Maya's Birthday Invitation

I have been having this overwhelming desire to be crafty. This is Maya's invitation to her princess birthday party. She wanted the princess theme, and I didn't want to go and buy a pack of invitations from Walmart with a Disney Princess on them like everyone else does. I wanted Maya to be the princess on the card. With inspiration from my friend Sarah, this is what I came up with. I love it! Thanks Sarah!

You can click on the image to see it in more detail.

Free?!?!? You got my attention

I think Michael is going to kill me, I will pick up anything on the side of the road that has a free sign on it. This was my latest find, you can't beat free!

Are you prepared?

Well, the stress of a great disaster is ever looming over our heads. Michael and I decided that we needed to be prepared in case anything ever happened. So, here is our 6 month supply of food, of course it doesn't stop there, but it is a start. We are quite proud of ourselves. Take the poll on how prepared you are. Also, if you are interested, click here to get to the link for this food storage. Tell them Marisa Johnson sent ya, (they will send me a free can of soup). Also, if you would like information on Provident Living, you can click here.

ABC Adventures

These were really fun for the kids. Each of them have their own adventure, when you are done watching, you can make your own. Mason's is the cutest (not that I'm choosing favorites or anything).

Link To watch Reece's adventure, click here

Link to watch Maya's adventure, click here

Link to watch Mason's adventure, click here

People pay to do this?

Wow, the stress of family pictures is almost overwhelming! We woke up at 6am to get ready for our family pictures, left at 7, started shooting at 7:30am. You may be asking yourself why we put ourselves through such torture. Well, being a photographer, I knew that was when there would be the best lighting. It is the price I'm willing to pay for good light.

Pictures? Not my family!

Recently I have attempted to get my kids pictures taken. Yes, I am a photographer, but it is so incredibly hard to take good pictures of your own kids. My friend Megan Knorpp took these pictures of my kids, they are the only shots that they actually behaved for, so you won't be seeing any other shots from this sitting. But, if you would like to see more of Megan's work you can visit her website by clicking here

Wizard Rock

I took the kids to an outdoor Rock Concert at Wheeler Farm Monday night. The band played "Wizard Rock", songs all about the books, Harry Potter. We all had a great time!


It took the kids a minute to warm up to the music.




But then Mason and Maya really started movin' and groovin'.

Reece and I enjoyed watching them dance while enjoying the music.