Thanksgiving 2008

This year we had Thanksgiving at our house(15 of us). It was a great day full of yummy food and family! We did miss Ronnie this year though, he was hunting:( The picture is of my cousins cute little girl,(too much turkey);)No pics of my kids though, WHOOPS:) Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

catching up...

RONNIE TURNS THE BIG THREE ZERO


I had to share this picture. Ronnie sent this to my phone from his phone. This is how he kisses us goodnight when he is away hunting:)




Hard to believe my hubby is 30yrs old! Our nephew shares the same bday with Ronnie so we celebrated the night at Bounce U and had a great time. After Bounce U a bunch of us headed over to Oregano's so Ronnie could get his free birthday pizzookie! YUMO!


This year Faith had a part in the primary program. She did really good! After she was done speaking her part she walked straight down from the podium and back to the chapel to sit with us. After some convincing she finally went back up to join the rest of the primary and finish out the program.


Faith tried to make Jaylee look like a "clown" by drawing on her with a pen. Poor Jaylee had been running a fever that day too but apparently she didn't mind, however mom did:<

I was so happy to find both of the girls passed out at the same time all on their own! I actually got to watch a tad of TV that night!


Lately I have been finding my girls sound asleep. Jaylee has become quiet attached to her baby dolls these days.

{WINNER & another boutique}

I am so excited to meet Andrea and her child/children? I had a great time at the shedinthestix boutique last weekend. I will be at Simonton Elementary School in QC this Saturday Nov 15 from 10:00-2:00 for their boutique/fall festival. I will be raffling off another free photosession...stop by for another chance to win!

boutique time

come check it out and enter my raffle to win a free photosession!

Halloween & the month of Oct

HALLOWEEN NIGHT

We started the night off with our traditional pumpkin bread bowls with soup. This year I tried out a new recipe (the cake shaped like a pumpkin) and it was pretty yummy. Then it was off to Trick or Treat.






FUN AT TRUNK OR TREAT




FUN AT SCHNEPF FARMS




FUN CARVING PUMPKINS



our poor pumpkin the day after Halloween:)

Will You Listen?

I am ashamed to admit that this will be the first election that I have been registered to vote. I am by no means a political guru, but I just couldn't sit by and do nothing. I am astonished at how we have evolved into a country on the brink of self destruction. I believe that even if this country does elect the wrong president, our battle doesn't have to end there! I think it is time for all of us (including myself) to stand up for what we believe!

Boutique update...

Unfortunately, the Shed In The Stix Boutique will be postponed until Nov 6-8:(

boutique time

I am so excited for this boutique! Why...because Aleia Michael Photography will be one of the participating vendors! I will personally be there the entire time on Thursday and all but the last few hours on Friday. Saturday I wont be there at all but my display will still be set up. Stop by and check it out and enter my raffle to win a free photosession:)

shedinthestix.com

Faiths kindergarten school picture

Faith is loving kindergarten and so am I! I am so impressed with Franklin's curriculum and Faith is learning really fast! Besides school Faith is still busy dancing, ballet and jazz. This year she also started the three year music program Lets Play Music and is quit the little musician already;)

Jaylee's 2yr old photosession

sorry there are so many pictures...wait, no I'm not;) I am a sucker when it comes to pictures of my kids and for a serious pose too:) Nothing wrong with going to the mall for pics but this was the first time I was able to take my kiddos pictures for their birthday and I had a BLAST!

Oh, and I thought I was a color type of girl but I think I might be liking B&W

Jaylee turns TWO

Jaylee turned two on Saturday and just like her first, she also celebrated her second birthday in Show Low. I think she will probably always end up in Show Low on her birthday (at least if she wants to spend it with dad) because it lands smack dab in the middle of "prime time hunting season".

Jaylee's party at the park lasted about 20min before it started raining so we headed to the local McD's good ole indoor playground. Jaylee celebrated with her family who lives there in Show Low and had a great time!

Last night she had a second party at her grandparents and celebrated with Ronnie's side of the family.

