record: 104

Sometimes Sundays can feel so long...

I know!  Call me a sinner for saying such words!!

This past Sunday {yesterday} Logan and I were feeling like bums and that we needed to "spice" things up a little, BUT not too much!  :) 

So we made up a game... 

Butt Ball! 

Ok that sounds so inappropriate!  

AND I am sure we are not the first ones to do this... OR maybe we are... ??

So we sat on the floor about 8 feet apart

our goal: see how many times we can hit the ball to each other without it touching the ground -  

{goal:100} 

You know we  really are only 5 year olds!  Our bodies have just aged very poorly... but shh! 

Ok... so we started the game.  I have to admit this was harder than I thought it was going to be!  It took us probably a good solid 30 minutes of trying and me goofing off of course before we actually REACHED OUR GOAL... BUT  we exceeded our goal and made it to 104!!  

HOORAY!!

Here are the rules in case anyone might want to try this intense game of BUTT BALL! 

1- sit on the ground at least 8 feet apart, but I wouldn't go further than 10 ft people sheesh you dare devils

2-  YOU MUST stay on your butt - you can reach, go back and forward, but the BUTT must stay planted

3- the ball has to stay in the air... if it touches the floor back to #1

4- You can play the ball off of furniture as long as it hasn't touched the floor

5- no double hits

6-  be insanely goofy and laugh a LOT!  I normally don't get all goofy until past 8:30 BUT I was extremely exhausted from the weekend so my goofiness came on a bit early SO I have made this a rule!  muahahaha!

7 - HAVE FUN!

I know most of you are probably too mature to try this game... 

but if you DO please let me know how it goes!

 

heart attack...

So... 

Logan and I aren't very BIG into Valentines

We usually don't go to dinner... we tried this a couple times when we were first married and to me it's just not worth the crowd and the crappy service...

We never buy each other anything..  I usually pick up a bag of chocolate kisses and call it good!

AND I don't expect flowers from Logan 

{i know... we are so lamo}

BUT...

THIS YEAR...

I decided to SURPRISE Mr. Logan..

Muahhahahahahaha!

HAHAHA!

I am so funny sometimes... this totally threw him off!  

I was so nervous that he was going to wake up... YES I went out into the cold at 5:45 AM!   

YOWZA that's early!!  

I had a blast cutting out all of my amazing hearts ... oh... and the card I got Logan was hilarious...

Must be age appropriate to keep reading... :)

eh hem... it said...

YOU

+

ME

+

NAKED

+

CHOCOLATE SAUCE

= 

THE PERFECT VALENTINES!

Then I of course had to spice it up even more on the inside... All I am gonna say is that it might or might not have included "Clive" & "Julianna" 

{Anyone watch Modern Family??}  

Ha.HA.Ha!

I am so glad I got to spend the day with my 2 favorite Valentines!  

spring dreamin'

I dunno what it is...

spring fever or just pregnant and going crazy...

I have this urge... 

to clean every single thing in my home

to wash the ceilings - wth?

to organize then re-organize everything in the home

to redecorate - with what budget?

to sew ... an apron, curtains, pillow covers...

to take photos - but I broke my lens... so I have a couple more weeks of suffering {sigh}

to get the babies room and Larkyn's room all ready to go...

to do crafts with Larkyn - is she too young for glue sticks and glitter? 

to go for a walk outside... but of course its still cold and YES we are all still sick.

to make home made bread {my mother -in-law makes the best home made bread ever and I don't have the special touch... grrrr}

to totally pig out on strawberries and fresh melons 

to go swimming even with my enormous belly

My list of spring dreamin' could go on forever... literally!  My hub is in warm Arizona {about 70} and I am stuck here just dreamin' of that day. 

opinions please...

So I found this fabric online {see pic below} I really want to make curtains for my windows in my front room and kitchen... but I suck at decorating and I can't ever get myself to actually do something because I fear that it will be another disaster {like the dreaded green wall} 

So I want to make curtains... not the traditional curtains.  Excuse my pregnant & sick brain right now ... I can't think of what they are called but I want to make a single long panel for each window and have it hang high on one side... then do a swoopty do thing over the curtain rod... to end hanging to the floor on the opposite side.  This material is just cotton {i wonder if they do samples} but do you think its too busy to do for curtains?  This is where my serious lack in judgment comes in.  I would probably make a couple small pillows to tie it into the rest of the house...

what do ya think?  

she is beautiful...

