The Elmer Family

Simple...

2011-01-20T10:57:00.000-08:00

I NEED TO BLOG AGAIN!!!

I have just felt that I don't have time....always my excuse.

and I thought, nope.

not going to make excuses anymore.

just keep it simple.

AHA....wow, what a concept (hehehe)

sometimes what seems to be soooo simple at one time, becomes soooo complicated if we let it.

So, here I am simplifying my blogging.

I'm not talking about anything of importance really....just throwing up some good old pictures.

Here is our little cherub...Beckett.

He was checking out the cows in the field behind our home.

All Work....AND play?!

2010-09-22T14:18:00.000-07:00

Wow....this feels soooo good to blog again!

I won't apologize for the lack of it either....

because I have been so busy having fun with my kiddos as they start school! Just getting two kids off to school everyday is a job in itself...

My mornings lately start waaaaaay too early to mention with a good run or workout.

Get home, wake up Kammy

Bathe Kammy

Dress her, feed her, clear out back pack (woops...shoulda done the night before)

do the homework intended for night before, fix the curls...thank you Dad and Grandma Diane (I have NO CLUE what I'm doing with them)

Grab shoes, grab keys, sunglasses so I don't frighten other parents

Grab Kammy and of course Jameson comes along for the ride!

Once I drop her off, I repeat the above with Jameson.

Speaking of which, the entire purpose of this post is to show off some pictures from his very first day of any school... preschool!!!

This is him acting like a monkey???

....stretching maybe???

????

Awwwwwwww.

J with his teacher Mrs. Wright

After his first day of school....munching on a yummy cookie he brought home :)

You can see Beckett cramming down the teeny tiny piece that was shared with him

And of course a few with big sister Kammy....who also got a piece.

We taught him well ;)

I know...I know...one last pic....apparently very painful for some (Jameson).

Hopefully not for you.

Lets hope I can do this weekly.....fingers crossed!!

Just a little something

2010-06-09T11:26:00.000-07:00

ahhh, where does the time go?

Time sure doesn't stop and lately we haven't either =)

The kids are getting big!

Jameson just turned 3!!

He starts preschool this fall, he is SOOO excited. He loves to cry at least 5-6 times a day...oooh and he LOVES a good old fashioned sprawl on our floor immediately following ;) But seriously, he's hilarious...that boy makes the funniest faces and comments.

Kammy starts Kindergarten and asks quite often how many more days until then. Once you tell her that, she insists upon a breakdown of just how long that is...you see where this goes. She is STILL a great help around here, some days she takes over completely haha!

Beckett is 100% Daddy's boy, he tolerates me when he's not around ;)

He loves his fruit snacks and attempts to say all kinds of stuff lately...JJ, hello, nana, mama, dada (of course his fave)

He loves yo gabba gabba, dancing, climbing on Guinness, and opening every single drawer/cupboard and pulling any and all things breakable out of them.

I shot (covered sounds a little better ;) a wedding downtown this passed weekend. We all went to scope the grounds and I snapped some pictures of the kids. I love this door!

J of course felt that a trip downtown cannot go without one of his meltdowns

Turned out he just needed to use the restroom :)Hence the pic below

And this is what Brad experiences just about every moment he is home

Jealous???

thanks for checking in on my poor neglected blog :)

Who doesn't love cheese??!!!

2010-04-22T15:10:00.000-07:00

...I know I do!

especially when it comes from these guys

2010-04-09T11:11:00.000-07:00

I had to get a couple shots of Kammy in her leggings/shorts. It is funny to me how I will see certain trends on adults...think it is maybe not so cute....er, maybe, I am just jealous because I feel like I can't pull it off :) (remember san fran Megan? hehe)

But then I put it on Kammy and I think it's the cutest thing ever!

2010-04-08T23:39:00.000-07:00

She is that beautiful =)

Another Birthday!

2010-03-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

(for those who are the sentimental type...feel free to check out just a couple images...a snippet of our lives)

Happy Birthday Bradley!

You know I love you, thanks for giving me three of the most beautiful babies, and thanks for being the most funny, adorable, loving man that I plan to grow old with :)

Love,

Kate xoxo

(please excuse my ghetto video making skills)

Baby Boy...Now a Man...almostish

2010-03-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

In my mind, I was going to make this big huge post with all the gazillion pics I took of Beckett and the kids today.

It's 11:39pm

Soooo...I picked three images that I hope will somewhat satisfy

...for now :)

Happy Birthday Beckett!

You are one of the cutest little blonde haired chubs I know!

Love Mom.

2010-02-25T15:48:00.000-08:00

i feel like these pictures are so telling of what my children are like I just had to share.

I just can't get enough =)

P.S. Beckett turns ONE next month!!!

Two posts in one week! (does that last one count?)

2009-11-08T23:10:00.001-08:00

Disneyland...I Love You.

I love your ability to make me smile

laugh even...

I love the way you smell,

Oh, and the songs you sing to me.

I love the way you light up.

I love the way I feel when I am in your presence.

Yes, you are THAT good.

Most of you know, we went to the happiest place on earth!

I am feeling "un-funny" (pretty sure that's not a word)

and tired, and so....I'm not sure what my commentary will consist of for this post...we'll see

We got to our hotel, unpacked, and got the kiddos dressed up for the California Adventure trick-or-treat that evening.

Here is Alice in Wonderland, Mickey Mouse, and Spiderman

Love how they all looked...too cute!

Beckett refused to wear the hat longer than it took to take the first pic

Outside our hotel, on our way....

So CUTE

Love them.

Kammy had to take a pic of us :)

We're not in focus...which completely represents the way kids see us anyway :)

Love this shot, but look closely, see where I put the green arrow...

that's where the water once was. weird huh? they are re-doing all kinds of stuff in Cal Advent.

Kammy started her obsession with the peace sign for pics lately...NO idea where that came from!

BUT, I love it, how cute is that? haha!

After a looong super fun first night.

Wearing matching jammies.

Basically, after this pic, some stuff really hit the fan!

I'm pretty sure you all know Jameson woke up at 3a.m. unable to breathe.

Long story really short...

Brad took him to the ER.

he had H1N1 (they don't test for it specifically anymore, but that is what they diagnosed him with)

It was scary, but, after a steroid shot to butt, and a breathing treatment he was Much Much Much better!

Of course that put a kink in our DL trip...but, we made the best of it!

This was during my turn with Kammy and Beckett at the park

(we had shifts, Brad with J at hotel, then me with him)

Cutest sleeper ever!

We actually had a lot of fun! I hope we didn't spread the H1N1 to too many people on that first night ha ha!

I shouldn't laugh...sorry :) hahahahahaha

I didn't get a lot of pics after the first night, not sure why....Pushing a stroller, parking the stroller, holding kammy's hand with Beckett on my hip...hand sanitizer...pump for me, pump for kammy, pump for Beckett, on ride we go. Off ride, sanitize all three again...check! Find stroller... pull out camera (yeah right)

I hope to get some pics up of Halloween before Christmas.

WANNA SEE??

2009-11-05T19:46:00.000-08:00

My sister's twins??

click here.

Green is the new pink!

2009-09-28T15:28:00.000-07:00

My mom and I gave my sister (she was having twins, boy and girl) a baby shower about three weeks ago. We went all green! Eco-chic! So much fun.

We were amazed at how much stuff is "green" now!

The plates and cups were Bare by Solo

(click the green underlined part for link)

We had all natural soy candles and incense for prizes.

This beautiful cake made by Jami was soooo yummy!

Carrot cake.

beautiful don't ya think?

We decorated the tables with fresh flowers in mason jars.

Mint leaves, then blueberries (for the "boy" Bodhi) and raspberries (for the "girl" Lola)

filled mini mason jars. Pink and blue raffia to complete the jar...

...served as decoration, then doubled as the take home favor :)

We tried to stick to fresh foods such as fruit, spinach dip, asparagus, meat and cheese, and some natural sun chips :)

Luv these coasters...

Here she is in all her twin glory!

