More Pictures...

Here are some random pictures, I've been working this weekend ordering prints, canvases, and filling our wall with frames! It felt so good to wake up this morning to a finished project that we've been planning for a year! Well...almost finished...I have the frames up and all the prints and canvases ordered. The prints are going to be done in an hour and the canvases will be here when we get back from Hawaii. We were going to take our family pictures last year around this time, then kept pushing it back a few months for different reasons...braces, money, weight...but I'm so glad that we waited until our kids are the age that they are at. They'll only get easier every year;)

Our photographer did a FABULOUS job! I am so happy, and would definitely recommend her to anyone in the Portland area. She spent so much time answering a million questions I had before hand, helping us choose different locations, and was so patient with a few grumpy people on picture day, and took just the kind of photo's I wanted! We got almost 200 edited pictures (that's crazy!) for $200! Then I could order any pictures I wanted in every size (we just did Costco because it's so cheap and fast). And can you really put a price on the value of pictures? I love pictures and the memories that they hold, and now we'll have great pictures to remember this time in our lives!

All the pictures are up on my facebook, but there are a lot, it was easier just to upload the whole album then go through and choose some;) I'll post some more another time!

Family Photos...

We got our pictures back already...there are lots! Here's one to get started...watch for them over the next few days! I LOVE them!

{these moments}

I couldn't just chose one moment from this week...so enjoy these moments!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My mom's birthday is this week, so we celebrated last night. I was gone for most of the day, so Andrew did everything! He made a traditional spanish meal that his mom makes, so yummy! I'm so thankful to have my mom in my life...she is always such a blessing in many ways. I don't know how we would have made it through the last few years if it weren't for all her help! Love you, mom;)

Doesn't she look awesome!

I just had to throw these in here...these are from the tomatoes we picked a few days ago. We get this many tomatoes every few days...it's crazy! I think it's going to slow down now though...good thing because we don't know what else to do with all of them!

this moment...

Another Preschool Year!

Noah had his first day of preschool today...and LOVED it! What a big boy he is becoming! I love seeing him so happy and excited about school! What a difference a year makes!

2009

2010

A Day in the Sun...

When I saw how nice it was supposed to be last week on Thursday, I knew we had to take one last fun summer outing...so I gathered my girlfriends and we went to the beach! Just for a day trip, but it was actually perfect! We had a 2 hour drive where all the kids were contained, so we got to actually talk! Then we spent a few hours at the beach running around and enjoying the sun. And all the kids slept the whole. ride. home. Perfect!

Jakey kept running Noah over when we buried his legs:)

Karen and sweet Maddie!

Making Maddie smile;)

Love this boy!

Hard at work...

Discovering...

Anne and Karen, who is having a little one soon, too!

Maddie's first trip to the beach with her beautiful Mama!

I'm thankful for girlfriends who will drop everything and come to the beach with me! And who indulge me in my crazy ideas...