I know what I'm doing tonight...

I just discovered that the rest of the Lost Season 5 episodes are now on Hulu! I could hardly contain my excitement so I thought I would share :) We have been waiting and waiting to see what will happen....

If you haven't seen this show, then you seriously need to.

It's always nice...

...when you go to the dentist for the first time in quite some time, as in 4+ years (me: 4, husband: more than 4), and you have no cavities.

Aw yeeah.

*Plus, what a great date idea: simultaneous dentist appointments. So romantic.

you're making me sleepy...

Sundays are sure long. Especially when you were up late on Saturday, you get no nap, you have church at 1:00 in the afternoon, there are two high council speakers in Sacrament Meeting (which is the last meeting of the block), and your Mama is the choir director so you have to stay after church for an extra hour.

It's days like these when it's great to fall asleep at 6:00 p.m., and sleep through the whole night. Mommies and Daddies don't mind this, either.

great day

What a red-letter day: my child drank two glasses of milk for lunch (I know, miracle of miracles!), and he counted to thirteen (he surprises us every day!).

my very first family portrait shoot!

This week I shot my very first family portrait shoot for some good friends. It was so much fun, I am so excited about how they turned out! We did it at Wheeler Farm and the fall colors were just awesome, and this family is so cute. What fun! Visit my photography blog for more pictures!

He's a thinker

The other day, after we had been to Wheeler Farm, James and I had this conversation:

James: Anmals - again??
Me: Yeah, let's go again sometime!
James: Anmals - again??
Me: We'll go again sometime, but we can't go today because Daddy has the car.

...long pause, I could just see the wheels turning in his head...

James: Giki's car???
Me: (amazed at his intelligence and thought process) That would be fun, but by the time we could go, it would be too dark!

...another pause...he's thinking again...

James: Giki's house??

(Of course - if we don't have the car, and it's too dark to go to the farm anyway, why not just go to Jukie's house??)

Needless to say, we went to Giki's house. What a smart boy :)

Who needs bath toys when you have shampoo bottles?

The Johnson & Johnson's shampoo was the Dada, the Bath and Body Works body wash was the Mama, and the trial-size Dove body wash was the baby. A big plastic cup was the "bed" and the baby was sleeping in it. What an imagination!

"Hi, Geese!!"

Yesterday we spent the morning at Wheeler Farm, and James just loved seeing all the "anmals." The ones he like the most were the geese. In fact he chased them down for about 20 minutes, yelling "Hi, Geese!! Hi, Geese!!"

I love a sweet deal.

So you know those blogs that show sweet deals people get on groceries through coupons and such? They show a picture of all the food bought at the awesome low price of like $17.50 or something. I always think it would be great to start really clipping coupons and getting all into that, but it hasn't happened yet. BUT - as some of you know, I do love a good bargain. Today we went to Walmart and totally scored on their leftover Halloween stuff. All of their Halloween merchandise was NINETY PERCENT OFF. We got $250 worth of costumes and such for about $25. Now THAT is a sweet deal.

Here is all our loot:


We got ten costumes, three wigs, tons of accessories, two candy bowls, a bunch of plastic cups, and two big buckets. Pretty sweet, right?

SO EXCITED

So, yesterday I shot my very first "real" photo shoot! The little girl was absolutely adorable, and I am just so pleased with how the pictures turned out. Unfortunately, I cannot post any of the pictures yet, because they are a Christmas surprise for someone. BUT, I definitely will post some after Christmas :)

I just had to share because I am so dang excited!!

AND, I wanted to say that if anyone in the Salt Lake area would like children/family pictures taken, I would love the experience (and the resulting building of the portfolio), and can offer you a SWEET deal.