I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY THESE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN WHICH WEEK. SO THIS POST I AM MUSHING THE WEEKS TOGETHER. SO LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK THAT FOLLOWING HAS HAPPENED:
1)I have been going crazy trying to get this primary program written....it's all me. 45 minutes of sacrament meeting that I get to/have to come up with. I had to do it last year and am just as stressed if not more this year. Luckily, I finally feel like it's coming together now...I will survive this:)
2)I got an I-PHONE I have been wanting one for months now. My refurbished phone was on it's last leg. Would barely send a text and kept turning off for no reason. I didn't have an upgrade until April so I was bummed. There was no way I was going to spend hundreds on a phone...come on. So, tried to somehow push the dream aside. Well, this was just pure luck because. I was hanging out with my close friend Danielle Terril and mentioned it to her. She said that her hubby Mike just got a new I-PHONE 4S from work and no longer was using his old I-Phone 4. Danielle mentioned that he might sell it to me, but she would have to discuss it first with him. I didn't know if it was a Verizon one or not but I hoped it was. I was also hoping he was willing to sell, the price was right, and it was in good condition. All three were perfect. I looked at it and snatched it up fast. Ok, so this is the first Apple anything I have ever owned.(I love my HP computer so much so I was wondering how it would be) Let me just say, I am very very impressed. Once you get an I-Phone you realize what you have been missing out on. But, I vow to not be glued to mine. I leave it home sometimes and will not be bringing it to church at all. lol. One of my favorite things is the lds.org app. (Holy world of Apps so fun.) I read my scriptures all the time on there, I love how easy & fast it is to look up just where I left off. I am just in heaven with it. I know most of this is old news to some people who has always had an I-Phone but I am really stoked. So thankful I stumbled upon such a great deal. Thanks Danielle and Mike!! Here is a pic of my new case I just ordered for it. It took me forever to decide, only it will say my name, I am excited.
3) I took my sister in law Taryn's wedding. It was such a long hard tiring day, But it was also a blast. I had my light and it was fabulous, I don't know how anyone ever does or attempts to shoot a wedding without one. I felt so important with it. It really helps me step up my game as a photographer. I feel like I can see myself improving with every shoot and I love the challenge each different setting or surrounding brings. What a lovely wedding and couple, their sealing was fabulous. Lyla was clinging to my leg but I was able to escape and go into the temple. I stashed my light and stuff around the corner of this bush when I came back out it was wet from the sprinklers...really? Sprinklers on a Sat. morning with all these weddings. I was about to give someone a piece of my mind. Which is not like me at all. Luckily Maddison Messer sacrificed her bridesmaid dress to save my stuff. Or it might have been so wet it got ruined. GRRRRRRR. Thanks Maddi for making the sacrifice...lol. You saved my hide that day. **I wish that people would remember that I am the photographer and give me a little more respect like I know what I am doing. I have a really hard time with that, at just about every wedding. I feel like I get treated like I am an unexperienced adolescent, when I am not. If I have a light it is because I know how to use it. I group people for photos how I want to and it always works out:) Thats wedding fun for ya. On a more positive note again it was a beautiful reception I have never seen lights strung like that in person. Really neat and the bride was the most laid back bride I have ever seen. She did all of her flowers the day before her wedding. How stinking cool is that. And they were fabulous...Great Job Taryn. So happy for you and Shane. I know you'll have a wonderful life together. I really enjoyed being your photographer as well. So, glad you hired me. You were such a stunning bride:)
4) I spit shined my car yesterday in and out. It takes a lot to maintain but is really rewarding to me when it's clean and still looks good since we have had it since Feb. ha ha. I also conditioned the leather and that takes time and effort:) I love my car so much.
5) I have scored some great things on the Moapa Valley Online Yardsale lately. I picked up a stool for $10 and I scored some awesome baby prop hats. I found a very awesome person Carly Toutant, she made the girls Halloween costumes this year. Evelyn is going to be a peacock and Lyla a ladybug. I also ordered some cute tutu props from her, for photography props. Really can't wait to use them. I am gonna do a shoot with the girls in their costumes this weekend. YES !!
6)Evelyn has gone to about 4 weeks of preschool and adores it. Loves her teacher and classmates. She has learned so much material in four weeks this lady knows her stuff. I am very pleased and impressed with how its all going.
7)Lyla is well......TWO SHE THROWS ABOUT 15 FITS A DAY. I KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT AGE THREE IS WORSE...AND THEN I CAN HANDLE HER. ha ha
8)Evelyn told me yesterday (steaming mad) that she wanted to leave our family and go find a new mommy. It made my day....Not really I was sad and hurt by that. She wasn't following directions so I gave her a little squirt on her foot with the hose...she let me have it after that. "You do not treat kids that way mom".....How am I gonna handle the teenage years huh? sheez
9) On September 28th Lyla went potty for the first time in the toilet. I have not been pushing her at all towards potty training, like I did Evelyn. She had her diaper off and said, I have to poop, I told her to go sit on her potty she came back out and said, I went potty. I have heard that way too many times. I just wanted to go peak just in case. She did it. What a major step for her. It was adorable. Proud mama over here:)
10) On Friday I also set up a photo shoot in our back pasture for the girls in their new Halloween costumes. I spent a ton of time getting my props down from storage, had Trent saw off some legs on a headboard for me. I was sweaty but knew I had to push through and do it. I had chairs set up & my light, I even curled Evelyn's hair which came out in 2 seconds, I think it holds curl worse than mine does. I set up my light and we busted out the costumes. I begged Trent (bribed with a back rub) to help me get them to smile, Lyla was a ham. Evelyn acted like she has been thrown in front of the camera way too much in her 4 year old life. Plus she starts that face smile thing. After all the hard work for it, I got some amazing/adorable pics. I love my girls and they are both very photogenic. I put a little makeup on for the occasion, eye shadow, lipstick, and blush. Only time of the year my girls get to wear anything besides lip gloss.
11) On Friday the girls had our little neighbor Violet over to play, she is 3 and we love her. What a nice girl, and perfect because she is right between our girls. She also has 3 brothers and her mom said needed some quality girl time. So we took her in....played with sparkly playdough, ate snacks, did puzzles, played outside. The girls had a blast. Thanks Jen for letting her play.
12) We have some neighbor kids who have no rules and no run rampid. Friday during our photoshoot in our field. I heard them in our ditch and well, I was concerned they were in our yard. A few hours later Evelyn went outside looking for a broom and when she didn't come back right away, I went to see why. Those same kids were on our swingset, so it was dark 7ish and they are big kids and they didn't ask or anything. The nerve I tell you the nerve. I was not happy and told them that is not ok. They needed to go home. My blog is private so I know the mother won't read this, however she needs to know where her children are AT ALL TIMES. Thats part of being a mother. The sad thing is these kids just want friends but they are so out of control none of the neighborhood kids mothers like them at their house. I was not happy tonight about that. Sheez.

