Happy Valentines!

I had to BEG for this photo shoot, especially from Austin. I couldn't get any by himself, but I don't blame him because it was really cold. These are Aubree's V-day cards that we made.

new outfit + already curled hair = PHOTOSHOOT!

I signed Addie up for violin lessons and she starts next week! And yes I totally pushed for this one, I"ll admit it! We pick up her violin today afterschool. I feel another photoshoot coming on!

Hungar Games Trailer

Aubree Ditching School

Aubree stayed home sick today so I made her pose for me. She wasn't that sick.....,

Our Saturdays

Our Saturdays and Mondays are filled with Basketball for Aubree and Austin and indoor soccer for Aubree. So much for a break during the winter! Aubree has a great coach this year in basketball so I want her to soak up every minute of it. Austin is LOVING basketball and still has it until the end of February (and he just started swim lessons!)
Also check out my photography blog on my latest newborn shoot!

Sledding For The First Time

I know its sad, but this is the first time we took the kids sledding. They have been begging us for years, but David and I hate the cold. So we finally gave in and the kids had a blast. Theirs a hill near our house and from the rode it looked like the hill of death, but it wasn't bad once you got close. I stood at the bottom to get my action shots. I added some snow through photoshop (it wasn't really snowing, but it looks cool!)

Addison

This was Addie's birthday present to me was letting me do a photoshoot. She tripped and fell as we were walking over to our spot so I thought we were done for!

Friday Walk

 I love Aubree's looks that she does when she's posing for me. She knows exactly the look that I'm going for.

It finally warmed up to 55 one day and I have been itching to go outside and take some pictures. I was halfway down the rode when Aubree caught up to me and wanted to go. I told her if she was coming then I was going to make her pose for me. (wondering how I was going to do that with the hot pink shirt, purple sweat pants, and hair that hadn't been brushed in days!) Luckily she grabbed her new sweater as she was running out the door to catch up with me!
So these are some of the pictures that I got.

Cheney 2011 Album

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Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year!! Aubree did throw up early Christmas morning, but I think it was just nerves. The girls woke up at 11:30pm and asked how much longer. Ummm...like 8 more hours!!! I told them they could open up presents when it was light out. So from 4am on they would come into our room "How much longer?" (I don't think they went back to bed!) Finally when they saw some daylight, they burst into our room "Okay its time!!" I told them not until Austin was up. SO 30 seconds later they burst into our room again."Okay he's up!"  I love it.

The girls begged and begged to have their own room so we finally gave in and moved the office downstairs. After all of that work with taking apart the desk, setting up Addie's bed, hauling everything upstairs or down.....THEY STILL SLEEP WITH EACH OTHER!!!!! SO they have their own rooms during the day and Addie sleeps with Aubree at night...ridiculous!
I found this fram at DI with the weird Jesus painting and thought it would be perfect for a chalkboard (since their was no way to get the canvas print out anyways!) I bought the pom pom's from Martha Stewart and they were pretty easy to put together. I hauled the doll house bookshelf upstairs that I had painted blue to match the playroom, but Addie needed something else in her room and it wasn't getting much use in the playroom. Theirs still some odds and ends I want to add but its done for now.

Treated myself to some Florabella actions for Christmas. Just messing around.

Blue Man Group

David and I saw Blue Man Group last night and it was so cool. Aubree was going to go with me, but built a new fort that day so she wanted to stay home and play. She totally missed out and would have loved it! It was so funny!!! If they are in you area I would highly recommend them!

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things....

 My camera. Oh how it has changed my life.

 My lens:) My new best friend. Don't ever buy a kit lens...EVER!

PINTEREST :) Addicting is my word and THANK-YOU to whoever invented it!

NEED  TO  BREATHE! My new favorite band! The opened for Taylor Swift and now the whole family is hooked! Its all we listen to in the car. Check out "Something Beautiful" Austin knows all the words (in his own little way) and sings along.

 Unbroken was the only book I read this year that I gave five stars to. I haven't done that since Hunger Games.

My favorite blog right now is I HEART ORGANIZING 

This is my favorite picture right now. Another favorite is the Vanilla Black and White filter from FloraBella Designs

My favorite cleaning supplies are MRS MEYER. YUM! My favorite scent is Basil and Lemon. You can buy it from Amazon or Target and sometimes Wal-Mart.

The last thing on my list is Shutterflys new custom path. You can finally do what you could only do in Photoshop (which takes a PH.D!) . Its the closest thing I've gotten since I quit paper scrap booking. You can now customize your page EXACTLY how you want it and their embellishments and papers are a lot better. The only thing I wish is that I could have that layered paper look, but right now you have to use their page ideas.

Killing Lincoln Review

Killing Lincoln: The Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


We listened to this on the way home from Arizona. I love history and their was a lot I didn't know about the assassination. Okay basically all I knew was that he was assinated. Even Aubree enjoyed listening to it!



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AZ Trip

I took 240 pictures so get ready for a lot of posts!!! The trip was awesome with no major mishaps (Addie got the flu the night before Thanksgiving, but other than that...) The weather was awesome and it was great hanging out with my brother and sister who I haven't seen in 2 years! CRAZY! and pathetic.

Crossed Review

Crossed by Ally Condie

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I'm crossed (excuse the horrible pun) between a 3 & 4 rating with this one. Their were times when I couldn't put the book down and their were times when I was getting bored but then something would happen that would make me want to read it some more. (Isn't that pretty much like every book?) But to be honest at the end I wasn't racing to amazon to buy the 3rd one (or maybe thats because it isn't out yet!)



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My first attempt at shoot all manual on my camera! YEAH! Its not so scarey anymore! Still learning though...
Anyways. We snuck Austin on Jr. Stallions basketball. (It said Kindergarten and he is technically kindergarten age...) But he loved it! When he saw me with my camera he'd really start showing off. Probably getting sick of all of Aubree's basketball pictures!