Old School Family

When I went to Toronto this summer, I got to see my Grandma, uncle and great grandma. It was so much fun to sit and talk! Grandma got out all her pics and let me go through them and take a few to scan. This is a HUGE deal! She's NEVER let ANYONE take pics before so I feel very grateful! I have more to post about Toronto by the way, but like everything else, that will come later. So anyho... the first two pics are of my grandma and grandpa Smurf's wedding. I LOVE these pics! Esp. where the rice is being throw. I think it's rice... maybe it's feathers or something. Either way, totally cool!! My grandpa is such a babe!







This pic is amazing too cuz it's my mom and her siblings when they are CLEARLY very young! On the far left in the dark hair is Aunt Deanna and in the middle is Uncle Danny and the blonde on the end is my mom. I think this is the cutest pic ever!

Oh Yes...

I'm one of "those girls," whose read and LOVED the series. My cousin can take full responsibility for this though. However... THANKS Kenz!! I love you! Anyho... This was by FAR, my favorite book out of the set. It was REALLY hard to put down, but I forced myself to do so since it is the last one and I wanted to enjoy it as long as I could. What did everyone else think about it? Is anyone else as excited as I am for the movie? Holy Crap, I can't wait!

Mr & Mrs Kade Ward...

Well... they FINALLY got married! It was a beautiful wedding too. We were all so excited about this. Jessica looked so beautiful and Kade looked rather hot. Here are a handful of the pics I took. I'll have some on my photo blog in a few weeks or so-those will be the artsy ones though. Jessica, welcome to the family-I love you! (Don't worry Kade, I love you too).




The same bishop that married Kade & Jessica also married Jor and I. How fun...




Oh how Casady LOVES her grandpa!


The Ward Family


Ahem... ladies... the gorgeous blue eyed man in the white shirt and tie IS available!


Jory adores Casady so much, and who wouldn't? She is so much fun!


Josh and Dayle's little family. Thanks Josh for letting me take these! This is GREAT practice for Cami's wedding. ;)


No need to explain these two weirdos...


HOLY CRAP-These two will have GORGEOUS babies!






This last one is so romantic! They actually made this arch thing. I think it is so pretty. Congrats you two! I'll try and get a disc to you soon!

4 Years Already?

Ok, so I was downloading Kade and Jessica's wedding and as I was looking through the images, I found one of Jory and I that I LOVED that my sister took of us. I thought that since our anniversary was only 2 days before their wedding, I'd post this pic in honour of our 4th year. We weren't able to be together on the 10th, but we met up before the wedding. I can't believe how fast the past 4 years have gone by. It really doesn't seem like we've been married that long. Someone was telling me that was a good thing. I'm sure the next 20 years will fly by. Well anyways, Happy Anniversary to us.



PS-What's hotter then a man in a tux, eh? Oh yes... MY man in a tux! Babes... I'm sorry, but you just look HOT!

I really am back

We got home from Toronto about a week ago and I have been so busy trying to get caught up on my editing. Then Friday evening I left town for Idaho to shoot a wedding for the weekend. I am back now and it's back to the drawing board. The goal is to post more stuff this week-but really-it's just a hope is all.

Going Home!

Wow... I can't even believe that the time had FINALLY come to go back home! Our good friends Jeff and Karen are moving to Toronto, Canada and have asked us to come with them to help move them out there. We are leaving EARLY tomorrow morning (although Jeff and Jory are leaving for the long 30 hour drive today!) and will be back July.5 If you need to get in touch with me, PLEASE call my cell! I'm not sure how much-if any-email access I'll have.

My mom's side of the family is all out there and it's actually where my brother and I were born. I haven't been back there since I was 13 years old. So this is VERY exciting. Oh... how I miss Canada!

Things I'm looking forward to...
*Dill pickle chips, crackers-anything really that tastes like pickles! I LOVE pickles
*Perigees (don't ask, you wouldn't understand unless you were Canadian)
*Areo Bar-and all sorts of other chocolate bars. Yes, we call them chocolate bars.
*Shreddies
*Hearing the announcer in the airport speak French. Oh... this makes my heart soar and makes me want to speak in French again.
*Hearing "O'Canada" which also makes my heart soar, and not to sound like a total sap, but I shed a few tears. No, I'm being TOTALLY serious here people!
*The deep, thick Canadian accents
*Niagara Falls BABY!!
*GRANDMA!!!!! I've missed you SOOOO much!
*July.1-Canada Day!!!

And finally... just being back home where my heart still is. Baby, I can't wait!

An Evening with the Kids...

I can't help that I love these two so much. They are some of my greatest treasures. One night Mike asked if we could hang out with the kids while he took his wife out on a date. Like I can say no to these kids. In fact, I think there's been maybe one time I HAD to say no cuz of work. But man were we so excited for them to come over. Originally I was going to have Tay Bugs play in my office with some toys and K would hang out with Jor outside. But it was too nice of a night to be inside working when your two favorite kids were over! Work so wasn't happening that evening-nope I didn't get a thing done but some serious play time with these two! So we played outside the whole time! It was so much fun. I love love LOVE these two so much!


This expression amuses me a lot. She looks a lot like her mom to me.

K. was showing me his new skateboard Techniques all evening. He was pretty good!




Oh.... how I LOVE this little face!


And this one too...


Here's the thing with Tay... she doesn't like to play with toys... cell phones, lip gloss, water bottles. But she wouldn't TOUCH her toys. She is so going to be a little diva.


What a great evening. Please come play soon you two! We LOVE YOU!!!