I had so much fun researching different ways to go about this baby shower. I came across quite a few cool organic, eco-friendly, or all natural products. One that I am in love with is these diapers:

(the diaper images are courtesy of the gdiaper website)

Aren't these the cutest??

They are cloth diapers for those who are not sure if they can fully handle cloth 100% of the time. And they are all natural and environmentally friendly :) NOt to mention the cute factor...seriously those ruffles?!! LUV THEM!

Check them out here.

I am considering them for Beckett...we'll see. Let you know if I do.

Oh! I can't forget this....

Lola on the left, Bodhi on the right.

They are beautiful! I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to be in the room during the c-section to capture some awesome images for my sister.

Thanks Leslie... I love you!

2009-09-21T16:45:00.000-07:00

For those who have facebook and have seen my many posts about this...

I'm sorry.

For those who don't, this may be new to you.

I have been struggling with some skin issues on my face for not quite two months now. I hadn't changed anything in products nor in my diet. It started out by feeling like my upper lip was burnt...or like I needed some chap-stick asap! Then I started noticing dark circles under my eyes. I of course being the female I am started freaking out and pointing it out to Brad EVERY morning. It went something like this:

Me: "oh my gosh Babe...look at me! I have dark circles! What? Me? OMG, I need more sleep. It must be from lack of sleep from Beckett wanting to nurse and just the exhaustion of having three now right???????"

Him: "oh, bummer...I don't know" back to t.v. or phone.

Me: "Do you see it??? I can see it, that's bad, oh man this is weird"

It sounded like that for quite a few mornings. Then one day I was headed over to my friend Megan's house and I felt my eyes burning and my forehead was itching and again my lip burning... Huh, weird.

Well that all progressed into full on flare ups. Every week to two weeks I go through a cycle, I can feel it coming on because of said symptoms above, then my eyes, forehead, and lip get super red, itchy, weepy, and dry, scab up, flake away...repeat cycle.

I don't mean to sound vein, but I am a girl and when it comes to my face...well, I am. This has affected me a lot. I don't feel like people realize just how much and that is ok, this is definitely not for pity :) I will not go into the depths of my emotions...I will spare you all that drama I'm sure you have enough of that yourselves ;)

I started googling my symptoms...pretty depressing. Seems that hundreds, probably thousands have these symptoms and have yet to find a cure. This is literally driving people crazy. People have done everything trying to figure it out...replaced everything, switched this to that, got rid of their mattress (wowza!) seen allergists only to have their allergy tests come back negative, have doc after derm, after doc after derm prescribe oodles of medicines and creams only to mask the symptoms and not solve them.

So what do I do???

Facebook it of course.

I have received some really awesome tips from friends on facebook and here is what I have tried:

no makeup...yikes

switched laundry soap to method free and clear

use castile Dr. Bronner's soap

only Vaseline on face during episodes...no other lotions or moisturizers

cleaned makeup brushes

new eye makeup

organic produce

and the latest is probiotics...highly recommend these...seems to really be helping out with the eczema on my hands!

So this weekend I had the worst outbreak yet...started on friday... peeked on sunday, still around today so I hopped out of shower, smothered on Vaseline...no makeup, threw on sunglasses and went to the dermatologist hoping...PRAYING that SOMEONE could look at me while I still looked like a monster.

My prayers were answered. Someone had just called to cancel and I got in right away!

Here is my diagnosis:

Perioral Dermatitis

Hmmmm...Interesting, considering the main issue is my eyes AND forehead AND upper lip...nothing around my mouth. BUT, I am desperate to try anything at this point and she swore up and down that is what I have. She prescribed Tetracycline antibiotic for a month and said I can know longer nurse... I was not ready for that. She said there is other less aggressive treatments that may or may not work so I could continue to nurse, but, I am on the brink of a break down with my self image at this point. I held myself together, grabbed the white slip from her, put my shades on and left. and cried.

I was not expecting to be so emotional over not being able to nurse anymore, Beckett is six months now and we had a good run while it lasted. I am VERY grateful for lasting that long and feel good about that, but I guess I wanted to give up nursing on my own terms and not so abruptly. I will take a week or so before I start the meds to indulge in a few more nurse/snuggle sessions and then call it quits. I just feel like he may be our last and I am not ready to nurse for the last time...sounds silly to some, but hard for me.

Anyways, I will keep you all posted on whether this works or not, I am EXTREMELY skeptical, but trying to keep a positive mood/energy. Thanks to all for your love and support and listening to me complain on and on about this :)

2009-09-19T22:29:00.000-07:00

6 months and one day ago...

...we had another baby.

And I am so glad we did!

Beckett is my little chub.

He smiles non-stop, whether or not you do.

there is no need to work it out, he just offers his smiles to anyone he meets.

He and his thumb are make-out buddies.

Wears a size 3 diaper

weighs about 20 lbs...doc appoint on tuesday so I'll let you know exact after that.

He loves to travel! He takes round trips all around our family room...bum legs in tow (not quite the official crawl).

He gets up on all fours...rocks...and squeals. way cute!

Lucy and Budha have to get in line for a turn with their own dog toys.

can't believe it has been 6 months of knowing this beautiful little hunk full of smiles, squeals, drool, poo, some dog hair and an occasional veggie puff. We love him!!

Melt my heart...

2009-09-09T23:03:00.000-07:00

This is Khloie.

My niece.

She is the newest little addition to my side of the family.

The day after she was born the Doc informed my brother and his wife that she is albino.

I say she is perfect :)

I can't wait to meet her, she is absolutely precious and beautiful and I LOVE her head full of white hair!

(pics courtesy of April's stepmom :)

I knew it was time!!! UGHHHH!

2009-09-08T16:52:00.000-07:00

Remember this?? CLICK ME

Yup, it was time....time for the quarterly poo.

Strike 3,456,789 for ya Guinness.

xoxo

Love Mom.

(at least it was on the wood floor this time :)

2009-08-16T09:03:00.000-07:00

Not much to be said about this pic...

(taken during Jameson's birthday party that I have yet to blog about)

just thought you might want a laugh.

I laughed out loud when I saw this one...

...then I saw chad's hand in dave's pocket

haha!

Bang Bang

2009-08-15T00:28:00.000-07:00

OOOOOOOOH YEEEEAAAAAAAH!

She got the ears some rings!

Kammy and Jameson checking out all the earrings

She is SOOOO excited here!

Not sure about that thing in his hand...

(Which is tiny now by the way)

BUT,

still excited!

...Not so much here!

I had to put the camera down and hold her for ear #2

(there was only one person working of course)

So she is definitely NOT excited here

But Cute.

Showing off the Pearl

Just because.

Remember we had a third child???

Here is proof that he does exist...he has been MIA from this blog

but here he is about to enjoy his first bowl of rice cereal

Mmmmm...he could taste it already :p

The first bite.

The last bite.

The bowl.

The audience.

(kammy was busy watching the wizard of oz ;)

2009-07-20T23:36:00.000-07:00

We're Back!!!

San Diego was beyond amazing! We are currently planning our next trip.

And the best part...

I have my computer back, and thanks to my wonderful husband, I have all my settings back as well :) I love you BABE!

So you, and you, and you (you know who you are) will be getting your pictures finally...thanks for being sooo patient and understanding ;)

So of course I have a stack of photos I would love to edit and post but that's just not fair to my clients waiting for their photos...so, soon I will get to do a REAL post with lots of pics and details I promise.

Until then, I will leave you with this one....

Yup, that's my girl in the pink bikini looking "oh so beachy and cute"

...doesn't it look like it could be a post card or something? haha!

See....

Nice and dreamy right?

Absent...

2009-07-09T14:43:00.000-07:00

I apologize for the lack of posting lately. Our main computer that I do all my work from is in the shop :( We've been having problems with it for the last couple weeks, so I plan to be back in action soon. I apologize if you're waiting on pics!!

On Sunday we leave for San Diego!

I am soooo excited I can hardly stand it!

