Maddox

Maddox is such a Mommy's boy! He is very laid back as a general rule much like me! Yet he very strong willed . Once he gets his mind on something he isn't going to back down until he gets it!! (Like right now he is throwing a fit because he really wants me to set up his tent downstairs!) He is a goofy boy! He pulls awesome faces all the time. Especially right before he starts to cry! His faces are hilarious! He loves to get a laugh. There are a few things that he knows are a sure ticket to a laugh. One time at the dinner table when he had super dirty hands he leaned over and grabbed my shirt and I made a big deal and said "ewww... yucky!!" and leaned away and laughed. Now every time we eat dinner I have to play the game and end up with a really dirty shirt!! Maddox doesn't have any fear. He climbs out of his crib now and will come out in the hall and say, "hi momma" in his super sweet voice. He really can have the absolute sweetest voice ever! He knows exactly how to butter Josh and I up. Maddox is such a good cuddler when he wants to be. He loves to lay down and watch a movie and cuddle up to me or Josh. He is quite content to lounge around for the first hour after he wakes up. (Unlike Mr. Mason who is usually ready to go right after he wakes up!) Maddox is super sensitive to others already. The other day I was crying because I was just having a bad day and overwhelmed and Maddox kept his eye on me the entire time. Then we he got done eating he immediately got down and came to have me pick him up and he hugged me and said "you're ok momma."

Maddox is also a very smart boy. He is not quite as proud of himself as Mason is and doesn't like to show off his skills, so sometimes I am not sure if he knows as much as Mason.... but sure enough when I finally get him to perform (whether it is counting or ABC's or letter sounds) he pretty much knows all of his letters by sight and the sounds that go along with them. His counting is pretty funny... and usually whatever he is counting he ends up at number "sefen"! He is really into Dinosaurs and Curious George and being outside!!

We sure love our babies.... and can't believe how fast time has gone already. I just want them to stay this age forever! Even though they are complete stinkers most of the time.... I just want them to stay little forever!

Mason

I have been such a slacker on our family blog lately, which isn't good because it is supposed to be somewhat of a journal for us!! So I thought I would do a little catch up on what the boys are doing these days. I took these pictures of Mason when I was in WA last month visiting my family and taking lots of pictures. I had like 5 minutes to take pictures of my boys before my sister came with her kids, but I thought I would give it a try! I didn't have anyone there to help me with them, but I think I really captured our little Mase as he truly is.

Mason is our little stinker these days! He just has mischief in his eyes! He has 2 speeds.... standing still or sprinting! When he is into something he shouldn't be and I come to take it away he likes to throw it up in the air and run! He loves to torment Bruno (our shi tzu) and thinks it is hilarious when Bruno growls at him. He is completely obsessed with Dinosaurs! He can name soooo many dinosaurs. There is one we are still trying to figure out what he is actually saying, but it sounds like "crap-a-sauras! Mason is super smart and remembers everything we say! A great example of this was last month as we were getting into the Tri-Cities we drove over the blue bridge. I was telling the boys to look out the window at the Columbia River. That was pretty much the extent of the conversation. Two weeks later we were in Yellowstone with Josh's family. Our first day in the park we pointed out the pretty river to the boys. Mason immediately said, "There is the Columbia Riber." Amazing! He is also getting very good with his alphabet and can recognize all of his letters by sight and knows pretty much all of the letter sounds!
Mason doesn't really love to share right now. In WA my mom asked Mason if she could hold his dinosaur book while he was eating...he yellled, "IT'S BERY MINE!" Since then he has continued saying this. It was awesome at Macy's when we bought them new shirts and the lady needed to ring us up Mason yelled "IT'S BERY MINE!" His latest thing that he is doing that is super sweet, is no matter if he is hurt, it is time for bed, he is in trouble, he is mad.... you name it he is always saying "mommy rock you" and he really wants me to drop everything and carry him upstairs to the rocking chair and rock him. So as much of a stinker as he can be... he really is so sweet too!

Lastly... probably one of my favorite thing about Mason right now is that he really annunciates very well. His mouth is sooo cute when he talks because his lips are so exaggerated no matter what he is saying!! So these pictures are just a little example of Mase being Mase!!















A catch up on Maddox is on the way!!

You might recognize these cuties.....

You can check out a few more from their session here!

Mase!

I have so much to catch up on, but I was just uploading our pictures from Bear Lake and had to blog this cute one of Mase. I love this little man so much. Even if he does boss me around and his little face has stinker written all over it.... he is the cutest little stinker I know.

giveaway!!

