Dec 27, 2009

Christmas Eve Party Continued. . . .

After the nativity we had a talent show. Here is my niece Brielle who entertained all of us so amazingly well.



My nephew's Cash and Carson showing us their karate moves.



Braxton and Jennica singing the only song they know. The "ABC" song.



Baylee and her cousins singing "Silent Night"



The boys showing their paper airplane skills.



The kids dance away to Sadie's awesome piano skills.






Mark on the Piano

Then the guys get wild




Dec 26, 2009

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with my side of the family which has been our tradition forever. The Taylor family usually does a big meal, some activities for the kids, and then the high light is the nativity that is acted out by the younger cousins. This year Braxton and Jennica were Mary and Joseph and I must say they were so cute. Of course I might be prejudiced. They took their roles so seriously.

Later in the evening things got really interesting. My husband, brother and brother-in-law really let their hair down and performed for us in the talent show. I got it all on my camera - can't wait to post it. But, for now here is the kids building their gingerbread houses and acting out the nativity.






Dec 24, 2009

Merry Christmas

We didn't make it to see Santa at the mall this year - but we did get to give him our list at the local grocery store. I guess that will have to do for this year.



Dec 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Baylee

Baylee turned 9 on the 22nd of December. We took her to Jump on it and she had a blast. We celebrated by buying a cake at Dipidee and opening presents. I can't believe how old she's getting. She actually wanted a few items of clothing for her birthday. That's new.

She still doesn't like to get her picture taken - but I bribe her so it works. . . .


Nov 26, 2009

AQHA 2009 WORLD SHOW

I've already posted these on my photography blog - but thought I would share them here too.

Our family went to Oklahoma City last week to watch our stallion (a son of Red Buck) Bucks N Moore perform. He did awesome. Our kids did awesome and we just had a lot of fun. It was great not having to cook or do wash for a week.

Although last week was great - I'm paying for it this week. I'm trying to dig out of the pile of laundry in my wash room and getting everyones sessions edited for their Christmas cards. November is certainly one of my busiest months of the year. So much fun though. Now, when do I find to sleep - that is my question. There really isn't time.







Nov 1, 2009

Happy Halloween

I should have tried harder to get good pictures this weekend. I was planning on taking them down to the studio - but it never worked out. Anyways, here they are. Baylee playing in Grandma & Granpa Taylors garage.


Braxton being a transformer. He loves transformers even though he has never seen the movie. Must be a boy thing.


Jennica was in one of her little moods tonight. I think holidays can be a little hard on her. Just so much going on. She told me absolutely no pictures. Lucky I got this one.

Oct 24, 2009

Pumpkin Land

I have taken my kids to pumpkinland in Vineyard since Baylee was 10 months old. It's definitely tradition now. We could never miss it and the kids look forward to it every year. We went during Fall break and it wasn't busy at all. So nice.




These pictures are taken inside Pumpkinland's haunted house. It was really dark in there and these were taken without a flash. I am constantly amazed at how well the Nikon D700 does in low light situations. I showed my kids these pictures and they wondered how I turned dark into light.


The highlight for my kids. . . ..



We know her tonsils are healthy.