no...it's not Halloween....

Nope...it's not Halloween...it's dress up time!

This is how my little man came down to my office this morning. What a cutie.



*sorry the lighting isn't the greatest but my office is in the basement..not much light!

cutest 6 week old girl ever...

I had the chance to photograph this cute little girl this past weekend. She was a doll. I loved her hair. All of it...lol...I am so use to little babies that are so fair or have no hair. My little ones were so blonde and were lacking in the hair department for the longest time :)

I love her in the blanket...i made this blanket just for the newborn shoots...the colouring caught my eye. Thanks a bunch for looking!

my hunny and l...

Just a picture of my husband and l on New Years this year :)
I love him so much

someone is sporting a new SASSY do :)

So we did it...
Alyssa got her hair cut. Daddy was so againist it and so was she, but the problem was that her hair was in need of a major cut. Her hair was really uneven and thin and needed some help. So l used my mommy powers and told her that if she let us cut it then we would go shopping for some new hand bands and clips...lol..she loves that stuff. A typical little girl :)

We actually cut more then l thought. It was around 5 1/2 inches. Wow. I love it and so does she. I think that she looks super sassy and that her hair looks thicker and much more healthier. Moms always now best...right. Even daddy thought l was right and that doesn't happen very often ...lol

We managed to snap a few pictures yesturday outside. It was ummmm.....+ 1 out and well... we all loved it. Felt like spring. You have to understand that PLUS 1 felt amazing after all the cold, snowy weather that we have had. Still wishing for an early spring.

thanks fellow bloggers for all the great comments!

Just wanted to take the time to thank you all again for my comments. I love them :)

Keep them comin...please!

a lost photo that l love...

I came across this photo and forgot about ...it was from last summer when l took Alyssa on a photoshoot to the park. I passed it by and now l am so in love with it. She looks so little in it :)

my favs from Cayo Coco Cuba :)

I am feelin the winter blues and wanting SPRING so bad that l was looking at our trip photos of Cuba. Oh how l wish l was there now. Here are just a few of my favorites. Of course the stars of the photos are my little ones.

HaPpY VaLeNTiNeS DaY...

Wishing all of you out there a very
HaPpy VaLeNTiNeS DaY!

you and me, and me and you...

I saw this on a fellow bloggers site and loved it. Thought l would share abit of me...

how long have you been together? married: we have been married fro 2.5 years but have benn together for 9.5 years

how long did you date? 7.5 years...lol

how old is he? 30 (i'm 32...what can l say...he loves older woman :)

who eats more? for sure him...never ending stomach.

who said ‘i love you’ first? he did. We started dating in June and he said it to my on my birthday which was in november. I will remember it forever.

who is taller? he is. I am 5 foot 3 and he is 6 foot4... a big difference

who is smarter? well, he is smarter. I hate to admit...but is like a sponge and absorbs information on everything...he know the funniest things

who does the laundry? me.

who does the dishes? that would be me

who pays the bills? i do.

who sleeps on the right side of the bed? if we are laying in the bed, he does

who mows the lawn? he does...l have tried but have never gotten far

who cooks dinner? mostly me, but he does as well...i would say 75/25

who is more stubborn? me for sure

who kissed who first? i kissed him.

who asked who out? well we met and he never lefted...lol

who proposed? he did. On valentines day :)

who is more sensitive? me! of couse...

who has more friends? i would say we both have about the same, but his friends go a the way back from when he was really little

who has more siblings? we are even

our little creations for Alyssa's class...

I'll tell you...l love it when Alyssa has little events and celebrations in her class. I always love thinking of cool ideas. I had seen this some where and thought it would be a great idea. We made these for Valentine's Day for her class. We bought a whole bunch of candy at the Bulk Barn food store and then put them on bambo sticks, wrapped them up with v-day paper and tied them up with some pink ribbon and a custom made valentines day card of the one and only...

my cutie ...Alyssa :)

We had extra help of course from Dylan who was the "passer" of the candy...lol







I love the finally result but l have to tell you they were alot harder then l thought. It was hard gettin that candy down that bambo stick...lol

my self portrait :)

Just thought l would share a few of me...the girl behind the camera :)

my lenses...

Hi there...
I have had a few e-mails from people asking me what lenses l use. Here are the ones that l use most. Love them all but my sigma 28-70/2.8 is usually on most of the time. I love it :)



I ordered a new lens and will be gettin it in the next couple of weeks...so excited. I am gettin the PENTAX 16-50/2.8. I can't wait to play with it.

As well Pentax just came out with a new DSLR K20D which is a 14.5 megapixel. I thought l may buy it but then l heard that Pentax should be releasing a new DSLR in january 2009 and it is going to be extreme. Rumors are that it will be very PRO and a 21 megapixel...similar to the CANON Mark series camera. So l will sit and wait...saving my pennies for this new baby...Did l mention l hate waiting...lol

a touch of colour ...

So we had Alyssa's 6th birthday party this weekend and l have to tell you it was abit crazy with 14 little 5 and 6 year olds running around. I think that next year l will invite half the amount...lol. But the main thing was for Alyssa to have fun and she sure did. I tell you though man can you ever see the difference between boys and girls. The girls played well and the boys...they like to beat each other up. The things l get to look forward to when Dylan starts having his classmates over :)
I hardly took any photos because l was super busy painting faces and entertaining. Too bad...l will post the few that l do have later this week.
However, l was able to shoot a few pictures before the guests arrived of Alyssa. Wanted to use these for her Valentines Day cards for school, but l am just not to sure what l think. Let me know what one you like and any cool sayings that you would write along with it please. I would love some feed back from you all.
Speaking of feed back l can not thank you all enough for taking the time to read my blog and leave comments. Nothing l love more then cooments. So thanks a bunch.