I have never been before so does anyone want to share any

MUST SEE or DO WHILE THERE tips, restuarants, beaches??

I hope to return at least two shades darker...ha!

Also:

meet Georgie

She is a pomeranian who will be 4 in November and needs a good home!

She is not spayed, but she has had all of her shots. My good friends just don't have the time for her anymore so I told them I would do my best to find a good home for her. She is such a cute dog...tiny! Please comment or email me: kelmerphotography@yahoo.com if you are interested or have any other questions.

2009-06-08T14:31:00.000-07:00

We have been so busy lately!

I have managed to take some pics of my kids in between all the

craziness...

speaking of which...

Jameson decided to wear Kammy's tutu.

Notice his TAPOUT shirt and dinosaur jammies.

Kammy and I could not stop laughing

...when we managed to stop laughing at J, we frowed (sp?) Kammy's hair out and took some pics. Luv it.

And of course we will end on a sweet note

When I get a chance I hope to post some pics of Jameson's party...Oh yeah and Beckett

Lucky Me!

2009-05-29T12:27:00.000-07:00

Somebody is potty trained!

Which means, I only had two months of double diaper duty

Hence the title of this post...

LUCKY ME

Apparently he is teething as well...

He loves his NaNa

His big boy Elmo undies

A week ago today...Jameson put on his big boy undies and hasn't looked back!

Can you believe he has only had ONE accident in a week!

He is so amazing, and getting soooo big!

His 2nd birthday is approaching so fast.

Dinner For Two?

2009-05-08T15:17:00.000-07:00

That's right.

we went to dinner

ALONE!

(queue in romantic sigh)

Brad made reservations. I got dressed up, he threw on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt as usual :)

Then we were on our merry way to enjoy some super delish food and good company...each other. This has become more and more unheard of with the addition of a third child so it was kind of bid deal to us.

We went to McCormick & Schmick's.

If you are a seafood fan, I highly recommend this restaurant.

Yum, Yum!

Some seriously good food, probably a new fave of mine!

Can you see the excitement on our faces?

(Thanks to my mom and dad for making this happen :)

WHY???

2009-05-06T10:06:00.000-07:00

...Did we buy a Great Dane?

The baby slept great last night, Brad and I were enjoying our sleep.

...wait, what is that noise??

...Wait, what is that smell??

...."Brad, did Guinness just take a dump in our room? (joking)

...."Yup" he says as he looks over the side of our bed

Ohhhhh man! Seriously?? Why do we have a dane dud?? Guinness had decided his quarterly poo (he does this every few months) would look nice in our room this time.

So he, Guinness, sprayed the bed, my beautiful duvet and bed skirt...cream colored might I add and the only thing I iron these days. Thank gosh Brad sleeps on that side hehe =) Then he carried on all over our carpeting all the way out our bedroom door, in the hall, down the stairs, across the wood floor, across our wool shag rug, across the wood floor again and over to the back door.

Yes, he had the runs, it can never just be a solid pile.

Nope.

That's just not the way he rolls.

One entire roll of toilet paper (all out of paper towels...of course) a handful of subway napkins, 8 rags, and bottle of cleaning solution later...we are left with a bunch of poop stains throughout the house, a washer full of bed linens that I get to iron again, a trip to the dry cleaners with our duvet and a very expensive carpet cleaning appointment for tomorrow at noon.

Happy Morning! Hope yours was better then ours!!

2009-04-30T00:27:00.000-07:00

More of them...

...and some of her

HERE.

Back to Reality

2009-04-27T23:59:00.000-07:00

We went to Utah last Wednesday and I must say I miss it already.

We stayed at a really cool hotel, I guess it's the only historic hotel in Utah. The Peery Hotel.

I LOVED these beds! So elegant.

Brad loved that they were tempur-pedic (sp?)

Jameson being cute in the elevator...one of the only pics I took of him :(

The main reason for the trip was so I could follow this amazingly talented photographer around...Jessica Kettle. In my opinion she is one of the best and I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to learn more about photog. from her! She offers mentor sessions and I highly recommend it.

Here are the highlights of the trip. Good and Bad:

driving out we were pulled over...turns out those aircraft patrols are real! Lesson learned.

Watched Elmo about 8 times... thanks Jameson.

We ate some awesome mexican food.

Did some shopping :) of course. Anthropologie is waaay better in Salt Lake, not fair.

I was hosed (not kidding) with Beckett poo in the mall parking garage

had a blast taking pics with Jessica of a super hot couple and a hot mama (pics to come)

Went to temple square along with 1,000 other people who decided to go and I swear half were brides (next time we will not go on a saturday)

Ate some breakfast at Dennys...hello, it had been a while.

Got pulled over on the way home. Darn those Nevada cops. (not for speeding this time) apparently our reg. is past due...woops!

Ok, so here is a little sneaky of the hot couple...

And thanks to the most awesome hubby for making this all possible! Love you babe!

Can you believe it??!!

2009-04-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

Today...

...This little guy is 1 month old!

I know, I can't believe it either :)

Easter and Disneyland

2009-04-12T14:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter Everyone!

and no....we are not going to Disneyland :(

But, everyone else seems to be.

Someone, please....I beg you...

Take me with you!!!

I want to go to the happiest place on earth...cuz I gotta be honest,

I am going CRAZY with three kids!

It is tough!

Kammy and Beckett

2009-03-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

Just a little peek at some pics I've been taking :)

...Hopefully I'll have some of J with Beckett soon ;)

Finally :)

2009-03-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

Ok, here we are.

just the three of us...a family pic has yet to come, sad I know

but, true.

This is at the hospital after Beckett James was born. He weighed in at 8 lbs 2 oz which is the smallest of our three on March 18th.

We were the only ones shocked to see a tiny baby!

All the nurses talked about him being big, which I guess for being 8 days early, that is big haha!

I would go into detail about how it all went, but I just don't have time :) So, it went really well, it was amazing and my recovery has been a breeze! The end ;)

(WARNING: I look like a greasy intoxicated bum...ahem)

Here are the boys...not the best pic, but I needed to put one up of the two of them.

Here is a surprise that Brad had up his sleeve...it was sooo cute!

Kammy lookin' cute as usual, she is of course a major help around here! I don't know what I would do without her!

His first time with a binky...he's not sure how he feels about it haha!

He is a blondie! We love it, he is so cute! Kammy had brown hair when she was born and Jameson was BALD, so we love Becketts little blonde mullet! It's Joe Dirt style haha

One of my favorite pics of Kammy and Beckett together

And I saved this pic for last because I was not able to put a post up the other day.... the 23rd to be exact. That day was Brad's birthday! So here are the two birthday boys at the hospital.

I love you Brad! Thanks for all you do and for being the man in my life that I get to grow old with.

2009-03-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

I think I'm really starting to like the short curls :)

Thanks everyone for all the sweet comments about Kammy.

It has been fun using all the cutsie clips and stuff. I need some headbands now...

And here is a pic of my sweet hunk just for fun

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!

2009-03-12T13:51:00.001-07:00

Please be patient with me, I am currently trying to figure a few new things out with my boring old blog, so if things keep changing

...that's why :)

A Name

2009-03-11T14:20:00.000-07:00

A name for baby number three...

Thanks everyone for voting on the two names.

As many of you already know, we decided to go with...

Beckett James

(just a lil fyi...it had 64% of the votes)

we are sooo excited to bring him into this world. It seems as though like many of you out there, our lives have been chaos lately and I honestly can't think of a better way to sweeten it up!

I can't wait to meet him and I know the kids are just as excited!

Dun Dun Dun...

2009-03-07T09:04:00.000-08:00

Here is little miss innocent on Valentines Day...enjoying her tulips and teddy that

her daddy sent to her that day. Notice the beautiful LONG curls on her head.

Here is what I saw when she came down the stairs from her nap yesterday. Words cannot explain the devastation that suddenly came over me.... I mean, I have heard of those "other kids" cutting their own hair.

But a full on hair cut!

I mean, all the way around the head???

Layers...

