Days like these......
make me remember the little moments....
Have you all missed me? it feels like it has been a long, long time since I posted a layout! This is layout #7..... hard to believe i know but how exciting! I start to get my little pile of layouts and get so excited to be able to put them into an album! Each one brings so many memories! Love that! I also wanted to post a few of my favorite photos from Christmas!


Shalaina....
Mands and Shawner! Love this shot!
Manda and Sharla checking her i-phone to see how warm it will be in Dallas this week for Shawn....i think secretly they are hoping for really Cold..... brats!
Kade, who knows how to work the i-phone better than most of us! lol
Manda was hysterical about something!
our little Kianna baby....
Cole, looking excited about something!
Shar and Ella
Shawn and Cody


I alsowanted to wish everyone a very happy new year! I hope that this new year will be the best one yet for each and every one of you!

cheers,

Lynn

December 24th.....
So hard to believe... so hard to imagine that another year has almost flown by... The babies are growin up so fast.... Kianna is almost 7 months and Ella is almost 5 months.... soon they will be talking and walking..... not that I want to wish these sweet precious moments away but time doesn't stand still for any of us.....

Shar managed to et this shot of Manda and me.... it isn't very often that I am on this end of the camera so this is a precious memory.... just the everyday.....

And Kianna and me..... Love this.... she is so precious!
I wanted to wish each one of you a very merry Christmas.... from my family to yours......I hope you all have a fabulous day filled with everything that Christmas should be.... the family memories, the look of amazement on all the little ones faces....the joy and the excitement... enjoy it all.....remember to capture the moments....

Enjoy,

Lynn

Happy Friday..... night I guess....
wanted to share the layout for this week....Layout #6, it's at the end of this post because blogger is being really difficult! Anyways wanted to share some recent pics of the kids too....and Grampie...
sweet little Ella Bella.... poor kid is so gonna think that is her actual name.....lol

Grampie and Ella catchin some much needed sleep.....Grampie loves his time with all the kids, so cute!
a few weeks ago we did that photo shoot with the babies and Kade decided it was his turn and thought the beads were pretty cool too! so fun!

Cole and Kade out tobaggining on a little hill beside our house.... like right besdie the house, it's awesome as long as they manage to aim right in the middle of the gate.....not even joking and the gate isn't very wide! Cole doesn't call himself the 'drift king'(yes thats what he does with his car!) for nothing!!!!and finally the layout for this week.... Shawn doesn't get home very much and when he does he just loves being around the kids! He will make a great dad!!! someday......Not now.... Have a great weekend everyone!

Lynn

Remember this???
Ok so a few post ago I mentioned this picture and how much I love it.... not sure why but I LOVE It..... Kade is so interested in what he is doing and Kianna is just hanging out in a metal pail! Gotta love it! It's all about the details.....the little details.....
so this is the shot that inspired me for this week.....

and this is what I came up! Layout #5.....
Have a fabulous weekend....

Lynn

Ok so I used all of them!
I had too.... I love them all! This is layout #4..... Not sure if you all got the e-mail yet but if you haven't You will get it in the morning.....

Enjoy your weekend!

Lynn

I had to share....
How cute are these girls??? I know I am REALLY biased but aren't they????? I just wanted to share the pics that I will be using for next weeks layout.....Not sure if i will use all three or not.....
wait and see.....


Until tomorrow....

Lynn

Life is not measured by the breaths we take....
but by the moments that take our breath away.... I know that this sweet little picture is just an ordinary moment.... a cute little cousin shot so that they will know that they were little friends when they were babies but to me this is one of those moments that takes my breath away....
makes me wish that this particular moment would just stand still.... continue on forever.
I love just getting those everyday shots, the ones that maybe as time goes on I won't remember but maybe ten, fifteen or twenty years from now I will look at this layout and remember when I just wanted that day that sweet little moment to last forever, then I will be so thankful for the memory of that everyday moment caught on film.....

Lynn

Girl your amazing....just the way you are....
yea so I LOVE that song.... totally love it actually and have wanted to use it on a layout for awhile! I asked Shalaina if you would sit for a few quick shots yesterday and she was so cooperative! (Actually I hd to beg her to do it for me! lol) no... seriously I HAD to beg! Sometimes my kids don't do what I want and that really bugs me! lol



I had to post a few pics of the babies too just cause they are so darn cute! Ella will soon be 4 months and Kianna will be 6 months! Time just flies way too fast!
How cute are they! I hope they will be B.F.F's always! I love this picture! Ella looks so happy with herself!One of the pictures My Miss Uncooperative posed for! Not bad considering she wasn't overly impressed! Impressed or not though.... I think she is 'amazing just the way she is'
Have a great weekend!

