These boots were made for walkin'::

When I came home the other night, I took off my boots and left them on the floor. I thought nothing of it until I heard the strangest sound coming down the stairs...it almost sounded like someone was falling, just very slowly. I ran to the bottom of the stairs to find this:





Jacob had found my shoes and was wearing them. It. was. hilarious! He was bound and determined to get those suckers on! I had to take a picture (you know, the one that will definitley show up at his wedding on a slide show :) Im so mean, but I have to admit, it was so cute!

*This was right before bed so he's wearing a diaper...just in case! He wears underwear during the day...

DONE!

I somehow managed to blog the entire month of November, thus completing NaBloPoMo 2009
Hooray :)

Dont forget, today is the last day to enter for your chance to win 1 of 2 gifts Im giving away tomorrow! You can go here to enter, good luck!

Tragedy in Lakewood::

Early this morning a city not far from where I live, was completely turned upside down. 4 police officers were tragically gunned down while catching up on work at a local coffee shop. It was an obvious ambush and the suspect fled on foot. From what it sounds like, they have a person of interest and other police agencies are coming together to find this suspect quickly.

Not only do I have friends that knew one of the officers very well, but a friend from church was working at that very coffee shop this morning. We are all praying for her...and the rest of the people that had to witness such a horrible act. I also ask that you pray for the officers familes, which combined, have 9 children. I hope justice comes to the shooter and peace will be with those affected by this tragedy.

RIP::

Tina Griswold


Ronald Owens


Mark Renninger


Greg Richards

Black Friday Fun!!:

Steven and I joined in the madness yesterday day morning and woke up very early to join the hundreds of people already in line! We were successful in buying all of the doorbusters we were looking for and are so thankful for our parents who took both kids for the weekend! It made shopping so much easier and so much fun! It was as if we were back in high school, roaming the malls together like we did when we were dating! Here are most of the stores where we marked our territory!

Score!::

First of all, I hope you all had a delightful Thanksgiving with the ones you love! I have so many things to be thankful for this year as Im sure we all do! I am thankful for our health and that we have yet to come down with any illnesses this year, I am also so very thankful for my husbands constant employment in an tough economy and I am so thankful for my amazing family.. not only am I blessed with wonderful parents, but awesome in laws as well! Whats even better, is that they both get along so well, which allows us to be able to do every holiday together as one! It makes is so much easier! We had a wonderful afternoon at my parents house, the food was delicious and our tummies are full. We watched football while the kids entertained us :) now, our house is quiet, Steve is putting in some recessed lights while I listen to Christmas music and make my plan of attack for the morning. Each set of grandparents took one of our kids so we could go by ourselves in the morning, such a blessing!! It looks like we've got a date with Target at 3am, wish us luck! :)

I just wanted to give anyone a heads up who was looking to go to Best Buy tommorrow morning, that I was able to get what I was looking for ONLINE..which was around 9:00pm, you might want to hurry though because I noticed things were already starting to sell out. I also got free shipping as well. So now, instead of having to wake up at 3am, I get to go to Target instead :)

Free Photobook::

I have already gotten 3 of these guys tonight!

-First of all, I went here: http://www1.photoworks.com/

-Then, I uploaded the pictures I wanted to use.

-Next, I began to create a "photobook" (located on the bottom left hand side) They should be size, 8.5 x 11 I chose the "personalized cover photo book"

-Once my book was completed, I "checked out" and entered: "BONNIE" into the coupon area.

-Not only were my books free, but they even covered the cost of shipping! Both would have cost over 50.00!



*I made each book on 3 separate orders, but...I was able to do them all under 1 account.

New "do" ::

Last week, I called my good friend Sheena because I was desperate to get a haircut for the holidays! Thankfully, she was also in need of family pictures so it worked out perfectly! Im pretty sure it has been almost a year since I last had it done!! Granted, Im still getting used to having short, thinner and soft hair again, but boy, do I love it! She also added some caramel and dark red streaks all over too! I dont know why I didnt do this earlier!! Here is a quick picture Steve took of me tonight...

Before::


After::


*I also have bangs, but am still "training" them to fall straight and no longer the right side, where they have been "living" the last 18 months!