Bangs....

more layers...

all of the back...(other then a rat tail)

I felt the back of her neck thinking......... trying to understand how my baby girl could have done this.

After the many many many many tears I shed....I made it clear never to do that again!

Which was hard because I knew she felt bad enough and she wanted her long hair back but didn't understand that it could not re-attach itself.

And I must say...

This girl has got some hair cuttin' skills! The back was soooo straight!

Then I questioned her as to where her "hair" was.

She told me in her room on the floor...

I know...gasp...ughhhhhhhh, that was a tough one to swallow.

All her beautiful curls on the floor. This was the neat little pile that she left it in.

(why is this underlined?? I can't get it to go away)

Anyways...after the shock set in I took her up to my bathroom and evened it all out. I shaped up her new layers and bangs and here are a few after shots :)

I guess I am just thankful that she did not take the scissors to her scalp or cut herself!

everytime she looks in the mirror she gets a little sad because she says she looks like a boy now...

So I tell her not to ever do it again and that

She is beautiful no matter what her hair looks like!

Who wants to know...

2009-02-20T10:08:00.000-08:00

And the WINNER (S) IS:

Well, here is the scoop...

I am going to do 2.

I wrote everyones name down on paper, cut them into strips and folded each one once

Put them into a tupperware bowl

called my assistant into the room

"Kammy will you do the honors and pull a name from the bowl..."

So she did, but she pulled 2. They were sorta "stuck" together.

I saw the names of both, and since I saw the names I didn't think I could put either one back

or even do a re-match because that just wouldn't be fair.

So I am excited and can't wait to take their pics, I am a little bummed I have to wait so long...but we'll see how things play out after the baby and maybe I can bump it up a bit ;)

ANYWAYS, the winners are:

The Morgans

The Navens

And thanks so much to everyone who shared all their wonderful recipes, websites, and ideas!!! This was a lot of fun!

Tiffani and Kris- Let me know when you see this. We'll be in touch :)

2009-02-20T10:05:00.000-08:00

Hannah...

2009-02-07T13:15:00.000-08:00

I am so loving all these recipes websites and ideas!!! I have seen other giveaways similar to this and never imagined it would be so fun!

Thanks everyone for sharing!

Keep them coming!!

(go to post below to "sign up" for my giveaway!)

BOREDOM AND A GIVEAWAY!!

2009-02-02T14:09:00.000-08:00

READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR GIVEAWAY INFO :)

Ooooooooh man....

the day has come yet again.

February 2nd (the 1st was on a sunday so no work ;)

............

TAX SEASON-which means hubby goes M.I.A. for ten weeks.

i will be fine. just bored.

and lonely.

and stressing over baby stuff since I am due next month.

and maybe a little bored too.

...let me know if you want to play

Also, I feel bad for not blogging in soooo long! I have been seeing so many cute give aways lately and now I am feeling a little generous. Who knows how well this will go, but I figured I would give it a whirl! (hope there is more then 3 comments haha)

Most of you know I am not scheduling anymore pic sessions until April and I am pretty much booked therefore I am not really doing stuff until May. I am feeling bummed about not being able to do any "love-bird" shoots or anything for Valentines Day.

SOOOOOO....

I would love to be able to give something away. I want to give away a "love-bird" shoot! What this will include:

you and your significant other (don't have one? how about a b.f.f.?)

(but max 2 people)

a 30-45 min. shoot at an outdoor location

Your fave top five images on disc

and one 8x10 print

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND

This shoot will have to be scheduled in May! (sorry :) havin' a babe :)

I want this to be a fun session with lots of "spunk" and "love"

so ACCESSORIZE and feel free to "be yourselves" and not just posed!

Now, here is what you do:

Just leave me a comment here on this post! Include something that I or anyone reading could "use" like a favorite recipe or an amazing "deal" or website or favorite restaurant, antique shop, just something...anything! I will leave this up for two weeks and then have one of my kiddos randomly pick a number and vwala!

2009-01-15T23:53:00.001-08:00

I guess Brad and I need to watch it with the movie quotes from now on.

Let me set the scene:

A couple weeks ago Brad was laying on the bed...face in blackberry

Kammy was on our treadmill (we start em' young)

Jameson was watching Kammy on the treadmill (again...we start em' young...)

I was making my way to our dresser

Brad looks up at Kammy just as she notices him watching her she casually says

"watcha lookin' at boob-sweat!??"

Not to mention the other day when she called Brad "Turd Ferguson"...

And all of this came out of this sweet little mouth!

Another fave is when Brad decides to discipline Jameson.

Kammy watches and waits until Brad gets loud or upset with him and then she yells "he is only 18 years old DAD!"

(I always say, "babe, go easy on him, he's only 18 months old")

2009-01-02T21:54:00.000-08:00

So we have seen many of these this winter...

No folks, not ugly people....

UGLY SWEATERS!!!

(love you Dave)

We had some friends come over and enjoyed laughing at one another and playing games while we rang in the New Year. I'm really thinking we should do this more often...we can even switch it up: Ugly shoe party

Ugly pants party

Ugly hat party

you get the point

Enjoy all the pics...it was fun!

Dave and Megan...couldn't keep their hands off (ahem)

2008-12-16T22:18:00.000-08:00

Here are the much asked for belly shots...here I am at 25 weeks.

(photos by my hubby Brad :)

This will probably be the last of preggo posts :) From here on out I just torpedo... haha!

2008-12-11T11:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Kammy!

We love you!

what a blessing you are in our lives!

You are the BEST big sister

You are the BEST singer

Your are the BEST snuggler

You are the BEST little helper

the list goes on...

Some funny things said by Kammy (those who know her know this is definitely a daily thing)

*At dinner the other night (yes, she is a girl and she burps...sorry if you don't like that ;) she let out a nice burp and looked at Brad and I and said "You recognize that!" while jerking her head side to side. What?! haha!

*Yesterday, she said "mom, I can help you clean...cuz that's what friends are for, they help each other out!" Awww

What do you think?

2008-12-11T02:09:00.000-08:00

...the hair of course

I am kind of liking this...

different colors of shirts...PURPLE...ewwww, I hated it before, now I own a purple shirt!

Eye shadow...fun stuff

Red lips! ohhhhh yeah!

And I can wash my hair every other day now (don't ask why...)

it's late I know, just finished my nightly session of editing ;)

2008-12-06T08:29:00.000-08:00

Check out this super cute family!

Click ME.

2008-11-26T21:56:00.000-08:00

The kids are sleeping...

Our tree is up...

Cheese balls are made and chillin' in the fridge...

Our turkey is soaking in a fabulous brine ;)

I'm exhausted and going to bed!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody else feel like this??

2008-11-19T13:17:00.000-08:00

(Photo by my daughter Kammy :)

So this is me....CRAZY! all the way until January, then I have a break for a month...and it's back to

well...see pic again ;)tax season, Oh, and Beckett will arrive!

I have lots of pics to edit, Kammy's party to plan and then host, Thanksgiving, all the Christmas festivities, New Years....AHHHHH I LOVE IT!!!

I love the music, the lights, the FOOD, I love gifts (giving of course;) wearing sweaters, drinking hot chocolate at least every other night, the FOOD, socks, slippers, my kids faces when they see the lights and gifts under the tree, I love decorating, I love picking out my tree and watching it be cut down, I love snuggling with Brad...or Budha ;)I love being with my family and all the family get togethers, I love being able to turn on our fireplace, I love baking all the yummy holiday essential goodies, the FOOD...you get the point! But through it all, I am definitely crazy but in a silly way I guess cuz Tis the Season! Enjoy everyone! I look forward to seeing it all unfold on all of your blogs!!

2008-11-09T21:42:00.000-08:00

My new fave pic:

See it bigger HERE.

IT'S A...........................................

2008-11-06T18:09:00.001-08:00

..........................

.........................

........................

...................................

........................................

..............................

..............BABY!!!!

Nah, jk!!! It's a....................

BOY!!!!!

