I am Good!

Today was a perfect day for pictures! I hopped in my car and drove down to the cemetery to get a picture in black and white, sepia and color, which is one of my brag book requirements. (I set the camera in these modes and took the pictures!) I decided that Martin Harris's tombstone would be good subject matter for this project! I have to say-I think they turned out incredible-considering that I only took the three shots!! There is also one of the many mountain shots I took! I also took a ton of panoramic views-I plan on printing most of these Saturday and Thursday! I love this job!! I love this camera!

More pics!

Today Rand and I went to the park-of course I had to bring my camera and see if I could get any cool pics, here are a few:

This one is my favorite so far! I turned it to black and white when I got home, it also looks good in color too!

This is just a fun one of Rand going down the slide!


Rand was being super kissy last night and Dustin wanted to play with the new camera so he took a bunch of pictures of Rand kissing me, so here is one of the best!!

Countdowns

I added a couple of countdowns at the bottom of my blog! Scroll all the way down and there is a countdown to Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer and a countdown to the Sex and the City Movie!! I have to admit I love Sex and the City and I can't wait for the movie!! I am also really excited for the Twilight movie!

Pictures from new camera!

I got my camera from Kodak today! It is an incredible camera-12 mega pixels and 3x optical zoom. It has a ton of different scene modes and smart capture technology-So of course after charging the battery we had to go outside and play with it. Part of my job is to build a brag book of pictures to show to customers. Let me know what you think of these and please give me suggestions on how to improve-but remember I am a beginner!! These are a few I took today:

Rand Jumping!!

Close up of a daffodil!
Throwing the ball for Jack!
My Poor dog! He has to wear this cone for another week and Rand kept throwing the ball in his wagon-It was a hoot watching Jack try to get the ball out, so I have to share this picture!!

I love my Job!

I love my Job!! Can I just say it again: I love my new Job!! I had so much fun on Saturday-I got to learn about all the different Kodak cameras and printers and then hang out in Best Buy and tell customers about the printers and play with it!! I can not wait until I get my New hire kit with all my demo supplies, signs, paper, my official Kodak shirt and my new Kodak digital camera!! That's right-they are sending me a camera to use to build my own brag book of pictures to use to show customers just how awesome the cameras and printers are!! I believe the one I am getting is the new 3 inch LCD touch screen with either ten or twelve megapixles and a 3x optical zoom-I can't wait!!! This job is just working out perfectly so far-wish me luck that it continues to work out for me and my family!!! Oh and by the way-I have to say that the Kodak Easy Share software is awesome!! You can download it for free and then you can do so much with your pictures-and it is beyond easy to use!! For example you can turn pictures to cartoons or coloring book pages-can you just imagine how much fun the kids will have coloring pictures of themselves?!
This is a picture of Rand I turned to a coloring page- I found that it worked better for the pics the photographer took with a simple background and more megapixles. I also learned that when you save the image it kind of decreases the lines but if you hit the color book button a few times it looks awesome! But doesn't that look fun!! Yeah!

Lazy Parents

So tonight, Dustin and I were very tired/lazy so when bedtime rolled around neither one of us felt like going and getting pajamas, night time pullups and all that jazz. We let Rand do it himself. He thought it was a ball and boy did we get a laugh out of the results. We helped him get his jammie shirt on and then told him to go find a pullup with Buzz on it (a night time one). This is what we found:

And now the back:
He is such a goof!! Once we got done laughing we helped him put the pull up on right and added the jammie pants and cape to complete the outfit!!

Here are some cute cheeeseee moments from earlier tonight that I have to share. I pulled out the camera and he goes-"camra-cheeeeessse!" immediately. . . .I think I might be using the camera a little much! But it is so much fun!

Celebration Time!!

I am almost done with all my classes!! I took my final today and did alright!! All I have left is one last English paper-due on the 30Th! So in celebration during the normal time that I would be studying we went and played at the park, met some new friends, and generally had a ball. But the great mom I am I forgot the camera-so no pics-sorry everyone!! I am so glad that it is finally starting to warm up-maybe now I can attack my flower beds tomorrow!! But now it is Charmed and nap time-so wish me luck-I might have a few minutes of peace today-yeah right!!

Scrapbooking!

So today I am supposed to be studying for a final in my dreaded US Institutions class-so I am doing digital scrapbooking pages in the hopes that if I procrastinate enough I might pass this final-yeah right!! Well anyway I just wanted to share this adorable page I made of the day that Rand and Pyper played at the park-This is just the slide page! I am working on more!

Silly pics!

Here is the pic that went with my post about the silly things my boy does to make me smile! Blogger wouldn't let me load the image that night-so here it is a few days/posts later!!

