Jen B. Noble, Jennie, L. Whiting.....ROOMIES!

I had the chance to get together with some of my old roomies the other day. It's amazing how important rommates are. They are/were such an important part of my life and my testimony building experiance at that time. It was so neat to see how we have all grown and changed and yet we are still the same. Sweet Jennie(on the L) drove all the way from Glendale to be with us. She is so kind and wise and has such a sweet heart.

Cutie JB(Jen Barrett Noble on the R) came down from Colorado and showed us her cutie new sweetie Cache. He is just a Joy and was a little overwhelmed by all the girls. Jen is such an amazing example of righteouness and steadfastness. She has taught me so much and I am so grateful for her example and friendship. It was so good to see you all! I hope to have your pics done soon!

Love you both!

All of our kiddos, Brynlee, Raelynn, A & O, and baby Cache.

On our way....

Yesterday Doug took part of the test he needs to get liscensed and bonded as an A/C Repair Guy. He took the bussiness side of the test and got a 90%. Yipee!
We are so exicted, scared and nervous to start our business next year. Yay for Dougie! I am so proud of him! He is such a determined hard worker and I know he will be successful!

Rub a Dub Dub!

I should be sleeping.....I just couldn't resist editing these sweet bath pics.....I think I have found some new pictures for my bathrooom!

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!