Happy Easter!

Oh and what a happy Easter it was! Jen's boy Ethan has been staying with us so Jowin had an awesome weekend playing with her cousie and having sleep overs every night. The only problem is Ethan wakes up at 5 am and Jowin doesn't get up until 9! So we settled on 8 am for the Easter egg hunt this morning and boy did the bunny come! They both got tennis rackets and more candy than they should eat in a life time. Which Jowin wasted no time in putting a serious dent in her stash today!

Later that afternoon we went downtown to temple square! It was such a beautiful day!






It has been a tradition to take family pictures on Easter... They never seem to turn out the best. But I thought these ones were cute. No tripod and just a timer.. But fun none the less!

He's Here!

My sister Jen had her beautiful baby boy today!(no name yet... maybe Elliot!)
I was driving her other son, Ethan up to the hospital to go meet his new baby brother and he turned to me and said "Jill, I have been waiting my whole life for a baby brother!" and of course here came my water works! He is just the sweetest boy! He has been waiting his whole life, 8 years for a baby brother and now he has one! Amen!

Goodnight Room

I know I know this is the 3rd post in a row about Joey but this is too funny!

So as we were putting her down to bed tonight, her usual routine, bath, jammies, stories, prayers bed. Instead tonight she climbed up on to the daybed and got under the covers and laid down to go to sleep.





Thankfully it didn't last and she did go to sleep in her cribby! I guess she is ready to grow up but I am not quite ready for it yet!.... maybe I should be, it would make the move to London a lot easier....

Oh the places she'll go!

Oh Jo Jo is 18 months! isn't she cute? She loves nursery and play group. She is very social and loves to be outside and doing something!

No Way, No way, No Way!

Learned some new tricks she has! Getting dressed on her own and saying no way! to everything!




Joey do you want to get dressed? No Way!
Joey did you like nursery? No Way!
Joey do you want to go the museum? No Way!
Joey should we go play outside? No Way!

It is the first thing I wake up to in the morning.. I hear her in her room have full conversations to herself, they always seem to end with no way! laugh, no way!... Then I laugh!

The Big TWO FIVE!

Oh what Happy Birthday to me! Today I turned twenty five! and if I live as long as my grandad a quarter of my live is now lived! (my grandad is 102!)
So in honor of my big day.... 25 things I want to do before I die.. or I guess while I live!
(some of these will be accomplished sooner than others!)

1. Go to Europe...
2. Shopping spree at Harrods
3. Shopping spree in NYC
4. Shopping spree in Paris
5. See all of Monets paintings
6. Go to an Annie Lebowitz show
7. Have my own art show
8. Own a Burken bag. Hermes
9. Own a home
10. Own and ride horses
11. learn to paint, well
12. live next door to Eryn
13. Take Joey to Europe when she graduates from high school
14. Go on a mission
15. have a darkroom in my house
16. make my husband really happy!
17. Go to a fashion show in NYC
18. design my own clothes
19. Learn to sail
20. Learn spanish
21. Fit in in London
22. Go to a temple session in every temple in the US
23. Learn to dance
24. read the Book of Mormon with each of my kids
25. See Joey get married in my wedding dress

25 things, some important and some just for fun.... Good luck to me!

Good Mornings!

I love mornings! They are so fun! Winnie wakes me up by hitting her wall and yelling ma ma ma! I think it is so funny! the best is Sunday mornings when she yells dada dada! Oh and I love little girl nightgowns! I mean come on they are the best!



So good morning!

What's This?

Oh, it's a PONY!



So Eryn once told me that just because you can do a pony tail doesn't mean you should! Well I guess those were wise words because by the end of the day she looked a mess! But hey it was cute in the morning and for these pictures so I guess I can't complain! But for now I think we will stick to piggies and side ponies!

Finding her Happy Place!

So with all the sickness that has been going around, we haven't been out much. So we have had to get resourceful...ie Joey under one of these lovely barstools! She was really proud of herself once she got under there and was all ready to pose for her camera... That is new too. She loves to bring me our little point shoot camera and then stand there and smile for me! She always makes me laugh, it almost makes up for her recent ill behavior!!

No Business Like Show business

So this is really exciting! Studio 5 on ksl came and filmed me doing a photo shoot and interviewed me about my passion.... (its photography, just in case you didn't catch that!) Anyway it is airing on Monday, Feb 25th at 11:00 am! So tune in!

