Growing Up

Here is Mckayla in Grandma and Grandpa Humpherys' backyard. I love her side pony tail and silver sparkly shoes. She is growing up so fast.

She loves to jump on the trampoline.
Just hanging out.

Nephew Jace Turns One!

I love this pictures of Jace. He is growing into such a cute boy!





Jace turned one on April 29, 2011

Jace didn't know what to think of having his own cake.

Now he figured out that he could eat his cake!

Jessica and Jace.

My New Digital SLR Camera!

I'm am so excited to show you my new Digital SLR Camera. It is a Nikon D3100. This is an early anniversary gift from Justin. My camera came with two lenses: 18-55mm VR Zoom Nikkor and a 55-200mm VR Zoom-Nikkor. Yes, I even know what SLR stands for: Single-Lens Reflex. Now I am officially beginning a journey to learn about photography and integrate it with my passion for art. I will keep you posted on my progress!

Family Pictures 2011

Family Pictures 2011 - create a slideshow with music

more christmas pictures

Mommy and Mckayla


Mckayla playing on Grandma Humpherys piano.


Mckayla and her cousin playing with the new dollhouse at Grandma Humpherys


Mckayla opening a barbie doll and horse at Grandma Humpherys


What a long day of fun! Mckayla and Daddy taking a nap

mckayla's christmas 2010

For all the grandparents and great grandparents that have been waiting to see some pictures of Mckala's Christmas, here they are finally. My favorite part of Christmas morning was anticipating Mckayla's reaction to seeing what Santa had left for her. This was Mckayla's second Christmas and she understood more of the concept, which was fun! Her favorite toy was her barn with the farm animals.

Holiday Baking

This year I volunteered to make home made goody boxes for Justin's co-workers in his department at work. The task didn't seem too undaunting as I only needed to make 12 boxes of treats. The first day I set aside to make Christmas goodies I had my mom come over to my house. Somehow by the end of the day we hadn't made much progress. I stayed up late that night after my mom went home and got back on track. I guess I can't have any distractions while baking. Some of the things that I made included: chocolate peanut clusters, caramels, chocolate covered pretzels, ginger cookies, fudge, my great grandma's fruit bread, and homemade cheese balls. The cheese balls were really easy and fun to make. My neighbors got to enjoy those! Happy Baking!

Silver and Gold

Here is our tree this year.

Closer

...and even closer

Diane's 25th Birthday!

On November 6th I turned 25! This by far has been one of the best birthdays for me. The weekend before my birthday my parents took Jessica and I out for our 25th birthday. It always rocks to have another person to celebrate such a fun day with! Then for my birthday Justin had me get off work early on Friday the 5th and we dropped Mckayla off at Grandma Humpherys. Then we went to eat dinner at Rodizio Grill in Trolley Square. We got so stuffed. It was delicious. Then we stayed at a Bed and Breakfast and enjoyed great shopping the next day! Forever 21 is my new favorite store by the way. They have so many cute clothes to look at. After all this fun and celebration I still got a special home made dinner by Justin's mom who is the Betty Crocker of the century. On Sunday the next day we went to my in-laws and ate ribs and twice baked potatoes with lots of good sides. Then to top off the night my brother and sister in law made a home made Sponge Bob pinata that we could hit. This was no ordinary pinata. It was supposed to be almost indestructible. My brother in law Jake was so proud of his construction. It took over an hour to finally break all the candy out. Only a little bit of candy came out when it started breaking open. Most of the candy was shattered into pieces because of the intense hits that the adult guys took a whack at.

Sweet Dreams

Isn't she so sweet sleeping?