My drawings

It has been so busy in my world. I can feel that the school semester is coming to a close...I have SOOO many assignments due in the next 3 weeks. I am swamped up to my eyebrows! Hopefully I make it through these next few weeks and get to rest a little at the end of it all.

I have been promising for a while to post some of my drawing's I have done in my drawing 1 class. Now keep in mind that I am a beginner, and have never drawn in my life beyond the stick figures we all know how to do...

I am posting them from my FIRST drawing I did to my most recent drawing I have done. I think I have improved a lot. There is still room for LOTS of growth. I'm not good by any means, but it's a start. I had to darken them a bit in photoshop so you could actually see them, because they were sooo light, because I use to draw with a super light hand...so my pics didn't show up that great.

peek a boo

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Happy Birthday to my Baby!

I love this little Girl. Her birthday was yesterday (on the 16th - I'm a day and then some late posting this), but I didn't get time to post, and this morning I woke up with a bad tummy (too much bread yesterday) so I'm just now getting around to this.

For her birthday, I spent the whole day doing what she wanted to do. The only thing I MADE her do was take a nap so I could have a little rest. We started out the day playing play-doh, playing with her new tinkerbell cards,dressing up her magnet doll, then we made veggie pizza for lunch,she took a little nap while I worked, when she woke up we went out and enjoyed the sunshine. She rode her new BIRTHDAY bike for a little bit, then wanted to just walk around. We kicked a ball in the back yard, and wrote on the sidewalk with chalk. Then our good friends Cherise and Bryce came over for Dinner - I made sweet pork and it was soooo yummy. I did a great job I must say. I made macacroni and cheese (That's what she calls it) for Aspen because that's what she wanted. And finally to complete the day, we ate cake of course...and she wanted to go spend the night at Grandmas...a nice birth day treat for me! All in all, I think we had a fun day. Being a "STAY AT HOME MOM" without working the business while I was home, was actually harder work I think...takes a lot more energy then letting her watch cartoons while I work...

I am so thankful for you in my life little Aspen. I have dreamed about you since I was in the 9th grade. I knew you would be my baby Aspen someday, and I'm so grateful to my father in heaven for blessing our lives with you! You are a beautiful little angel and you bring a lot of sunshine into your mom and dad's lives. Keep growing and learning, and being the sweet girl you are. I love you!

Here's some pics.

Starting out:


Day she was born:


4 mths with Grandpa Call



6 mths old with great grandma


8 mths old meeting daddy for the first time


11 mths old



1 year old - picture taken by Heather Taylor Photography



Just shy of being 2


Just shy of being 3


The birthday Girl! (Fancy Nancy Birthday Party








I can't believe how quickly time flies! She was my baby just yesterday, and now she is a little girl. She is my world.

F*R*I*E*N*D*S

It's been kinda a sad week. 2 of my very best friends have really had a trying week, and my heart goes out to them. First "C" who has had all sorts of car troubles since her hubby left for some schooling stuff (clinicals??) and she has a new baby and a 2 year old...that's hard enough in itself without having to deal with car problems too. So sorry girl! Glad things are starting to look up for you! You know I love you and that I'm always here if you need a friend. I've known this girl since I was probably 1...forever as far as I know, and she has never gave up on me in life, even through my hard years when I thought I "knew everything", the rebellous stage, the piti me stage...through it all, she's stayed my friend when others gave up on me. I've appreciated her in my life more than she knows.

And my other wonderful friend who will be having her first miscarriage in a couple days probably. She is about 3 months pregnant, and she started spotting, so I went over to spend the day with her and help her with her other kids today, then she went to an Ultra sound this afternoon and found out that the baby's heart isn't beating. My heart just broke for her when she called and told me the news. That is never easy to go through. Especially that far along when you've just started telling everyone. I love you girl, and I hope your heart mends! I met her in college, and we became great friends, because she loved me enough to tell me when I was being stupid, and when I needed to change my life around. She has been here everytime I need a friend, shoulder to cry on, someone to call at midnight when I'm having a bad time, someone who has always been willing to drop whatever she is doind and make some time for me. It's hard to find friends like these two have been to me. Most friends seem to come and go in life, but I hope that a couple of my friends will never go away!

So with all that sad news...I hope things start looking up for these 2 - they are the greatest. I have a couple really close friends in my life, and they have been by my side through the years, and I absolutely love them. I don't know what I'd do without them. Everyone needs a special friend that they can depend on. I don't make friends that easy, because I always feel rather awkward around people...but these friends love me the way I am, and I appreciate that more than they know!