And of course I cant believe my baby is two, yada yada yada. Oh wait yes I can because she has definitely got the two year old attitude thing down:) Love ya J Bird!

HOLIDAY PHOTO SESSION SPECIAL

Pictures make GREAT Christmas gifts!

I still have openings in October and November for Fall/Holiday photo sessions. Any session scheduled after the month of November will NOT be eligible to purchase Christmas cards and images will NOT be received in time to use as Christmas gifts.

Holiday Photo session Special:

photo sessions scheduled in the month of October and November will have the *$100.00 print minimum waived. (Regular photo session fee applies, see website).

I am also offering a mini photo session for $75.00. This session is for those who are looking to be photographed for Christmas cards only and are required to purchase a minimum of 25 Christmas cards.(*$100.00 print minimum waived).






5x7 flat front and back Christmas cards $40.00 per pack (25 cards & envelopes in a pack)

Several other 5x7 Christmas card designs to choose from!




5x5 flat front and back Christmas card $45.00 per pack (25 cards and envelopes in a pack).


To book your photo session visit my website under the Contact section or email me at: aleiamichaelphotography@yahoo.com

ZRII

Want to learn more about ZRII? Come to a ZRII meeting at Mi Amigos on Southern just west of Power Rd. this Saturday the 20th at 7:30pm. You wont want to miss this! Hope to see you there:)

My Terrible Two

Well almost two, at the end of this month. Her new trick, hanging upside down, her head inches away from the tile just FREAKS me out! In the last month Jaylee learned how to climb out of her crib. So I converted her crib into a toddler bed but she learned how to open her bedroom door. I put one of those plastic door knobby covers on the door but she managed to figure that out in the first day. UHHH! Naps and bedtime literally out the door! Our new nick name for her is Houdini because she can get out of both of her car seats in seconds! Oh and she is also a nudist! Cloths, shoes, and diapers just wont stay on! Any mommy gadgets out there that you guys recommend?

I AM NOT A SALES PERSON

It's late and I cant get Zrii out of my mind... maybe after this post I will be able to get some ZZZzzz! I am NOT a sales person, I barley get the nerve to muster up a hello to my neighbors. On one of my posts like a year back I said if I could change something about me it would be, not to be so shy. So, this post is for all the people I know and CARE about!
Two things (in order):

1. If you want to be healthy OR
2. If you want to make money

email me princessaleia@hotmail.com

oh and about the email address... I do not think I am a princess:) My nick name in highschool was princess Leia (from starwars) but it was taken

UPDATE...

CRAZY NIGHT:
Last night at 3:00am somebody started ringing our door bell. I woke Ronnie up just in time for him to hear somebody now jimmying our front door trying to get into our house! Ronnie flew out of bed and ran to the door in time to see a lady running down the road. This time he threw on some shorts and shoes (for those of you who have heard the story of Ronnie catching some people braking into our car at our last house and chasing them down in his G's barefooted) grabbed his keys and took off. After about 20 min I decided to call 911 just to let the police know what was going on. They said do you live at "such n such" and "does your husband drive a Chevy duramax truck"? "uh ya" I tell the operator. He tells me that Ronnie is following a suspect in his truck and they have police on the way. So I ask the operator if he can tell me whats going on, but of course he cant. Finally around 4:00am Ronnie gets back home. It was a 19yr old girl who was drunk out of her mind. She wasn't running from anyone... that's about all we know. The crazy thing is when Ronnie saw her running away from our house she was on her cell phone. Hopefully she wasn't working with some guys to brake into our house! FREAKY!



Our friends Darin and Megan treated us to a night at the Diamond Backs field with them this weekend. The seats were amazing, we were like 10th row from the field! Thanks guys for the great time!




Last weekend Ronnie took Faith to our ward camp out. Mine and Jaylee's bags were packed and sitting at the front door until Ronnie told me that we would all be sleeping in the back of the truck, Jaylee and I decided to stay home:)