Bethany and George

Well, if you know much of the adventures of Beth and George getting married, you know there wasn't really time to do engagement photos. But, who says you have to be engaged to have really awesome couple pictures!? So here's to George and Bethany; Happily married and cute as can be! =)

Jonathan and Kelly!!!

Ok this is just a GLIMPSE of the very raw and untouched photos from Jonathan and Kelly's engagement session. These are my personal favorites but they will look even better once PhotoShop finally arrives and I can work on lighting a bit and exposure and other details. So! Until then... here we go! (Can't wait too do George and Beth tonight!

HOUSE UPDATES!!! =)

HELLO SEPTEMBER!!!!

Do you like my new layout?
I'm gonna be honest; I saw Beth's changes and got jealous! LOVE the brown upgrade on your page sis! ;)
But, I've been talking about how excited I am about the upcoming season, I decided I needed something appropriate to such a change. =)

I am pumped right now! I'm about to head to work which is going to be a little easier on me today because the Cafeteria is being used which means we're stuck in the gym which means we have a good excuse for a movie day! That may not sound like much but when you're talking about occupying very energetic kinder and first graders, 2 and a half hours of movie time is bliss! LOL
Plus we're being encouraged to work on clubs for the kids, where they can learn a special skill that we can teach them. I chose sign language! I need to brush up and choose some songs to work on and get planning! Sometime before I transfer in November I'm supposed to have a showcase for the parents of what the kids learned in my club! =) I'm so excited!

ALSO, I know I talked about getting back into photography and that level of excitement just went up! We got some rewards coupons from family at Staples and thanks to a friend who is using her student ID to get me a fabulous discount, I'm getting PHOTOSHOP!!!! We're talking top of the line professional photo editing software! I can't WAIT to use it! I hope it comes really soon so I can edit this weekends pictures with it and try to figure it out. This is REALLY going to help my photography. =)

Ryan and Dad went to the house last night to do a walk through on the stick stage and apparently they've done a LOT in about 4 days! I can't wait to see where it is on Saturday when we bring them breakfast tacos and water so they don't mind me taking pictures with my nice camera and snooping around a bit instead of taking snap shots with my phone from the car window =)
They way things are looking we may be in earlier than expected! I certainly hope so!

Justin and Ryan have a game date for when the Cowboys play the Texans this season! The pre-season game the Texans ruled! LOL (Mom, listen to me, I'm talkin' football!)
I'm hoping that friendly rivalry game will end up a family event. I'm gonna be torn 'cause I gotta support my hubby but I'm awfully partial to Justin's Cowboys victory dance! Jon's a Texans fan now too! He better have some sort of ongoing communication during this game.

September makes me think of the color red, and new beginnings and fall and I'm just so thankful for our family and all that we have. I wish more of them would blog and e-mail so I can get a glimpse of what's goin on =) Hint Hint

HAPPY THURSDAY!

Random Thoughts and better Pictures of Bree!

Well, it's been an interesting few nights. Bree us actually really well behaved for such a young puppy. If she's not just exhausted when we put her to bed she cries for a while but goes to sleep and doesn't cry again until she's just ready to be up which is about 30mins to an hour before we are ready but really we can't complain.
We think Bree is younger than 6 weeks. She's very small for the typical size of either of her breed and her coordination and sight development seem younger too. While she looks a lot like puppies of both breeds it is possible that she could have a little dog in her bloodline somewhere and not really grow into a big dog... Ryan would be dissapointed. LOL
We'll just wait and see.


In other news, this Saturday... and whole weekend really... is something I'm REALLY looking forward to! Saturday morning we plan on taking Rudy's breakfast tacos and some drinks up to the workers at our house! I think we may start taking Bree too so she can become familiar with the neighborhood. (Of course she won't be walking around, we'll just hang onto her. =)
Last Saturday was the beginning of the framing so I'm interested in seeing what they can do in a week! And Ryan will get to see what they can do in about two days since he and Dad are gonna go see it tomorrow night. =)

Also on Saturday, I'm doing sunset engagement photos in Terra Vista for Jonathan and Kelly! I'm really lookinf forward to that! Hoping for some FABULOUS lighting a great time for all! =)

Sunday we get to go to church AND our Sunday School class which I'm REALLY looking forward to. I think we may just be finished with our service in the Children's Ministry which, in my opinion is good because I'm spiritually hungry and I need our Sundays back! =)
Sunday evening there is a Young Married party at our small group leader's home, which is awesome because of this THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!! We get to sleep in!
Ryan and I are BOTH off and are gonna chill most of the day and then have dinner at Gigi and Pops house with Beth and hopefully George! =)

The weather is gradually cooling down and I am SO looking forward to fall!!! Especially November! It's a good month that will be even more exciting this year.
Birthdays, Thanksgiving, Moving! Woo Hoo! Celebration month!

Well, Happy Tuesday!

Meet Bree!!!

So I guess a lot of new and exciting things were just waiting for Ryan and I! Over the past several weeks we have been discussing the idea of another dog. We have been reading up on breeds, talking about what's important etc. And today we happened upon our new baby girl; Bree. She was outside a Pet's Mart today just waiting for someone to play with. Bree was rescued from a house full of WAY too many dogs and puppies. She WAS suffering with fleas and tics but is now bug free! Bree is a Rottweiler German Shepherd mix and before you get concerned let me just say that Bree has a VERY sweet and sociable disposition and being so young she is very trainable. Plus both breeds are said to be loyal and smart and easy to train. Bree is already such a sweetheart, and she got to meet several of her aunts and uncles and Gigi and Pops. She did GREAT with everyone all at once and two VERY inquisitive dogs!
Now is a GREAT time for a puppy because we have a few months left in our apartment to get the hardest (And messiest) part of puppy training out of the way AND with Ryan's and my current job situations she will spend a max of 3 or 4 hours without one of us so she will have LOTS of attention, exercise, and chances to go outside!
We are SO excited! =)

HOUSE UPDATES!!!

SO!!!

We went to see the slab at our lot today and found our house was already in the stick stage!!! We are SO excited!
Below are pictures of the first stage: the framing of the foundation and then the plumbing, AND today with the framing going up! At this rate we COULD be in the house closer to the beginning of November which we would REALLY like!

Also in the pictures below are some of the enterrior options we picked out.
Because of the swiftness of the house going up we didn't get the Water Softener Loop like we wanted... it was already too late... so any idea on what to do about hard water once we get into the house?