Darn Rabbits!

So the girls and dad planted a garden a few weeks ago after starting the veggies inside. We fenced it off and all was going well.... Until.... My tomatoes became a rabbits lunch! Not happy. So I double fenced today in hopes to keep the little bugger out! The kids are so excited to see things grow! I only wish they grew faster for their sake! LOL

So if you have any rabbit tricks up your sleeve please pass them along!

Thanks!!

Abby's Birthday Friends

Here is a group shot of the goofballs that attended Abby's Birthday Party

Aren't they goofy!

Remember.. This was at 9 pm so they are all worn out!!! (Or at least I was) LOL

Cute Photographer Joke

The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, "Well, I'm off now. The man should be here soon." Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. "Good morning, Ma'am", he said, "I've come to..." "Oh, no need to explain," Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, "I've been expecting you." "Have you really?" said the photographer. "Well, that's good. Did you know babies are my specialty?" "Well that's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat". After a moment she asked, blushing, "Well, where do we start?" "Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there." "Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work out for Harry and me!" "Well, Ma'am, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results." "My, that's a lot!", gasped Mrs. Smith. "Ma'am, in my line of work a man has to take his time. I'd love to be In and out in five minutes, but I'm sure you'd be disappointed with that." "Don't I know it," said Mrs. Smith quietly. The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "This was done on the top of a bus," he said. "Oh, my God!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat. "And these twins turned out exceptionally well - when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with." "She was difficult?" asked Mrs. Smith. "Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look" "Four and five deep?" said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement. "Yes", the photographer replied. "And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling - I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in." Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh...equipment?" "It's true, Ma'am, yes.. Well, if you're ready, I'll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away." "Tripod?" "Oh yes, Ma'am. I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big to be held in the hand very long." Mrs. Smith fainted

Happy Birthday Ab

Miss "A" Had her 7th birthday party this weekend and it was a blast.

I think we had 20 kids total and 6 adults.

We ended up with 4 extra girls and a boy for the sleep over so we had 8 kids total.

I really needed a stiff drink...

TOO BAD I DON"T DRINK!

She is getting sooo big!



I will post a few of them in the studio later.....

off to the Y

:O)

Say a Prayer please....

For the Liggett family...
A good friend I went to school with and worked with here in town lost his life Thursday when his pickup lunged forward. He served his country and He was such a wonderful person and a great dad. He has a cute little girl and a new baby on the way. Here is a link to his story..... http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/accident-042508
If you get a second please say a prayer for his family......
He will be greatly missed!

Need to vent!

So I just purchased a new van. Sweet van might I add... $20,000 might I also add. A van I park on the other side of the drive way so the kids don't have a chance to get close to it while playing in the yard. A van I make them wipe their feet off before they get in. LOL! The neighbor girl comes over with her big black DUMB dog. I am inside the van organizing and he JUMPS UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR!. OMG! OMG! OMG! Is all I could think about! I felt terrible because I yelled at her and told her to get that dog out of my yard NOW. I felt so bad but now I have a faint scratch on my new Van.

AHH JUST NEEDED TO VENT! THANKS I FEEL BETTER!

Hey Jude!

Check out this video: korean baby singing hey jude

A Trip to the Zoo

Adam took us to the Zoo Sunday and we had a blast. We took the wagon and packed a lunch! It was a blast! Beautiful day too!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures!

Gotta act like the monkeys after we seen them!

We drive 50 miles and spend $50 to get it to hang fromt he monkey bars?

Would have been a better picture if Dad would have been doing it too!

LOL!

Not sure what happened to my matte on this one but it went all weird!
cherished Moment! Nobody crying, screaming or kicking. No bunnie ears and no tatteling!

Cherish the once in a lifetime moments!
:)

Snap Shot Of Makayla

I really like it.

My White balance was still on tungst.

So like magic I can change it to my all time favorite black and white! :O)

Happy Birthday Honey!

I just had to say Happy Birthday to my wonderful wonderful Love!

We have had alot of fun over the past few years and I am sure we will

celebrate many more birthdays!

Today, (yes April Fools day) is My Dh's B-day.

Love ya Honey!!