Just to let you all know, we are having another snow day today as well as l think there will be one tomorrow to. Had a snow storm come through last night and another one on the way tonight. Alyssa may not have to go to school all winter ...lol

I wish spring was here soon :)

The winter blues....

Have l ever mentioned how much l truly hate winter. Well l do. Never have. I was one of thoose kids that never even wanted to step foot outside during these months. I hated the cold. Truly l could live somewhere that it is warm all year around. Even when the summer comes l find that l still bundle up, layering myself in sweaters. I am a sun seeker and love nothing more then the warmth of sunrays...so as you can see winter gives me the blues.
I become a hermit and live indoors from november to april...lol. Like today here we are in a middle of a snow storm. Minus 15 and we are about to get oh.................30cm of snow. I hate it. Kids had 3 days of no school this week because of the weather., and our city went of strike as of noon today so no snow plows...lovely.

SO
I sit and wait patiently for spring...okay maybe not patiently but l oh so badly want it toarrive...

Tomorrow is Ground Hog day and l am keeping my fingers crossed for an early spring :)

This weather makes me lack energy and even the desire to pick up my camera. I have these ideas floating in my had but need the weather to break. Come on spring arrive soon PLEASE!

Anyho...Alyssa is having her 6th birthday party this sunday. So her and l put the lot bags together today. She is bursting. This is her first year that she is having class mates. To cute. I went to my local dollar store and bought these cute little wicker purses for the girls and little napsakes for the boys. Something alittle different l thought. There will be 14 of them. Thats right 14. What have a gotten myself into...lol...i may need to call in back up. Here are just a few pictures of my little creations.

These are for the girl's...







and for the boy's...



Finally my last shot of the day was Dylan having a nap in front of the TV...legs up and hands down his pants. Such a little boy. I just had to snap a picture :)

just had to share :)

I just wanted to share one of the kids.We have been all sick this week with a nasty stomach flu that is going around. For some reason l had it the worst. But l am on my feet again...and thinking tomorrow is a new day...
Time to strip the beds and get out the cleaning products :)

comment please :)

Okay my blogger friends and family out there...i know you look at my blog but l would so love some comments from you all. Nothing l love more then seeing in my e-mail box that someone left me a comment on my blog!

So please oh please ...give me some feedback and comments!

I am thanking you from the bottom of my heart...lol

she is six already...

So l can't believe it...my little girl has turned six already. Truthfully it just felt like the other day that we were celebrating her 2nd, 3rd, 4th birthday's but now SIX.

She is growing so quickly and into such alittle lady. I couldn't ask for a better daughter then her. I have always called her my angel...for that is what she is like. So good, goes with the flow and loving beyond words.

AG and were lying in bed last night remember when she came into our lives. She was 7pds 6oz. and almost 23"long. Thats right. She had these super long legs like her daddy. I got the joy of feeling them kick me in my rib cage for months...lol

She did not want to come out. 36hrs of labor then to have a c-section. I tell you!

But when she came out she was so good...hardly cried, smiled all the time. She was a good good baby. People told me how blessed l was that she was so well behaved.

We fell in love with her that very moment and now she has grown in such a little lady.

SIX YEARS...

wow!

I look back at all the memories that she has given us over the past six years and am thankful to have her in our lives.

So sweetheart...we love you so much and wish you a very Happy Birthday!

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Alyssa is so lucky this year. She gets three birthdays. We celebrated this past sunday with family. Then today. Her really birthday. Took her out for dinner and daddy brought her home a dozen pink long stem roses (she is daddy's little girl :)...) Then the BIG party happens next weekend when she has 13 of her little friends over for her birthday party....oh help me...

No really help me...lol

This is the first year that she has had little ones at her b-day from her class. So it should be fun. I am doing a circus theme. I will post pictures of the day...face painting...popcorn machine...clowns...and fun!

Here she is blowing out the candles on her cake from the weekend!

Love you girl.

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i did a layout of my little guy...

had to share a layout that l did of Dylan...This is what he says to me everyday...

I love it!

my mini Brad Pitt

Just had to post a picture of my little one. I have to tell you in the last month l have had about 10 people say to me that Dylan looks like a mini Brad Pitt....lol

Watch out girls!

photos from our trip...

I just wanted to share a few photos from our family vacation to Cayo Coco Cuba. Loved it. I want to go back right now...lol!

(click on slide show to make larger)

two teeth gone in less then 24hrs...

Guess who lost two teeth in less then 24hrs...Alyssa!

She has had two front teeth loss for months. But last night it happend it fell out.

Talk about excitement in our house.

Under the pillow it went and the tooth fairy worked her magic and volia...

$5.00 under her pillow...lol

Now we explained to Alyssa that the tooth fairy usually leaves the first tooth for you to keep and gives a bit more money for it.

Then the following day the second tooth fell out. Wow.

Once again the tooth fairy worked her magic and well

$2.00 under her pillow again.

Now she wants to go shoppin...lol

This does make me happy. I am sad. Why do they grow up so fast..

We are back from Cayo Coco Cuba ...

Happy New Year everyone.

Just wanted to say a quick hello and that we are back safe and sound from Cayo Coco Cuba.

It was my best vacation by far. Loved this place and will be back again for sure.

More pictures to come this week :)