Jo Jo and Daddy!

Okay so I was asked by Brooke Walker with Studio 5(!) if they could come and film me shooting one of my mothers series. So needless to say I was a bit anxious about it! So I asked Kev to come and do a test shoot with me before the big day! So here are the pics from that shoot....... I love them! Joey and her daddy too cute!

A Little Confusion!

So after a very realistic dream about Joey getting kidnapped because some one found her through my blog I decided to close it down! So now this is my family blog where I will post pics of us and little family stories... whatever I feel I guess! But I have an open photo blog too! So yes mom and Dawnelle that is two blogs! So feel free to check both out!!

Magically Wisked Away To.....

Many of you might know I love suprised! They just make life more fun!
So for Valentines Day Kev took me away on a romantic getaway! It was the first time we have left Joey for the night and boy was it nice to get away and feel like a couple again! Kev planned it all and wouldn't tell me anything except to pack a swim suit!
So we get in the car and head...


I have never stayed there and it was so fun! I have always been a sucker for hotels. There is nothing like getting a mint on your pillow and have someone else make your bed!

So Kev says we have an hour for dinner where do you want to go? I said an hour for dinner why? He wouldn't tell me so we jumped on trax and headed for a qucik dinner. So after dinner we get back off trax and we start to walk, and walk and walk. I am freezing and begging Kev to tell me where we are going so I can help navigate, Kev really does need a little help with that but we finally hit the street and I see Capital Theatere and Ballet West "Cinderella!" I can't tel you how excited I was! I love the ballet! I always tell Kev I think I missed my calling as a dancer!



We had so much fun and I loved every minute of it, especially the breakfast buffet at Little America!! I have to say Valentines Day is my new favorite holiday!....

La La La La Elmo's World!

Oscar you are a little scary! Look at the worried look!



Dorthy you aren't even real!



Mom and her little "Heart Breaker!"



So Win and I are now official card carrying members of the Childrens Museum! Best part is is our pass will get us in to museums in London, Virginia and Seattle... And pretty much everywhere in between!
They have a new exhibit, The Body. All Sesame Street and it is pretty fun! Joey was scared of Oscar the Grouch and his digestive system but loved Hoopers Store and of course Elmo's World! Honestly Joey could have stayed in this room all day!

My New New Do!

This is the inspiration......



and this is me!





Ha! Ha!Okay so not Vogue worthy yet but it will get there!
After a very very long week and a LOT of hair trama I made an executive decision.
Funny thing is, is my hair was this short when Kev and I first met. and the one thing he told his parents about me before we met was that his hair was longer than mine. That isn't true this time around! But I totally love it. My hair was just so fried after this past week of dying and re dying that it was the only cute thing to do! It is crazy to have my hair this short again but I really like it. And when I came home Kev said hey you did it! I have been telling you to cut your hair short forever! I think that is his way of telling me I look good... I mean really good! :)

Little Pool Shark...

With all this snow and cold we have been cooped up inside with not a whole lot to do. So Win has taken up a new hobby! Pool! Mostly she just crawls around puts all the balls in one pocket but she is a good spectator as well! The first night Kev and I played she just sat up in her chair and watched the whole game laughing and clapping! Go figure. I guess it is a good thing our new digs came furnished otherwise we would just be playing ring around the rosies and itsy bity spider all day!

Besides that, I thought these pictures were really cute so I wanted to post them! Funny how I can post pictures of Joey all day but can't manage to put a regular picture of myself up to show off my new hair. Sorry! I guess we all have out things!

Oh and yes her outfit does say "Starlet" on it! Thanks Eryn and yes she does think she is one!

My New Do!

So it has only been 2 years since I have had my hair professionally cut and colored! Sad I know but true!
So I decided it was time... So I went to my friend Courtney Tebbs at Salaon LA Camille in Sugarhouse. And I tell you what she did an awesome job! She put four different colors in my hair and then flat ironed it while she cut, my favorite thing!
So here it is. A new real hair color and a new real cut! Yeah for me!