We are sooo excited! I must be honest everything inside me thought it would be a girl! (and most of you thought so too, 21 for girl and only 8 for boy...I love surprises!!!)Brad thought it was a girl until when we were in Disneyland he had a dream that it was boy and he had green eyes and we named him Dax.

The name we have picked out is Beckett James, we have the "james" thing going on in our little family

(Bradley James, Jameson, and now this one will also have James in there)

Kammy was pretty disappointed she REALLY wanted a baby sister, but she is "ok" now :)

Thanks for playing the guessing game with us!! Here is another: Brad is kind of liking the whole Dax thing, so just out of curiosity I put a poll up to see which name you all prefer :)

(we will probably choose Beckett because we both really like it, but Dax isn't so bad either)

2008-11-06T10:17:00.000-08:00

Today is the big day!

I am soooo excited!

expect a post this evening with the results....

BOY??? or GIRL???

(*don't worry, I will make a few phone calls)

Oh Man...What a weekend!

2008-11-03T13:07:00.000-08:00

It all starts Friday morning (Halloween)...

Jameson wakes up at 8:30 so we give him his morning dose of milk and lay him back down (he was still tired)

Our friend Deveren comes over with his daughter Bailey, super cutie, around 11ish I think. Yes, J is still in bed! So noon comes around and J is still sleeping, I decided to go up and make sure he was still breathing....open door, oooh what's that smell??? I see his tummy go up and down...wwhhheewwww...he's breathing! OK, now back to the smell

Puke

Oh man, so I decided to wake him up and pull him out of his curdled milk jammies and crib and stick him into the tub. BUMMER! How could he be sick?? It's Halloween!!

So we thought maybe it was just the milk, the date was fine on it, but you never know. He spit up a little bit one other time during the day, but nothing else. Towards the evening he seemed fine, he had energy, he was laughing and playing with everyone.

So we go on with our trick-or-treating plans. My parents, aunt and uncle, Les and Teddy, Dev and his two siblings, Bailey, Trisha, Fred, and Hannah (another super cutie) all come over for dinner, some good laughs, and trick-or-treating.

Brad and Fred dressed up EMO!!! HILARIOUS!!! Brad in skinny jeans...you had to be there! Black painted finger nails, eye make-up, the hair, the clothes, the pink skull belt buckle!

Good stuff! Kammy had a blast! She decided to be Cinderella because she was Tinker Bell in Disneyland. Then we came back to the house for a break, and she decided to be Jasmine the second time around. I didn't get very many pics of the kids, but the ones I did are on my other camera and the battery is dead :( Jameson liked it too, he would slowly shyly walk up to the door, get his piece of candy and wave goodbye saying "do do" (thank you)

Saturday morning I went to a friends baby shower. When I got home Brad told me that Jameson had puked again. Of course it was all over our nice shag rug in our family room! We had given him more milk that morning of course, so we only gave him diluted juice after that. Now fast forward to 2am (technically Sunday) Brad and I are on a mouse hunt...literally! We have mice! EEK!!! Pest control came out Halloween morning and set a bunch of sticky traps in our garage and a few under my bathroom sink because they had chewed there way in and pooped all over my stuff while we were in Disneyland! Well, we caught 8 just that day!!! Anyways, I'm getting side-tracked...we were watching t.v. and Brad saw one come in our house through the fireplace! We freaked out (mainly me) and we were frantically searching for it until after 2am!! The only thing that stopped us was Kammy walking down the stairs covered in puke! She was sick! Ughhhhh

I gave her a bath and put her in some clean jammies while Brad pulled all her sheets and stuff off her bed (it was EVERYWHERE) so by the time we all got in bed it was close to 4am! Oh man! Our poor Kammy was puking every five minutes in a giant white bowl in our bed. Then 6am rolls around and I make a mad dash for the toilet...yep, my turn! So me and kammy puked ALL DAY Sunday. Poor Jameson and Brad! I must say though, Brad was awesome! He was so much help! He knows that I am such a baby when it comes to puking and he was with me every time, rubbing my back, holding my hair, getting me water! I love you babe! Thank you!

BUT, we are all feeling much better and crossing our fingers that Brad won't get it now!

2008-10-31T01:21:00.000-07:00

We're back!

Just Because...

2008-10-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

...She's cute!!!

And we can't wait to go to Disneyland!!!

IN THREE DAYS WE WILL BE THERE!

2008-10-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Jameson got a haircut!

He is almost 17 months old and this was his first!
So we kissed his "fuzz" goodbye...

He was soooo good, he sat on Brad the whole time and didn't budge!

TA-DA!!!

I realize I didn't get one of the freakin' back, but it looks like the sides...nice and short.

It's cute though because even though it's short, it still waves! Thanks to their daddy both the kids were blessed with curls ;)

2008-10-18T21:58:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys...

Go to the right side of our page and vote on what you think the little peanut in my tummy is going to be! We have an ultrasound November 6th!

Ready, Go!

2008-10-14T16:12:00.000-07:00

I saw this here and thought it was neat.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are
4
people with my name in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Guess I'm the klepto now huh Laura :)

2008-09-26T21:38:00.000-07:00

Watching Oprah really has my heart in pieces lately.
Have any of you seen the Oprah puppy mill shows?

It just reminds me of how precious these little guys are:

How could you not love a face like that?!

Or that

With baby number three on the way we are also considering adopting puppy #3!!
Are we crazy!??
(stupid question...YES DUH)
but with so many dogs out there in need of homes, we can't justify NOT rescuing one
so we'll see...

Here is Guinness bringing sexy back...

Now he's loving the camera

And Budha was giving me attitude!

I love our dogs! They truly are a part of our family!

Heck...I get more snuggle time with Budha than I do with Brad ;)

*If anybody has been thinking of getting a dog/puppy and could give it a good home,
check out the rescue and spca websites!

2008-09-17T09:33:00.000-07:00

Here we are in ghetto-ville a few weeks ago. We went to meet up with tons of people we went to high school with at a sushi restaurant...

Can we ask...WHAT IS EVERYONE OBSESSED WITH SUSHI FOR?????

YUCK!
OK, it's not terrible, but please...
we've tried three times and just don't get the point!
Brad thinks it's just the "in" thing to do...but,
Everyone says it's the restaurant you go to that makes all the difference.
so please tell us, we might give it one more shot...

WHERE IS THE BEST SUSHI JOINT???

2008-09-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

Family Holiday Card Mini Sessions

2008-08-24T23:08:00.000-07:00

So my Grammie went back home to Massachusetts yesterday :(

We are going to miss her!

We had lots of fun while she was here. We went and did things that even

Brad and I hadn't done before.

We went to South Lake Tahoe and had lots of fun.

Jameson wasn't too sure of the beach and I don't blame him...

That sand was like walking on sand paper!

Talk about a free pedi...

Check out this awesome restaurant we had dinner at! A bit pricey, but at least it was worth it!

The food was AWESOME...except the chowder

And look at this view

It was located right on top of the water!

And here is Kammy with Grammie

(that was a fun one...tongue twister)

Awwww...sweetness! Jameson munching on some Chee"toes" on the way home
And here are some pics from our Half Moon Bay/ San Fran trip (minus the San Fran pics :)

The beach was of course gorgeous!!!

A little chilly, but hey...

Gotta love this one!

And another pretty place to eat...but the food was not as pretty...

It was OK...

Oh yeah, and can't forget this one...

Yes, Brad put the apostraphe in the wrong spot

But you get the point........

...

...

...

...

...

...

SURPRISE!!!!

We wanted you all to be just as shocked as we were!!!

(this was not planned :)

We figured...#3 we need to spruce it up somehow...

DID IT WORK????

2008-08-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

UPDATED

2008-08-06T00:12:00.000-07:00

OK, OK, Ok, ok...

I KNOW I have been slackin in the post department

And...

I apologize!!!!

But I have my reasons. My Grammie is here all the way from Massachusetts! She is staying with us until Aug. 23rd

The kids LOVE her!

Not to mention I have been busy with some photo shoots

SEE.

