Pinecamp in the fall {November 2010}

We all went out to Mom's house for her birthday, we love it out there. 

I love the thought of Reagan being able to go out and run and explore in her own backyard. 

Someday we'll have some land.  : )

So here's our Christmas card shoot.  Had I not just done a family portrait from the beach, I would have one of these in the lab right now.  I love them!  And the cards came out really cute, hope you all got one  ; )

Our Christmas card, front and back...

Baby Widget!

Mom's new baby... she is the cutest little 1/2 lb turd you've EVER SEEN!

Oh. My. Gosh. : )

Reagan LOVES the Widgey!

A tradition out at Pinecamp.  Target practice.

I had a nightmare a few days before, that someone armed broke in our house.  It made me remember how long it's been since I've shot anything besides a camera, and realized I needed a refresher course.  For this round I joined in with the guys to brush up.  We keep ours out of reach and not chambered of course, but heaven forbid we needed protection and Junior wasn't home...

I can't even think about it. 

I'm smart enough to know that screaming wouldn't get me very far though. 

I shot pretty well, on target every shot!  Don't mess with this chick!  : ) 

Very Olivia Dunham, right?  Ha!

Ooooh. So scaAAary... I know...

Til next time...  Chow!

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Halloween... late. {October 31, 2010}

Yeah, yeah.  Well at least I'm not posting after the new year... How embarrassing. 

Reagan looked super cute in her ladybug costume for Halloween this year.
  We only went to see her grandparents and a couple friends since she's so little- sugar isn't one of our favorite things to feed her since it makes her grumpy!

Our first stop was at Paw Paw's house, and these shots are priceless to me. 

This is the house I grew up in.  I have such good memories here, from when my parents were married and us 3 kids were together. 
I lived on my roller skates in this parking lot, and played hide-and-seek in the kennels. 

I walked this wall ALL the time when I was little, and it's the first thing Reagan wants to do when she's here.

The staircase were Ashton and I stood for pictures in our Christmas dresses every year, or posing with our crimped hair and the occasional matching outfit. 

My ballet recital picture Mom took and framed in the house was taken on these stairs, with the same baby-blue carpet.  Talk about a flash-back. 
Brings back a lot of memories especially for my Mom, who hasn't walked them in years. 

The Front Doors.

You don't realize how neat something is as a kid because you don't know any different.  My parents really did a great job on this house, with it's cool funky roof lines : )  One of my favorite things growing up was the front doors.  The cut glass is beautiful and I always remember the rainbow light pouring through them in the morning as a kid.  

I love them, and they could never be replaced.

 

I will have to get some pictures of us at home as kids, but that's for another day.  I was lucky to get this far...

On to the next!-

SaraBeth's Mom, Savta, came to visit us! 

She was in town to see Eva (her legitimate grandchild) : ) and brought Reagan birthday presents. She opened them while we skyped with Aunt SaraBeth and Asher so they could watch.

I so wish SaraBeth lived here...  We still haven't met little Asher- it has been since her wedding that we last hugged her : (  Reagan was only 7 months old!  Whenever her name comes up, Reagan runs to the laptop to see her- she thinks she lives in the computer. 

A few weeks ago Reagan got a framed picture of SB and set it up on her picnic table.  She shared her cookies with her, her sippy cup, and even wiped her mouth to get the smudged cookie crumbs off the glass.  Yeah, she misses her too.

And some smiles from the park : )







One more post (I think) then Christmas! : )

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Merry Christmas {December 25, 2010}

I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas. 

The Biscuit sure did : )

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Birthday Girl!!! {October 21, 2010}

I have had quite enough of this. I am officially the most behind blogger, and I can't make the time to do it. Every time I'm at the computer, there is something else higher on the list. I only made myself start this post because my other computer is running a batch on the wedding I just completed. There were the fall weddings, and all their editing and album designing, then Christmas cards and orders, get the new site up and running someday, and think about advertising... That's the most important one! I love staying busy, and I would like it to stay that way! A facebook page for Viva is on the list to do now- for business promotion. Referrals have been wonderful, and I would like to take it a step further with advertising once I decide what route to take.

So, I was thinking how pitiful it would be to post pumpkin pictures after Christmas. Wow.

So here goes Reagan's birthday- trying to catch up.  I just can't skip them!  : )

THE BIG 2!!!

This was taken right after my new 2 year old woke up on her birthday. 

She slept with her number 2 from the bathtub the night before.

All the ladies had a birthday cake for the Muffin first thing in the morning : ) 
We sang and she had Christy blow out her candles.  (Her arm is around Christy's neck, 'directing')











She loves going out to pick berries off the tree in the play-yard. 
All the dogs run around like crazy and she loves it.

Next up was Reagan's favorite place.  The Elmo store (aka BuyBuyBaby) 

We decided to spend the day going to all her favorite places, so this was a must.

Then lunch at her favorite (mine too) Firehouse subs.

THEN... THE PUMPKIN PATCH! 

We took her last year for her birthday and thought we would keep up the tradition.  SO much fun this year.  We left with 4 pumpkins- a Mommy, Daddy, Baby and a big family one.  I let the big one sit outside too long to use it for cooking, but next year I will plan on it for my pumpkin cake.   Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

Oh wow.  She's so cute I can't stand it- love her little round pot in this picture.  : )

I just melt when I see this picture.  We were trying to get her picture here and Junior was getting her situated.  The look on her face... ahhhh... she loves her Daddy, listening so intently.

This is how she says "2" now with her little fingers. 

When we ask her how old she is or how many graham crackers she wants... always "two!"

"Liddah wuh, BIH wuh!"

After her nap we headed for the Dairy farm down the road, and met up with Uncle Alden and Aunt Ashton.  This was the first year the farm was open to the public with the corn maze, petting zoo and lots of fun kids stuff.  Reagan loved it.

THIS was fun.  She sat in here for maybe a half hour, and loved being buried.  Boy was she dirty though.

Whew.  All in a day.  I think she had a pretty good birthday. 

We had her birthday party at the park that weekend with family and a few friends.  Her favorite place to play with her favorite food on the menu... PIZZA! 

Here's her invites : )

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