Dionne Warwick - "That's What Friends are For"

And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes and try to feel
The way we do today
And then if you can remember

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

Whoa, and then for the times when we're apart
Well, then close your eyes and know
These words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
In good times, in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
Oh, that's what friends are for

Whoa... oh... oh... keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, oh, for sure
'Cause I tell you that's what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for (That's what friends are for)

On me, for sure
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'

A Long Journal Post

Ok, so I don't get much time to write here anymore. And I haven't had time to do my Mission 24 photos either...which I'm sad about, but I am working 2 jobs, doing school, photography, dishes, housecleaning, friend time, and trying to squeeze in a little mom time and wife time in there too. :0)

I am likin my 2nd job actually. Guess some of us mom's are meant to work...I don't do as well being home. I'm not a nice mommy when I'm home all day. Maybe if I didn't have to be running an at home business too, and being mommy, I'd be better at it. My 2nd job is only 2 days a week at a middle school, helping out in a 6th grade class 4 hours a day, then straight from there, I head to school for the next 6 hours. Then home to dinner and snuggle time with Aspen and bed. This week though, I've been putting in full days everyday at the school since I'm on Spring Break. I go till 2pm instead. I have grown to love the children in the class. SOME of them anyway. Some I want to box their ears. There is one kid in the class, that refuses to do what he's supposed to, and anytime I try to help him or get him motivated, he yells at me not to look at his paper or talk to him. GRRR drives me nuts. Then There is another sweet boy, my favorite one...he's rather a big baby...complains about everything and thinks his life is horrible, but I like him, because he reminds me of my two of my nephews. Looks like one and has the attitude of the other. He will come in complaining and not working...he will just sit there and not do anything he's supposed to, but I am able to joke around with him and get him smiling, and then he starts working on his stuff...slowly but surely, and he talks to me. I just love that kid! The girls are funny and remind me of myself. I wish I'd been a better person at that age. I feel for so many of the kids...it's such a tender awkward age.

Then today I went for my first time snowmobiling. It was so much fun. I had a blast...though my whole body is exhausted now. We went up Providence Canyon and all around, and OH was it beautiful!!!!!!!!!! WOW! We came down the hill right as the sun was setting, and it was SOOOOO gorgeous I wish I'd had my camera on me! The mountains, the sun, the trees, the snow! It was ALL beautiFUL!

Aspen is growing, and she is so fun. I love her so much. She is the sweetest girl. She gives the best hugs and kisses. She is a great cuddler. She turns 3 on Monday, and I am so sad, and happy, that my baby is growing up so quickly. She wants a bike for her birthday, and a Fancy "Wancy" birthday party...don't know if that's going to happen this year. I am running out of time to plan things.

Ashton had his birthday on the 8th. Happy 26th Birthday honey!!! We didn't do a whole lot, but spending time together is always a treat. He's a fantastic father to Aspen, and he likes to spoil me. I appreciate all he does for our family! I Love you Ashton! Can't believe we've been married 4 years and together almost 6.

And lastly, I have felt quite frusterated lately, feeling like I'm not being able to accomplish all I want to as quickly as I want to. I get frusterated that I'm not as good at my photography as I want to be RIGHT NOW, and I get frusterated about my job, and about money, and about life in general sometimes. I've had to stop and remind myself that I'm not meant to be perfect right now. It's a work in progress, and it's ok if I take my time getting there...wherever there is. I rarely feel great about myself...but sometimes...when Aspen stops what she is doing when she's in the middle of something, and she says "I love you mommy" I feel like I'm doing SOMETHING right at least.

Daddy Daughter Day

I had work and school all day today, so I left at 7am and didn't get home until 8pm. When I walked in the door, Aspen came running and said "Come see my room!!" She was SOOO excited and took off running down the hall. When I got there, I saw that she and her daddy had been busy! The room was all cleaned and her toys put away, AND she had her VERY OWN first bedroom Bed set. Tinkerbell! Wahoo she was sooo excited. Ashton has been wanting to get her a bedset for a while now, and I guess he took the opportunity today to do it since they had a long day together. It was very sweet of him. An early birthday present for her. We like Tinkerbell around here...in case you hadn't heard in the previous posts. Her daddy says he likes to spoil her every once in a while. (He actually spoils her more than that. He's a great dad to her)