And the craziness of our summer continues...Sigghhhh

I will update my personal blog when I can but until then

Keep checking my photo blog for new posts!!

So, I'll leave you with a picture of my sweet Kammy!

Jameson will have his turn next time (hey...Kammy models for me)

2008-07-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

Random Post

Yes, this is EXACTLY what it looks like!

A light in our backyard with bird poop all around it...in a seemingly perfect little circle....

I thought that was so weird!

(Hey...good aim right?)

Four by Four

2008-07-16T23:36:00.001-07:00

Ok, this one was short and fun! But I don't understand the title...why is it "four by four"? Can anyone fill me in? I'm hoping I'm not just having a blonde moment...I can see there is four answers but where does the other four come into play? Oh well...

A) Four places I visit over and over:
1. Target, they have it all...and it's right around the corner!
2. ooooooooHHHH Nordstrom is fun!...but I've been good lately
3. The shower...every single morning!
4. And my car! Go figure

B) Four people who email me (regularly):
1. People selling VIAGRA!!!!!!!!
2. Jenn
3. Kris
4.And now Ashley ;)
thanks guys!!!

C) Four places I like to eat:
1. Costa Vida
2. Crush 29-went there for the first time and it's AMAZINGLY delicious! My new fave!
3. Red Robin always sounds yummy
4. subway

D) Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Disneyland!!! I want to go sooooo bad
2. A beach...DUH
3. Getting a pedicure
4. In my bed with clean sheets freshly made!

E) Four TV shows (movies) I would watch over and over
1. Bachelorette/Bachelor...hurry up already with a new season
2. Desperate Housewives...hurry up already with a new season
3. Comedy movies
4. Any reality show

Four People I'm tagging:
1. Megan
2. Kiara
3. Ashley
4. Brooke and Jenn (is that five if I put it on this line?)

2008-07-09T00:01:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm a few days late, but I thought I would post some pics from our fourth of July.

It consisted of the boys playing with a cute little frog they found...Jameson loved it...

Until it moved!

We swam most of the day with my family, had a VERY competitive game of pool volleyball, did the typical BBQ...

Kammy enjoying a piece of heaven

(Me flashing all the dental work I've had)

Then Jeff and Genna came over for some almost entertaining fireworks! Oh well, it's tradition right?

We had lots of fun!

Hope you did too!

2008-07-04T20:59:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Trisha and Fred!

Hannah Marie Moore

2008-06-26T09:21:00.000-07:00

Exactly 24 years ago a babe was born....

...ME!!!

2008-06-25T22:15:00.000-07:00

He looks sweet and innocent...

(he always does this with his tongue...teething much?!)
...But, he has discovered his climbing ability...

...and now we have our hands full!!!

Anyone else experiencing this with their little one??

2008-06-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

Work it girls!How cute is that!?

Kammy and her two cousins Lexy and Katherine had their first dance recital on June 14th.

"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" was the song Kammy and Katherine danced to. They were too adorable!

So of course I snapped a few shots of them:

Kammy with her cousin Teddy.

Good job girls!!! You did AWESOME!!!

2008-06-20T15:35:00.000-07:00

...as I was saying, life has been busy...

I helped throw a baby shower for Trisha at my house

We all had so much fun.

Everything looked great, tasted good, and games were fresh and fun!

Trisha looked so awesome with her tiny lil baby bump!

Jameson cruised around lookin all cute and stuff...
...then macked on his cousin (they're kissing cousins)
...and now I cannot post anymore pics...what is happening???
UGHHHHHH!
guess I'll be back.

2008-06-20T15:30:00.001-07:00

Cuteness!!!See more here.

Life these days...

2008-06-18T20:13:00.000-07:00

...to say the least is BUSY!!!

This last month absolutely flew by.

Jameson started walking May 29th!

both mom and dad got to see his first steps!

We also had his first birthday party:

And now for some reason I cannot upload anymore pics...

so looks like I will finish at a later date and time!

(this is the story of my life)

2008-06-12T01:28:00.001-07:00

Update here.

Happy Birthday To You...

2008-06-05T23:55:00.000-07:00

Jameson is one!

We love you sooo much J!

NOW, I'm official!

2008-05-28T00:03:00.000-07:00

Check it out!

click here.

Sandals....

2008-05-19T12:41:00.000-07:00

...One of the many things I love about summer

My Unofficial Debut...hehehe

2008-05-14T22:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, Ok, so I know I'm obsessed with my kids...

{not a bad thing}

I have been experimenting with my camera...

What do you think???

And these next two are my personal faves...the subjects are anyways ;)

I would love to hear {any and all} feedback!! Thanks :)

Smore's Anyone?

2008-05-06T23:45:00.000-07:00

Who Loves them a golden crispy marshmallow

& A hunk of chocolate

Sandwiched between two yummy graham crackers???

He makes my Heart Melt...

2008-05-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

We're Back!!!

2008-04-27T21:47:00.000-07:00

......and hotter than ever!!! seriously...it has been hot!
Ok, I know it has been FOREVER since my last post!!

But gosh...aren't we worth the wait?

Brad finished up another busy and successful tax season and we are a family again!

"What have we been doing since April 15th?" you ask.

see below

The day after tax season ended Kammy went on her very first camping trip with Grandma and Grandpa Elmer. She was gone for two nights and boy did she have a blast!

They were right on a lake

(literally right on it...good thing I didn't see the picture of the location or I would have been a nervous wreck the whole time!)

Her favorite part was "throwing rocks into the river/lake"

Sooooo

Night #2 we happily/quickly packed up Jameson and some of his belongings and shipped him off to his Aunt Candice and Uncle Jacks house! (Thanks guys!)

This was his first sleepover!

He did good other then waking up a few times in his strange surroundings.

Sooooo

Brad and I spruced up and went to dinner!

LOOK how excited we were...ADULT conversation

the only interruptions came from our fantastic waitress!...GASP!!

It was a nice two night break, but lets face it...we felt incomplete and actually looked forward to our kiddos safe return!

Something about non-stop jibber jabber, laughs, screams, boogers, zero privacy, constant cleaning, diapers, hugs and kisses was calling our name...
Weird I know, I guess we're just suckers!

But don't get me wrong...we love a break!

Speaking of SUCKERS check out J and his very first one!

AND...Kammy with her third in one sitting!!

So since then we have been busy with errands, shopping, playing, picture taking

and EATING lots of yummy stuff like fudgsicles in 90 degree weather!

And Swimming in our pool!
Jameson doing his Sexy Man Pose again...we can't get him to stop...

It has been wild, hot, crazy, and tons of fun!!!

Looking forward to see what this week has in store for us!

Yes, I have tons more pics so we'll see if I get motivated enough to do another post.... You must check back to see!!

Two Months Shy Of A Year!!!

2008-04-08T21:47:00.000-07:00

Jameson is getting waayyy too big!

I swear, it's the formula!!!
Haha! Jk! (but seriously! ;)

NO, but he is growing up way too fast!

He is clapping now! He lets one hand do all the work!

Kammy loves to help him learn new things!

He also waves...it is sooooo cute to see.

He wears a size 18 months!!! In most clothes!

And for the little ladies....

He gives one heck of a massage!!!

(That's just what we hear)

And of course we find him irresistible!

2008-04-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

Starting tomorrow, there is only 2 more weeks until I have my sanity back! I am soooo excited I cannot handle it anymore!

I woke up this morning "Babe, do you know what day it is?!"

Brad: April Fools

(I pause, oh yeah, it is isn't it)

Me: APRIL FIRST!!

Tax season ends this month!!!

That's all...

Tag Tag-A-Roni!!