:)

Fun weekend

The Toys......................

Enough said

This weekend was fun and relaxing. Saturday we went to a Toys concert and it was a blast. if you don't know them, you should check them out because they are great! I love thier songs.... I would buy their cd if I had a stupid cd player that worked. The one in the van doesn't like cds for some reason. It plays certain cds and that is all. It has a mind of it's own.

Anyway, Makayla is dying to go see them so I promised we would go back this summer. They are an awesome band. Jimmy, the Drummer used to be Mr. Wisconsin in some weight lifting thing. The guy is HUGE! They are all very nice though. Adam's Brother is really good friends with them all and works for them. Adam has a few times but I keep him too busy. LOL Anyway check them out when you get a chance....

www.thetoysband.com

Sunday we spent on the couch and playing wii golf. That game is fun. Just another Monday today though..............

uuugghhh

:)

Abby..... and Lanie

Abby and Lanie are inseparable at times. last year it was really bad. I found this and thought I would share. not the greatest but kinda cute. Liked the innocence of it. And I just love Abbys eyes in the first 2. Off to finish leaning.. BYE FOR NOW

:)

Cleaning the basement...

So I spent today cleaning out the basement. (well besides chasing kids and going to the YMCA for my daily jog!) I get to use my basement for storage now as there is actually room for my storage stuff. I can't wait until I get the garage cleared enough I can use it! LOL Like that will ever happen! I can't figure out where and why we have the stuff we do. I have like 9 tape measures. Who needs 9?? I tell you what it is... it's I can't find it so I buy another and another! Same with hammers and paint rollers and Easter grass. I thought I didn't have any so I bought 3 bags last week.... Come to find out I had like 9 FULL NEW bags in the Easter Bin. Go figure. It is so nice to have it all organized. I moved everything to the left side and painted the right then vise versa so it looks somewhat nice down there. I think we are going to make it a rec room. SOME DAY! LOL

Off to rinse the layer of dust off the top of my head!

Dinning room

So It is almost done. All we have to do now is hang the blinds but those were special order so they won't be in until after the first of April. Here are a few snap shots. Nothing Fancy!! The China should be here hopefully Tuesday and we can get the rest into the china Hutch. We bought most of it already but there were a few hard to find pcs such as the jug and salt and pepper shakers that we had to get from a place in North Carolina. It is a beautiful set. I will post a picture of that in a little bit....
Right now I have to make lunch!!!

Just getting to these....

...But I like them. A friends wedding. I was just the guest but I snapped a few.

Easter fun!

So the Easter Bunny made a surprise stop at Gramma's over the weekend. It was a spur of the moment kinda deal. And oh so fun! 7 am Savana comes into our room and says "Mom can I go in the front room and play with toys?" In my head I am thinking.... No go back to bed.

I know I won't be able to sleep once you see the front room. But I said yes and rolled over.

45 seconds later she comes back in. "Mamma, someone left eggs on top of the Hallway. I had to think about it but there was a egg high up on the wall. I had to laugh. 'Come on dad! Get up I say... So I tell her to go wake up the girls.

20 second later they are all on my bed. Im done for! Gotta get up. here are some 'snap shots of our easter adventure the night before. Not tech,. correct but i just had my little Point and shoot. Savana fell asleep while the eggs were cooking so she missed out the whole time. Guess we will be doing more so she can make a few.

My sweet Dh made me this egg. AAHHHH

Little miss Sav

Note the short hair!!!!

I'm Not Happy!

Here is savana today! A few plays. I just love her eyes. I wish somedays they were blue like her daddy's but oh well. She is a beauty without blue eyes!

Cookies anyone!

Girl scout cookies arrived today and we sold 197 boxes. YEP we had alot!! and guess who the lucky one that got to sit and sort them...... You'll never guess. Yup! ME! LUCKY ME! Right! So after about an hour I have 4 boxes I have no idea who they belong to. So i guess when i have time I get to double check. (like that will ever happen) Good thing they don't pay until they are delivered. Then I can convince someone to buy an extra box!LOL) We bought something like 20 and Adams family bought like 150. What can I say... He's a good salesman. LOL

Savana

So there is just SOMETHING I like about this picture. I used a new action on it as well and I am not sure I am fond of it. Let me know what you think! her eyes look very interesting.... What do you think?