Thank you so much Sheena!
(I forgot to mention that she is adorably 25 weeks pregnant and I have the honor of photographing her birth in March!!!!!)


If you'd like her phone number, just shoot me an e-mail and I'll send it your way! She works up in Enumclaw :)

The Trifecta::

I have been so spoiled in the last 3 days...today, I wrapped up day 3 of my "baby extravaganza!" and couldnt go without posting a teaser of this little guy! Meet Lincoln :) this 6 week old cutie joined the D family last month in October! His mom and and dad are good friends of ours and I had a blast with them today! More pictures coming soon!

Been Busy...

...but there's nothing else I'd rather be doing then spending a little time with this little angel! Have I mentioned how much I love what I do? :) My goodness, how can you not have baby fever after holding her??

Cuteness:: Sneak peak!

I have to show off this little cutie! I met with her and her family today up in Buckley! It was so much fun and she did amazing! We fought through the rain and thankfully, it only lasted minutes...I am so excited to finish editing all of these but for now, I will leave you with this!

......Big Big News!!!

I can't quite announce it yet, because its in the works as we speak...but it's huge!! Eeekkk!! Please pray this door opens up for me!!!

Thank you!

Back to figuring out details!!

Happy Birthday Babe!!

Today (Thursday) we celebrated Steve's 29th birthday! The kids and I had a lot of fun shopping for his presents! Since Jacob went poop on the toilet again, he got to pick out another candy which made it even more exciting! We even got to pick out some fun doughnuts! We took him out to dinner at Sakuras (our favorite restaurant) and our best friends Suzie and Andy came too! It was a lot of fun and the kids managed to keep us quite entertained. Afterwards, we went to Hancock Fabrics where I found 3 adorable backgrounds for the studio all for 30.00! What mans birthday is not complete without a visit to Home Depot? (Thank you Suzie and Andy!) we bought some stuff to make my background stand tonight! My talented husband put it together in record time! Now we can check that off the list! We ended the night watching yet another great episode of "Survivor" together!

...and I seriously think that I might be the only person in my neighborhood, not at a movie theater right now :) but I am anxious to hear how the movie was! Have fun my friends :)

G'nite and Happy Birthday Steven! We love you soooo much, thank you for being such an amazing Husband and Father to your family!!

Wordless Wednesday!

Jacobs 3 year picture!



Naked Norah!

zzzzzzzz......

I procrastinated my post tonight; therefore, Im really sleepy and can't think straight.
Here are some highlights of the day...
Got my speed light in the mail (it was partially broken) boo!
Went to a great MOPS meeting this morning
Took some adorable pictures of miss Adelynne
Suzie and Andy came over and we played "Loaded Questions" again
Suzie brought over some delicious cookies!
(*you know I couldnt go without mentioning food in this post)

..speaking of food, I actually cooked dinner!! (That's big news in our house)

and I'll end this on that happy note!
G'nite :)

Welcome to Washington...

"...try not to blow away" is what I told my uncle tonight as he arrived at our place from Mexico!

He actually lives in Alaska but spends a good chunk of time down south to stay warm. I don't blame him...he said when he left it was in the 90's but with over 90% humidity, no fun. He grew up in Seattle and is no stranger to this kind of weather, but my goodness, it sure is windy and rainy out there! My best friend Katie and her sister Kristin came by today and brought me a delicious lunch from Taco Del Mar, it was very good! I am so excited to shoot Kristin's engagement pictures at the end of the month (not to mention, the wedding in July!) We are having a lot of fun going over ideas :) after they left, I put the kids down for naps and did some housework. I got a call from my mom a few minutes later telling my my uncle was in town and wanted to take us to dinner! It was a nice surprise! He hadnt seen our new house since we moved and so we met everyone at our place to give him a tour. From there, we headed up to Black Angus where we enjoyed some amazing steak, salad, potatoes, strawberry cheesecake and more! I. must. find. a. gym. :) I feel like I just had Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great evening out with family and the kids did really good. Thankfully, they are now at the age where we can take them out in public and enjoy our meal! Its been a long time coming! :) When we got home, we put the kids to bed and watched "17 Again", we both really enjoyed it! I give it 2 thumbs up!
Anyhoots, I've got a busy day tomorrow...
Gotta get some zzzzz's while I can! :)
G'nite