I think I've been stuck in the 80's

Love this video!!

The Big 26 -

My 26th birthday was April 13th and this year I really wanted to do something different and fun. I have always wanted to do an 80's themed party so this year I thought what the heck, I'll go for it. I invited our friends from our church as well as our neighborhood. We met at a mall to eat first (just like the high school days:) and then we headed over to the local skating rink. We were by far the oldest folks at the rink which made us feel really old and our outfits drew a lot of stares and laughs which was great!



I kinda went for a Pretty In Pink outfit. Joey was likened to Rob Lowe. We had some outfits that resembled Miami Vice, Madonna, Top Gun, Flash Dance and the preppy look. We had a blast!!!
Thank you to everyone who came and made my birthday special this year. It will always be a fun memory to look back on:).




Joey got me a new lens for my camera and a few other camera gadgets that will help me in my photography. I love the new lens (these pics were taken with a different camera). Thank you baby for the wonderful birthday gift!!

Some of the others

Vinnie was easy to take pictures of and actually it is kind of hard to pick the ones that are my favorites because they were all so cute! I especially love the picture of Vincent with his mamas finger in his mouth because the contrast in the size of the hands is really neat. Thanks again Christine for letting me take a kazillion pictures of your son!! It was a blast!




No, not talking about the others from LOST just some of the other vinnie pics that I liked from Friday's little photo session.

Baby Vincent Round 2

I took a lot of pictures of Vincent again today with the new lens that Joey got me for my birthday. Vincent is almost 6 months old now and is absolutely adorable as is his mommy Christine. I wanted to share my favorite picture of the day!

Easter with friends

I'm always looking for an opportunity to take pictures of people lately. I don't care of who or of what but, I am always ready. I took a few pictures of our Pastor and his family as we were heading out after spending a wonderful Easter brunch with them. They are such a delightful family and are very easy to get good pictures of. Joey got me a new lens for my birthday this week so I look forward to trying it out during future photo sessions and comparing the
outcomes. Hopefully I will get better as time goes on!

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Our Churches Easter Video (I'm in it a wee bit:)

Landscaping (pictures in reverse order)

Welcome to our front yard! Thanks Granddad and Grandma for the Welcome sign! We both love it!
Ta-Da! We are going to go buy some seasonal flowers here shortly to plant around the edge of the border, but regardless, I am so happy with the change of color, variation and style. These plants will all grow to be much larger over time so our yard will look much different each year. I love it! Can I also say that this picture doesn't do our new yard justice at all because the colors are hard to see as are a few of the smaller plants that don't even show up. Come over and check it out!
You can also see our new storm door that Joey installed a few days earlier. Now we get to look outside and enjoy our garden all day everyday...oh wait, that's just me because I work from home:).
Next step, dig another good sized hole for the Red Dragon Japanese Maple (Joey's baby). I wasn't sure about the mini tree at first, but now it is one of my favorite features of our border. Great choice baby!
First step, dig a huge hole for the Okame Cherry Tree and then figure out how to roll the 400 pound beast up our steep yard and into that huge hole. What an adventure that was!! Thank goodness Joey is so strong and creative!
Our yard before with the builder plants...not terrible, but I don't care for the 70's green/yellow evergreens..let me rephrase that...I hate the green/yellow evergreens...out they go! We pulled everything out. Not a single original plant remains! Fortunately, a neighbor up the street wanted all of our old plants so nothing was murdered just to calm all of you hippies out there:)
Getting our azaleas at a different nursery. We have a picture of Joey pulling the cart too but he isn't very proud of it:) haha
I enjoyed picking out a few border plants and for anyone who knows me..you know that I have a hard time making fast decisions (yes, character flaw)...can you imagine how hard it was for me to pick 4 of these plants with 400 to choose from. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thankfully, I have an exceptionally patient husband:)
Joey scoping out the plants at the world's cheapest nursery. Never again will we pay full price for a tree at Home Depot or Lowe's.