Our family update...kind of!

Wow! It's been awhile since I've blogged. A lot has happened since then. Well Burt is still in school, wow, that was a big change from the last update. We've discussed that he can no longer study around Brighton since we had an issue with Brighton informing everyone she was around that she had herpies. Speaking of Brighton, she is growing like a weed as always. She now officially speaks with Burt and I in "big people" talk. She say's things such as 'inappropriate, frustrated, your an idiot, I already told you mom, I don't understand, and you do comprehend." She's a real meany some days but that doesn't stop me from putting her little butt in the corner...wahoo go mom-ster!! In which she responds, "Mom, why? I'm just a kid!" What a little manipulator.

A lot is going on at work. News that I can't speak of at this moment (I would love to shout at the top of my lungs about it, but alas I will restrain myself for the time being!) My photography is going very well. It has been really busy (reason I've neglected my blog). I'm really enjoying it and learning a lot. Thanks to all my photography pals who are willing to have me tag along with them. I was excited that I got to shoot ONE commercial session. It was really neat and nerve wracking as well. Hopefully more commercial sessions will come in the future.

I got to spend time with my childhood friend Becca. We went and watched the musical "Sleepy Hollow" which had been a long time since I've seen one. It was great. The music (which was written by the director of Zions Bank Retail Services) was fabulous. If they had a soundtrack for it I would be the first in line, okay maybe not the first, but the second at least!

Burt's sister, Tiffany, visited from Germany with her two crazy rowdy kids. They were a lot of fun and I'm glad they were able to make it out and we were able to spend some time with them. Towards the end of the night Brighton started getting tired and would go and lay on the bed in grandma's guest room while my niece and nephew were still jumping around like little monkey's. We've come to realize that Brighton is a mellow, reserved individual from this event.

I'm also getting into Twilight. A neat book to read, but it will take me a while to start drooling over reading the next chapters and so forth. I'm slowly getting into it. I'm slowly losing my hearing as well (sad, sad) but what can I do besides now equip my mickey mouse ears (Burt say's they look like mickey mouse ears) with a beautiful set of hearing aids (yay...). I can't hear him speaking with me, I can't hear my employees speaking with me, or anyone else. Well, techinically I can, just bits and pieces here and there. Sometimes I need them to repeat themselves two, three, five times and they are sitting right next to me. I simply choose to believe that it's selective hearing.

Burt and I continue to talk about having more kiddies, but that ain't happening anytime soon. Hopefully more will come in the future, but for the time being we are very content with our sassy little lady.

A quick backtrack. My little lady in her Halloween costume (I know it's late, but it makes me feel like a good mama.)















































Alas, it's good to be blogging once again!!

One kind word....

Brighton: Mom, that is amazing!

Me: What's amazing?

Brighton: You cleaned my shirt! That's amazing. Thank you mom for cleaning my shirt!

She say's thank you all the time, but I was taken back by the fact that my three year old was pleased with a clean shirt. She's just glorious!

You are SO welcome, Brighton!

Help Becky (a woNDERful) self taught photographer out....

From a photographer to another photographer, I thought I'd give a nice shout out of HELPS. Becky Leung is a self taught photographer that is hoping to attend a workshop for FREE {As photographers we all know how expensive those can get!} Becky's work is amazing and I enjoy glancing at them here and there {when I get some free time}.

So even if your not a photographer, from a friend to a friend HELP Becky get out. She will also be having a drawing for a prize, just be sure to comment on her blog to let her know what you've done.

Today is the last day! Visit her blog {click on blog} to find out how to help her!

My better halves....

She will one day outgrow his tender loving hugs embracing her tiny little body, but she will never outgrow his heart....

Brighton and Burt's thoughtful {love-iness}

Burt's family had been camping at Bench Creek all week long and so Burt decided that he wanted to visit them while they were there. I couldn't go because I had a photo session scheduled with a cute couple which ended up getting cancelled since it was raining.

From Burt's account, he said Brighton had a lot of fun and she got to even go horseback riding with daddy on one of grandpa's horses! When they arrived home, they had a loVEly gift in hand {picked by Brighton's own hand}.

Thank you my sweet man and little lady for the BeUTiFul flowers.

{This is how I received them smOOsHed together!}

Aren't they loVELy! {I love the details of the flower, click for a closer view}

I wish I could have been there! Oh, see how adorable Brighton is with my flowers!? {click on the picture for a closer view}

*Thank you grandma Lynda for the picture.

My jobs away from my other job

Well, it's been crazy, busy as always. I've partnered with my brother (who owns an online marketing business) to help him create online marketing websites for businesses. I now am an expert computer geek understanding the in's and out's of the computers and how to create this and that. It's been hectic, and as I said before busy, but a fun experience. Of course there is only so much of me to help him out, so I do what I can while still maintaining my sanity. I have also started scheduling sessions (Gines Photog), so thanks to all the beautiful peeps for lending me your beautiful faces!

With my new "jobs" I don't see Burt and Brighton as much. I go to my regular 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM job, arrive home only to hole myself up in the room on the computer until about 12:00 AM or later (depending on the day). I'm trying my best to balance everything out, so I don't regret anything later in life such as missing out on Brighton's life and Burt's achievement.

Burt has been busy with work and school. I'm so happy (I'm trying not to be "prideful", it's a "no, no" I have been told) for him. Brighton is getting so big, taking after her dad. She will be three years old July 3, but is still continuing to grow like a weed. I guess she's really "five" from everyone's account of her when they see her since she's just as tall as they are. She definitely is a girly, girl telling me every chance she spots a bug that they are disgusting.

My wanna be black girl....

Sunday night Brighton was watching a movie which featured a black girl with beautiful braids in hair. Not long after her movie, she ran out asking daddy if he could braid her hair. Burt having no idea how to braid her hair, tried but failed without much success. After telling Daddy that her hair was not "bOOtifUl" (beautiful) she ran to mama asking me to braid her hair. She sat patiently on my lap while I braided her thin brown hair.

Burt and I have never seen a two year old so excited about braids! She danced around the living room shaking her head so hard that she almost knocked her self out dizzy. We could not stop laughing and decided that we would take her outside so that I could take some shots with her braids and she had been begging all day to blow bubbles anyways.








I simply enjoyed this picture of Brighton and Manning!

I'm all about getting candid shots, especially when your kid has funny looking braids in her hair and a milk mustache. This is my conversation with my two year old in an effort to try and get her to say "chEEse".

Me: "Brighton, look at the camera. Say chEEEEEEEse."

Brighton: "Meow" then she would smile

Me: "No, say chEEEEEEEse."

Brighton: "Meeeeooooow" then she would smile again

I was defeated, five Meow's later I decided to take the shot. They never do what you want them too! When will I ever learn that!?