best christmas gift ever!

my husband TOTALLY surprised me with a new camera this year! i've been nagging for a dslr since we got married. i knew i was going to get one this year before we went to hawaii, but i definitly wasn't thinking by christmas! and not only did i get one, but my sister's boyfriend got her one too! we are OBSESSED with them!

our canon t1i's :)

here are some play shots i took...

Valentine's door hanging

saw this beautiful door hanging here. here's my version w/ a few modifications...

family pictures 2011

once again, the very talented melissa w/ production b photography did our family pictures. here they are...

so if you live in the bakersfield area and need a photographer, let me know!

Twilight Girls Night!

i am friends with some very hardcore twilight fans. which i love :) so when eclipse came out, we knew we had to make it a girls night!

my friend wendy made a sign for the door...

we watched it on a projection screen :)

food table...

it's amazing what you can find if you google eclipse party favors!

daily dose of nathan: he came into the room saying "TA-DA". when we looked, he was balancing a spoon on his nose! my guess is he learned it from yo gabba gabba's cool tricks segment! ROFL!

playing catch up (random photos)

breakfast with santa pictures...

christmas shopping w/ mom, mimi and aunt cynthia is EXHAUSTING!

apparently he didn't like his wallpaper anymore you think?

couple new beanies :)

earwarmer/headband

not a fan!

symbols of christmas

fancy gloves

for christmas this year, my siblings go hot fudge and caramel...

2010's christmas wreath

Happy 2011

nathan was sick earlier this week and now i have it! i've been sleeping since noon on new years eve :(
jaren spent the night hanging out with cynthia, adam and nathan while i kept dozing in and out. nathan fell asleep around 11pm. more blogging when i start to feel normal...