beautiful inside and out

Sierra just turned 12 on the 4th of July. I couldn't wait to take pictures of her. It's actually been a long time since I've done one of my photo shoots and couldn't wait to do it. Every year she complains about me taking pictures but this time was a little different. She actually liked the dress I bought her and loved the hat that grandma lent her. The suitcase was one that we've had for a long time.
I took her to old Niles to take them. She looked so darn beautiful!!!! WOW!!!! Here are just a few of the pictures I took.

thanks for looking! I'll be posting more pictures soon of Jeremy's shoot that I'll be taking....he doesn't know it yet. LOL

Hugs

The Graduate

Today has been an emotional day for me. My youngest just graduated from elementary school.
Sierra woke up so excited about the ceremony today. Ashleigh came over very early to do her hair.

The ceremony was awesome and afterwards we took a lot of pictures with family. Here are a few of my favorites.

 

 

 

 

A weekend of FUN!

I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with family over the weekend. We attended two very special events.

 

My beautiful niece Alyssa graduated from college so her family threw her a party. Here are some pictures from this beautiful day.

 

My kiddos! Love them so much!

 

 

The next day we went to the wedding of my cousin Vincent and his wife Tracy.

It was such a beautiful wedding! The venue was GORGEOUS!

My son wanted to dress up. He looked so handsome! So did my girls!!

 

Angel and Christian celebrated their anniversary on that day as well!! So awesome!

The boys looked so adorable in matching outfits.

 

Sierra and Tanner

I love creating classes! So excited to be teaching a lot of these and others at stores all over!!

 



 

Thanks for looking!! I appreciate you coming over.

Hugs,

 

A birthday, some pages, and fun!

Today is a great day!!! I woke up thinking about my beautiful baby girl who's celebrating a birthday!!! I can't believe it was 24 years ago that she came into this world and completely changed our lives. I love you my sweetness!

I'm looking forward to celebrating with her today.

Yesterday, I spent the day at an awesome crop with a lot of really cool people!!! I got to see the girls that I spent last weekend with. It was so great to spend the day with Gina again! We had so much fun! There was a masssage therapist and we treated each other two massages. LOL

I completed three projects. I forgot to take pictures of one because it was late but here are some pictures of the other two. I made it using Prima products that the company sent me. I also used Clearsnap, therm-o-web, Helmars, Sakura, May Arts, Crafters Workshop, Helmars, and more!!

So I'm now off to spend the day with my girl!!! Have a fabulous Sunday everyone!!!

Hugs,

Things that I love....

I was looking at some pictures of Sierra today and it just made me smile. I love my little girl!! The things she says and does are so amusing to me. I can listen to her all day! Especially if she's talking about things she feels strongly about. These are some pictures of her that I took last week.

On Saturday the boys stayed the night with us so Angel and Christian could go out on a date. I had so much fun with them. I love that in the morning they came flying into my room so they could snuggle and be silly. I got to snap these pictures of them.

I love frilly pillows! Don't know why...I just do. I can't stop buying them. I think there are about 17 pillows on my bed. Here are some of my favorites!!

I love my room! If I could live on my bed forever...I'd be okay with that. LOL I surround myself with all my pillows and blankets. LOL

One of my most favorite people to spend time with is my son. Now I know some of you won't believe this but this is the absolute truth...this guy is the best kid on the planet! NO JOKE!

I can honestly say that he has never once got into trouble....ever!

If there is anyone that anyone could ever trust with anything...it would be him!

I'm such a lucky person! I can honestly say that I have a great family!

My mom is my best friend on the planet!!

I love spending time with my friends Laila, Jen, and Gina!

Love texting with my girls Michelle and Elizabeth!

I love when I get to visit with my friends like Camille and Christine!!

There are so many others!

Thank you for reading my blog!! Please feel free to leave a comment! I promise to read them!!



Picture heavy post!!!

Well it's been a long time since I posted last. I've been just a tad bit busy with traveling, teaching for WOW, holidays, and more.
Since I haven't posted in a long time, I wanted to show you some fun pictures. Hope you like.

Thanksgiving was different this year. We had it in my house. Everyone thought it was going to be weird since we have had it at my parents house since I was born.
I decorated my little heart out! So much fun!

I wanted it to feel very warm and inviting. I think it looked good. LOL I made fun place setting and candle holders for each of the tables.

I also had the front decorated for Christmas.

Our family is a little crazy! We had both a "regular" photo and a "fun" one.

I've shopped some with Angel and Paul for Christmas. If you know me, you know that the theme will always match through out the house, so my presents match my tree.
Here's what I did.

Just a TIP...notice I used the scotch package paper. It's over 75ft for less than $5.00. You can buy the same kind of paper in the Christmas section but it will cost you more because it's "Christmas" and it's only 25ft. Shop outside of holiday section.

I've been into baking for the holidays. YUMMY!!!

Love my cooling rack and spatula from Pampered Chef. Been using it a lot!! LOVE the holidays.
Little things that get me into the holiday spirit.
*listen to Christmas music all the time. If you are in the area...96.5 koit radio station...Christmas music non-stop!
*plan out 25 different holiday things to do with friends and family.
*get together with friends and family and do an ornament or cookie exchange.
*watch Christmas movies. One of my favorites--Muppets Christmas Carol!!
*see if you can create something together as a family. If you look at my Christmas tree...my kids and I made the garland together.

Hope your holiday season is amazing and full of love and memories.
Hugs,

My favorite new saying

The other day I found this saying and I totally and completely fell in love with it. Ready for it?

She designed a life she loved.

How cool is that?

It really got me thinking...how many of us are living the life that we love?

Realistically, it would be hard to have everything we ever wanted but if you think about it...why do we NEED to have everything?

I'm so happy to have a beautiful family, loving friends, a roof over my head, and I'm pretty healthy! That's all I really need.

Have a wonderful  week!

Hugs,

 

It's been a while...

Hi there everyone! It's been a while since I've said hello here but I've been majorly swamped. Right after CHA I went to Ever After and Create 365. We had a blast!!!
I then took some time off to do some personal vactions. I first went to the Bahamas with my brother and friends. We had a blast!! Here's the view from our room.

I got slightly tan! LOL

I enjoyed spending time with him!!

I came home and a day later, Sierra and I were off to Gina's house. We played and then Gina and I were off to southern ca for a fun meeting!!!
I came home and the next day I was off to Hawaii with my kiddos and mom!! This trip was fantastic! We did so much!! Here are a few pics.

I am getting ready for my last trip vacation. I'm going off to southern ca with Paul. We need a trip for just us!! I can't wait! It's going to be a small one but we don't care.

Once I get back, it's time to kit again. I'll be visiting more stores!! I am so looking forward to seeing a lot of my favorite people!!

Okay so that's all I got today. Thanks
Suzy