For my dad...

I'm not really so sure who all still reads my blog...does anyone read anyone's blog anymore? But I KNOW my dad reads this blog...so this post is just for you dad, Happy Fathers Day!!!

Dad, here are a few of my most favorite things about you... 

- Some people snort when they laugh really hard, some people wet their pants...my dad, he wheezes! And I love it! You can't help but laugh right along when you hear that good ol' chesty wheeze (I think this trait was passed on to Cooper) 

- One of my favorite memories of my dad was him taking me on a date to Verizano's (sp??) Pizza on Westcliff...he taught all of us kids what good food really is...black licorice, wasabi flavored stuff, dill pickles, horse radish, green olives, salt and vinegar chips, all with a side of coke

- When I think of sacrifice and hard work I think of my dad! He sacrificed years and years for our family and because of his and my mom's examples of this I think all of their kids ended up hard workers

- My dad loves to read...because of that I passed 11th grade. I remember him reading (more than once) long boring 11th grade required reading material to me...out loud...usually the night before something was due

 - On more than one occasion I can remember my dad either cleaning or admiring one of his many firearms when I would be picked up for a date

- My dad has always been my biggest fan. Anytime I think about quitting something he encourages me. I think most of the Oregon dental community has seen my photography and pictures of my kids!

Here's some updated pictures for ya dad! We love you tons!

Baby Warren

This sweet little man was born a few weeks after Naomi and I happen to just love his mom... so it was a great little shoot to catch up and love on another precious baby. Isn't this just the sweetest little face and head of blonde hair!?

Ramblings

This little gem I took back in March and just haven't got around to posting.

I love everything about this picture!
This is just Bennett...I love that his tongue is sticking out, and his flip flops are in the background, i love his cute little wheaties shirt he got from aunt Taylor and uncle Preston, i love his hopscotch form :), and i love that head of hair...

Bennett's hair is always such a topic of conversation and this picture just captures it at it's fullest!!

I love when people ask me if we've ever cut his hair and i laugh and tell them just every few weeks since he was 6 months old.

Tonight Bennett told me I was being stupid. I have no idea where he even learned that word! He doesn't know any words like that. Usually when he's mad at us he tells us we're going to jail...
and it just about takes everything I have to not die laughing while he throws a fit and tells me I'm going to jail.

So today at church this cute beautiful girl I was sitting by told me she had read my blog and the post I wrote about ombre hair being horrendous...and of course she has ombre hair, and like I said she's beautiful!
Well I felt really terrible I had indirectly called her hair horrendous!
The truth is I am just fashionably handicap and it takes me so long to warm up to any new style that by the time I think anything is kind of remotely cute it is already going out of style again...
And this whole experience reminded me of the time I was sitting in Math class in 9th or 10th grade, I can't remember which, and I told this new kid who was sitting next to me in class how awful it was that he too had to endure Mr. Walker's class. He then told me it was ok because Mr. Walker was his dad.
(sigh)
I should start dipping my foot in chocolate before I eat it, it would sure make the whole experience a lot better.

We are moving this week and I am SO excited.

Kenny and I almost bought a house 4 years ago, and because of a whole lot of blessings and divine intervention we didn't and we moved to Utah instead (which I am grateful for for countless reasons)....

But ever since then I have dreamed and pictured and decorated a thousand times in my head this house we would someday own.

I just wish I wouldn't have dreamed and pictured and decorated a house that was furnished by ethan allen and pottery barn...

good thing for pinterest and all the DIY look a-likes I find!

I've had a marathon 8 weeks worth of photo shoots and can't wait to post some pictures...so hopefully over the next few weeks I will get something new posted!