by Angelique...

So much on my mind...

First thing...

The kids are back in school. All with the exception of Lily who starts next week. I have been having the strangest day today.....It is so hard having Eden gone all day. Just weird!!! I want to call the school and check up on her!!! But I won't pull that kind of crazy mom move. Not today. Lily keeps asking "when is Eden coming home", she seems a little confused too! How WILL we adjust?

Next thing...

We have been packing to move. Now it is on hold AGAIN. We don't exactly know what is going on yet, other than we have more time to figure it out. We will know more on Thursday. Until then.....living out of boxes and hating it! Although I will love it if we do get to stay.

Keeping busy...

I have another bridal shoot tonight. What a busy time of year. Weddings, weddings and more weddings. My battery has not been charged this much in its life!

Dieting...

It's on my mind. I am being careful and losing a little bit so far! Doing good! I can not wait to get to the gym this week, it's just so hard to find the energy! Hopefully tomorrow morning will work!

The Chaotic MESS...

Because we are living out of boxes I am having a very hard time keeping this house in any kind of order. Even if it is clean...it looks trashed. Random boxes scattered everywhere! Bonus to packing is that we sure are getting rid of a lot of unessessary crap! Thank goodness!

Oh crap...

I went to get groceries and forgot to put them away. CRAP....I better go do that!

Have a great week!

For my sweet bestest friend...

 I should not be editing pictures right now but I was so excited to share this...

  

One More Thing...

Thought I would share...

Along with all the other stuff I have going on I thought I would add this to the shuffle too! If you want to join you still have 24 hours or so to register! Come join the fun and get healthy with me and a fun group of girls! Nothing better than motivation and a support group!

Race to a Waist

Come on, join in, it will be GREAT!!!

Packing, moving, editing, smiling, laughing, crying, stressing!

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

So many emotions and tasks to sort through...so little time!

I am here and alive...just busy, busy, busy! I will be posting some beautiful pics of AshLee and Jason's Bridal sitting and a fun family sitting early next week!

Stay tuned.....I will surface again soon!

Footundeez...

So I learned something new today!

These adorable little socks for dance are called "Footundeez". They come in all colors and prints! Eden gets to wear these to her Jazz class instead of the usual black jazz shoe.

I think they are adorable! They look like mini underwear for your toes. Hence the name right!?! I love my girls being in dance...it's just so much fun!!!

I seriously get excitement out of the silliest things!

Dance is back in session! Lily went to her class today and LOVED it. Thank goodness! Now they can both enjoy dance this year! Eden starts her 3 classes tomorrow and CAN'T wait!

Happy Thursday!

BTW...Having a shoe party tonight if you want to come by! Email me and I will give you the address!

Ashlee's Bridal Shoot...

I just could not wait to share this image. I have a silly obsession with graffiti walls. I love the contrast of the messy bright old trolley car and the beauty of this couple! I have a few more from this shoot that I will be sharing later next week...stay tuned!

Andrea and Spencer...

What a classy couple! Thanks for the fun evening you two!

Their photo album is to the right if you would like to see more from their shoot.

100 pages left...

I have seriously put my life on hold to read a book. What is wrong with me?

Of course I have been getting *some* of life the "have-to's" done, photography, eating and some sleeping, but my nose has been in a book for the last couple of days.

I wanted to read the night I came home, but I was too tired and saved it to start on Saturday. I have 100 pages left and now I don't want to finish. I want it to last forever. Sheesh I am a geek.

The last 100 pages will be consumed tonight before bed.

Then life will get back on track. Back to reality once again.

Breaking Dawn!!!

I wonder if the title is at all symbolic of the time I might finish the book...

SINCE THERE IS NO WAY POSSIBLE I AM GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP WITH THIS NEW JEWEL IN MY HANDS!!!

Went and hung out for a local bookstore party. Felt a little old for a bit...being that the most of the people there were 20 or younger...or were those the only ones SCREAMING to say "hey look at me- I'm super crazy and 14 years old"?!?!?! Then realized there were a lot of 20+ people there too. They were just a lot less noticeable- being that they were not jumping up and down, screaming all night.

Don't get me wrong, I love that people get excited for things!!! I love cute teenage girls!!! Even the silly, loud, crazy ones...but do you have to scream at the top of your stinking lungs, jumping up and down and in circles and make a fool out of yourself all night??? I think I might even understand doing that the minute you get your book...but all night??? There was this one, VERY nutty girl in line in front of us that was beyond annoying.....yes I am getting old.....but come on, do we need to scream for 2 hours straight???

