20 amazing months

I took these pictures just for me......I haven't taken any of the girls in a while. These are natural light in my house. I can't wait until next month and we will be outside....everyday! I know that the next few months will be busy...so if you or your friends or family want some pictures, make sure to call a little in advance! And just b/c I am excited I wanted to share that I booked my 1st wedding! Yippe! That means I get to use the money I make on it to get a new lens!

More Mexico Pics

So in LOVE!

Our faces After 4 wheeling( Wish I knew how to put them 4 side by side):(

We had some leftover pesos so we bought the girls these dresses! They are just too cute on them!

So things are good and busy around here. Doug and I got asked to speak in church on Sunday and he spent 4.5 hours last night preparing. He is really nervous and Hates talking in church. We haven't done it in a few years though....so it's our turn. Just wanted to share a few more pics from our trip that wouldn't fit on our slide show.

My latest Project

So I bought this Big "D" at Joanns for like $8.00 and it is made of paper mache type material. I bought some cheap black paint and painted it. As well as a family sign that I already had. I am going to put them up high on my tall shelves. Yay for new house stuff!

Here are the girls showing off....we just taught them how to say Davis....it's soo cute!

This is seriously my life all day long! They fight over lots of little things and Olivia loves to steal Audree's toys. Grr......It gets old quick!

New look thanks to Amber

Don't you love it! Amber Halversen is a friend of mine from Thatcher. She has twin girls and when I became pregnant with twins I went to her house to talk about having 2 babies. We recently became connected again through blogging(I love that!) and now she helped me get a new look for my blog in exchange for a discount on some pictures! YIPPE! I love swapping! Thanks so much Amber....I really love it!
Here is her blog http://threewishesinc.blogspot.com/ Super cute as well:)

Cruisin in Cali!!!

Click to play Make your own Smilebox

Here is a slideshow that I made of our trip. I took over 600 pictures and I posted my favorites. Sorry about the ad's...I just loved the scrapbooky feel to this slideshow.

We laughed a whole lot on this trip and loved each other's company. We went to the San Diego Zoo, Snorkeling in Catalina Island and 4 wheeler riding in Mexico. The cruise was really nice and the food was YUMMY! Our girls were watched by My sister Amanda, my 2 sis-in-laws Allison and Christi and my cousin Dena. A big huge thank you to all those that helped. It's so nice to not worry about your kiddos.

All is back to normal here. I have like 3 sessions to edit and loads of laundry. Doug and I cleaned the floors last night and the girls are SUPER winy! I think they are letting us know that they didn't like us leaving! Thanks for all of the comments and well wishes everyone!

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!

......I HAVE AN ANNOUCMENT.......

I am the New Primary Chorister in my Ward!!:) Sorry guys, just wanted to psyche you out for a minute. I am so super excited about teaching our kids in our ward music. But I will despratly be missing my sweet Mia Maids. I have just started to feel like I was making some progress and getting things done. But that's how Heavenly Father works. I have such a strong testimony of the power of music and the spirit it can bring. So if anyone has any ideas of websites, let me know!

Also our bishop has challenged us to have a NO MEDIA WEEK. So this week I will be off the computer, and not watching any tv except for church related stuff. Also no music, books, newspaper, radio or anything else we see fit. We did this last year as a family and I realized how much time I spent doing all of these things. I am excited to see how the spirit can talk to me while I'm quiet. I will miss all of the blogs though....Take care everyone and call me if you need!

......These are the moments......

I would love to say that my chicadee's were like this all the time. But they aren't. Just a rare moment when they were feeling silly and felt like snuggling.

Hyrum and Abigail came to stay for a few days....:)

Amanda & Jared went to Cali for a little vaca, and I got to watch my neice and nephew Hyrum and Abigail for 2 days. My girls love having them around and say their names all day long. Hyrum is such a good big brother and very obidient. Here they are making a fort with "pwillow" as Hyrum calls them. He kept pretend playing with them and tried to coax them in there. "Come in children, it's raining outside." So cute!

I pulled Sweet Abigail up by the window for a few pictures. She is such a sweetie. She just followed me around the whole time with her blankie or a dolly. She has a little sneaky side to her too. She loves to get into purses and find cell phones, and wallets.

My favorite one! Isn't she a beauty?

This is all I got out of Hyrum. They have PCS too!(Photographer's Child Syndrome!

24th of July Celebration in Safford

We went down to Thatcher this weekend for the festivities. It was so great to be with family and we made it a Davis weekend. We played with cousins and the girls started saying everyone's names. Like "Corky" for Courtney and "Nene"for Renee. We were enjoying the clouds and the breeze at Aunt Julie's house when all of the sudden the down pour came! It rained really hard for about 2 hours and the parade was cancelled! So bummed! But that night I did get to go see "Hairspray" with the girls and it was AWESOME! I smiled and shimmied the whole time! Go and see it! Here are some pics from the bbq!

Davis Grandkids(except Matt who was working:)

Camo Girls( Becca and Savannah)

It was so fun watching 3 toddlers on the tramp. They played ring around the rosy and Audree loved roughhousing with cousin Jonah who has 4 older siblings.

Daddy's girl

Livvy loves her Aunt Ali...she runs to her everytime she sees her!