2013 Different Needz Foundation Charity Golf Outing

So, I was the event photographer for the Different Needz Luke Jordan Annual Golf Outing.  The weather was great!  So I was finally able to take pictures of people golfing.   There are so many pictures you can take of that though.  So after asking to help inside, I just kinda waited until people where done golfing.  A foursome asked me to come along with them. (They could see that I needed something to do).  They even let me golf with them.  And apparently, I'm not bad!  Looks like Jimmy needs to take me to the driving range!  I have a better picture on my instagram account.





Since I was out with the golfers, I was a little late to getting back for the evening portion of the event.  So I didn't have time to get ready or do my hair.  Oops.  Well maybe next year, I'll get my own cart so I can drive myself around.





This picture cracks me it.  Cousin It, playing golf.  HA!  Then Jimmy & I at the dinner that night.

31 in 3

Oh wow.  I'm going to be 31 on Saturday.  I can't believe it.  I still feel and act like like 21...Ok, Ok, 18?..  When my mom was 31 she had an 8 yr old girl & a 6 yr old girl!  I have a 2.5 yr old boy & a 9m old boy.   That means I need to have baby #3 in less than 3 years.  She was 34 when she had her last bambino.  

Things are really busy still.  I feel like I don't get a chance to sit down and relax until about 9:40pm and by that time I am EXHAUSTED!  I've been trying to get out twice a week to spend time with adults, but I think it's catching up with me.  

I just got offered to help chaperone the 8th grade DC trip.  I told myself that I would never do one of those.  But I really thought about it.  I'm getting paid to go to DC.  I could definitely use a refresher on that area of my life.  Plus this is a good group of kids.  So sure, why not?  It's not the little "getaway" I was looking for, but I think it will be good for me.  I hope it works out.

Tonight I have a volleyball game right after I coach volleyball.  Going to be a tough one to coach today,  I hope they do well.   I'm looking forward to playing afterward though.  I have a great group of girls this year.  They don't have a winning season, but they are all in great spirits about it.  Even their parents keep telling me what a great job I'm doing with them.   I'm glad they are all happy, I just wish the girls could win some games.  (For their benefit, not mine)  It's not that I could care less. I would love a winning season, I just really want them to improve.  And I think they have, so kuddos to muah!

Oh crap, gotta go.  Be back later! 

been working

So I've been kinda busy.  Selling our house, moving out of it, buying another house, moving into my parents' house until the damn renters get out of our new house, coaching volleyball, playing volleyball, taking wedding photos, banquet photos, baby portraits, rushing babies to doctor's for food allergy, making flyers and tri-folds, about to throw in substitute teaching soon, raising 2 kids, one dog, a cat, and a partridge in a pear tree...

This is the sample of the flyer I just did. 

It's after 11 now, so I think I should go to bed, considering that Ryder doesn't really sleep in and I get to do all of this over again tomorrow.  :)

What I meant to say is that I DO have a lot of pictures, I just need to find the time to upload, edit, format, and blog.  

Fall is vastly approaching - - love me some autumn days!  Definitely going to have pictures during this time of the year.  Oh and Halloween....OH god! Halloween is coming up.  Shit. I need costumes.

See ya soon!

daisies

Oldies from Mom's Camera

My mom needed me to clear her card so she had room for pictures for her Colorado trip.


I stole some...This was last year's Blossom Parade.  Caden was 14 months old.





These are from THIS year's Blossom.  Ryder is 4 months old  And Caden is 26 months.  Or 2 years.  Ha



Jimmy and I have the same wave.  HaHa


And here are some basketball shots.  These are from January 2012:



There I am in pink working hard......hardly working.  Go #22!



Caden LOVES going to basketball games!  Can't wait for this year's!


Oh and back to 2012 Blossom Time Parade.  Mikey did his Senior Project at the fire station.  He passed out candy at the parade.





Oh...back to January 2012.  Keeping you on your toes!




Awwww  Jammies and snow boots!

Fall 2012 now.  Mikey playing for the Falcons.  I'm excited to take the boys to his games this year.  








And just a cool picture that my mom took of the Falls.

CFFD Summer Picnic 2013

Nicole & Abby kicking butt in the Hula Hoop Contest!




Caden & David playing catch  



Molly & I coming in 2nd for the 3-legged Race.




:)




Tried to get a cute family picture, but my kids won't cooperate.



Riley & Caden playing some games



Caden came in 1st place!  With some help from his Daddy.



eh....maybe next year!   haha

Oh, Good Morrow.

Or is that marrow?   Either way, turkey legs, a game of head toss and some glass blowing.  Next time, wax hands for the boys!






