My Dear Sweet Tali-Wali

I did a photo Shoot the other day for my friend Heidi. Her daughter and her niece are so beautiful that it was quite easy to take some good shots! We did get a little carried away and ended up with over 500 pictures though! Here are a few of their beautiful smiles! Both front and back!!

Shabby Tulips... You're Out!

Blogger... YOU'RE IN!

Not that I don't love the templates that Shabby Tulips has created for us, but every couple of weeks it goes all crazy on you. (And all you other Shabby users, don't think you've avoided it. Most of yours goes crazy too.) So although the Blogger templates aren't as creative as Shabby's, I think I have to go back to old reliable Blogger!

Camp trip to Sedona

Nick and I tried to go camping last month with the kids up in Sedona, AZ but didn't realize that you either reserve a camping spot or you don't camp. So we drove the two hours up there, did a little hiking, did a little shopping and then drove back home. Sedona was voted the most beautiful place to visit in America just barely by the New York Times so with us only living two hours away we couldn't ignore it any longer. The only problem is that everyone else already knows about Sedona and so there are millions of people there every week. No hotel rooms, no camp spots, everything is always booked up all of the time!

When we got home that night and after we roasted 'smarshmellows' over our mini Coleman stove, Nick reserved a camping spot for us. Sure it was a month away but we got one of the last spots!

We left Friday and met some of our friends up there, the Allens and the Hoyts, to enjoy some nice, COOL camping weather!

It took us about 2 hours to set up our tent. Coop and Sam helped every step of the way. Way to be patient Nick!
As it got dark we had to put jackets and sweatshirts on. My kids haven't seen those in over a year!

My kids were so excited to finally get to roast 'smarshmellow' over a real fire.
In the morning the Hoyts cooked up a killer breakfast. Afterwards the girls enjoyed their Hot Chocolate...

And the boys enjoying their Cheetos!

I love my little Cheeto faces!

After some munchies we went down to the river next to our camp site. It was beautiful. The water was extremely cold but was the clearest water I've ever seen!
It was so cold the Cooper and Sam would not touch it for the life of them. They clung onto their dad for safety.


After awhile they had no choice but to enjoy it. Their dad put them down and after a few screams they were loving it! I on the other hand stayed on shore dipping a toe every once in awhile!

Even Nick enjoyed lounging in the river.


The highlight of the whole trip?? Sam catching her first fish! Craig brought his fishing pole and let Sam help him reel in a fish. She thought she was pretty hot stuff catching a fish!

The proud fisherman with his accomplished apprentice! Way to go Sam and thanks so much Craig! You made her day!

The camping trip was a huge success, full of campfire stories, campfire goodies and a visit from a skunk, who did not want to leave! We love Sedona!