callie + mathew:

this morning i had my last session for 2007! i had a great time shooting callie & mathews engagement session. we went to a new location and despite the 35 degree temperature, we had a super time... mathew was only home for 10 days before heading back out to duty, so i know it was important for them to have these pictures done. here are a few of the fav's!

this is my favorite from the session so far.


too sweet!
we had to do this shot b/c it was so dang cold! "ice" :)

i think callie looks like lindsey lohan here.... dont you?

love this tooo...
but this one... love it too.

thanks guys, i had a great time.

I GOTTA SHOOT SAC!!! yay, i am soooo happy..... i got my very own shoot sac!

i know that you non-photographers haven't got a clue (jaren does), but this is the HOT thing that i couldnt wait to have. now i have to get a cover to personalize it.

lastnight when we got home from kevins moms house... we decided to go ahead and open ours.

christmas morning my mom, stepdad, brother and grandparents all come over to our house, so it was easier to go ahead and get ours out of the way....

this was when she seen that she had a snowglobe in the bag... she loves snowglobes...

i think she would have been just as please to only get a snow globe
well, maybe not.


money's always good!
my little brother, jess!
and his card from mom. we all got super cute cards filled with the always accepted MONEY!

we dont do christmas with dad until next saturday when shane and laine are in town!

lastnight we went over to kevins mom & dads house for christmas with them and then the rest of his dads side of the family came over...

laykin got this let's go fishin' game... she loved it!!!

doesnt this say warm and cozy...
this is my favorite desert that my momma makes only at christmas

PUMPKIN ROLL ... she made it for me to take. its the best!! want the recipe???
smile! joyce- didnt think you would mind this one since you are hidden ;)
laykin + ryan fishing...
kevins grandpa, cousin and his girlfriend... good ole times...

aunt kathy, molly + alexa
nayner...
she was so wound up!
this was hilarious... laykin and ryan were chucking this ball at seth and her was afraid of gettin'

whacked in the face... or somewhere else. he said laykin has a good arm! :)

here are some shots of laykin lastnight is her christmas best :)


i dont know what this look is for???

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

I love this shot of reagan and had to share it... i wish i could get the images larger on here
but this is as big as they get on this blog! anyway, hope everyone is getting all their
shopping done... 5 more days!!! wahoo.

bring him home santa:

if you havent heard this song yet, you must! it has been all over the radio stations.

it is a 6 year old little girl in 1st grade whos identity is anonymous and she sang this

song at her christmas party i think. anyway. it is beautiful, touching, goose bump raising, not tearful but bawling... yeah that kinda song that gets ya! check it out!

http://www.bringhimhomesanta.com/

pre-holiday fun:
sunday we went to my moms for laykin to build her gingerbread house!


she thought she looked like a princess with this raisin on her head :)
the making of the house...
the finished product!!!

my LOVELY husband:

tonight when i got i had another present under tree.

that wasn't the sweet part, it was what it said!

dont know if you'll be able to see it....

to: the best wife in the world

from: the lucky husband!

awwww....

SHOPPING!!!!
is my friend.... hahaha! i love it and this weekend my friend jessi and i went to springfield, come hel* of high SNOW! and we met up with her sister in law jenn! love her!!! anyway, we were cmas shopping like crazy, seriously super shoppers. we had such a wonderful time. on the way home, a different story. snowy roads, crazy drivers, 1 ditch driver and 3 hours later @ 40 mph... we were home.
here are some pics of us all in the car waiting and freezing while the car warmed up!

jenn! :) us!!!!


sista in laws:
sooooo much fun!!!