changing blog address!!!

Soooo I have decided to start a new blog. I changed my email address to gmail and can't seem to keep the same blog address so I have changed it. My new address is:
http://lifehappens-haveproof.blogspot.com

Come check it out and put it on your blog list :)

Hope you all continue to follow and see what life has in store for me:)

Chelsey's baby shower

I just LOVE these girls and am so excited that my dearest friend Chelsey is going to have their second baby next month..can't wait!! and I am destined to take LOTS of pictures!!! so stay tuned!!!

just a few of our baby...

we always say she is our first child :) and I post pictures of her like she is! haha

In honor of Father's Day...

I know I have shared this before, but in honor of Father's Day I decided to share it again. I just think it is such an amazing story of a Father's love and very inspiring. Make sure to watch all the way through...very moving. Happy Father's Day!!! Love you Dad!!

Oh The Places You'll go.... CONGRATS ASHLEY!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great places!
You're off and away!


You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.


You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!!!

Congrats Ashley! Now your life REALLY begins :) Love ya!!!

Palm Springs week...

For my birthday (and a reunion of last years Mexico trip) we all went to Palm Springs for a week. It was a blast, REALLY HOT!! We lounged at the pool all day and then ate all night :) haha That's my kind of vacation!!!

We will have cute babies :)

Not anytime soon! Mom! But eventually, for sure! weren't we cute as babies ourselves??!!! Little toe head, blue eyed babies :)

Movie quote of the month.... Love this movie :)

My computer hates me :(

Sooo I haven't been able to post for awhile because my computer decided to quit on me :( So sad because I feel off without it!! I depend on it for so much!! And I am so mad because I almost bought an external to transfer all my pictures and music in the event that this would ever happen...and I did not...bummer!!! So hopefully I can at the least get all my files off of the computer if it cannot be fixed :( Such a sad day...I thought apple's were supposed to be more reliable ????

Chris is an old man :) haha

Chris' birthday was on saturday and we had so much fun :) We went to dinner at King's Fish House, had some yummy crab, and then back at home for a ice cream cake, more yum!! Madison seemed all too eager for it! She even ended up blowing out his candles by her huffing and puffing! funny girl. 26 years old, what an old man! haha jk, I will be 27 in a few months! crazy!! 

She was LUCKY to be alive, and we were LUCKY to have her

Today, our little Lucky dog of 14 years has gone to heaven. She has been the best dog any family could ask for. I picked her out and brought her home to beg for her when I was only 12 years old and my dad finally agreed. Soon afterwards though she, along with the rest of her litter, got Parvo and she was the only one to survive after a doctor took her to care for her. When she arrived back with us, we changed her name to Lucky because she was definitely lucky to be alive. She is the only dog most the of siblings have ever know (besides my Madison). She has been such a sweetheart and amazing friend to us all. We know she is in a better place and that we will see her again. 

Her first christmas with us

This last christmas

Madison loved her too, ever since she was little. Lucky was too old to play with her but I know there was some kind of bond between them because Lucky would get excited when Maddie came over and Madison would want to lay by her. In her last days Maddie watched over her.

Her last days here with us

REST IN PEACE 

our Lucky dog

A Special Place

You have a special place Dear Lord
  that I know you'll always keep
A special place reserved for dogs
  when they quietly fall asleep
With large and airy kennels
  and a yard for hiding bones
With maybe a little babbling creek
  that chatters over stones.
With wide green fields and flowers
  for those who never knew
about running freely under
  Your sky of perfect blue.
Lord,I know You keep this Special Place
  And so to you I Pray,
For one Special Lucky
  Who quietly died today
She was full of strength & love
  and so very, very wise.
The puppy look she once had
  Had long since left her eyes.
She is dearly missed my Lord
  By a very good friend of mine.
She went to join her ancestors
  To Your land that is Devine
So, speak to Lucky softly please
  And give her a warm hello.
She's a Special gift to you Dear Lord
  From the Bell's, who loved her so.

Sprinkles cupcakes :)

So for valentines day I made Chris some red velvet cupcakes..yummm!! I got the Sprinkles cupcake mix from William Sonoma (if you have never had a Sprinkles cupcake, you need to!!) I had a lot of fun making them, and more fun eating them...they were delicious!!! I was proud of myself :)

In honor of the upcoming holiday :)

Ashley and Kailie=besties :)

Yesterday I took my sister and one of her best friends to downtown claremont to take some pictures... what a blast! They are two beautiful girls who are in their senior year of high school and were friends way back before grade school living across the street from each other :) I thought the pictures turned out really cute!

I've been tagged!!!

I am:  a daughter, a sister, a lover, a friend

I think: that everything happens for a reason

I know: that I deserve nothing but the best

I want: to have a family someday :)

I have: reservations...

I dislike: mean people

I miss: living on my own

I fear: that I'll let people down

I feel: overwhelmed

I hear: only what I want sometimes

I smell: yummy cookies :)

I crave: yummy yummy cookies :)

I usually: can control my emotions

I cry: sometimes for no reason at all

I search: for my meaning in life

I wonder: what my life will be like 10 years from now

I regret: nothing. Everything happens for a reason

I wish: I could just be done with school already!

I love: so much

I care: too often

I always: over analyze

I worry: way too often!

I am not: confident enough

I remember: through photographs

I believe: that my dreams will someday come true

I sing: only when no one is around!

I argue: over pettiness

I write: to get my emotions out

I win: only when I play myself!

I lose: more than I'd like to admit

I don't understand: life

I can usually be found: at school or work

I need: to push my limits so I can know my own strength

I forget: that the world doesn't revolve around me

I am happy: with chris and my maddie

I tag: Kathy Bell, Kristen Murri, and Hayley Bell!!!!

Oh how they grow up so fast...

I ran across this picture today on my computer and I had to share..isn't he the cutest little guy ever! I am going to see him in 2 weeks and he is walking now and has grown into a little man which makes me a little sad :( So the next pictures I post of him he will look all grown up :( So I wanted to make sure to post this before he gets too big!! At least his mom (one of my bestest friends) is pregnant again :)

A beautiful site... A new world

So lately, if any of you didn't know already, I have been heading straight forward into the vast (and sometimes overwhelming) world of photography. I have been accompanying the great Mollie of Mollie Jane Photography and am loving all the new exciting adventures that it is bringing to my life. I went with her last saturday down to San Diego to shoot a lovely couple at the temple there. I got to use my new Canon 50D for the first time and was so excited :) I thought this picture was beautiful that I got from the temple.. and this is pretty much straight from my camera! Now if only I could get my new lens :)

Christmas time! {2008}

{Our christmas tree}

{Our ornaments... Mine the car window with Madison's face:) (Because she spends time going from my house to chris') and the moose golfing for chris :)}

      { Weee got a wiii!!! YaY! }

{Ashley's ornament was a High School Musical one.. haha (by the way we hate high school musical haha)}

{Around the christmas tree christmas morning}

{Little Maddie-kins }

{Kristen and Brandon came for christmas this year.. it was sooo much fun! WE missed you Weston and Hayley! next year!}

{Yup... I got my new camera!!! It came in the mail the next day :)}

{Chris' ornament from our Mexico trip last year. Picture taken with new 50mm lens I got by the way! thanks Grandma and mom!! }

{Maddie helping me open gifts :)}

{the end of a long day}