What a goofball!

The next day we were getting ready to go to the doctor. So Rand decided to put on shoes, not his mine.

And of course Daddy's snowboarding gloves once again complete the look!!

He was quite upset when I put these back and wouldn't let him wear these or my black high heeled boots. What am I going to do with him? If he wasn't so stinking cute I might also have to consider the whole eBay idea! Gotta love them right!!

Finally Worked!

I love the blogs with the pics in the headers and so I have been trying to find one of mine that worked--and today I did!! The snapshot of Rand is one of our all time favorites of him-we affectionately call it the jester hat! This is also the pic that Dustin wants tattooed on his shoulder! It is so fun to look at all of his tiny baby pics and see how he was so cute and adorable and I have to brag- but I think that he is getting cuter and cuter everyday!!! But perhaps I might just be a little biased!!

Chocolate Oracle

So Tonya put this link to the chocolate oracle and after three questions it tells you about yourself! It is really awesome! Here is my chocolate oracle:

What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You

You are unique, creative, and fascinating. You don't do what's expected of you. You go for what's unknown and uncharted. You are emotionally expressive and sensitive. You're effected by everything around you. Your friends appreciate your open heart, but they are afraid of hurting your feelings. You love the feeling of accomplishment. You enjoy doing what's important. You feel lost when you have to do frivolous tasks or hang out with shallow people.

The Chocolate Oracle

The things that make me smile!

You know-Today has been an interesting one. I had to go to Ogden for a drug screening (for my new job) and I had to meet with my USU Advisor. Well to make a long story short-I am exhausted because I feel like crap that has been ran over by an eightteen wheeler. But no matter how awful I feel, how crabby or onery I am, my boy can do the smallest thing and make me smile. A smile from him, seeing him disappear to his room only to have him come running out in a hat, telling me hat! hat! Walking in the living room wearing Daddy's snowboarding gloves and kissing me before running off to attempt whatever plan is forming in that mischevious little mind. I just have to say I love my boy!!!!

On another note, as evident by my blog revamp--I GOT OUR FAMILY PHOTOS!!! Yeah! These are our first good family photos-snapshots with my little camera, not so good. We ended up with 136 photos of us as a family, Rand and Dustin, Rand and I, and Rand by himself. Here are some of my favorites!!

Sleepy Boy!

Today after lunch Rand was playing with his toys while I was working on my homework. At around 1 o'clock I noticed that Rand had crawled up next to me on the couch. He had pulled the towel I used to cover the coffee table so he could eat lunch there up with him and fell asleep!!



Later in his three and a half hour nap- he got restless and had to find a pillow!!

This proves just how well he gets along with Mischief! They slept like that for about forty five minutes!! (The flash woke up the cat! But he soon went back to sleep after I quit taking pictures!!)

Fun times!

On Friday Rand and I went to visit Aunt Tonya and Pyper. Tonya got this new awesome camera, so we took the kids to the park and got some adorable pictures of them playing! They went down slides, swang on the swings, ran everywhere and just had a blast! Here are some pics from the fun time at the park!

New Job!!!

Today I interviewed for a sales representative position with a company called Mosaic. The interview was awesome and I got the job!! Yeah! This job is going to be perfect for me-The hours are flexible. I will be able to work mostly on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays! I can't wait! All I have to do now is fill out a bunch of paperwork-background check, drug screen, and then I will be working!!!!

Playing Outside

Today it was a beautiful day so we went for a walk and played at the park. Rand was so funny and had so much fun sliding down the slides and climbing stairs-swings on the other hand not so much! He learned a new thing today-when he wants to be picked up he looks at you with big bambie eyes and says "save me"!! It is so cute that you have to pick him up! When we got home our neighbors were outside so we went and chatted and Rand got to see some baby chicks and hold a "puppy" that was really a baby goat! Here is a slideshow of our adventures today along with pics of Dustin giving the cat a bath yesterday-Poor kitty!!

Exhausting Week!!

This week has been so exhausting!! I have not done anything! Dustin has been home all week with pneumonia! I have been going insane trying to take care of Rand, Dustin, Homework and somehow attempt to keep my house clean.
Yesterday Rand was being a typical two year old and dumped soda all over his mattress, after scrubbing his mattress he then colored his mattress with chalk! Yeah! So all we did yesterday was scrub his mattress. Later he was in his room being quiet, which is never a good sign when it comes to children. Dustin went to check on him and Rand had pulled a handful of baby wipes out of the container. Dustin asked "What are you doing?" Rand replied, "Cleanin'" and proceeded to scrub his mattress with the wipes! Oh, what a cute little stinker he is!

Cleaning my bed!!

Scrubbing away!!

Silly boy!!