Our 2009 Holiday Card

This card is slightly different than the ones we decided to mail out but, I still like this one. The night we decided to take our pictures we got all done up around 11 pm just to than get into our pajamas and watch a movie! That's the great thing about being photographer and having a home studio!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Happy Halloween!

So it's that creepy scary time of year again and we spent it with my family. Drew and I did homemade costumes again this year like we did on our first Halloween. I made my hat and broom the night before and Drew bought his giant spider that day. Oddly enough he

won best costume again at work! I made pumpkins for his employees with their names craved in them which was a lot harder to do than I thought it would be. For my employees I made a large pumpkin to hold candy along with a Starbucks gift card

and the winner of best costume won it. This year was the best turn out for my work, even the bosses dressed up. Later that day we made ghoulish dishes and met everyone at my sister's house My sister is always good with coordinating her families clothes and costumes but, this year had to be my favorite. I love the "Superhero" theme! Drew, Chris, Andrea, and I all walked the whole neighborhood with Chris and the kids. It was pretty cold on this Halloween and it started raining towards the end. You could defiantly tell we were in a recession by the decorations and lack of candy. The kids made out well since they live in a rather large neighborhood.

I just LOVE the FALL

These are pictures of some of the gourds and mini pumpkins we grew!

Keep Making Your Greatest Dreams Come True

Keep Making Your Greatest Dreams Come True

You are bright, talented, and creative. You have a sprit of adventure and intense desire to make the world better. You are sensitive to the needs of others and passionate about helping people. You are driven to reach dreams that will make your future so much brighter. You have an inner spark that kindles a light in everyone your life touches.

You are a precious gift to the present and the future, and you must never forget this. Keep on flying with your highest dreams, and believe they will carry you where you want to go. Say “yes” to challenges, and dare to make those big, bold, dreams come true.

Tend the fires of your passions, and use this energy to do good in life. Stand up for what you is right. Protest the negative things in this world that damage the gifts of the heart. When you see a wrong, be strong in speaking out. Be committed in your friendships with those who need a friend the most. Be a volunteer and a positive leader.

Keep your good character, high ideals, and deepest passions alive and active. Fly on the wings of your talents and you mightiest dreams. Strive to change the world on day at a time. And make your greatest dreams come true.

- Jacqueline Schiff

I can't wait to have a house!

As I've said many times the Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love these ideas for decorating your house and showing your festive side! The above photo is what I have done to our apartment so you can only imagine what I can do with a real house and yard. I can't wait till we move and have our house!

A New Record!!!!

Yesterday, Drew's business hit an all time high! We made $5,140.00 in one day! And, to think this business has only been up for a year now and were at the point. Awesome!!!!

The FALL Festival

Today Drew and I met up with my sister and her family to go to a local fall festival. The weather was beautiful and the rain stayed away till right before we left. There were a lot of cute crafts and yummy food! We treated the kids to some sweats and hopefully they wont be up all night. We took them to a trail that we use to walk all the time when we lived down there but, had to stop right before getting on it because there was a creepy homeless man on the trail just staring into space. And the girls didn't have a good feeling about him and didn't want to go. So we turned around after he walked on. My sister later told me that she noticed him following us for a little while and that fact that he go in front of us when he figured out we were heading towards the trail, she knew we could walk any further! She also said when my back and her husband's back were turned he was staring at the girls. What we didn't realize till later is that man is a criminal and he got into trouble last year with attacking a teenage girl so I called the Police and reported what happened and they said they were going to talk to him. I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if something happened to anyone in my family, especially the kids! I hope that man never hurts anyone again! And, I hope other people call the police when strange things happen and they listen to their gut feelings!

They gave their Aunt a scare playing on the rocks!

My dream dog! Can you see how happy I am? Look how pretty and good she was... she let the kids put that wreath on her head and just laid there. I can't wait to get one!

Apple Picking Time!

Drew and I picked up my little brother and all my niece and nephews and went apple picking. We took the kids last year and they had a blast so we wanted to do it again before they move. I strapped they baby onto my chest and we started our walk to the apple orchard. The weather was perfect! It wasn't cool but, it was hot, just perfect! Since there were nine of us picking apples I told them all to pick ten apples each, yeah that didn't work. My 7 yr old nephew had has bag full in about five minutes! It was really cute to watch my 2 yr old nephew pick. He wanted to take a bit out of each apple he picked. Their Uncle Dylan and Drew would climb up in the trees to get the really shinny hard to reach ones.

It was towards the end of the apple season but, they tasted really good! In all we picked about 30 lbs of apples!