2008-03-31T21:53:00.000-07:00

A- Attached or Single?- Sort of attached ;) to Brad
B- Best Friend? - Bradley, and Kammy and I already tell each other "You're my best friend"
C- Cake or Pie?- I'm not a pie fan, so definitely cake!
D-Day of choice?- Fridays are pretty much the best ever...although all the days are blurring together right now
E- Essential item?- Oh man...my makeup bag (and all that's inside hehe)! and lotion!
F- Favorite color?- I love THIS color
G- Gummy bears or worms? I would have to say the worms
H-Hometown?- Hmmm, like where I was born? If so...Minot ND, but I consider Kalispell, MT more of a hometown
I- Indulgence(s)?- mmm so many... Shopping! It doesn't matter what I am shopping for, it can be shoes, clothes, shoes or clothes for Brad or the kids (it doesn't have to be for myself!) decor for the house (I loooove interior decorating...well dreaming of all the fun things I could do if we had endless funds) I LOVE music, so a new song, or a good cd all the way through, music just makes me feel oh so good!
J- January or July? - That's easy for me, JULY! I kinda sorta well, I hate January in a way because it's before the dreaded season
K-Kids?- Kammy (3) Jameson (9months) Budha (pug-4) Guinness (Grate Dane-4)
L- Life is incomplete without?- My family, My husband and kids, My faith
M- Marriage date?- October 24th, 2003-where does time go?
N- Number of siblings?- My sister Leslie, my brother Andrew
O- Oranges or apples?- Ummm, I probably eat apples more often, but I like them both. Apples just seem to taste pretty good year round, and oranges....DON'T
P- Phobias or fears?- SPIDERS!!!! Losing anyone I love
Q- Quotes?- There are so many good ones, but I just don't have many that I can quote, so the one I have on my "myspace" is:

"Some people feel the rain....others just get wet."

Simple I know, but oh so true.
R- Reasons to smile?- (man Cathi, you had good answers, I just wanted to copy and paste the whole thing ;) My kids always make me smile, when Brad makes me feel like I did when we were dating, a feast of CRAB mmmm! A new anything...shirt, jeans, powder, picture, pillow!-what's with the P's???
S-Season? - As much as I may sometimes deny it when it's 115 degrees, I just opened our PG&E bill, I can never seem to apply enough deodorant, and I pray for a thunderstorm to pour upon me

I LOVE SUMMER!!!

T-Tag 5 people?- No pressure, I know these things are going around, but this one had some cute questions on it: Jenn m, Natalie, Heidi, Kris,Ashley,Megan, Catherine, is that five?! :)
U- Unknown fact?-I'm like an open book what can I say....I broke my face while cheerleading in high school (broke my orbital bone...Brad thought the broke my face part sounded better ;) Anyways, one surgery later, and some permanent nerve damage on my left cheek/nostril and you can't even tell! Bet ya didn't know that.
V- Very Favorite store?- I hate to say it because it is not the cheapest but if I once again had endless funds I could literally sleep, eat, shop, then die in.....NORDSTROM! Hey it said "very favorite" not "most practical"
W- Worst Habit?- "endangering the lives of my children on a daily basis while multi-tasking behind the wheel of the car" says Bradley! It's true, I know it's bad, I'm getting better though, I can remember driving a stick shift in high school while talking on the phone, applying makeup and steering with my knee......I know, I know, I'm going to get crap for this one. I'm just being honest...But I am better, now I just occasionally apply some powder or gloss, or am on the phone (not at the same time)
X- X-ray or ultrasound?- random question, ultrasound I guess?
Y-Your favorite food?- I have lots of faves, Crab is probably at the top though (refer to "R" it makes me smile :)
Z- Zodiac?- Cancer baby!!!

Now You all know a few fun facts about ME!

Thanks for tagging me Cathi, that was fun!

(I sure hope Katie E. meant me haha! If not thanks for the idea ;)

OuR eAsTeR in a ....nut...eggshell?

2008-03-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

I know, this is a little late, but it will be fun!

Just Look

I will let the pictures do most of the talking ok?!

Here we are on Easter

But, our Easter festivities started at the mommy and me Egg Hunt the thursday just before

Look at them all checking out their goods! So Cute! Then, on Saturday morning (bright and early) we went with Ashlie, her boys, and Grandma

to their neck of the woods for the Folsom Egg Hunt! Thanks Ashlie, fun times were had!

Kammy and Blake sportin' their baskets

Tory and her girls met us there and all the kiddos had their faces painted!

Jameson looking all tough and so adorable

Check out dem teefs!

And here is what our Easter Morning looked like

We had an Egg Hunt at our house with some friends and family

We went to Chris and Dianes for more eggs to hunt

and more family!

And that was our Action packed weekend!

Happy Birthday to you...

2008-03-21T14:33:00.000-07:00

Easter Sunday just happens to fall on Brads birthday this year so I wanted to post something today since I know I will not be able to do this on his actual birthday. I saw this on Nikki's page (thanks Nikki for the idea) She turned 26 and in honor of those 26 years of life she wrote that number of things that she was thankful for. So, Brad is also turning 26, and I wanted to write 26 things that I'm thankful for and that I love about him!

Brad-I feel like things have been so crazy in our home/lives lately and I just wanted to forget all of that for a moment and remember the things that make you YOU and that make me love you!

Smile-we'll start with the obvious, you have a beautiful smile and I love it!

I love your eyes

Sense of humor-I am sooo grateful for this...laughter IS the best medicine!

I love that you are "my babies' daddy!"

I love that I can look at our kids and see you!

I love watching you play and talk with our babies.

I'm thankful for you introducing the gospel into my life!

I am thankful for your sensitivity

I love to wear your t-shirts to bed

I love that we share the same views on how we want to "raise" our kids

You accept me with allllllll of my flaws ;)

You watch any movie with me...chick flick, musical, drama...and you enjoy it too!

I love that you sneak things into the grocery cart! not to be discovered until we're home and I'm unpacking!

We seem to like and dislike the same foods (other than steak...yuuuk!)

You ARE the kindest person I know!

I love that you are a "perfect gentlemen" - open doors, hold my hand, send me flowers...

I love that you are considerate of my feelings, and of others and their feelings as well.

I am grateful for all your hard work...the time, effort, and hours you put in so that we can be comfortable

I love your hugs at night when we let the dogs out...sooo snuggly and warm!

I hate that I LOVE how no matter how hard we try to go to bed "on time" we never can...because those are the moments we can't get enough of each other and what we have to say...

I am grateful for your ability to listen to all my questions and thoughts...and your advice and perspectives

I love that you get along with my family...we are not perfect, and you do not judge us, you genuinely love us!

I love that you get along with your family...they are not perfect either and again, you love them all!

I love the click that you make with your mouth

I love that we know every little thing about each other...our annoying yet cute habits...

I love "the smile" you know the one...

Happy Birthday Bradley!!!

2008-03-18T21:22:00.000-07:00

We No Longer Feel Like This:

(Long dramatic exhale)...that's my sigh of relief because yes, some finally came! Last week was definitely crazy, and it got a little worse before it got better. Kammy and I both got pink eye! Other then the expense of throwing a couple pairs of contacts away, the $62 prescription, and replacing all my eye make-up (ughhh...not a sigh of relief) I wasn't throwing up! I don't know how I didn't get that flu bug, but I thank my lucky stars and I'll gladly...OK maybe not gladly...but I'll take the pink eye.

So now we are back to normal!!!!

(Is that possible?)

Kammy is once again sick of posing for my endless picture taking...

I gave her an adorable new hair cut!

And she now makes her own bed in the morning!
How cute is that?!

Jameson is now 9 months!
He is as crazy as ever!
OH...he is drinking from one of these now!
(freedom!)

He is climbing up those...

And he is of course cruizin' along anything he can pull himself up onto!

He walks along EVERYTHING!

So there you have it! There is a calm after the storm!

Thanks everyone for all the get well soon wishes! Can't wait to get out and see you all...maybe go to church ;)

it can only get better...RIGHT???!!!

2008-03-11T11:27:00.000-07:00

Well, this past week has been so CRAZY!!! We all know that tis the season...coughing, sneezing, runny nose, body chills, aches, pains, fever, headache, blah blah blah blah!!!

(I just described my husband over the weekend)

Then two nights ago, Jameson gets a fever...

WHAT??

