Hadley's First Photo Shoot

Quite a while ago, I took Hadley to a friend's house for her first "photo shoot." (I'm just a little slow getting this post done!) Sundee takes pictures as a hobby, but I like her photos more than a professional. She had so many cute props and she was SO patient with us!! Here are a few of the HUNDREDS of photos she took. THANKS SUNDEE! YOU'RE GREAT!

This was the picture we used for her blessing announcement. This was Sundee's idea. Isn't it so cute!!! It only took us over an hour and about 100 snaps to get it! We really wanted her to be asleep for it, but the fuzzy rug kept tickling her nose and keeping her awake. Oh well, I think it turned out cute anyways.

This one is so adorable, if I do say so myself. The color photo is cute, but this black and white makes it perfect. The hat is actually pretty funny....it's a darling lime green and it was much too big on her, but it made it even more cute!



Gotta love the big orange flower!!!



Sundee did all the cute backgrounds/overlays on these pics. I can't tell if Hadley is too happy to be in this picture!!



Another darling overlay. Thanks again Sundee for the GREAT job you did on these pictures!!!

Whirlwind Week Part III: Baby Blessing

Isn't She Lovely!!

To add to the plethora of activities for the last week, we decided to bless Hadley this Sunday too! I had family come and stay during the weekend, which was so much fun. My brother John and his girlfriend Kae, my sister Nina and her husband Jon and daughter Maya, and my Mom all arrived on Friday and stayed through the weekend. It was great to spend time with them. I always have so much fun with all of them, they are so funny! They were a tremendous help preparing for Hadley's blessing and the dinner after church. Sunday arrived and it wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be. Lynn did such a beautiful job blessing Hadley. He is the greatest dad any kid could have! He loves our children (and me!) so much, we are truly blessed to have him in our life! And as I said, Hadley's blessing was perfect. Lynn's dad swears he could see a glow come over Hadley as soon as Lynn gave her her name. It was such a special day for us!

My grandma DeLange made this blessing dress when I was in high school. I made a porcelain doll for a young women's project and she made the dress to go on the doll. It's been waiting a long time for an angel to wear it!


I was so glad that my Mom brought my Grandma to the blessing. It was special to have her there to see Hadley in the dress she had made more than 15 years before!



My beautiful little family. What a blessing in my life!!!




Here is my family! I love you guys so much! Thanks for everything you do for me!

P.S. I finally found time this week to do some scrapbooking (I think I was actually having withdrawals from not having time to do some pages!!!) and I posted the new pages on my slide shows on the side, so take a look! I know some of you have started doing the digital scrapbook thing, make sure you share! I always love new ideas!

Whirlwind Week Part II: Mason's Birthday

So the second reason for my crazy week is it was Mason's 9th birthday. We decided to have his friend birthday party last Thursday after school because with baseball and everything, we wouldn't have time any other day. He invited a group of his friends and we gathered up at the elementary school. Mason wanted to play basketball at his party but the weather was cold (surprising....) so we had the party at the school. That was a great idea! No mess at my house, no worrying about a dozen boys terrorizing my home, easy clean-up and return to my clean house!





Happy Birthday Mason!!!!

Whirlwind Week Part I

This past week (actually the past two weeks) have been CRAZY! I have several things I want to share, so I'll break it up into parts. It's been so crazy because Mason has started playing little league baseball. I'm so used to the lazy days of coach pitch....a game or two, here and there, no big deal. Well, those days are gone! Now I get to experience practices several nights a week, at least two games a week, traveling to Panguitch, Bryce Valley, Valley, Kanab and who knows where for games and tournaments....ugh! And I only have one kid involved! Those of you who have already experienced this or are experiencing this now, especially with more than one child, I sympathize!!!! Mason had been so busy with ballgames and chores that the other day I finally had to give him time to just play and be a kid - no chores, no baseball practice, nothing, just play. Mason is enjoying it though. His coach does a great job and teaches the boys a lot. I wish it would warm up so that I can sit outside and watch the games, rather than having to lock myself and the baby inside the car to stay out of the cold and ninety-mile-an-hour wind. I don't have any pictures yet, but we go to Valley today for a game, so hopefully I'll have some pictures to post soon!