 

Meet Logan's sister Des!  I took these maternity pics of her FOREVER ago... and of course since I have little motivation in me I just barely got them edited and handed over to her.  I am such a slacker!  

Des is due to have her baby this Tuesday and if she doesn't go by Friday her Doc is gonna induce her!  So the selfish side of me really really hopes that she doesn't have baby Azlynn before Friday only because: 

1 - Larkyn and I are both sick with horrible colds 

&

2- Logan will be in Arizona until Thursday night

 (I know I know... I normally wouldn't wish such misery upon someone... but given the circumstances I'm gonna!  muahahaha!!)

Des is probably one of my closest friends.  She is also one of Larkyn's most favorite people.  After Logan and I had Larkyn, Auntie Des made it a point to always come over to our house to visit, check on Larkyn or just play with her.  What little girl doesn't love this?!?  Anytime we have needed a last minute baby sitter Des has always offered... and I mean last minute! It helps that she literally lives right around the corner from me!  I am sure I will be returning this favor soon... and I am sooo looking forward to it!  : )   Des has an amazing eye for detail (I have used this talent many times during photo shoots!), she has a relaxed personality, she is honest with me... this I love, and she is just herself. 

Des - Thank you for being such an awesome friend, sister-in-law, aunt, neighbor.... what else??  LOL.  

Love ya!  Can't wait to meet little sassy pants Azlynn! 

Twin Girls... Whoda Thunk!

 Baby A (above)

 Baby B

 Baby A ... what a little model!

 Check out that hand.. Baby A

 Baby B's leg...

In the upper left corner of the shot (kind of the center of the actual pic) there are Baby A's feet  and a part of Baby B... not sure which part tho.  

So we just had our visit with our maternal fetal medicine Dr's today at IMC in Murray.  We did get to find out the sex... As most of you know by now we are having girls.  I am beginning to think that Logan is really going to have to humble himself before he gets a boy!  :)  He has been being such a smarty pants today and boy o boy did it come back to bite him in the butt.  When will he ever learn?!?  Oh and just for the record 3 different Dr's did confirm that both are girls... HA!!  My regular OB tried to peek yesterday while I was at his appt, but he didn't have a clear enough shot.  We suspected baby A to be a girl, but baby B was still the unknown.  Thank goodness they were able to solve the mystery today!! 

Ok so here is the low down... we are having 2 girls, they are not identical, they both weighed in at 8 oz today and they both are very very active and doing great.  I am not considered such a high risk pregnancy any more since both babies are in their own sacs and they both have their own placenta.  Obviously they will still watch me and I will go see the fetal/maternal docs every 4 weeks to have them measure growth and such.  It was crazy to see how they try and keep track of the different babies!  I was so lost!  We were there for about 2 hours while they checked every little thing... Baby B did keep pushing and kicking its legs into Baby A's area so it was getting a little confusing.... But we figured it out! 

At one point during the ultrasound, even after all 3 confirmed females for both, Logan saw the umbilical cord attached to baby B and said "I think I see a growth!" (sarcastically)  Of course the Dr. smashed his hopes and said "That would be a 5 ft. penis... Dont flatter yourself!"  We All had a good laugh over that.  

 

As far as names go... We have NO clue.  We need to pick a few and then I will do a post about that... and we will see what every one thinks!  It's going to be a battle tho... We can't ever agree on names!  Sooo... wish me luck here!  

i will try to have Logan take a pic of me soon!! 

one more

 

I am seriously on a roll today!  Check out Miss Kelsey another senior rep!  Her eyes are sooo stunning in her pictures!  We shot her session in a more rural setting and it so fit her!  Well at least I thought so!  She is such a fun young girl and has a lot of ambition to go far in life!! 

seniors

Eh... blogger really isn't the best place to showcase pictures, but I thought I would post some anyway!

