Navajo Lake

Andrew took me here on Mothers Day but it was all frozen and crappy. He promised he'd take me back. I don't forget things like that.

This is the trail to "Cascade Falls". One day WE WILL see it.

oh, this ISN'T Andrew. Just some random older guy that I thought was cute.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THE MOUNTAINS, FRESH AIR, MY BOYS, AND MY NEW LENS! HOORAY!

Massive up-date!

I'm baaaaaaaack!

Going that whole week without being able to blog just about did me in! I finally upgraded my storage, so now hopefully I will be good on space for awhile!

I've been working constantly on my photography, so this blog has once again been neglected.

So let me fill you in...

Here are some random pictures that I've been marking as 'blog-worthy' for the last two weeks.

We can start with this one:

I glanced down and saw this one day:

Don't know how he got it, but I'm sure glad I saw it! Even though I was a little mad, I thought it was cute enough for a picture. Stinky guy!

I thought this envelope personally decorated by Andrew himself, was particularly cute and special.

And these are my lovely kitchen canisters given to me for my Birthday. (is that what they're called?) I love them!

One of my favorite places:

My cute boys on My Birthday:

I really love this picture!

And this is me at age 23, doing what I do!

Some fun pictures at Wingers:

It was a fun B-day! Thanks, everyone!

Here are some cute pictures of the Smelly:

His new favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. He says "Mernaid", which means he wants to watch it! Cute, cute, cute guy! When Ursula comes on he gets all scared and says, "Olyssa, scared". This is what he looks like when he's glued to the movie:

And here's the Jax eating MY Bottlecaps. He just thought he'd help himself. I walk in to see him guiltily oinking them down as fast as he could before I could catch him.

And here's a late Birthday present! Check out this beauty! Andrew & our bank account were thrilled about this new addition!

This is what that lens does:

This picture is straight out of the camera. (no editing) Its crisp and lovely. I love this lens!

Jax & I just got back from spending a WHOLE WEEK in Richfield. I had TONS of photo sessions! It was great! I had 5 seniors, a missionary, a family, and an AAGPS press conference. (To see more about that, go to my photo blog.)

I never get a ton of pictures of us just hangin out up there cause to be honest , I get quite sick of picture taking. But I did take a few....

Jaxon loves to go on fourwheeler rides with Grandpa. He calls it a fo-le-leer. Cutest guy! I don't know why my Dad is pointing like that. But at least he's not covering his face! Good job, Dad!

Here's Jaxon and uncle Trevor playing Nintendo. Jaxon really thinks he's helping Trevor.

Here's a cute little Kitty my brothers found alone and meowing in a shed near their house. Poor little thing was without its mom and starving. They brought it in and took care of it! It's SOOOO cute. I wish we could have cats.... Look at that face!

Jax loves "Kitilys"

The end.

They did do many, many more things of course. I wasn't there for a lot of it cause I was so stinkin busy the whole time. Thanks to everyone up there who helped me with watching Jaxon or hauling around props! I couldn't have done it without you!! I bet you are so glad we are finally gone now!

No more blogging.

No more blogging for this girl. For a week that is. Can I survive? I am totally out of space on my Picasa Web Google account. It won't let me upload anymore pictures until I pay 'em $20 to upgrade my storage. MAN! That really sucks cause I had some fun B-day pics. So, you'll have to hear me ramble like I do, with absolutely no visuals for the next week. (That's when we can afford the upgrade)

Except for this one: It let me do ONE more. I like this picture.








It was a Happy Birthday considering. Considering I am old & I am a Mom. No offense to Motherhood, but ya'll gotta admit, it's just not the same. But that's ok. It really is. After last years disheartening Birthday, I am thankful for anything and everything! Andrew got me a cookie cake! (I've been wanting one forever and I always try to drop hints throughout the year. Well this year, I just decided to come out and say it a couple days before my birthday. Men just don't get hints.) BUT Andrew did actually LISTEN to me about one thing, and it made me happy and so proud of him! I've been wanting those cute little kitchen canister things (man, I wish I could show you a picture of the lovelys). You put flour and sugar in them, and they are just so cute! Well, he surprised me with those. We are on a major budget right now so I wasn't expecting to get anything. We were planning on going to California for our Anniversary and it was supposed to be both of our Bday presents too. So, Andrew didn't get ANYTHING for his Birthday because we were saving for that. Yeah, so we didn't end up going, that saved up money went to deposits and bills, and that's just a sad story all around so I won't go there. But, point is, I feel bad that Andrew didn't get a Birthday present, and I did! Sad times!

Well make up for it.

ANYWAY.

We went to Wingers. (It's cheaper and one of my faves, so totally a win-win.) Then Kim, my sweet friend watched Jax and we went to the movies! Nice Times. Thanks everyone for the Birthday wishes!

Now I am 23. YIKES!

Birthday Booger

Since it's my Birthday today, I decided to guitlessly straighten my hair ALONE. I shut the door and straightened in peace. After awhile, I noticed that it was too calm and quiet. I did not hear the Jax at all. When you have a toddler, that's a bad sign. I walk in the kitchen to find this:

Jaxon has been dealing with a runny nose for weeks now. Multiple times during the day, I have to grab a wipe and say "boogers" while wiping it off. (He lets me wipe it if I say boogers). Today he tackled the task all by himself. He said "bugas" , "bugas" when I walked in. Cute, cute man. He's always trying to be a big boy and figure things out for himself.

I couldn't even be mad at the guy.

Luckily, he also knows what "clean it up" means.

What a sweetheart.

Cute Bear

I love how kids are naturally beautiful. Especially mine!!! Just thought I've been a little neglectful when it comes to pictures of my Jax. I'm always takin' them of everyone else!! I attempted sort of little mini session with Jax, but he's a STINK! This is such a hard age! But he's so stinkin cute anyway...