MK challenge- The five senses

It was hard to decide what sense to focus on but as I learn to play the piano I focus on hearing, seeing, feeling, and I love it.  As I was sitting at the piano with my kids yesterday I realized that life wouldn't be the same if you couldn't hear music.  It brings so much joy to my life.  I am not an expert piano player but I am learning slowly.  I can play simple primary songs with my kids and they love it! 

Laysha Maternity

The cutest boys Ever!!!!





















MK challenge- Spring

The Season of Spring is so uplifting!! Definition of spring: to rise, leap, move, act swiftly or suddenly. Everthing comes to life in the spring! It makes us all feel like rising and leaping. I love the spring! Everyong loves the spring! You feel a renewal of life in the spring. The sun stays out longer, flowers are blooming, eggs are hatching, baby calfs are born, and everyone is happy due to the warmer weather! I really had a great time with this challenge. I was going to take a picture of a baby chick but instead when we were flying kites as a family it really made me think of how spring really uplifts all of us and renews our spirits.

MK challenge- Colorful

When I think of colorful I think of my kiddos. They are a magnet for colorful, things... They love gumballs. Mostly for the color but also because they love gum. This post is for my kids!!

Sweet Morgan

I love that Malissa is decorating Morgans room in a cupcake theme!! What a cute idea! Its funny that I took her to a cupcake/cakes/flowers vintage shop to take her pictures! This was one of my favorite photo shoots!!

MOTHER TO BE

I haven't posted anything for awhile and it took me a min to figure it out again. This beautiful mother to be is Due in 3 weeks with a precious baby girl... Morgan. I love that name for a girl! I am so happy for her and her family! Thank you so much for letting me take your pictures!! These are some of my favorites so far.

Taking pictures of these kids reminded me again of how much I love taking pictures. I feel that taking pictures of kids is my comfort field of photography. I love taking pictures of kiddos. These kids were so much fun. They were so involved in the pictures and were so full of energy and life.

Franky is such a darling girl. She looks just like her mom. Beautiful. She can strike a pose ,that's for sure. America's next top model. She was full of tricks and Photogenic too. So many pictures to choose from. It was so hard to narrow it down. Franky and Dallin were so cute together. They are super close in age. They reminded me of my brother and I. We were super close at that age too. I was really entertained with them. haha Dallin was really into the pictures too. He picked out the places for most of his pictures. Every time I turned around he was posing somewhere new. haha. love it. There are so many pictures. It was really hard to decide which ones to show. Dallin was doing hand stands and rolling in the grass. He got a good grass stain on his pants (sorry Amelia) because I was encouraging his acrobatic stunts. Little guy(I don't know how to spell his name. sorry) was super happy for the first 20 minutes then he was completely done. He wasn't having it. Every time Amelia sat him down he would throw himself back. He sure is a cute little guy. I can not believe how long his eye lashes are. Why is it that boys are so lucky and get the best eye lashes?
Beautiful kids... Thank you Amelia!! It was so good to see you!!!
Amelia was one of the first people that I met when I moved to St. George. She was and still is one of my very best friends. We had a lot of fun chasing boys, country line dancing, and dressing up crazy just for fun. She was always such a good example to me and influenced me in so many ways. I converted back to the church when I was 21 years old and she is one of the great influences in my life that helped me in many ways. I couldn't thank her and my old roommates enough for their friendship. Its crazy how we both have families now and we don't see much of each other because we are so busy....but just knowing that she is near is great. I should post some of the pictures of the two of us when we were crazy. lol Thanks again Amelia!!

Moore Family

Thank you Ticee and Scott for asking me to take your family pictures. I really enjoyed seeing you and your hansome boys!! I hope you like the pictures.

cluck, cluck

Facts about chickens:

A chicken is a bird. haha
There are more chickens than people in the world
A hen can live up to 20 years
They have no teeth and swallow their food whole
Chickens are very social
Chickens lay different colored eggs. white brown, green, pink and blue
A chicken's heart beats 280-315 beats a minute
You don't have to have a rooster for a hen to lay eggs
It takes 24-26 hours to lay an eggA chicken takes 21 days to hatch
You don't have to have a big yard to have a couple chickens
You can live in the city and have hens (certain cities don't have ordinances to have them but ours does)
Chickens have got to be the easiest, most forgiving, creature to manage
A hen is called a pullet until it is a year old
Hens start to lay eggs at about six months
A chicken can lay more than 600 eggs in her first two years
Eggshells have a natural outer coating that keeps bacteria out.
Chicken droppings supply many of the nutrition needed for gardens.
Chickens will eat all the bugs in your yard and even trim your grass


