bLAH!

Blah! that pretty much sums up how I feel. i somehow managed to get this flu that is going around. why is it that we get sick in the winter? my doctor has always said that it's a myth that going outside with your hair wet will not make you sick. so basically he's saying that getting cold doesn't make you sick? then what in the world is the difference between winter and summer?? do the germies live better in the cold? it doesn't make sense to me. i'm sure there is a very logical answer and i'm probably making myself look really stupid right now for asking that. but seriously WHY?
on another note, i got hired as a "candid shooter" by this lady who owns a wedding photography business. and i'm SUPER exicted to shoot with her!!! she has one candid shooter right now thats been with her for a while, but was looking for one more, and thats where i come into the picture. she does such great work! i'm really excited to try out weddings with her. i mostly have wanted to do children photography, but i have a feeling i might get hooked on weddings. i went with her on a shoot last week and had so much fun! check out her website, you'll be impressed!!

http://www.momentsbykellee.com/

these were taken last month in st.george. we went on a rhino ride to some cool places!

LITTLE MAN DAX

A cute baby with a cute name and you get Dax. This little guy is adorable! And the little man even fell asleep for a minute so I was able to get a few of him sleeping. His session got cut a little short becuse his mom had to run, but we still got some great ones! Here is just a few of my favorite ones. Jill I hope you like them. :)

My New Fav.

I took this today, and love it! I think it's my new favorite! and this one is pretty cute to.

Gavin & Sydney

Fajitas!

Tonight I made some yummy fajitas and I thought I would share the recipe, because it's so quick and easy. It's not my own recipe, I did get it from a friend but I tweaked it some and I think it turns out better. Anyways....

2-3 Chicken Breast or Bonless Steak cut into pieces. I do this after it's all cooked because usually the meat is coming frozen from my freezer.

2 Cups or so of Salsa

1/2 Cup Water or so :)

1 tsp. of fajita seasoning (depending on taste) I bet I even use more but I'm not sure cause I never measure.

1 or 2 Onions sliced up

1 or 2 Green Bell Peppers sliced up

Put that all in the crock pot and let cook. And obvisouly it's done when the meats cooked and the onions and peppers are sort of soft. I promise you'll love this recipe. I think the measurements are pretty accurate, at least I hope. Like I said before I never measure, I just start dumping stuff in. The original recipe I got from my friend (thanks heather) called for a whole jar of salsa and no water or fajita seasoning. But I would recomend putting in the seasoning and water and not a whole jar of salsa. Anyways then I always like to cook up those tasty "uncooked" tortillas, and top it off with cheese and sour cream. YUM!

I wish I would of taken a picture of it but I didn't, so you get a cute picture of tayt from today. he's got the best looking blue eyes!! :)

A Spork

I finally decided I had to give in and start letting tayt feed himself. I have hesitated to do so because he makes such a huge mess. I think in my mind I thought if I hold out until he's 2 then when I do let him feed himself he'll be good at it because he's older. But he's ready to try it out now. He's always grabbing my fork or spoon away from me and trying to use it. And he's starting to turn his head when I try to feed him something because he wants to do it himself. So I gave in and bought him a spork. You know those half spoon half fork things. I have let him try and use his baby spoon before but it's so small and flat that he would starve if that's all I let him use. So tonight I stripped him down into his diaper and let him go at it. And yuck, yes he made a huge mess. I fed him chili and it went everywhere. Once he finally finished eating I took him upstairs to bath and there was even chili beans in his diaper. So now I will let him feed himself for breakfast and dinner because I can bath him right after. Lunch will have to wait until he gets some better skills.

Blue Man Group & Mike Relm

We went to see the blue man group on Sat. night. And let me say it was nothing like I expected. I don't really know what I thought it was going to be like, but it was like a rock concert. They did some cool things with it, they played the drums on some pvc pipes, and had some cool effects. I would like to see the show they do in vegas and see if it was any better. Because the tickets in vegas are like 100 and I wonder if it's really worth it. I would of never payed that much to see them here. But there opening act was AMAZING! His name is Mike Relm. And he was so entertaining. I was amazed. He's a DJ and he does music and videos at the same time and syncs them together. I found some of his stuff on YouTube, but it doesn't do him justice. Obvisouly you don't get the full effect as if you were to see it live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ2lxUiu9sE&feature=related

We left Tayt with jakes mom and he wasn't a happy camper for her. We've really only left him with my mother, and once with my sister in law Jill. I felt really bad for jakes mom because he cryed almost the whole time. And I felt really bad for tayt because he obvisouly didn't feel comfortable. I need to work on getting him used to other people so I can leave him every once in a while without causing him and the person who is watching him stress. Maybe when he turns 18 months at start going into nursery that will help, or maybe it will make it worse. who knows.

BROKEN..... BY THE WILD MAN!!

So this week my little guy has been a bit of a terror. People always warned me that when he could walk he would get into everthing. And well since he's been able to walk he's made a few more messes, but this week he's broken a bunch of things. It started off with one of my studio lights. I try to keep the door closed into the studio because theres so many things that I know he would just love to get his little hands on. Well I must of forgot and I found him in there with my umberella light on the ground and it was broken, not to the point it's not usable but a piece was broken off.
So then the other day I was on the computer doing a few things, and I can hear him in my bathroom banging something. I walk into there to find him banging my flat iron on the ground and wall. And yes I freaked out, not at him, but I was mad because we all know those things aren't cheap. And I still haven't gone to get a new one, and my hair is looking pretty darn sad. But what can you do he's only 14 months he doesn't understand so I just tried to tell him that no we don't play in mom's bathroom. I guess it was really my fault for not keeping a good eye on him.

And then today I was doing payroll for Jake and he was in my room and broke a glass vase thing. I'm not sure exactly what it's called but it was just a decorative thing that sits on an iron stand, and I loved it. Jake was supposed to be watching him that time. I feel like I can't take my eyes off him for a second or he's gonna be breaking something else. But I guess that's life with a 14 months old. :)