Family Pictures 2010

If you haven't noticed,... we just recently had our family pictures taken.  We haven't had any taken in several years, and that was before we had Ben.  The entire process was extremely tiring, and even a little bit painful.  Surprisingly, Evan actually wasn't that bad,... Ben on the other hand was a little terror!  He was so difficult, we really only got one picture of him smiling.  Overall, I love LOVE the individual pictures of the kids.  We could not get one of all three of them together.  It just wasn't going to happen.  I have to say I am a little disappointed in our family pictures,... but I am pretty picky and considering how terrible Ben was, I should just be satisfied that any turned out at all.

So here are just a few of the finished products...

This is the only picture we got of Ben smiling.

I guess in the end, it was all worth it!

Flashback Friday

I am going to give this "Flashback Friday" thing a try.  I have seen other people do this on their blogs, and have decided to give it a try myself.  I have so many fond memories,... so why not share a few? 

Since it's October, I thought I would spend this month sharing some of my favorite Halloween/Fall memories.  Really, I have WAY too many.  Fall is by far my favorite time of year, but for today I think I will share some pictures from our Halloween in Arizona in 2005.  Definitely not the first place I think of when it comes to beautiful fall foliage, and crisp fall air, (it was in the 90's on Halloween night), but our first and only Halloween in Arizona has a special place in my heart.  I think because pretty much anything that took place during our brief stay in AZ has a special place in my heart.  I will have to share more about our time there later,... but for now here are a few pictures I had to scan, since I didn't have a digital camera back then. 

You can't tell, but Evan was a Utah JAZZ player (Kirilenko), and obviously Vanessa was a ladybug.

Always there to lead Evan by the hand...

I can't believe it's been five years!  I love thinking about these precious moments!

Thank goodness for pictures to help keep these memories alive.

Too Many Ghost Shows

So, it's 3:30 in the morning, and I just can't sleep. I guess I need to lay off watching episodes from "Ghost Adventures", and "The Scariest Places in America", from the Travel channel. I am such a wimp. I can't help but watch those kinds of shows, especially during this time of year, but then I pay the price later, when I can't sleep.

While I've been up, wondering if there is a ghost in my room (I know, ridiculous, right?), naturally I would start thinking about how my blog has been so blah, lately. I am not trying to attract hundreds of followers or anything, but I figure it should at least be a little interesting for me to write. Much of what it comes down to, is time. I don't always have the time to update, so when I do, I try to update with stuff I think my family (mostly my mom), would like to read about. However, there is another part of me that really needs a place to put some of the other random stuff that is swimming through my ADD mind.

So, yeah, I am going to start changing things up a bit (nothing dramatic),... I am not sure how exactly, but changes are definitely coming...

Now, if I could just get some sleep. :)