So I noticed the ax throwing right away.   Um.  I HAVE to do this before we leave.  The Ax Lady was hilarious.  Every time we walked by you just hear and see the axes & knifes just slam against the boards and not stick.   C'mon.  It can't be that hard!



So of course we take a STAB at it.....




Um....we were good.....really good.  HAHAHA

Maybe that is why this little biznotch was giving us dirty looks????









HA!  I smiled the whole time.




Jimmy was REALLY good and I wasn't bad myself!  The lady was so impressed that she wanted our picture!

Yay

WooHoo!   I got my TENS unit today!  I love it.  I've only used them while lying down and with this one I can walk around.  Well, when I bend forward it kicks up- - which is so cool bc that is when my back hurts the worst.  I think I'm gonna enjoy this.

On a super unrelated note, I found this: 1912 8th Grade Test   

Interesting.


Volleyball started.  Working on potty training Caden.  Dealing with a teething 8 month old.  And pets.

I have some pictures uploaded, just need to post.   Wish I could just take a nap.

14 months 15 days

Ok, that isn't so bad.  The sold sign is in the front yard!  And the new owners moved into our old house.  So it's totally official!  We own 1109!  So exciting!  It would however, be more exciting if we lived there.  UGH!!!  I mean on one hand, it's nice because we are going to be making some pretty good bank off of these renters.  But on the the other, it would be nice to live in the super sweet house that we just bought!  Ha.

The master bathroom had an issue with the shower pan leaking.  The good news is that the previous owner had to take care of it.  The bad news, the tile job that they did looks like absolute crap!  So I'm kinda mad that we have to deal with that.  Maybe it's ok, if we end up re-doing it, we won't have to shower on the same "floor" as the gross renters did.  Yes, they are gross.  The house is ALWAYS a mess & it smells sooooooooo disgusting.   They have 2 teenage girls who are so disgusting.   I could never imagine Kim & I to be that gross when we were growing up.

Their dog also tore up the $6,000 carpet upstairs.  These assholes are ruining my dream home.

I can't wait to get into this house.  I have spent almost 2 years dreaming about stuff I would like to do to it (decorating-wise).  When we first looked at it, it was way out of our price range and I didn't even like it from the outside.  I kept saying, "I don't like Cape Cods.  Dormer windows cut into the rooms."  As soon as we stepped foot in there...."OH    My    GOD!  I want this house"   Everywhere I stepped, it got better & better.  I fell in love.  Hard.  Then we made an offer.  She declined.  Someone else also made an offer.  She declined.  Then she signed the 2-year rental agreement with these people.  And asked us if we were still interested.   Uh, yes!


It was a LONG road.  But we got it.  Jimmy is the best.  :)


Now, we just wait.

Duct Tape Fest

We went to the Duct Tape Festival.  It was ok.  I did however lose one of my favorite earrings.  Luckily, Jimmy is awesome and bought me a new pair  :)

Blossom 2013

Jeremy, Nicole & Abby







Sitting on the fire trucks before riding in them during the parade.  Caden watching the rest of the parade!

Art by the Falls 2013

coming soon, i promise

More pictures coming soon!  I'm working on uploading them.

We just sold our house in 11 days, went on vacation 5 days before we closed, then came back to close on our new house, I photographed a wedding, and playing volleyball.  Oh yeah, and we also moved out...2 storage units later- - we are now shacking up with my parents.  I feel bad for them: they just inherited 2 babies, 2 more animals, and 2 more adults in their house.

So far we have been living here for 13 days.  It hasn't been too bad.  I have been spending this ENTIRE summer packing & moving that I didn't even realize that it is basically over.  I have 2 more weeks to enjoy it.

But, I do have some pictures to post.  I promise I'll get around to them soon!

Wow.   This is just friggin hilarious!!!!!!

Jenny's Baby Shower

My cousin Jenny & her husband Ken had a baby girl, Adalina Sky.  If Ryder was going to be a girl Adalyn was a name option for us...small world.  Anyway!  Jenny is the founder of the Brooklyn Robot Foundry.  So I thought it was appropriate to make her this stuffed animal for her baby girl.  I also bought a cool robot sensory activity book.  She took the doll to work and now they want me to make them for business.  Oh crap.  Haha



After the shower, we all went over to my aunt & uncles to hang out.



A robin made a beautiful nest on her front porch






My cousin Robert, his wife Beth and their daughter, Penny.  They are the couple that design toys for Fisher-Price.  Yes, my family is awesomely talented!




Penny, Caden, Adalina, and Aunt Mari



HA! Go figure.  Caden never smiles for pictures & Ryder looks scared shitless.



Ryder is still like, "what the heck are you guys doing?"



Papa hanging with baby ryder



Don't worry, folks.  He didn't drink any.