1 in 600 Million

That is the odds to have Identical Triplets!

Wish this couple tons of lusk and Rest.

Do you know how much work that will be? And to try and keep them apart! I would definatly do the whole fingernail polish thing as well. I think the septuplets did that as well. But they weren't even I dentical. (just all bald) LOL!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23481435#23479373

Just thought I would pass this link along.

Gotta get ready as I have 2 sessions today, 1 tomorrow and 3 Friday!

No time to waist!

:)

Mammmmaa!

Yup-That's me. Many of you know I run a Full time Photography business (6-10 sessions a week and 35-40 hours), As well as watch a friend of mine's children once in a while. I also volunteer for an organization that takes images for deathly ill and children in heaven. I am active in my children's school activities as well as girl scouts and helping with quite a few church activities. So finding time for me, is well, Impossible. So tonight after a session, The kids are upstairs getting ready for bed so I think I can sit for 2 whole minutes without a "Mamma" being yelled.
So I make me a cup of tea and head for the front room. "Mamma,-I can't find my Pull-up" Yells Savana. SO I help her.
Come back down stairs and grab my cup. Head for the front room, grab the remote and plop my bottom onto the couch. "Mamma" Where's my pink shirt?" Closet Abby..... I tell her. (she picks out her clothes the night before so I can inspect and make changes by morning. It works easier that way)
So I settle back onto the couch and turn the tv on. By now my tea is cold. Turn the TV on and hear "Mamma, She hit me." so I say forget it, turn the tv off and head upstairs. gathered all 3 girls up on 1 single twin size bed and we read 3 books. Each 1 gets to pick a book for me, and Yes-They pick the longest they can find. "read mine first, no mine, No mine, I'm oldest. I'm Youngest" "Mamma, I said it first" So I pick a number between 1 and 10. Read the books in order, and tuck them all into bed. Give each one 2 kisses and 3 hugs and go back and give Abby an extra. "mamma, Mine wear off quicker so I need more" She says. "Mamma' I need water, I gotta go potty" "Momma I am hot" 11 Mamma's Later and they are all ready for bed. I say I love you and goodnight and shut off the light. Head down to heat up my tea and head for the living room. Plop my bottom down on the couch and reach for the remote. "Mamma???"

Well I guess it will be just like any other night on this year
No tv for Mamma!
but I love every minute of it!

Cleaning Cleaning!

So this weekend was SHOT!

Friday was to be digging day in the basement to fix the broken line but that turned up to be a dead end. So the plumbers come back out and dig to find the broken pipe. It is on the outside of the basement wall. My poor Dh did all that work and it was OUTside and underneath the basement wall. He was soo close to finding it himself. So they are comingback Monday to dig the outside of the house to get to it. That will be a huge muddy mess! Saturday was to finish up repairs and clean up. Well-since it couldn't be fixed by them we couldn't clean up. So we went shopping and to a Birthday party instead! So Sunday which was to be "patching the floor" day was spent cleaning outside. It wa a beautiful day!! 75 degrees and just a faint breeze. So we opened all the windows and aired out the house. Cleaned off the back porch (needed it BADLY) and the garage (needed it just as bad)

Adam figured out what we are going to re-decorate the living room in. I like it. he has good taste so I trust him. I just don't want to get new furniture in there yet as it will be a huge stress over it. I mean, I want them to keep it clean, But if Savana falls alseep on the couch and drools, or puts her feet on itbecause her legs are too short to go over the edge I don't want a melt-down. If I had it my way I would keep what I have for 1 more year. My youngest will be 4 soon and accidents will happen less. But I do see his point. So I guess we will most likely go furniture hunting soon for the front room. Dining room set and rug should be here within the next 2 weeks. I can't wait. I am so excited. The hutch and buffett match so it will look really good I am sure! I just need to visit Paris so I can take some pictues to match! (Hint Hint Honey) I will prob. Settle for Disneyland and Idaho this year so maybe next! LOL!

Water anyone?

