around the corner and through Cottonwood.....

On our way back from Flagstaff and Sedona we stopped at this beautiful church so I could snap a few shots before heading home. I shot them just as the storm was coming in...

Sunday FuNdAy!

We took a stroll up north and had a blast!!


In Flagstaff....

Mr. Grumpy Pants

In Sedona

Old buffet....made new!

So I'm a nut about craigslist. I swear that site was made just for me. I have purchased about 8 cars (SERIOUSLY!), 3 dogs (2 which have loving new homes now), a couch, a desk, an armoire, patio furniture, a foyer table, and most recently a lovely old buffet table. I've been looking for one for what seems like forever!! We just got finished with it and now it has a new home in my formal dining room!!

Here are the before and after pics.

My amazing grandma and mY...cRaZy....KiDs!

My grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer about 2 months ago and just recently had to have her right breast removed. She's the most amazing, kind, and strongest woman I know. She was such a trooper! The nurse asked her right before she took her back to the OR if she hurt anywhere and my grandma said just hear heart. Right then and there we all started crying.... after being strong for her over the last 2 months it all came down to this. Would she be ok? Would they get it all?

Now 2 weeks later she is cancer free and going strong. She's still in pain from the 290 staples she has in but that's getting better with each day.

Tuesday was her birthday and I decided to make her a card and have the kids help. I took them outside and had them hold up a sign that I later photoshopped in "We Love Grandma!" I also took a couple pictures of them making crazy faces to give her. She loved it and we love her!!

My baby girl isn't a baby anymore!

I just recently bought some new textures and actions so I have been itching to use them. Its just been so hot here that I haven't really had the energy to take any. Last night Rylee asked me to take her picture. She's such a ham and loves to have her picture taken. So I grabbed mt camera and we hopped in the car for a short ride around the corner. The sky was amazing and so was she!

I was looking at these that I took last night and some from just a couple months ago and WOW how she matured. She's not my little baby anymore.

4th of JULY!

Every year I try to think of new places to go or new things to try for the 4th and it never works out! So this year it was my mission as a good mom to make sure we all had a blast. I googled 4th of July in AZ and the first thing that popped up was PAYSON! So Payson it was. I called my mom, my dad, and my sister and invited them to partake as I always do and as always they declined... :( So I packed up my hubby and baby chicks and Payson we were bound. We ate at a very yummy Mexican food restaurant and then had some super yummy ice cream. Then we drove down by the park and sat by the lake to watch the fireworks. We were about 100 yards aways and the kids loved every second of it!

and so it begins.... AGAIN!

My BFF who is getting married in April 2011 wanted to go out dress shopping this past weekend. Well all you who know me know I can never pass up an opportunity to go shopping and especially for anything to do with weddings!! This is Stacie's 3rd time buying a dress. The first one God bless her was a MESS!! Nothing like her, its was so over whelming and the PEARLS...oh my the PEARLS!!! The second dress was nice but again not really her and I knew it as soon as she tried it on. BFF's are like that, I know what she's thinking even when she doesn't LOL! So this time I was on a mission to find her the perfect dress. We went to 3 places before finally finding Almondtree which is a resale store with tons of higher end wedding dresses. Well after picking out about 6 dresses she tried on the first on and we both knew it was the one!! Its sooooo her. My BFF is all of 100lbs and is as I like to call her a "granola girl". She almost never does her hair or makeup.... crazy I know BUT that's why I love her so! The dress is a satin trumpet style dress with a small train. It has a deep V in the front and back and satin buttons all the way down the back. Very chic and timeless!!

So with all the trying on going on I decided to try on my bridesmaid dress.... hahahaha!! Well its beautiful, its actually the dress I am going to wear to renew my vows. The store only had a size 6 and 10 in stock so I grabbed the 6 and ran to the dressing room. I'm usually an 8 but though maybe God would be nice to me that day. :)Well I got in on and after a couple minutes of sucking and tucking Stacie finally got it zipped up for me. After about 3 minutes of not breathing and seeing my reflection I removed the dress.

And so the diet begins!!

1200 calories here I come!