I am still trying to play catch up from this fall.  I took WAY too much work upon myself for what time I had in me... plus I had no idea the reason behind my exhaustion.  

Meet Brady - C/O 2011.  He is one of my senior reps this year!  Well ... we will see if I am up to taking any sessions on this spring.  After all... we all know I am gonna be huge and probably tired still.  : ).  Anyway... Something about this shoot in black and white... I love it.  Don't get me wrong... I love love love color!  But I am a huge fan of these pics!  

Here's to catching up!  Finally!

for {her}

Ok So I know I am thief for STEALING this picture off of Amy's blog.  But I really really needed a picture... Amy You can Smack me later! 

So have you ever had a friend that you can call your besty??  Well Amy is mine.  She is an amazing woman who has MANY talents!  I have admired her from the first time I saw her and her trendy ways!  We have a fun friendship, many things in common, and its kind of fun to share your birthday with your besty right?!?  Oh and Albert Einstein!  Most people judge Amy right off the bat and that is something that we have in common as well.  Well Amy is probably one of the most easy going, easy to get along with gals and I love that!  I knew I could always just drop in on her and it didn't matter.  She is an amazing mom and she loves my little girl like one of her own.  She is a great wife too!   

Well Amy recently moved from our cute lil' neighborhood.  {tear}  I have been in denial since she called me and said those horrifying words "we had an offer"  Well even then I still thought to myself... "she wont actually move..."  Oh little did I know that she actually would!  {again me being naive}  

 

Well they moved about 2 weeks ago and I have been doing surprisingly well and I thought "HMM that is strange"  

Then the other night I had to drive to the church to run errands and it hit me as I drove past her house... saw all the lights on...  and wow!  I had been avoiding that road apparently... driving to church the other longer way.   I will admit... I sat at the 4-way stop and just stared at the house... I have never EVER been so angry at people moving into our lil' neighborhood!!!  I seriously wanted to sabotage their house!  I almost started to cry.. .I felt so violated!!  {ok maybe the pregnancy has something to do with this... I dunno}  Well finally after creeping some people out I finally drove thru the intersection.  :)

I know that Amy needed to move for a reason, but sometimes it is so hard when you move away from close friends or when they move.  I know they are about to embark on their new adventure in life and it's going to be so great for their little family.  She is definitely one of the best people I know, one of the most loyal friends, and I know I can call her and tell her all my sorrows and she will still be there the next day with open loving arms.  I have learned so much from this amazing woman... she has inspired me to be better!  

 

I hope that all of us will really take the time to be better friends and express our gratitude to the ones we have. 

Love you Amy! 

 

 

2011 where have you been all my life...

2010 was nothing short of an interesting year... A lot actually happened around our home and in our lives and of course I didn't blog about half of it!  Last year started out a little rough for our family but of course we worked through it.  Logan worked a 2nd job for a few months and I have gone back to work part time at Horrocks Engineers.  It is crazy how things unfold differently for everyone, and if we listen to that still small voice we will be guided where we need to go.  Fortunately for us, my part time job has been a huge blessing (tho there have been times I have been tempted to quit) but I feel like I was placed there for a reason... maybe I will share my insights on that on a different post. 

Larkyn turned 1 in May, we went on our first road trip... and surprisingly we didn't have to bust out the baby benadryl - OH dont even judge me... YOU KNOW YOU ALL DO IT!!  We painted our kitchen wall (finally!) and started staining the cabinets... but I dont even want to get started on that subject - SHEESH!  My brother flew in from Florida for a few days, Larkyn was a BYU Cheerleader for Halloween,  It was my busiest year for photography, We moved my mom into her casa, We DID have a Christmas this year and Santa made it to our home of course! And we found out that we will be adding 2 to our family this spring/summer.    I am sure a lot more happened around our home... but you know. 

There were millions of smiles, thousands of hugs, and hudreds of tears... But we survived 2010!  Here are a few pics!  - warning... picture overload!

1st bday party

Larkyn and her lil' cuz

Larkyn and my brother!

My mom, brother and Larkyn - You better believe we went bowling!

Halloween

WHAT - Googly EYES!! 

Logan's sister Des - she is having a baby very soon!! 

playing at the park...