Anyways...I am off to get into my cozy jammies and curl up in my bed with the beautiful novel!!! And while reading this gem- I am going to enjoy my peaceful, quiet house!!! Hopefully my ears will stop ringing so I can focus.

BTW...I will not be posting until I am finished with this 700+ page book...it takes priority right now...talk to you soon! Enjoy yours if you have one!!!

Happy August 1st...

What I have been up to today...

• CLEANING! I visited Nicole's blog and I commented on her post from yesterday about misc. house cleaning stuff...I then realized how much help my house needed and started tending to the VERY LONG cleaning list I created in about 10 minutes. I am currently about 1/10th through the list and been cleaning for about 5 hours. YUCK!!!
• REMINISCING... A dear friend of mine is on the road today. Moving too far away from me. Destination Arizona. I miss her so much already. A little too emotional about it and not quite sure how I am going to deal with her being that far away. Looking forward to visiting her in beautiful Arizona later this year. I love you Melis!!!
• BAKING! Zucchini Bread!!! I love this time of year! When all the zucchini is sprouting out our ears and everywhere we look! I SO can not wait for the corn stands to start popping up everywhere...the beginning of harvest time! LOVE IT!!!
• THINKING... About how grumpy I am being today. I hate PMS. I'm sure everyone around me hates it more!
• WONDERING... What is going to happen with us and this house. Wondering where life is going to take us in August. I love this house more and more as I sit and stare at it. The little things I will miss if we really do move in 3 weeks. Also thinking positively about leaving it...we will have more freedom to live and play again, instead of just being house poor. But in many ways...I hope we stay! I do love it here!

Well, I had better go get dressed since it is almost dinner time and I am done cleaning until tonight! Gotta get ready to head to Peter's moms for a nice dinner and visit. I stink after cleaning this stinky house all day! You should see my crazy hair!!! It looks as though I had a little bit of fun with a light socket. :) I should do like Nicole and go get my hair done...that would be nice!!! Maybe after pay day next week! I should call and schedule me in right now!

Look how SWEET...

I LOVE this couple! But how can a cousin not love her fellow cousins?

I was unable to go and be a part of this fun evening. My grandpa's funeral ended up being the same day as their shoot, so Tim went and had a blast with them. I really wish I could have been there! I can NOT wait to do her bridals this weekend...she is so pretty! I love how photogenic they both are!

Thank you Tim! The pictures are BEAUTIFUL!!! I wish I had pics like these of my engagements---11 years ago. Geez I am getting ancient!

Ashlee and Jason...

A few more can be found in the photo album to the left right...

   

Bridals...

  

Grosgrain Fabulous...

This is the link to a FABULOUS blog I found visiting Leslie's blog...

Grosgrain Fabulous!

She is so talented and does giveaways almost every week on VERY ADORABLE homemade clothes!

A Week Enjoyed!

We just got home today from a very nice vacation to Bear Lake!

I wanted to post about it last week, but I am a little hesitant to post about leaving town before I go.

We stayed with Peter's family in a large cabin by the lake. There we 21 of us all together and in that 21 were  11 kids. It was very busy and a lot of fun! A much needed break from life lately!!!

We hung out on the beach on Monday, let the kids play and us adults sat back and relaxed.

On Tuesday we rented some Sea-Doo's and had A BLAST! (Except for the part where I was going about 60 mph and hit a wake and sent my hubby airborne to land on the cement hard water. It knocked the wind out of him really good. I freaked out. It took a few minutes for him to be able to respond to me and I got scared. I thought I broke his rib or something, but we stopped at the Dr. today and had some x-rays taken. Looks as though it is just some muscle tears and bruising, but we have to watch it over the next week and he gets to be on some great drugs in the meantime. If the pain does not go away, he needs to go in for an MRI to check for herniated disks.) YIKES!!! Although- even with the little accident- the day was WAY FUN!!!

On Wednesday the boys all went for a hike to some awesome cave while us girls went shopping. We had a nice relaxing day- once again!

Thursday arrived and we went back to the lake again for more fun. We rented a paddle boat, a canoe and 4 Sea Doo's on this day. Almost everyone went into the water off the watercraft's this day, although not at high crazy speeds getting injured.

Today we all packed up and headed home. It is so nice to be around so many fun recreational areas. Bear Lake being only about 2 hours away sure was nice!

While we were there we were able to go to the pools in the cabin community and enjoy a beautiful lake view from the wall of windows in the cabin. This was a great family trip and we are all EXHAUSTED from all the wonderful, needed fun!

Thank you Sherry Mom! You supplied the means to some great family memories once again! We love you, thank you so much for everything!