Juggling it all...

What can I say... I guess I have the touch when it comes to begging and pleading for a model stand in while I work on some photo techniques! Such a stud! Watch out Zoolander, I think I see the Mangum Deux!

I will be teaching a class on beginner's basic photography. Do you want to take better images of your kids? Want to know what those button-thing-a-ma-jigs are supposed to mean on your super fancy camera? Want some basic tips and tricks to make your photos standout? Then join me as I will help teach you some basic fundamentals in photography. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Guaranteed to be lots of fun... I promise!

This was the first thing I woke up thinking this morning. There were soooo many things I really needed to get done today - mainly in the form of photog biz stuff. My list of call backs, album creations, photo editing is literally enough to keep me busy for the next 3 weeks. However, being that it was President's day AND with Sam home from school today AND because it was 75 degrees out with the most beautiful, big blue sky I knew I just had to take this opportunity to be with my kids... OUTSIDE. We spent 4 glorious hours at a park in Gilbert where we had lunch, dug for dinosaur bones, enjoyed a relaxing nature walk learning all about the various Arizona vegetation and animal life and I have to say I have some of the greatest children EVER. We had fun, we explored nature, we climbed trees... we just had lots of fun together. I love you kiddos... I'm so glad I get to be your mom!!

WOW! I can't believe it... Sam has finally lot her first tooth! Her 2 bottom BIG teeth came in months ago and have been pushing her little baby teeth forward and forward and forward until they were sooooo wiggly and just barely hanging on. Scott tied some dental floss to the tooth that was the most loose and gave her an order to 'GET THAT TOOTH OUT'. She whined, she cried, she complained; her fear of the unknown is what kept her from touching that tooth at all. When I had finally had enough of her crying that it was going to hurt or that it was going to bleed I walked over to her and said pull it out right now. She cried some more so I grabbed the floss hanging from her mouth and as she turned her head to get away from me out popped her tooth. In that instance the look of shock of how pain-free that whole ordeal was made it absolutely priceless. Her grin could not get any bigger. The very generous tooth fairy came and delivered her $5... but this lump sum payout was a one...