Thursday, July 29, 2010

My first "shot" at a photo shoot

So, Crystal and her family took a leap of faith and asked if I would take their family pictures for them.  I am NOT a photographer...  Don't get me wrong - I take thousands of pictures, but not many I would say are "frame worthy" :)  My most fantastic dad was gracious enough to share his amazing camera with me so my confidence went up a little bit...  We had  a BLAST!  Attached are a few of my favorites.
This is my personal favorite family picture :)
This is the one Crystal likes
I was so happy this log was just sitting there!
The kids were doing such a great job!
Jason was such a great sport - this has to be one of my very top favorites! SO romantical :)
Yea, I suckered them in to a few kissy pictures.
They look so cute together!
The kids are so cute!
Nothing better than a daddy daughter shot!
Guess we better have a mom and daughter one too :)
Isn't this so cute of the brothers??
Katie was a true DIVA.  She LOVED having her picture taken.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A trip down memory lane

On our way home from the family reunion I asked if we could stop in my old stomping grounds.  It was almost surreal to be there again.  The last time I had my picture taken in front of this sign it said - RICKS... so many things have changed!  I actually got lost trying to find my way around the place.
This was the house I lived in my second year.  I LOVED it there. My roommates were amazing and I have tons of fun memories here!
Chlo ABSOLUTLY refused to have her picture taken!  She was actually in the car having a melt down... So, that's why she's not in any of these pictures.  We did have a great time seeing the Rexburg temple.  It wasn't there when I was.  Super cool!
Carlee took this picture for us.  I love how you can actually see the three of us - way to go Carlee!

Family Reunion

First night at our Glauser Family reunion.  It was in Harrimon, ID.  We had just gotten back from seeing the play "7 brides for 7 brothers"  in West Yellowstone.  Chlo and Carlee LOVED it - even Jaylee watched pretty well.
This is my aunt Lisa and her hubby Scott.  They're the couple who planned the whole thing! Thanks guys!
Isn't this the cutest couple you've ever seen?  This is my G&G Glauser.
We had more fun sitting around the camp fire roasting marshmallows, singing camp songs, and just chatting enjoying each other's company.
More campfire fun.
I honestly tried really hard to get a picture of everyone.
Chlo and Carlee loved being outside messing around.  Actually, I think they were just excited to get out out of the car - we were in the car for around 9-10 hours that day... NOT FUN!
Da boys :)
It was way cute to watch my mom sing with Grandpa and have my cute cousin Amy play the guitar for them.  I have such an amazingly talented family! :)
Jaylee was outside in her feety pj's with a hoodie and sneakers - she loved it! :)
Cooking! :)
Chlo met a new friend - Janil - it's my closest cousin's daughter. The girls hit it off right away had had a ball!
This is the Jackman group - minus Brian and added Janil. :)
We went to see some sights of ID on Friday morning.  It was incredible!  I was so impressed that Jaylee would hold both grandma and grandpa's hand.
These falls were spectacular!
It was amazing how the water always has a rainbow!
Brian was the target of a lot of my pictures because not only is he super photogenic, but he was constantly with one of my kids or Dave.  Easy target I guess :)
Yea, Chlo got mad after this picture and REFUSED to be in any more.  For some reason I guess she's afraid of waterfalls and as I already knew, HATES her picture taken.
More Brian bonding time :)
These are the lower falls.
I figured I should have one picture of me and Dave together :)
Mom decided to read my girls some stories - something she is VERY good at :)  The girls loved it - they really loved sitting in their new pink camp chairs too :)
Aunt Lisa pulled out some really cool bubbles and helped the kids have some fun.
This was after our little river ride.  I'll try to add some pictures of that if my dad got any good ones - can't take a camera on a river unless it's waterproof.  DANG!  Anyway, Brian has a gift for getting my girls to settle down and sleep.  When Chlo was little he'd let her suck on his pinky until it was a rasin, when Carlee was little he'd get her pink milk and lay by her watching the movie "Flushed Away" until she fell asleep and here he is now with Jaylee - sleeping all snuggled up!  He's so great!
Dave was such a spaz!  He tried to kick this boucy ball as high as he could - pretty funny to watch!
The boys started a HUGE wiffle ball game Friday night. I think they had close to 20 guys playing.  It was a fun game!
Jaylee FINALLY decided she wasn't afraid of dirt - she had been making us carry her the whole time so she didn't have to touch the dirt.  She needed a full on shower after this activity :)
Friday night we celebrated G&G Glauser's 58th wedding anniversary!
Grandpa really got into it and really laid one on Grandma - it was priceless!
After the mini makeout :)  They fed each other cake!
I love this kind of stuff! :)
Over all it was such a fun vacation - the true highlight was spending time with family and making new friends and strenghthening relationships!  Thanks for inviting us and letting us come!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Making an ordinary thing extraordinary!

Yesterday I had to drop some things off to Heather at work.  So we decided to kidnap the Taylor girls to join us for Ice cream at Thanksgiving Point.  We had a great time!
I needed to get the tires on my car rotated and balanced.  Since it was going to take 45 minutes or so - we decided to spend our time at Party Land.  The girls had a blast!  Madison started a fun game!
Carlee LOVED trying on all the hats and using the accessories as well.
There is NEVER a dull moment when we have the Taylor girls with us.  Reagan was cracking me up!
We even got Jaylee into the fun.  She was even posing and SMILING TOO!! :)
Chlo looked adorable!  It was so much fun!
They have some crazy, fun hats to try out! :)
When we got back to the tire place the car wasn't quite done.  The girls decided to play around with the tires.  Miss Madison decided to hide down inside these tires and actually got stuck!  It was hillarious!  I had to un-stack the tires to get her out.  She's one tough kid!
Thanks for the fun outing girls!  We'll do it again soon!
xoxo