins, but I couldn't resist throwing a few of my cuties in here.

Monkey Moo Audree Doo

Little Diva Livvy

Charlotte's 1st B-day!
LtoR Abigail, Audree, Charlotte, Olivia, Hyrum & Bella

We tried to take a pic for my mom for Mother's Day...this is how most of them turned out! It's hard to get 5 kids looking at you!




And the final product! We told the girls to put their arms down and this is what we got! We made this picture into a t-shirt and mousepad for my mom.
Love you MOM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

Doug and I had a great birthday together. He hurt his back at work and scouts, so he got to stay home with me on our birthday. We had a yummy bacon and egg breakfast and then opened presents. It's fun to have our birthday together, because all the stuff that I got for him was for me as well. I got him some cd's Martina and Tim, some new bed pillows, a new tie, and some diet DP. He got me Tickets to see Tim and Faith in concert:) Livvy wanted to help with the presents....peek-a-boo!



A sweet card that Doug made me from

my scrapbook stuff

Yummy lunch that I didn't have to

cook!! Jack and the crack, Sourdough.

We also just recently got our 2nd

"You are Special Today"plate. I

had one but my mom got us another.

Thanks MOM:)

I got out during the afternoon nap. I got a pedi and
waxed my eyebrows....I am a NEW WOMAN!


The best part of the date was going out with my sweetheart. Sweet Amanda watched the kiddos and we went to Cafe Rio and to a movie. It was so fun to walk around and kiss and hold hands like we were dating. Doug is such a sweetie, and I love him so much!