After talking to a co-worker about raising chickens he had me convinced that it was a great idea to have chickens even in a small yard. I have always enjoyed fresh eggs from my uncle and from the farmers markets so why not give it a try. It is getting more and more common for people in the city to have chickens. I never thought it was even an option in the city. I went to IFA just to look at information and thinking we could plan for chickens maybe in the spring sometime, (not knowing if I really wanted to or not). I looked on the board at IFA and saw my uncle Kimball advertising chickens for sale. I called him and he told us to come get four. Zac put together a nice pen in the back corner of our yard. The kids love them and have wanted to hold them every minute. It will be a good learning experience and I think it will be fun for the kids to learn and take care of them. I don't really know about cleaning up after them but it will be great to have fertilizer for the garden and for them to eat the bugs because we have plenty. Most of all I can't wait for the eggs. If it doesn't work out I know I can drop them off at Kimballs anytime. Do I have anyone convinced to get chickens?
Oh and did I mention.. Easton named his Ironman and Jaxon named his spiderman. Nice names for hens huh lol

Ive been watching you!

Conversation with my son today.....

Me "I really want you to slow down and not go fast on the bumps."

Son "I want to, its fun to go fast and jump in the air"

Me "I don't want you to get hurt. Please don't go fast over the bumps anymore. "

Son "Dad goes fast and jumps in the air, so I want to go fast and jump in the air too"

Me "Please don't go fast"

Son getting frustrated and rolling his eyes "Mom, I will be okay. I learned my lesson last time I crashed and I won't do it again. I will go fast but I won't crash"

The things our kids learn from watching us. These two boys want to be just like thier dad in everyway.

I look in the mirror and wonder why my hair is turning gray. I am a worry wart!

Two cute kids!

I had a blast taking pictures of these two darling kids! These are the first two pictures that I have edited or I should say "brightened". I didn't do much to the pictures. These kids are so pure and perfect and I am loving how these pictures have turned out so far. I want to post all of them. Thank you Stephanie! I had a blast!!

Quiet challenge

Quiet... Peaceful... very little noise (until the gun is fired). A time to relax. A time to hear your own thoughts and feelings and a chance to glance out at what a beautiful world we live in. I love being out in the outdoors with my husband. I love hiking in quietness and hearing the branches and leaves crunch under my feet. I love to look out and see the wildlife.. I love the quiet nights and seeing the many constellations in the sky like a blanket. What a beautiful place.

Sweetness

I smile when I see this picture! I smile inside and outside! I get all warm and fuzzy inside. You wonder what they are thinking. Our dog (Shirley) is loving the attention. She lets kids climb all over her. We have the best dog in the world and this little girl is so adorable. We have some great friends that went camping with us on the deer hunt. I just adore this little girl. She is the same age as my little Jax. She is so smart and full of life. Thanks to the Davis's for joining us on the hunt. It wouldn't have been the same without them.

Baby Jack

This little boy was the sweetest most beautiful baby. I am so happy for this family. I can't get away from my computer tonight because every picture draws me in because he is so perfect in every way. He was such a good baby. He probably would have let me take pictures all day. He was so content and perfect! Thanks again Laysha and Josh!! I still need to edit your maternity pictures too. Oh how I love photography! I love that I can freeze a momment so loved ones can look back and cherish the memory. I can't wait for the next session. Who's next?

So beatuiful!!

I love babies! I am getting baby hungry! This little boy is so beautiful. I will be posting more soon. I had so much fun today taking Jack's new born pictures!! Thank you Laysha!

Jumping for Joy!!!

This cute family is jumping for joy because they are going to be welcoming little Jack into thier family tomorrow!!! I am so happy for them! They are so excited to meet Jack. I am so happy for them. I am so happy that they asked me to take pictures for them. I will be posting more later:) Laysha is so beautiful! I love her cute belly.... She is an adorable pregnant mamma. I am also so very excited to take new born pictures of baby Jack! Thank you so much Laysha and good luck to you! I hope your delivery goes well!! I will be thinking of you all day tomorrow!

Life is beautiful

This week was a challenge for me because so many things in my life are beautiful and I couldn't figure out how to express them in photography. Thanks to {Life through the lens} .

More of Summer!!

Isn't She just the most adorable little girl EVER!!

Thank you so much Blair for letting me take her six month

pictures!! I wish I could post them all because she is perfect in all of them:) so precious!

Its... SUMMER Time

Summer was the happiest baby I have ever seen. Her parents are in trouble. She is going to have boys chasing her like crazy. I had so much fun taking pictures of her. There are so many adorable pics of this photogenic little one.