almost 6 months.

wow its been awhile! well i have been reading a ton of blogs lately and i'm inspired! lol. however, i'm not at all good at writing or entertaining the next person. so i suppose you'll just have to bare with me!

sunday afternoon the kids, jacquee and i ventured to the park before nikki's open house at cheer eclipse [will come in another post]. this park is AMAZAZING! its great for all age groups. its fenced in. its entertaining enough! and i just LOVE it. so here are some UN-edited photos! oh, and please, dont make fun of me [the mom that likes to play]! ashley spun me on this thingie and it about made me throw up! i seriously was Dizzzzzy! whew! still fun!

loooook....its big boy underwear!!! oh yes, we are completely potty trained!!

i didnt have a single wipe with me and look at his chocolaty-halloween candied face!



and here is jacquee!! she hates hates hates her picture bein' taken. so i got her to let me take one! beautiful!!

another.

so i have started another blog with a friend of mine to share. as we are wanting to start photography together. i will post her every so often on family things but check out the photography one as well. thank you!

www.stampoflife.blogspot.com

[mothers day]

my mothers day started out with my hubs getting up early to be with the kids while i laid in bed resting longer than usual. i made plans with my mom, sister, aunt and cousin to get out to eat at my old job [el rancho]. we had such a good time it was great to have all of us together again!

after our meal, we headed to see our most beloved person who has been in heaven for almost 5 years now. she was the best grandma, mother anyone could have ever asked for. [i love you grandmie]

soon, i had to head home to pick the kiddos and the hubs up to go to his familias for a bbq! we stayed there well till 9pm but as always we had a great time over there!

learning.living.loving.

so i have started to take photography more seriously and passionately. my hubs and i are saving for me to get a better camera and equipment. i have had a passion for photography along with many different art and so i feel that its time i take it up. i look at other photographers and their talent and i want it. i want it with my art as well so i'm going to continue that too. here are some shots i have done and edited in photoshop. now, they are not the best however but i am learning. 

here are some shots that were taken with my dads canon 20d at the sedgwick county zoo.

[love]

valentine's day seems to be filled with excitement. i'm ready for it to be here. not only with so many things planned but also because it marks the day of our 8 year anniversary. can you believe it? i can't. at times it seems like it was just yesterday but on other days it seems like we have been to the center of the earth and back. its just absolutely crazy. i am more in love with him than ever before. we have had our share of good days and bad days. but ya know, i would never trade them for an instant. he is my soul mate. the man of my dreams. the man god made specifically for me. 

drew - 
thank you for all these years we have shared. you are my forever and always at the end of cards. you are the reason for my life. you have completed me entirely. thank you love for everything. i am looking forward to the rest of our lives together. happy 8 year anniversary.
love, 
rebecca.

lots to do.

its been a while since i last posted and i figured i better update. 

i have been working a lot lately and that has me stressing because not everything is getting done. i have so much to do in so little time. 

*christmas shop [still]
*shop for clothes/shoes/hair accessories for portraits

those are the main things to get completed this week and next. this friday we are taking our first time EVER family portraits. and i'm actually really nervous about it. i'm worried the pictures wont turn out because of either the kids not cooperating and the outfits not looking well. this is probably why i have never done them professionally. its too stressful!

i have to christmas shop still. and theres never any time or enough money it seems. i'm so ready for the economy to be back on track so that my life and family can be back on track. 

2 weeks ago a commercial was shot at my work and today the commercial man brought in the demo of it and its good but i dont like the views of me. the camera makes me look fat. i know i know they say the cameras put on like 10 lbs but still. ewww! this commercial is gonna be seen on 4 or 5 different channels! the man in charge seriously looks like al pacino. its so cool.  anyway, today he offered me a job. basically i would go around to businesses to see if they need help with advertising and hopefully sell them on a commercial. it sounds like a great job and i would work with really awesome people! we'll see though. 

and one last thing that has me STRESSSSSSSSSiNG out. my 26th bday is coming up soon and i'm freaking out. i'm not ready. i dont want to get any older. i seriously dread it. sounds stupid i know. but i'm not looking forward to getting old and wrinkly and not able to move around to do for myself. yes, i know i'm still young but the closer i get to 30 just means i'm closer to 40 and then 50 and then 60 and then...and then. lol. nevermind! so ya, not excited!

*****on a fun note***** the kids and i went sledding last night. omg. it was amazing. i havent done that in YEARS. YEARS. it was scary yet so thrilling at the same time. alex and anabelle had a blast but they started complaining of being cold. so we eventually left. i'm so doing that again when it snows a lot. guarantee it! 

halloween.

here are some moments captured! our halloween party was a blast!!

halloween costumes.

so i shopped online for halloween costumes and i'm really excited to say the least. i'm going to be an eskimo for halloween!! yay!! here is a photo! i'm not sure that i'm going to use the boot covers though because i have different boots in mind to wear that i think will look better. anyway! here it is.


oh and this is for LADONNA! if you read this i will post cheer pics in the next couple days. i gave you the wrong address for shutterfly as well. it is www.boydx5.shutterfly.com there i will post ALL cheer pics. here and myspace i may not post all of them. but my shutterfly i will FOR SURE put all of them there. check there in a few days!! thanks for doing the slideshow! its gonna be AWESOME!

[michael buble]

tonight i'm seeing michael buble in concert! will post pics soon! i'm so so so excited! enjoy the vid of him sing [the way you look tonight]!

not much. really.

i figured i should post something. i haven't in a while! as you know i started working at the ranch as i like to call it and its been pretty good so far. i've been working 10 - 10 most days and i'm pretty sore to say the least. i'm not used to all that labor. lol. i work for a mexican restaraunt and its been interesting trying to communicate with the cooks as they know only a few words in english. its been a fun time and i think i'm gonna stay there as long as possible...it still gives me time with my kids 3 days out of the week. i still get to coach cheer every practice and game, so thats nice for me. drew and i are back to not seeing much of eachother and its making it tough on us once again but we can survive this, we always do!

i've been watching a lot of the elections stuff lately and before my opinion was pretty vague and not well constructed and its really not any better but i have watched more of the debates and the national conventions. its a pretty clear picture to me who i would want to vote for. its not only the running president himself that gets me going its the running mate as well. i cant vote for a president that has a crappy running mate. i dont have it in me to think that its even a possibility. so this year i'm going to register to vote so that my voice will be heard! i hear it all the time how i complain about our selection of president yet i didnt vote. i shouldn't complain. however, this year is a different story. i want to see our country change for once, instead of decline into a hole that is forever going. i'm ready to be rallied up about my country and stand proud! bush has made it incredibly hard for americans to be proud of their country. anyway, enough about this! i obviously watched quite a bit tonight! [obama/biden 08]