Christmas-time phots, Oh and Sissy too.

I was at my moms helping her put up her Christmas decorations yesterday. I pulled out my camera to take a few photos. Some of them turned out neat.





While at my moms, her cat was hanging out close...she is usually hiding when I'm there. She was watching everything we were doing from the stairs. I started to take some pictures and she started to pose for me....really. It was pretty humorous. Here is Sissy the cat. (yeah, I know, stupid name isn't it?)

Shot on the Spot.

Shanna at 3 little birds and Lee at mysentimentexactlee nominated me for the shot on the spot. The thing is, I am to take a picture of myself right away....no changing clothes, no adding makeup....NOTHING.

Well Lucky for me I had just did my hair and make up right before I checked my messages,(I'm going to a movie with my friend) so I had Bryan take a picture of me.....along with the girls.

Here we are:



I am to Nominate a few people now.

Lindsay
Cherlyn

More later...gatta go

Getting the girls from Grandma and Papas house tonight.

We had to drive up to my parents house this afternoon to pick up the girls....they were with my parents all weekend....since we were doing wedding stuff.

The drive was pretty because it SNOWED a ton last night! It was a blizzard during the wedding and reception!!! It really was very pretty.....and luckily the roads weren't to bad today.....just snow covered. Just something you have to get used to living in Michigan.

Just like mama.....yup, just like Mama. She loves to wear my shoes.Miss Belle.

She is going to be walking VERY soon....I just know it.

This is the latest...she just looks at you with those gray/green eyes and wants to be held. Super cute.

Mulligan, my parents dog. He LOVES the snow!

Matt and Nicole Get Married!

Our good friends Matt and Nicole were married this weekend. They are seriously the perfect couple and totally meant for each other. They crack me up when we get together with them. Matt is always picking on Nicole and the other way around. They are great! Anyway, Bryan had the special privilege to get to stand up for Matt in the wedding as a groomsman.

We had a full weekend with the Rehearsal dinner on Friday and then the Wedding on Saturday. We had a great time and the wedding was beautiful. Here are a few photos from the weekend events.

Nicole.

Matthew.

Nicole with Bryan.

Walking down the isle with her dad.

Just Married!!!

The Tasty and Beautiful cake.

Matt and Nicole with his dad and Brothers, his family is Scottish....the reason for the Kilts.

Other friends of ours, Mike and Christy with their cutie daughter Paige.

More friends of ours Matt and Stefanie.

Last But not least, us..... not the best photo, but at least you can see we were dressed up and you can see Bryan in his tux.

Congrats Matt and Nicole, we are very happy for you both!

Project Time. Glitter Snowflakes.

We love doing projects here in our house! Amelia gets so excited when she gets to make these fun things of paper, glue, paint and glitter. On this day it was no different. We decided to make a snowflake mobile. I thought of this one up myself, yes and it was as we went along.

First of all I cut out some snowflakes with white paper.....I'm sure you all remember doing this as a kid. Then I had Amelia sponge glue on the paper snowflakes.....kind of like sponge painting them with glue. Then next I had her sprinkle glitter on them. Once they were dry, I then threaded string through them and hung them up. I think they turned out quite nice.

Sponging on the glue.

Glitter was next.Drying.

Hung pretty in our dining room.

One of Norah too.....here is her latest face. Talk about funny. It's kind of a snort with it. I know...funny!

The Man in Black, a story about Jesus.

I hadn't heard this before and I loved it. What a nice story, and of course Johnny Cash does everything wonders. Take a listen. Here was a Man:

I Have A Job!

I have a job! A job outside of the home that is.

I am so excited about this! I will be working along side of Cathy Dietz. She is a wonderful Photographer that I have met through my great friend Heather. Cathy is a friend of Heather and she also shot Heathers wedding a few years back...... and I was in the wedding and able to meet her though different functions like the wedding, the shower and all that.

A few weeks ago Cathy mentioned to Heather that she was looking for an assistant to help her out with wedding and events. Then a few days later Heather and I were together and she told me about it. I asked her to please tell Cathy about me and that I was quite interested, yet not knowing if I was even qualified enough to obtain such a position. Heather mentioned how I was interested to Cathy, and I also sent her a quick e-mail. One thing led to another, and I had my interview this morning. Cathy said that she would love to have me. YIPPEE!

I seriously can't believe how awesome of an opportunity I have been given, God was totally with me on this one. Thank you Lord!

Anyway, I will practice, practice, practice until the first event. I am to go to her house this week to see her studio and she will show me a few things. I have to say once again, what a wonderful opportunity this is, Cathy is a fantastic photographer and to learn and have her as a mentor, what a great situation for me.

If anyone would like to take a peek at her site click below.

Cathy Dietz Photography & Video