Lynn

Finally....
yea I know that I am really late this time.... not really an excuse I know but I did have a class on Saturday as well as 4 classes last week...... does that count???? I hope so! I did try to do this layout so that none of you will really need any pictures, although you will like your layout way better when you leave the class if you have the pictures done.... for those of you wondering... the little book on the front has seven pictures in it! Some of my faves from the last little while!
We had a busy weekend, Shawn was home this weekend so that was really nice! He brought his sweet little friend Chantal(love her! She is such a doll!) and we had supper with them... then we went swimming which I haven't done or a very long time but it was really nice! It was so nice to see everyone have such a great time.... reminded me of how much fun all the kids had when they were little. That is what inspired me on this layout.... the pictures are my 'now'.... today, this moment.... I am so glad that my passion is photography and documenting my family history.....
It is late... really late actually, past my bedtime so see you most of you this week in class....

Lynn

An Alligtor and two beautiful butterflies.....
ok so i found out that I should have taken my halloween shots of the kids way earlier than I did because they didn't turn out quite like I thought they would....terrible lighting..... oh well the memories were still captured! I am not sure who had more fun, the kids or Manda and SHarla.... They were the ones yelling 'trick or treat' it was so funny to watch them having so much fun! And they were so excited to dress the kids up! I don't even think Kade knew what was happeningg nd the babies certainly didn't! Too fun!


Cole loves the kids and had to get a picture for his new profile apparently! lol.... he really loves them!
I also wanted to post the album from the class this week!It has been a great week and so much fun to see everyone do their albums! I have to say that it has been so much fun teaching all these "shabby chic" classes! I have loved it!I can't wait to see everyones after they put there layouts in them, now that is exciting!!!! for those of you not taking the class this time around i have loved getting to know you all and hope you have enjoyed the classes as much as I have!(a sided view with all the pages in it.... how much fun doe this look????)
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Just a quick post....
wanted to share the layout for class #20.... so hard to believe this class is coming to a close! Kind of sad actually, it has been so much fun! I have enjoyed having all of you girls in my class and hope you have all learned lots! Looking forward to the next class session!

Have a nice Sunday everyone!

Lynn

Rock on dude.....
we were looking through these shots last night and Sharla pointed out that our little Miss Kianna had the whole 'rock on' thing going on!!!! How cute is that? Even down to those cute little lips! I got home from the store yesterday and it was so beautiful out.... Manda said lets take Kianna out and get some pictures of her.... so off we went, just out to the backyard.... doesn't look quite as nice out there as it did a couple of weeks ago but oh well I wasn't takin pictures of the yard anyways.... just the cute little munchkins!

Kianna is such a little doll, she has the biggest blue eyes ever and such a little sweetheart!
She has a thing with her tongue right now....not quite sure but she loves to stick it out and roll it around..... it is soooooo cute!

Tries to get a few of Mr.Kade.... almost impossible but did manage to capture a few anyways! His sweater looks dirty but it is just water! lol He is in love with those stacking cups! Loves them and will play with them for hours on end....
Little Miss Ella is a little doll.... we were commenting on how much she is changing.... she is content to just sit now and entertain herself a little bit more.... she loves watching Kade! She has started to laugh the cutest little baby laugh..... love it!!!
Kade starting smiling more as soon as he saw the smartie box that auntie brought out! Gotta love Aunties!
Have a great day,

Lynn

Here is layout #19....

I really love this picture of Manda and Kianna.... it will be so sweet to look back on this sweet moment years down the road....
Shar and I did a family photoshoot yesterday as well.... we weren't too sure what the weather was going to do but it turned out to be ok! It was a little chilly near the end but everyone did so good! Hope you enjoy them!




Have a great rest of your weekend!

Lynn

You have to LOVE Calgary.....
yesterday it was about 23 degrees and today it is snowing like crazy! I don't know about all of you but it feels to me like we had snow not very long ago! Oh well welcome to winter again.... I just wanted to share some shots of everyone from the last little while before I forget about them! (not the people just the pictures!) It is so hard to schedule everyone in my house to go and have family pictures done, I am sure most of us feel the same way! THe last couple of years I just try to get everyone to cram on to the front porch and get a quick picture.... this is what we got this time around! Not bad considering there are a lot of us now! I love it anyways.....SHawn hasn't been home for awhile and we have all missed him like crazy so it was good to et it even if it was quick and everyone was getting very impatient but that is the way we are.....lol



Miss Kianna.... gotta love her baby blues....



Little miss Ella Bella....
what happens at Grammie's house stays there! lol Gotta love that sweet little chocolaty face!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Lynn
p.s. I told everyone at class this week that it would be a picture of ourselves.... i miht just change my mind....