~Dressed Up

Today is a special day.  Both the girls looked

so pretty this morning. 

Jolene has class pictures today so she dressed

up nice for that.  Raychel is headed out of

town for band competition this afternoon and had to

wear black and white.  She felt it was kind of boring so

she added the scarf for a pop of color. 

Band competition went great they earned a 2!!

~3rd Grade Pictures~

Picture day!! She is so cute!!! She loves it when I take her picture so she can see it right then and decided it what she has on will work or if she needs to go change! She makes me laught several times a day!!

~7th Grade Picture~

School picture day!!! Days in advance she knows what she wants to wear, how so wants her hair and knows her pictures will be great! I look at her and I think how could they not be with confidence like that! I can't believe she is in 7th grade, I can't believe she is 12, I can't believe how much I love her. She is everything good!

Picture Day

I love my life.

I love my 'job."

How can I not love my life when this little person

is part of it? She says she loves me every time she

leaves or enters a room,she hugs and kisses me

every chance she can, she leaves me

notes around the house to find when she's not around, she

sings or hums all the time, and she has an amazing laugh

and a beautiful smile that warms my heart.

Today is school picture day, she has know for a few days

what she wanted to wear and how she wanted her hair. She is

growing up so fast. She couldn't wait to get her picture taken

outside like I did for Raychel. As I looked at her through my camera

lens I had a flash back at all the pictures I have taken of her over

the past 7 years and how fast she has grown and what a

beauty she truly is.

Picture Day

While we were in Utah we did some back to school shopping

with the girls. It was great fun, not only was it us girls but

we were lucky enough to beable to have my sister-in-law,

Katie and her son Jimmy with us.

In and out of shops we went, looking, and trying on

different outfits. It was so fun to watch the girls try on

different outfits and strike a pose and ask

"how do I look?"

We laughed so hard.

Last night Raychel asked me to get her up a

little bit earlier so we would

have time to do her hair, and she could make the

final choice in her outfit.

She made a great choice, she looks beautiful.

After we finished her hair she went in to get dressed and

then came downstairs. I just

looked at her and could only smile.

She looked beautiful.

She looked so grown up, she looked

so confident and ready for the day. She is

more then just a girl, she is becoming a

young woman more and more every day.

Every day I look at

her and think "I want to be like her!"

Kind, loving, compassionate,

sincere, friendly, happy, smart, beautiful,

and wise beyond her years.