My cute friend Analia is super talented and is having a giveaway on her blog for the cutest beanies!! Check out her stuff here!

mase loves dinosaurs...

and all of his other animals. He is still at it- lining up his animals throughout the house. I love how he even lays down by them to rest! lol!



This morning Josh didn't have to work so we took the boys to the dinosaur museum and had a great time! I spent $50 for that membership a while back, and I think it is the best $50 I have spent! The boys love the dinosaur museum! In fact before I even told the boys we were going there today Mason asked if we could go to the dinosaur park all on his own! It also gets us in at lots of other fun places and the boys other favorite... the zoo once a month!!

if you feel like crying....

read this. even if you don't feel like crying, you should read it anyways.

Sunday Evening

Last night Josh and I took a drive to the Bountiful Temple. I have a wedding coming up and I am doing some pre-wedding pictures there tonight for the bride and groom and just wanted to go check it out from a photography perspective.

Hard to believe Josh and I were married here almost 5 years ago next month!

The twins in their soccer outfits

Oh wow... I was lucky enough to stumble upon this beautiful bride modeling for me.... don't worry I didn't pose her. She came up with this on her own!!

Oh woops... that wasn't a bride... that was just my handsome husband posing as a bride!! lol! I love this picture of him... he's cute.

Mase's Lineup!!

Mase is really into all of his animals lately, and Josh and I have been dying watching him gather all his animals together and lining them up in different areas of the house. Oh and watch out if Maddox wants to even touch a single dinosaur!! That would just be asking for trouble! Mason every once in a while will be kind though and let him play with a goat or if he is lucky a cow! I am glad he is doing so good talking and everything or I might be concerned about him liking to line things up so much since I think it is a characteristic of autistic children. Don't worry everyone... I think he just really likes to have all of his animals to himself!!

{Please ignore the laundry hamper in the kitchen with a t-ball tee!! lol! Nice photography work by me!}

Long Weekend!

{So this picture pretty much sums up how we felt after our weekend!! I love how Bruno is passed out on the floor too! He has a rough life!}

Saturday Josh played in a golf tournament, and then we all went to the park for a family BBQ with lots of Josh's relatives. Then after the BBQ I had a family session to do. Then Josh had to clean a Zion's Branch etc.... Then the really crazy part of the weekend hit on Sunday afternoon. Josh said he wasn't feeling that well, but he went and ran his 12 mile run at around 1. He came home and was feeling pretty crappy all afternoon and told me that it was the worst run he has ever had and couldn't even finish. He lounged around all day, but was kind of able to help me with the boys even though he wasn't feeling that great. We put the boys down at 8 and Josh went to bed at 8 as well. At about 945 I was in the basement and heard a loud thud. I ran up the stairs to find Josh curled up on the bathroom floor. I ran to him and his eyes were open but he wasn't responding to me. I was hysterical and screaming to him that I was going to call 911. He finally came to and said, "where am I?" After a couple of minutes he was realizing what happened and was able to carry on a conversation with me. He wasn't feeling good though and once he started to sit up he started throwing up uncontrollably. I was panicking but was able to get him cleaned up and back to bed. Then I decided I was going to take him to the ER, he fought it pretty hard but I finally was able to get him to go. Luckily we live close by his parents and they came up to stay with the boys while I took Josh to the hospital. After 4 hours at Davis Hospital we were glad to find out he didn't have swine flu, but his blood work showed he was really dehydrated. We also think he had some kind of stomach bug too! They gave him some anti nausea medicine and some fluids through an IV and sent us home. I cancelled all of his job on Monday but he was back to work today and is feeling much better!

Very crazy weekend..... I am so glad he is ok! It was a very scary night!

My Husband is a Stud

Josh went fishing last week at a place called Deseret Land & Livestock.... He has been up there 4 times now and always catches pretty good sized fish... but this fish was a monster! It was a 12lb trout... which is HUGE!!! It almost looks more like a salmon or something because it is so big!! Luckily he had a 5 year old disposable camera on his pontoon boat so we all believe him that it really was a big fish!!

The other thing cool is that he caught this on a fly rod. I guess that is cool... I don't really get it but I think it is a lot harder to catch big fish when you are fly fishing!

Last night Josh was on the computer and he asked me if I had blogged his fish yet!! lol! So I thought I better get it up here!!



Here is my handsome outdoorsman husband with his big catch of the day!

The end.

A picture of me... What!?!?

