Wednesday, January 6, 2010

A New Year's Resolution and a Truckload of Pictures!

So, let's face it...I've been slackin in the blog department lately! I know there are a few faithful readers out there who have quit checkin because it's been so long! SO...da da da...I decided to make it a new year's resolution-and am going to be updating my blog once a week.


So to play catch  up I added a ton of pictures from the last 3 months or so. Sorry if you get bored seeing picture after picture of my kids, but let's face it. They are my kids! Don't have much else to blog about- I love em!


So here's to a new year and a better blog!


Carving Pumpkins for Halloween. She was quite grossed out by the yellow goo. But you can tell she's definitly my kid in this picture!



Brooke said we should name the pumpkin Braden,
so we gave him one little tooth since Braden only had 1 at the time!



My Dbacks players on Halloween



Dasha and I as the "swine flu"



My crazy dad dressed up with the kids
at his school for the halloween parade.



A little too much turkey for this guy.
He didn't even make it to dessert!



Everyone in my life should know that if they make a
funny face at me while I'm taking pictures...
they WILL end up on my blog! You've been warned.
Valerie and Daniel



With Grandpa on his Bday



Daniel and Brice B.S.ing



For Thanksgiving we had so much fun reuniting
with old friends from back in the day!



Child Labor



You know you're old when it takes 4 people to light your candles! Haha...Brice and my dad on their birthdays-this wasn't even half the candles! lol!



Takin a lunch break with Dad at work.



Dad's future crew!



Another lunch break!





My sexy hard workin man!



At the city's big Christmas tree



They were much more willing to sit on Mrs. Claus' lap than Jolly Old St. Nick's!



The kids watcing their video message from Santa! It was pretty SWEET!



She gets mad when people call her a good mommy saying, "I'm not her mom! I'm her big sister! I can't be her mom cuz I'm not married in the temple yet!"  (She came up with that one herself)



Can I just get ONE good picture in your new hoodies?!
Take 1:



Take 2:



Take 3:



Take 4:



This will have to do!



The kids up on the roof of my dad's storage unit.
He's tearing the old one down in order to build a new shiny one!



Grandma Lunt made the cutest bags for the kids' scriptures!
She also made me an amazing bag.





The kids opening some gifts from the Lunt side of the family.



Our Bro-in-law Joseph (also Jarom's buddy from HS)
made all of Jarom's wrestling/football
VHS recordings from HS onto DVD for him.
That's a pretty awesome gift!



Braden is absolutely IN LOVE with Ariel!
Sonya and Joseph got him the movie for Christmas.
 In this moment he's yelling, "ARIEL!! ARIEL!!"



SWISH! Daddy making a basket in the kids new Bball hoop!





Raaar



Woop Woop! Me opening my new 20 guage Shotgun!
Didn't even ask for it, but Jarom remembered the one I wanted from when we were at Sportsman's Warehouse months ago! Good Job babe!
And...I've been asked by his mom if it's a joke-
like he got it for me but it's really for him.
One word...NOPE!
We've already been out and I did dang good hitting the clay pigeons!
This is so my gift-it's just me I guess. Not the usual wife gift-
but I'm not a usual wife :)



Rock'n out!
 


 Jarom made it through opening presents then was OUT!
Did I mention we were up at 4:30am?!?!
Brooke was so excited. I stayed in bed with them on Christmas eve so they wouldn't wander int othe living room and I opened my eyes, getting ready to check on the kids and saw Brooke sitting up in bed. As soon as she saw my eyes open she said, "Mom! It's morningtime!" Needless to say, I haven't caught up on sleep yet! But it was fun and I was just as excited too.



 He fell asleep as soon as we got to my
mom's for presents and breakfast!!
Did I mention we woke up at 4:30 am?!



The kids helping Grandpa Webb open his gift.



Grandma got us a subscription to the Friend!



 My mom and dad pretending to uncover
their present and act suprised!
They got this TV a few months before.



 Brice thought he was done with his presents
then my mom brought out one last one...
an Ipod touch! Woot Woot!



DanVal opening their gifts.



 My FAVORITE part of Christmas morning!
Yummy Breakfast on the china plates with the FANCY syrup!
It just tastes better on china and with fancy syrup!



Coolio sportin his new leaf blower/sucker thingy.
 


Grandma Sherry
 


Love her!
 


Braden didn't ask for this for Christmas!
OUCH!
He fell from the kitchen chair to the tile-
his head breaking the fall   : (
 


MoViEsTaR!





Can you believe Brooke took this picture?!
 So cute. I love my Grandparents Webb!
It was so fun having them here for Christmas!
LOVE THEM!





Grandma Wanda with the kids.
If you notice from this picture to the
next Braden's hair is CHOPPED!



Roger and his family came down for his son Brendon's baptism.
It was so great to see them all and to meet Roger B!



Here's the stud-Brendon!





Grandma Wanda suprised the kids with Dilly Bars yesterday! Yum Yum!







I'm making these pictures for each of our Primary kids this year on their birthday. It's a little work, but will be worth it.
It will mean so much more than a bag of candy!



PHEW! If you made it through all that...good job!
I'm excited to begin a new year with a new outlook, new calling, new motivations, a new temple that will be dedicated in 4 months...
This year will be a good year!



Sunday, December 20, 2009

My first time...

Shooting a wedding at the temple that is :)
I had so much fun taking pictures for my friend Monica and her hubby David. They are definitly in LOVE and so happy! There are many more pictures to come!
Click here to see what I've got so far.


Saturday, October 31, 2009

Life is good

Here are a few pictures of my big little brother Brice. Can't believe he's a junior already! He is such a stud :)


Braden, Brice, Dayton, and Brooke after the game.



Solo tackle!! Woot Woot!

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I can't believe how quick the kids are developing and growing.
Brooke is way beyond her 2 years. Her favorite thing to do is sing. The other day she came to me after
our friend left and said she wrote a song about her. She proceeded to sing this friend's name, over and over, in a cute tone. She likes to write songs for people...and usually just repeats their name, but it is so cute!
She is also very feisty. I hear "me" in her all the time-which isn't always good :)
She also drew her first smiley face with eyes and all and a rainbow.
Love that little kid!

Braden has changed so much in the last week or two! He can repeat almost anything now and has a pretty big vocabulary. He is also starting to entertain people now instead of just playing by himself. He tries to get people to laugh constantly. He is also the friendliest kid around. I have had a number of people stop me in the store to say he made their day because he waved at them, said hello, blew a kiss, or something like that.

It is nice that they play together now. Most of the time, if there is any screaming or yelling it is Braden picking on Brooke!

Here are a few pictures from the last 2 months...

Trying on Dad's shoes


Watching the hot air balloons


Picking on big sister


Teamwork


Monday, October 19, 2009

Family Pics

Yesterday we headed up to Mt Graham to attempt a family picture. I wondered how I could take a picture of the family without having to use self timer! So I got the camera all set up on a tripod then our wonderful cousin Amy started snapping away! Thanks to my mom for snapping the shot of my little family too :)









Sunday, October 4, 2009

movin up

I finally got a photography site put together!
It's still a little "in the works" but now I have something to show
when people ask to see my photos...
You can click HERE to see it...enjoy!  :)