Published!

My pictures have been published in two places in the last week! First in a new digital magazine
http://www.modestwithstyle.com/   and second for Miss Teen Idaho in her National competition http://www.missteeninternational.us/vcontestants.php.  Too cool!!!!

Happy Days!

Last week: I got to shoot my first wedding and LOVED IT!!! I'm hooked for life. It was so cool to play a part of those amazing first hours of someone's new married life! They are so happy it is contagious.

This week: My family is all coming to meet Jacob and to be with us when we go through the Boise temple for us to be sealed as a FOREVER FAMILY!! Since my family is usually scattered on several continents it is so very cool for us to be able to be together. Also, my little Shaylee gets baptised while all the family is here!

Next week: One of my best friends flys in to come visit me for a few days of girl's time. Then Paxton and I leave for our cruise!

Week after that: We spend a week in MEXICO with sand, sun, water, playtime and no responsibility!

I don't think I could have planned a more perfect month if I could had a lifetime to plan it all out. I am the most spoiled Mom on the face of the planet!

Ballerinas and bumblebees

This week I have had some new adventures in photography. I got to do a girl's soccer team pics AND one of the dad's had a huge lift (he's an electrician) so I got to try my hand at some aerial shots!! The last Saturday I got to do a modeling photo shoot for a new online magazine (Modesty with Style). Besides the models freezing in swimsuits and Idaho wind that was a blast and tested my style posing to the max.

Yesterday I started doing pictures of my girl's little Dance Studio Tip Tap Toes. I had so much fun with these little girls dressed as bumblebees, Peter Pan, and rocking it out in pink and silver glitter and hip hop clothes. I'm so excited to go back for more today. Here are a few pic of my girls. I do have to say that they are becoming scary good at taking pictures.

Introducing...

Jacob Tyler QUIGLEY!!!!

On our way!!

We're on our way to the court house. A few more hours and Jacob is ours!!!!

Court Date!

We have our court date set for Jacob's adoption!! It is this coming Monday and we are all so excited. Jacob is just beside himself. His teacher told me he talked about it all day at school and then when he got home he had a hard time doing his homework because he would get so distracted counting down the days till Monday. There is no doubt about how very right this is.

I was reminded of that on Easter Day. We were at Paxton's parents house with all the cousins and having that many little kids around get so me sometimes. Especially on Easter it is hard not to think of our little Colin. That he would be two and a half and could be out looking for Easter eggs with the rest of the kids. I was having a sad moment and Paxton was just holding me, as he got used to doing a lot in the last few years when I have been sad. Just then Jacob walked up with a picture of me and Paxton and in his little Kindergarten hand writing he had written, "I love Mom and Dad." In that moment I felt an overwhelming love for him, this little boy with out a family or parents who so openly loved us all. And I felt an overwhelming feeling of love from my Father in Heaven. That he loved our little family and somehow despite all the tragedy that surrounded us and Jacob, we could find happiness together.

Joleen

My friend Joleen is expecting her FIFTH baby in a few weeks now. Not only does she wear this baby well she assures me this baby's size is nothing compared to her last pregnancy with twins. If only we all could look so good, so very pregnant!