So I haven't been good about posting pictures of our family since I started taking pictures of other people! But over memorial day weekend we went camping with Josh's family and I actually had my  picture taken with my boys!! 

Me & Max

We had a super fun time camping. The food is always the best... I probably gained 10 pounds while we were there, but nothing beats campfire food!!

Josh & the Boys

This picture was taken after Josh ran in a half marathon over memorial day weekend! This is a big deal to run in a half marathon, but he ran in one two weekends in a row!! He did so good... he came in at the Ogden marathon in 1 hr 39 minutes. He has just taken up running over the past year and has really grown to love it! I am so proud of him and how dedicated he is once he gets his mind set on something! 

I have been super busy with pictures and the boys, and Josh has been super busy cleaning carpet, finishing up his EMT class and running. The boys well they have been super busy being 2! 

Also I forgot to mention the day before I went to WA last time Josh's Mom took Me and Josh's Sister to Wicked! That was incredible! Definitely need to go to that if you ever have an opportunity!! 

On a completely different note... I really want to paint my kitchen cabinets. Anyone have some good ideas for me? Or good ideas on how to convince Josh to help me?

Also I read this post today from NieNie and loved it. I think you will too. I love Josh like that... I really do!

My first newborn session

These are a few pictures from my very first newborn session! This little guy was so good... and he is such a beautiful baby! I can't wait to edit the rest of them!!

New Location

Over the past couple of months as I have started my little photography business, I have been looking for locations to do pictures. When I go to Washington to visit my family I love taking pictures in orchards. I love them!There are orchards down here, but I don't know who owns them and was kind of worried about just tromping through someones orchard without asking. I was talking to my dad about this and he reminded me that we had a distant relative down here that owns orchards and that he would call and ask if I could come up and check them out! I went up a few weeks ago and found this awesome sign with my maiden name... and then I found this awesome truck and of course the trees!! There are actually some really cool older cherry trees that are really big and knotty!

Handsome boys...

More of this handsome little guy and his adorable brother here

Fire Academy Pic

I am not sure if I have blogged about this yet or not... but just in case I haven't I will go ahead and fill you in. Josh has been in the fire academy since August of last year. It has been challenging with running our business, and having a family and a home to maintain, but somehow he has pulled it off!! The past 6 weeks he has been in class M-F from 6-10 and all day Saturday because he is also in the EMT course. This Saturday will be his last day of the fire portion and by the end of June he will be done with his EMT course! I am so proud of what a hard worker he is and how he is somehow able to juggle his many responsibilities!! Here is a picture of the whole group. Josh volunteered me to do their picture... it isn't my best work (I may have been slightly intimidated/nervous), but hopefully it will do the job!




{Josh is the handsome one with the heart around his head!}

Absence & and awesome surprise!!

Sorry about my blogging absence. I have been super busy with other peoples pictures lately that I haven't had much time to work on any of my kids!! Here a couple I did from a little session with my babies!! Thanks mom for being the best assistant a photographer could ask for!! She seriously worked super hard to get their attention!!










{I am seriously in love with this one of Mase... it's the best sad face ever!}

In other news my husband is seriously the best husband ever! He was before this surprise, but now it is just confirmed even more. While I was in Washington visiting my family and doing pictures, Josh went out and bought me the imac that I have been dreaming about for a long time! I am dying because I haven't been able to get photoshop installed on it yet and I am so busy I haven't had time to learn how to use it... but let me just say I am in love.... with Josh of course, and kind of with my new computer!! This was such a major surprise because we have been talking for a while about how long it is going to take me to save my photo money to buy one! It is also a huge surprise because Josh just doesn't throw around expensive gifts like this. The other cute thing about it is how he had it all set up when I got home from Washington on a super cute/simple white desk. I have been telling him that I just want a real simple white desk so it would look clean and fresh in our front room. Well he was listening to me for the past couple of months and went out and found a desk just like I had described! I am a lucky girl!!

Anyways... I need to get back on task! Hopefully I will be back blogging soon! I have a lot to catch up on!

Kylie

When I went to WA a few weeks ago I took Kylie around with me to find some locations. She is a good little model... it is nice to have a sister who likes her picture taken! There are a few more of these here.

Senior Pictures

This is one of my favorites from a mini senior session with my beautiful cousin Marcie! You can see a few more on my photography blog.

To my handsome husband....

We hope you have a very happy 30th Birthday! Thanks for being such a great husband and an awesome Daddy! We love you soooo much and appreciate all you do!














Love,

Meg, Maddox & Mason

P.S. You don't look any older than when we met.... you are still hot! You look 23!