So I get up this morning and smell something..... Weird... What is that smell? Must be the garbage. Better take that out when I get back from taking the kids to school. It was a "woke up late, Clothes in washer, milks gone bad, can't find my keys, Out the door gotta run" type of morning! So I head out and WHAM-Hits me in the face-Sewage. Yep the basement backed up. Flooded my basement. Well the North side of it anyway. So I have been on the phone with the clean up crew all day! Plumbers, insurance blah blah blah. Well at least I will get a good cleaning out of the deal. What was a little dusty will be SPOTLESS now! I am just glad I didn't have more stuff in that area. What I did have over there was mostly in rubbermaid totes! Gotta love plastic at times like this. Especially the one with the photos of the girls from day 1! So I am getting off here and heading back down stairs to finish cleaning. Wish me luck!!!

This weekend

So this weekend we are going to try to accomplish the Hallway! Gonna get r done! I hope-anyway! Adam should be here around dinner and we will get started. I will post some pictures when I am thru. (That is IF we get done) LOL

~~This week flew by. I have been swamped with work. Spent today doing a final cleaning on the studio. Dusting, Sweeping and now vacuuming. Then monday I will start putting it together. Which means moving all my props, equipment, backdrops, Blah blah. I am excited though. I have ordered 6 2" Canvas's for the walls. I can't wait to see what they look like vs. the styrene foam portraits that I had on the walls before. These will look alot better. They are large too! 16x20 and 2 are 16x24. They will take up some blank space. That's for sure! Well I better get off the computer and into the shower if I am going to acomplish anyting today!

I made it!

Well I tried to leave last night and the weather was terrible. I didn't think it was going to be so bad until I was 45 minutes into it, So I turned her around and went back to the house. Figured I would just leave in the morning. I don't like driving at night anyway. And to top it off I felt terrible. I have been sick since Saturday night and can't seem to shake it! I felt bad as I didn't feel much like associating with everyone at the party Sunday, But what's there to do?? So I finalyl made it home today about 9ish. Good thing there was no school today! I better get going and make like I work here! Lots to do!
Ta ta!

Headin Out!

Well I am off for another weekend of Vacation. heading out to see the in-laws and the rest of the family! It is a much needed break and I love going up there. My FIL is a wonderful chef. Well he'snot really a chef but he can cook like one! My MIL is a wonderful person as well but is having a hard time lately with her health so I have been trying to go up as much as possible. The kids don't mind the drive anymore. They just play thier DS's and watch dvds. I get to fight Chicago traffic and all those crazy drivers! Gotta go pack! :O)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to all my friends and Family who read my blog. (and tot hose that don't) LOL!

I hope everyone had a wonderful day! As soon as my battery gets done charging I will be posting my beautiful Valentine's day gift. :)

The girls had thier school party and loaded up on sugar. (OF COURSE!)

So I have to go pry them from the ceiling and try to fight them into bed...

Good Night!

Grand Central Station

This is a pretty neat prank they pulled at GCS.
I wish I had been there. This is possibly one of the most astounding (visually at least) stunts ever pulled. No exaggeration--just watch the video.

Over 200 New Yorkers recently walked into one of the busiest train stations in the world, New York's Grand Central Station, and at exactly 2:30 pm, all froze in place. There's one guy in the video who froze just as he was stooping down to pick up some scattered papers. Talk about commitment.

Wanna know what I did today?

...............Absolutly Nothing! I accompolished nothing! I did a hundred things but didn't seem to get anything done! I wanted to have the closets cleaned out by the time the electricians arrived because I figured they would start upstairs. But they didn't make it that far anyway (whew). I took the kids to school, came home and did "S"s hair then took her to school. Headed to the Y for my daily Jog and the school calls. "S" needed spair clothes. So I ran home then to the school and dropped them off and headed back to the Y. The daycare lady who works out there was running late so I thought.... I'll just wash the van while I wait. So we went thru the automatic car wash thing. Yep-it was frozen. Ran the whole cycle with no water. You would think if it wasn't working they would put up signs. It was 33 outside and I had seen the one downtown going so I didn't figure the lines would be froze. There went $9 down the drain! ( Hey-That's a Starbucks! :( WEnt back to the Y and all the machines were busy so I waited... and waited... one's free!!! So I had 10 minutes before I had to leave to get "S" from school so my workout was cut short which also ment no shower before I went to pick her up!! The electricians had the stove and microwave unplugged so lunch was difficult. Went to upload Sundays session and the internet was down.

