Weekend Update

I so love my boy! Caution : Many pictures to prove it! And I love this wagon. Kris and I used to ride in it when we were wee tikes. My mom has had it since we were little so it's pretty cool. This was a little spur of the moment shoot at a warehouse in Ogden that my family has that I did while I was hanging out with my mom there. Anything that has him in it is going to turn out wonderful in my opinion.
Yesterday was my birthday in a sense I used some birthday pre$ent$ to buy me a battery pack for my sister 300 and so I am way excited to get some quick shots and have some long time batteryage.. which will come in handy this summer on all the great trips we don't have planned, but will..(I hope.)
Also this weekend I taught Piper to shoot the D60, it was awesome, she can totally do it all by herself, it made me so proud. She was sort of obsessed with it for awhile. I think I dug myself a hole with that one, now she is going to think that she can just grab it and use it for her own good...so the sister will stay hidden. She also visited Santa and was going to tell him to bring her a camera before she got shy and wouldn't speak to him or look at him
(after we sat in line forever). So that was my holiday summed up, minus a NOT 5 mile Turkey Trot and some intense early morning shopping. Good times had by all.

AAAHHHH

Here is small preview of Baby McFadden... Much more to come!

US.

A nice lady offered to take this picture for me when I was taking pictures of Piper spontaneously not too long ago. I was sort of like.. ah I guess...(not really) and she said.. "these are the ones you'll remember". I just ran into it and it completely thrilled me. She was so right. Thanks.. nice lady going to eat at Union Grill. This is us on an everyday occasion.. I MEAN minus the awesome hair, high heels and designer jeans with a girly fluffy silky top and belt.. oh and lipstick that I usually sport on an everyday basis, except this day :) ( I have my sarcastic face on right now.)

Looks Can Be Deceiving

Ah.. what a sweet little face.. Who would guess the amount and duration of temper tantrums she was capable of throwing? Well let me just tell you-that sweet little face is capable of much noise and not so sweetness, to put it nicely. I think possibly today she was the death of me. Along with me I think we almost lost the baby too in her mayhem. But thankfully we all survived to live another day. While Jake was at school we went on a Diet Coke run and she thought this door was pretty fancy thanks to it's PINKNESS, so thank you pink door for making it possible to get some semi decent pictures of the girl whom has been permanently pissed at the lens in front of my face recently.
-Note the head band that has been stuck on her head all day thanks to the Fancy Nancy books we can't stop reading. Nancy always has head bands on, hence, so does she. Thanks for the great birthday books long lost friend, we haven't put them down!

Picture Of The Day

I wish I could have a photographer follow me around all the time.. or I wish I had free hands and a remote for my camera, so I could capture all the moments like this. But for now I will do my best to capture them for other people and try to sneak behind the camera sometimes and hope I don't turn out looking ridiculous. I think pictures like this should be replacing pictures of our kids, no offense, because it's the core of what matters. And have the kids circling around these pictures.

Once Upon A Time

I was here.....




With this....







The hottest couple ever. Ah young love smacking you in the face. They are so cute together and so happy in love.

Santa Monica Beach

K now seriously, can I go back? This is my cute niece at Santa Monica beach. You have no idea how cold that water was, the kids could handle it much more than I could!

Little Boy Love

This pretty much sums it up. My little mama's boy (or so I will keep telling myself). I so love this little guy. He is so easy and so happy. Jake took this picture sometime on our trip, not sure when, but despite my recent lack of picture of myself it is sort of sweet to see ones like this. Anyway this is my first photo edited on the Mac and I am such a fan! It's so fast and efficient and the screen is so clear. Now I am even more stuck in front of a computer :)

There are just so many from this little stud that I love. He is so stinkin' cute. He is seriously going to be a heart breaker and I am pretty sure he knows it. But what do expect.. look at his parents! I may be out of commission, but let's hope not, due to the computer switch over. Welcome me to the MAC world! Best birthday present ever!

Personal Shoot

Isn't he a good sport! Finally some pictures for my walls! I have all these wonderful frames that are awaiting pictures and finally I have had some opportunities to have some of my family. We had the best weekend, Jazz game, Thai food, shopping, what could be better? Oh wait-dinner at the in laws still to come... it does get better! Anyways I appreciate this little spur of the moment pull over photo shoot!






















For a change:

Good Treats

Some of the treats we experienced on our trip. This first one was a candy store on Balboa Island that had any kind of taffy imaginable! If you love taffy like me you will appreciate this picture!

Can I Go Back Now?

Here is our trip to California in a nutshell. We trick or treated in Disneyland which was so fun. There was such fun decorations in Disneyland and everyone was so dressed up, sadly my father in law has all my costume pictures. We just had such a good time! We went to Santa Monica and played at the beach and went to Balboa Island and got true Balboa Bars, and no-I did not see Ryan and Marissa from The OC but I sure looked, camera in hand. But anyways we had a great time and I couldn't love all of these people more.

Back From Vacation

Hey look-ALL FOUR OF US. It's a rare occasion that we are all in a picture together. We just got back from Disneyland and we had a blast! I definitely recommend it for Halloween. This was taken at Santa Monica beach, we took the afternoon off from Disneyland to go there and it was one of the highlights. More picture to come for sure.. so stay tuned I have a million, but it might take a couple of days because my little munchkin turns THREE!