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I am already suffering through tax season, it's like everything was going smooth, then bam! So, Jameson is actually being a great sick baby-I almost like all the snuggling, and just laying there in my arms, I am so terrible to say that!-Anyways, back to the bam! Brad gets this flu bug and trys to continue to work insane hours due to the business he's in, and when he is home, he is not really...passed out on the couch..poor guy! He is doing much better now though. So now Jameson is sick.

Yesterday, around 3:30, I think to myself I WILL SHOWER TODAY! I put my sweet snuggly sick baby down and he decides he is no longer "Mr. Nice Guy" he freaks out, screams, drags his limp body across the cold tile and over to the shower. UGGGGG, fine, I pull him in the shower with me. I get out, get comfy, get him comfy...."OUCH" Kammy rounds the corner...

"Mommy, my ear hurts!"

Oh lovely! So, I call Diane (Brads mom) she meets me at a MedCare. (because the urgent care I went to, apparently closed in January...why didn't they notify me of this...geez) So we get there, and sure enough, she has an ear infection. Ok, go to walgreens to fill the prescription, we are in the drive through. I hear Kammy make some weird burp noise, I look back, she looked a little uncomfortable, I ask if she's ok, she is, ok "sorry" I say to the guy who was in the middle of explaining the doses to me. Then I hear it...the splashes, the chunks (taco salad dinner) I'll leave it at that. Kammy puked all over her seat, herself, and the floor! Oh fabulous! I'm officially legally insane!

I pull over, clean the chunks off of her and give her bag. We make it home..wwwwhhheeewwwww! I then realize that the guy at walgreens gave me one out of two of the prescriptions I needed, by this point I thought of few choice words.........................................in my mind...not out loud, geez people, who do you think I am!!

Luckily my mom and Karen came to the rescue and picked up the other

medicine, and came over to help with getting the kids to bed.

And Brad, I love you honey! cleaned the car!

SO-I had planned on making a really cute post, and little update on our family, because there really were a lot of good things to last week, other than this...it's amazying what can take place in one week...or day! Isn't it??!! So, I will be getting to that post on a later date. HOW WAS YOUR WEEK??

I've Been Tagged!

2008-03-02T15:54:00.000-08:00

So I was tagged by Jenn and Natalie, and they were basically the same thing, so here goes:

What is your husbands full name? Bradley James Elmer

How long have you been married? 4 years 5 months, been together over 7 years!

Who eats more sweets? I totally do! And I chew all my candy, Brad can suck on a starburst for days it seems!

Who said I love you first? Brad did, awwwww!

How old is he? 25, 26 this month

Who is taller? He is thank gosh, I love my heels and wedges!

Who is smarter? Well me of course...nah, he's very intelligent, afterall, he married me!

Who can sing better? Well neither of us can sing good, but we're not american idol rejects either. And he doesn't sing very often (when he does Jameson cries haha.) Whenever we take a road trip I seranade him with mariah carey and jessica simpson though...poor guy :)

Who does the laundry? All me

Who pays the bills? I do.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are looking at the bed from the foot of it, I sleep on the left side. So he does

Who mows the lawn? My big strong handsome man!

Who cooks dinner? Me

Who drives? When we are together he does!

Who is more stubborn?This was a toughy, I asked Brad his opinion and he said "YOU!" so I guess I am haha, but Brad is extremely stubborn also!

Who kissed who first? Well, I would say we kissed each other haha, but I think he went for it first, awww round table pizza will always hold a place in our hearts lol!

Who asked who out? Brad asked me out

Who is more sensitive? I am definitely

Who has more siblings? He does, he has two sisters and two brothers

Who wears the pants? Well, I would say me, but not in the "Ugh, what I say goes" kind of way, he is just really considerate of my thoughts and opinions!

So that's us in a nut shell!

I am now tagging Megan, Heidi, Kris, Catherine...this is hard because I don't know who has already done this, so how about if you are reading this you are TAGGED!!!!! Enjoy!

Ya gotta love big sisters!

2008-03-02T14:57:00.000-08:00

Ok, so we have nick-names for each of the kids, and last night we were tucking Kammy in and talking about how cute it is that she too calls Jameson by his nick-names (Fuzz, J, JJ).

So Brad asked her "what is your brothers name?" and she said "Jameson" so Brad then asked "and what do you call him?" she then said "a sissy!"

Our little "Dismounter...." lol!

2008-03-01T15:48:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I am way too excited about this, but here goes: Jameson is finally able to "dismount" as Brad says. When he is standing holding onto something, he can now get back down to the floor! He slowly reaches down and puts his hand on the floor then sits or goes into crawling position!! We are way excited because before he would just stand holding onto the ottoman (or wherever) for like an hour until he either a.-fell and hit his head or b.-screamed until I grabbed him and picked him up. I mean he's a happy camper standing there forever, but when he's done, he's done, and now he can get down all by himself! (I probably wouldn't have posted something that probably seems so silly to most, but, he seriously loved to pull himself up onto things, and then...Ttttiiiiimmmbberrrrrr...down he'd go! So now I don't have to cause people heart attacks anymore!)

New Floors!!!!

2008-02-25T17:20:00.000-08:00

BEFORE......

AND AFTER.........

We finally got our new wood floors installed! What a long process that was! Ugh!! We've been trying to get this all figured out for months and months. (Our previous floors had a defect, so they were to be replaced, only that batch had the same defect! So we were upgraded to wood for free!) We love it!

Lovin' This wEaThEr!!!!

2008-02-11T21:56:00.000-08:00

We went to the park yesterday and had soooo much fun! The weather was awesome! If only the next few months could be this way, tax season wouldn't be so bad afterall!!! Anyways, we really got some cute pics of the kids too! Kammy took Jameson down the slide for his first time, he seemed to like it! (Oh and by the way, in some of the pics he is totally scrunching his face (nose mainly) this is his signature pose! He ALWAYS does this!

Cousin Playdate!

2008-02-11T21:22:00.000-08:00

Taylor, Alexys, Kammy, and Katherine
Handsome Man!
We thought he was crying to be a pain in the butt like usual,
come to find out, the kids grocery cart had tipped onto him! Poor Guy!
These are the moments that I love!
What cutie pies!

Eight Month Update!

2008-02-07T22:20:00.000-08:00

Jameson is now officially eight months! He is growing sooo fast! The last month has been a blur, and we can't even believe it's February and tax season already :( Well here goes, the additons to Jamesons mad skills haha:

He has five teeth now! (the sixth is starting to come out!)

He can sit on the floor and pull himself up to standing position all by himself!

He walks along things such as our ottoman and couch (holding on of course)

Cries when Brad sings...seriously!! It is so cute, when we figure out how to put videos on here we will post a video of that!!

Who Me??

He is so handsome and such a little honey. His big sister Kammy loves him so much! He really does act like such a boy too, it is so cute. He eats non-stop, huge quantities, and he gets into all of Kammys toys haha! We love him anyways!

"Does this diaper make my butt look big?"

Til We Meet Again...

2008-01-27T21:47:00.000-08:00

What an amazing man! He was the only prophet I (katie) ever knew. We're sure he's happy to be back with his wife Marjorie, but we're sure gonna miss ya Gordo!!

Our little Sunbeam!!

2008-01-20T21:44:00.000-08:00

So Kammy had the opening prayer and scripture in primary today, and she was soooo cute! She did so awesome! We were afraid she would freeze up and not want to do it, so we tried prepping her for it by getting her excited and having her practice her scripture. She got up there with Brad and repeated everything he said loud and clear, we were so proud!! ;)

Kammy the Ballerina!

2008-01-18T12:17:00.000-08:00

Kammy is now a member of Tricks Gym. She takes a ballet/tap class and a gymnastics class. We joined with her cousins Katherine and Lexy. They have so much fun, and they love doing it together! I look forward to watching her as she makes progress. Her first recital is in June, we'll keep ya posted!! Oh, and I'll post some better pics when I take more, she was being a little weirdo, so this was the best I could get haha!