Tagged by Jordy... 7 things

Okay so Jordan even sent me an email tagging me so I guess I better get on it.
7 thing about me that you may not know

1. I knew I wanted to marry Kevin before he even knew my name.
2. I am left handed, can wiggle my ears and have double jointed elbows!
3. I sleep in until 9:00 everyday! (so does Win!) My sisters hate it!
4. My sister Eryn told me I should major in photography, so I did. And I loved it and still do. She is still to this day my number one fan.. Love you sis!
5. I never really say what I truely think or feel.
6. I never had friends growing up.I never needed them, I always just played with my brothers and sisters. One of the many perks of being the youngest of 9 children!
7. I dream about being a fashion photographer and having my photo on the cover of Vogue!

So there you have it... and 7 people I tag are
Eryn, Stacy,Teisha, Dawnelle, Lanie, Marj and Jen

Seattle Baby!

So Win and I went to Seattle this last weekend to visit Aunty Eryn! In the usual style we stuck a good old backpack on Joey and her squeaky shoes and we were off!



We got there and were so happy to see our cousis! Joey and Aussie were so cute together! They went and stayed in nursery together the whole time. Aussie got really sad and so I told Joey to go give him loves which she promptly did and they played the rest of the time! (two hours!)





Oh and these two girls were oh so cute! They even had a slumber party the first night! Kay is the best big cousin making sure Joey is right there keeping up with her. We sure do love our Kay Kay! And of course we dressed them the same, it was too cute not to! Best friends, just like their mommas!







The boat at Bell Square. Such a party. We had a girls shopping night and we literally shopped till we dropped Kay was out before we left the parking lot!

It was a snow day on Monday! Yahoo! We had a good old time only Eryn doesn't have any sleds so we used a laundry basket and Travs snowboard until the neighbor kids came out and shared the goods! Look at Tucky go! Six and boarding, too cute!







The "woods" in Eryns backyard. this tree is huge! Easily over 100 feet tall.




A little Seattle scenery.. Eryn and I had grandious ideas of going shooting in downtown but of course we ended up shopping instead... Next time though...

We sure do love our Howeys! Thanks for having us come! Oh and Tuck I hope to move into your neighborhood someday!

Busy Little Bee!

So lately Joey has been so busy! Into everything and wanting to do everything, wanting to know everything! I just can't believe how big she is getting! Kev and I keep looking at her and saying, when did she get so big? She is only 17 months and she is taller than all the lother kids in her play group. She is just so full of personality and always makes me laugh. We go to any store and she stops to wave and say hi to basically every person she sees. Kev keeps trying to teach her stanger danger but I don't think it is working! She sure does keep us on our toes.... But I think we are up for the challenge!

The New Face of Blush Floral.... Me!

So this is really funny. But my great friend and fellow photographer Stacy (who finally started a blog! Yeah!) took these pics of me for Blush Floral in Logan.
Bridal pictures of a girl who has been married for almost 3 year and a mom to a 1 year old! Really I just said okay because I still to this day LOVE my wedding dress more than anything and was really happy to see that after having a baby I still fit in to it!(Stacy remember that guy who asked me if I thought I would ever fit into it again during your crit?) I guess we showed him! Thanks you rock!!

Time to say goodbye!

Oddly enough I have actually had some mixed feelings about leaving Logan... I know, I know.. Yeah I am off to the "big" city and am really excited about it but there are quite a few things I am going to miss..

Like shopping with my mom..
running errands with my mom...
working with my dad...
going out to eat with my parents...
having my mom babysit...
Sunday dinner at my parents house..
And I know Winnie is going to go through Grammy and Pa withdrawal...

So I guess it is more like I will miss my parents than I will actually miss Logan!
Oh well whats done is done. We had some good times there.. I found Kev, who has made me the happiest woman in the world. We thought the day would never come but we both graduated from USU and of course we had our beautiful baby girl there. So I guess Logan will always have a special place in my heart...... (who would have thought!)

Kickin the habit in 08!

So things have been a little crazy lately... Christmas, moving, staying with my parents... Anyway I guess somewhere in the scramble Joey took to drinking, and eating...



I came down the stairs and there she was. Opening reeces peanut butter cups and taffy and had found a diet coke from somewhere... I asked what was up and she just looked at me went on eating her candy. Than proceeded to take big drinks of diet coke and follow with a big ahhhh.....
My new years resolution? Say good bye to the diet coke and keep the candy out of reach!