I am going to get in a nice hot tub with a nice bubbly drink and relax. Then I am going to bed early!

Good night!

Brrrrr! Time for Starbucks!

Today is really cold! I mean Really cold!! 2 Yep 2 degrees outside. The wind chill makes it something like -17 outside. I hate winter! The only good thing about winder is Cuddling with the kids onthe couch watching a movie with hot cocoa and sledding (snowmobiling). We have taken the girls quite a few times already this year! They love it. I think "A' Loves it more then Anyone but it is still fun. I will always remember "A" going down the hill with her Grandpa "J" that was the cutest thing ever! Just keep thinking that next winter I want to be at Disney! AAAhhhhh can't wait!
The girls have girl scouts tonight (well after school) so I think I will scoot on down and get myself a Starbucks! They are pretty good. I can't go there without spending at least $15 so I limit myself to 3 times a week! LOL! My MIL got me hooked on Pumpkin spice whent hey were down last week and I really like it! My In Laws are so unheathly for me! :) You should see the way they cook... Who needs a 5 star resteraunt! I just go to thier house and I get a meal fit for a queen! can't come home without Pitsburg beef and twice baked potatoes. Yep I gain 5 lbs every other weekend! LOL! Ok enough about food as I am getting hungry just thinking about it!

Monsters!!!

I love this. Have been thru this lately with "S" and this fits perfect!
I would suggest anyone over 1 and under 15 is out of the room! Just in case! ;)

Locked out!

I seem to have been locked out of this blog lately. No matter what password I tried it wouldn't let me in. Weird. Anyway after hours trying to figure it out I got in! YEAH!!!!!
Finishe up some loose ends tonight. Touched up with paint and nailed the last pcs of trim down for the new entry way. Well I didn't but DH did! :)
The girls have friends over today and I am soo ready for some peace and QUIET! They always have friends over. There are days I just want to say "Can't you go to their house for once??" But I don't! I love my kids and all thier friends! The more kids the better!

(No-I haven't been drinking either! )

Toooo Funny!

I love you sooo!

This is the sweetest thing ever!
I just love the images as well as the song! Enjoy! :)

I love this! Anne geddes is WONDERFUL!

Gearing up for Valentine's

I have been trying to get teh studio ready for valentine's and that means finding the Valentine's Decorations. I CAN"T FIND THEM ANYWHERE!!! I have looked for 2 hours. So I have decided to do a little cleaning out. I have since filled 2 huge black garbage bags full of clothes and toys the girls simply don't play with anymore. Boy does it feel good! Now, If I could only find the Valentine's Decorations, ( and my car keys LOL)

Sessions, Sessions, Sessions

Since I only have about 12 sessions scheduled this month I thought I would work on my Portfolio a little. So I have spent the day sorting thru photos and addign new ones. I never knew I had sooo many! LOL!

Computer work!

So I have hauled the old computer up from the basement and it will have to work for today! I was going to just use the girls computer but the second I mentioned moving thiers downstairs they both started crying. They play on it all the time! I sometimes think If I have a problem they could prob. fix it for me! I have um-teen-trillion emails so I am off here for now!

What a long day!

Spent the day cleaning and finding spots for teh HORDS of toys the girls got for Christmas. I do have to thank Grandma for the SAND KIT one of the girls received. I think she should have to clean up whatever mess they make with the toys she buys! :) I think Savana's favorite toys were T.J. Berrytales from Gramma and Poppa and her Leapster. The girls love thier Guitars and DS's. We had a really good Christmas (as we do every year!)

Post everyday!

I promise to try to post everyday! It may be on the other blog but I will try to post everyday! Wish me luck as it may not be that easy! Glad I survived the new year. I was going to stay up and thought... aahhh I'm going to bed! Well I need to get dinner started as Home made lasagna takes a while to cook and I will have WAR if dinner isn't done on time! LOL