Day at the zoo

YES - she has a temper!

At the same time the best bed head!

She was chubby...

a diva

swimming friends!

And I took this tonight... :)  She is so cute!  Even tho there are days that her temper pushes me over the edge I still love her! 

So what will 2011 bring... 

I honestly feel like this last year I was too focused on me!  This fall I was so busy with photography that I feel like the months of August - November I wasn't even home... and I was missing out on my family.  Don't be mistaken... I loved that I was so busy and I soo appreciate the business, but I feel like I may have over done it.  Well then the news of 2 babies came and I am sure you are all sick of me talking about my babies, but You try being pregnant with 2 and see what else is on your mind.  :)  I feel like I need to be a mother and now is my time.  I don't want to be so stressed when these 2 come and I have 3 kiddos 2 and under.  I want to be at home with my family.  After all...

Home is not a place... its a lifestyle.  

I need to change my lifestyle.  Obviously school has been put on hold.  I have always had dreams of studying fashion and finally when I felt like the time was right... I was wrong.  Not the first time in my life.  I feel like I am almost being slapped in the face - HAYLIE You need to be a MOM ... So in order to get your butt into gear I'm gonna send you 2!  HaHa!  ok not really - but I am a true believer that things really do happen for a reason.   Oh and speaking of things that happen for a reason... I broke my lens to my camera.  I need to call around and get it fixed, but I still dont know how in the world it ended up in the laudry basket.  Well so for now all my shoots are being put on hold... whether or not it was meant to be I dunno... but to be honest... I kind of feel like some weight was lifted off my shoulders... at least for a little while! 

My goals for 2011...

- to be a better wife and mom, to capture those pictures of MY family and to actually document what is going on in our lives...

- to be a better friend... I know this was on my list last year but I still have some work to do. 

- to help inspire - I recently received an anonymous letter that I love.  Someone in my neighborhood obviously watches me and had the nicest things to say about me and she even noticed my photography.  I don't get a lot of compliments on my photography, so to me this meant a lot.  I feel like I should help inspire ALL of you women not only with identifying yourselves, but with other aspects in life as well. 

- Since fashion school has been put on hold I have decided to make a study time for me to continue to move forward in this direction.  I will be putting together a little somethin' to help consult women and their fashion struggles.  I figure I can almost assess any single women and identify what colors and shapes she should be wearing... why not put this to some use right.  I know I am not fashion savvy in my own dress, BUT I hope that this will change.  I see so many women who wear the wrong articles of clothing for their bodies and I always want to say something - not rude, but words of encouragement. 

- I want to be brave and learn to stand up for myself

- Along with that top one I want to be more honest... I am not a crazy liar, I just have a hard time being upfront with people and expressing my true feelings.  I want to be ME!

- I want to be healthy  - NOT SKINNY BUT HEALTHY ( there is a difference ) I hate it when I hear women talk about being a size 0 and how much/ or how little they weigh!  This past year was hard for me with my weight, but then I realized that I am happy the way I am and I just need to have healthier habits.  I dont want to weigh 100 pounds, or to look sickly skinny or unproportioned.  I hope that ALL women can realize there is more to life than exercising and eating less than my 18 month old. 

- I want to seek out better friends - It really is amazing what brings out true colors in people.  Logan and I have lost some of our closest friends this last year and I still don't know why... but I figure I need to surround myself with positive people. 

- Host at least 2 parties - I know this seems silly but I LOVE to host parties and to have good wholesome partyin' going on in my home. 

- I want to break some color rules- What you say- My mom is always ragging on my color choices for my home, but I love bright, vibrant, crisp colors and that is what I want to surround myself in So this year since my focus is more on home... I want to focus on making our home our home finally and being my true self.  Look out world! 

Yowza!  This ended up being way long!  Here is to 2011!  I know it's going to be a great year for my family and I hope it is for yours as well! 

here's the proof...

Logan and I are known for playing pranks on the family - I tend to pick on mine a little more!  : ) 

So of course when we called to tell everyone our exciting news about the "dynamic duo" that is on its way NO ONE BELIEVED US! 

Go Figure! 

Here's the proof!  No joking this time!

PS - Aren't they cute!