catch-up

I have some serious catch-up to do on the ol' blog!  I've got wedding pictures to share, family sessions to share, and some P.A.D pictures to share!  I better get all caught up on these things tomorrow, because with still a wedding and two family sessions to edit, and three Norwex parties this week, it will be friday before I know it :)
The news is claiming that tomorrow starts our cool down here in Phoenix....hmmm....I wonder if that will turn out to be true!  Still running my A/C over here, and I'm just trying my hardest to keep the thought "it's November!" out of my head!  Unbelievable!  Crossing my fingers that it really does start cooling off!
Does anyone in the Phx area know where I can find a piano teacher who is reasonably priced to come teach my girls to play the piano?  They are actually pretty good at plunking out several tunes by ear....but I would like to get them in lessons soon!  This piano has such a beautiful sound!  (And huge thanks to some wonderful friends for making it affordable to have it!)  My mom and dad came over last week, and my mom actually sat down and played a song!  She is a great piano player, and we are lucky when we can get her to play even one song!  But I do have memories of her playing a lot while we were growing up. :)  Who knows, maybe I will even take lessons along with the girls! 

 This weekend was fun just hanging out at home with the kids!  I think it was needed by them just as much as us!  It feels so good to just 'chill' every once in a while :)

 Have a great Sunday everyone! 

and a few more....

Here are a few more for you Anita ;)  Now I am caught up on all but one!
This has been so fun (and yes, a bit of a challenge too) to do this picture-a-day project, but at the end of the year, the book is going to be so awesome to look through!  I challenge all my readers to start doing this!

Happy Monday everyone!  And can you believe it is November already??  Two birthdays this month, 4 norwex parties lined up, two weddings, a trip to Seattle, Thanksgiving....I'm going to be busy! :)  But it all sounds so fun!

slacking....

Ok, I have really been slacking on the blog business!  But I have been so busy, that my computer time all together has really been pretty minimal!  Here are a few pages from my P.A.D project Anita!  I have been good about staying on top of this until the last three days!  I have the pictures, I just haven't put them into scrapbook form!  Tomorrow.  After church. before a photo shoot.  Hopefully!  Aaaahhhh....so much to do, so little time!  I need a day to regroup :)

And I know this is more than 'one' picture....but I thought the three together was so cute!   We got this outfit from Lindsey's teacher, and Taryn thought she was just great wearing it!  But she would not stop for a picture!

 

Looking thru all of my pages that I have done so far, I realize that  most of them are of Trina and Taryn.  And while I guess that makes sense because they are the two home with me during the days....I really need to get some pictures of Toni and Alanys too!  That's my goal for next week!

fall colors

Driving up North to see the 'fall colors' is something I have wanted to do for many years now, and we finally did it!  Last night we decided that today we would head up to Flagstaff and spend the afternoon taking pictures.  We went just North of Flagstaff where the aspens were all bright yellow.  I was a little disappointed to not have seen any reds and oranges, but maybe we were too early?  Anyways, it was a fun day with the hubby and kids!  Here is our attempt at a family picture, and my picture-a-day photo for day 7!
We started out by doing the self timer thing until some nice guy offered to snap a couple for us!

Day 6!

I am on a roll if I do say so myself!  I've almost made it to a week, and it's been a lot of fun doing this!
Here is day 5 and day6
I did these pictures a little smaller than the pictures in my other posts....are they better this size?  easier to view?

P.A.D. project day 3

I finally got my wisdom teeth taken out!  finally!  Going to the dentist for anything tops my list of things I absolutely hate, and I was dreading this day for so long!!  And I was such a stress case going in to my appointment, that the surgeon probably thought I was such a baby!  But that's ok.  I'm just overjoyed that it is now behind me!!  I was feeling pretty nausous all day yesterday, and I finally figured out last night that it probably was not the after effects of the laughing gas, but the vicoden that was causing it.  So I quit taking that, and just took Motrin today.  I felt so miserable yesterday!

my picture-a-day project....

I am so excited to start this!!  I have actually wanted to do this for a long time, but have always put it off because I was waiting for a specific day to start...didn't think I should just start on a random day! well, what better day to start than on 10/10/10?  That way it'll be easier to remember what day I started on :)  I am going to take a picture a day, put some journaling with it, print it to an 8 1/2 X 11, put it in a sheet protector and start my book! 
I am really hoping that I can keep up on this!  If any of you reading my blog do this, you should leave me a link in the comments section to where I can see your picture!  It doesn't have to be with journaling...just a picture is fine!  And I am not going to guarantee that I will post it everyday on here, but I'm going to try!

Here is mine for today...