Misc. May

Nadya had her annual Gymnastics Team Sleep Over.

Scratch that...  There was no sleep involved.

Not sure if I'll do it again. 

Mother's Day-

I was really hoping for new couches,

but we got new pipes instead...  ARGH!!!!

But, I did get new bedding for when I paint the bedroom this summer.

 I've already got the best kids in the world and couldn't ask for anything more!

I love all the XOXOX's from Carter and Alex and I love how Nadya signed the card.

"You picked me now your stuck with me!"  Cute girl!!!

Later that night, we had dinner at my Mom's house. 

My Mom had a Birthday.

We celebrated with lunch at Market Street Grill.

We planted a Japanese Maple for her yard. 

Alex lost his third tooth on May 25th.....

His top right hand side.

It wasn't that loose but he had it out in less than a day!

It fell out  at school and he wore it

around his neck in a special tooth box.

He played a trick on the Tooth Fairy and hid his tooth in his dresser.

He claimed it was to find out if the Tooth Fairy really exists.

He claims the REAL Tooth Fairy would have tooth radar

and would know where his tooth was regardless of where he put it.

So, when he awoke Friday morning and discovered his tooth,

he declared that the Tooth Fairy is not real.

Huh?? 

Hallie finished her Country Report on Puerto Rico.

She did an awesome job!

One of my former 5th grade students is graduating from High School (Wow!) and she asked

if I would take her Senior Pictures.  We went out to the Great Salt Lake and got some amazing pictures.

She is a journalist and a dancer so we tried to incorporate her hobbies into our pics.

Here are a few of my Favorite..... She is so beautiful.  It made my job easy!

Carter Sang at the Strawberry Festival at School.

He is so serious when he sings.  I love it!

Jamie's Wedding

I still can't believe my little cousin, Jamie, is married.

She called and asked if I could take her bridals because

she couldn't fit it in with her photographer.

It was last minute (Oh, how I would have loved time to rent a better lens)

and it was over 100 degrees in the middle of the day.

(The worst time to attempt outside pictures!)

So, my Aunt suggested the inside fountains at her work.

We started there.

 

From there we headed up the Canyons for some cooler weather.

 

 

I really liked the idea of the bridge, but the lighting was not great.  

No matter what I did, she had splotches 

on her face from the sun shining 

through the trees.

I stopped by a friend's house on the way home 

because they have an amazing view.

But, these were difficult shots too with the direct sun.

(I would have loved to take these at sunset!)

 

Overall, she choose these two to have on display at her wedding.  

They were beautiful. 

She was stunning!

She was a beautiful bride.

Her ceremony was in my parent's backyard.

The same place her father was married.

I took a few pictures at the wedding,

but only during the ceremony because then I spent the 

rest of the time in the kitchen.

I was so amazed how well behaved the boys were.

They were truly on their own because the girls were at camp,

and as I said earlier, I spent most of the time in the kitchen.

They did a fantastic job and except for a few times

they would visit me

in the kitchen, I hardly saw them at all.

It was weird because I am so use to them

being right next to me all the time. 

Or needing to be! ;)

It is moments like these that 

I enjoy how grown up they are getting.

So, the only picture I snapped of them was in the kitchen, of course!

Murray Park Photo Shoot

I haven't put these up yet, because I wasn't certain about what I was doing for my Christmas card.... well, my cards are finished and I didn't use these.....  I already shared one of my favorites......
So, here are the rest of them....  (my favorites, that is!)

For Misty- good Luck Narrowing them down... I love them all!