Tuesday, March 16, 2010

So Busy!

Sorry For the bad blogging. This is the time of year where everyone is either sick or recovering.
We'll see you in the Spring when flu season and allergy season calms down.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Finally Getting Caught Up!

Wow, what a great season Melissa Hays Photography had! I had NO idea what I was in for when I ran that special in October! My thanks to my family for putting up with the messy house and the "quick and easy" meals!'
I cut pictures off early this year so that I could make sure that I was able to do all I wanted with my little ones and not so little one. That 2 weeks was not enough time. Christmas came WAY to fast this year. Note to self for next year... get my own Christmas shopping done before I run my holiday special!
We really missed family this year. We always do, but this year was particularly hard. The kids are growing up already. Ashlyn is looking more like a little girl, Brock like a little young man, and Cody a man.
Family pictures didn't happen. I'm so upset about this! Something always came up, or the weather didn't cooperate when the time was available. It has been a real eye opener to me what my clients go through that have more than one child. Getting outfits together is rediculous!
Playing the whole store hopping and size searching about put me in the baw humbug spirit.
We still have our outfits, now our schedules are crazy again because everyone is back in school and business. We are hoping for a spring family photo for everyone. We've been hit SO hard with the deep freezes, what I normally like to shoot in, is looking crackly dead (not so pretty).
We'll see though.
Here's a bunch of photos of the fun we've had this holiday season. I am sorry for not having more to share, but quite frankly this is the first time in my entire career, where I just didn't want to pick up my camera! I wanted to live the experience and soak it up in my heart instead of worry about getting the perfect exposure to remember it later.
Love and miss everyone of you!
We LOVED the christmas card pictures! Getting them was hard, because everyone is growing up!!!
We hope all of you have a spectacular 2010! We are looking at some changes for our family this upcoming year and hope that this brings us peace.
We pray that Heavenly Father will bless everyone with health and happiness as we launch this new year!
Love The Hays Family

The Tampa ZOO
(nothing compared to Disney Animal Kingdom)



"Awwww" says Ashlyn as she pets the goat

Always wanting "Dadeee"

Christmas morning




Ornament Decorating
Ashlyn had more fun decorating herself and the table in front of her


Making a new ornament for the tree is a tradition we love to do.

The final result

The Ward Christmas party
A friend from the North Pole visited our ward Christmas party but Ashlyn wanted NOTHING to do with him, sorry Santa. Brock looks a little stunned doesn't he. He studied him like never before this year. It was making me nervous because of how smart he is. I was afraid he was going to see something that I'd have to come up with a logical explaination for later. Even Daddy going with her didn't seem to work.

St Pauls Annual Christmas Program
Brocks Preschool did the most awesome Christmas program. The kids did so well.

Yikes... starting a little early aren't we? Upon Brocks request, I took a picture of "his Kendall"



Brock was the loudest singer and jumping up and down to the music the whole program. SOOOO cute!


Decorating the Christmas Tree


Keeping a shirt on this little girl is sometimes impossible!

LOOOVE the tantrums!!!


Ashlyn rock-a-byeing the nutcracker

I'm constantly double taking at how huge he is! He'll be 16 at the end of June.

Our traditional decorating the tree grub. The veggie plate was for me.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Grandma and Pa Pa Dee's house




Nothing like fresh from the garden and tree produce!


Thanks Pa Pa Dee for sharing your beautiful garden with us!!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Such a poser!

I swear, I have never posed her like this with her hands by her face. Heavenly Father knew she was perfect for me...



Monday, November 2, 2009

Happy Halloween

Does it get any cuter than this?...

AHRRRR






Monday, September 21, 2009

Picture Day!

You have no idea how hard it is not to do more than 1 photoshoot a month with this little darlin'!
Ashlyn is now 14 months old :(. She LOVES wearing hats and these boots. She pulls every bow and barrett out, but she will keep a hat on and this headband on for quite some time...YEAH!!!She brings these boots to me all the time and wears them around the house. She loves to sneak up on you when you're least expecting it, and BITE the heck out of you! She has a very sweet and loveable side though which makes up for all the teeth marks left. She has this fascination with anything mechanical or computer oriented. It is VERY annoying after reprogramming the remote controls multiple times a day, putting the keyboard back on the desk, turning the phones off, etc. etc. She seems to figure all the buttons out. If I could get everyone on board with putting them up high so she can't get them. Ashlyn absolutely ADORES her daddy, and she has a soft spot especially for her biggest brother Cody. Yes, I do get jealous of this! Gone are the days where she stays in my lap for more than 5 minutes. Unless your daddy, then she'll stay for who knows how long.
She is SOOO much fun for me if you cannot already tell.
I just LOVE HER!!!




















Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Brocks 1st day of Preschool!

Monday was Brocks 1st day of Preschool. It's every day for 3 hours. His teachers are awesome, and he loves it! It feels like the 3 hours goes by SO fast though! By the time I drop him off, go to the gym, run an errand, its already time to pick him up!
He loves it though and that's all that really matters. He looks so little still in these photos. Sometimes I forget how little he is, because his spirit is so large, loud, boysterous, disobedient, dominant, aggressive.... I'll stop. :)

Love you Brocky!






















After so much cooperation with photos when we took him to school, I was excited to be able to capture his first day. When I picked him up however, his attitude with picture taking was night and day. I later found out in the car when he stopped yelling at me on campus that it was because his hair was "all sweaty"