Christmas 2015

The night before Christmas we always bake and decorate some cookies for ourselves and for Santa. Always lots of frosting and sprinkles!!

The picture in front of the tree is also a must. This year was a little more difficult as Lydia didn't want to sit still!

You willnotice in the picture above there aren't any presents under the tree. That is because they are all of the dining room table because Lydia wouldn't leave them alone. After they went to sleep we moved all the presents and Santa laid out all of his presents. 

Ella asked for Monster high dolls, skates, and lots of chapter books. Layla asked for the Lalaoopsy doll that goes potty and a skateboard, and Lydia got a piggy bank.

Daddy had to wake little miss up! Then she came charging in.

They had a great morning of opening presents and got all they asked for and then some. They all worked together and helped open and there was no fighting...it was glorious.

After we had to clean up and get ready for the family to come over. This is Granny and Papa with all their grandkids.

Our turn!

Afterwards we ate, opened a million more presents and had a wonderful day with our family. At the end of all the presents I ran into my room and told Mom I had one more for her. We took this picture first thing that morning, I printed it and put it in a frame! Baby Calhoun #4 will be here in August! I also sent this in a text to my four bestest friends. It was a good day!

SECOND ANNUAL Christmas Card Blog Linkup Party!

Hi ya'll!! Welcome to our Second Annual Christmas Card blog linkup party! I literally just put my Christmas cards in the mail today, so everyone that I mailed them to, the surprise has been ruined! Bahaha! I usually design my own, but this year I just didn't have the time. Most of you know that I am a photographer, and my photography lab has some great pre-made design layouts, so all I had to do was pop in my pictures and order and viola...all done! I love the custom aspect of designing my own, but the premade worked great for me this year. We took our family pictures this Summer in Ouray, Coloardo. It is such a beautiful place!

Thanks for stopping by! I am excited to look through all of your cards!

Colorado Vacation - Part 2

After a day of playing at the ski resort at Purgatory we headed to Ouray. This is where I though Trey was going to stroke out!! It was a two lane highway on the side of the mountain with sharp turns, no guard rails, and at time the speed limit was 10 mph. It was beautiful if you could get over the fact that one veer to the side could send you to your death! No big deal!! =)

When we finally got to town we were able to relax. Colorado towns just have the cutest little stores and shops. They are all so old and have such beautiful architecture.

 Our cabin was about 15 minutes outside of town and tucked away. It didn't look like much from theoutside, but the inside was beautiful.

We got unpacked and settled in. We were up early the next morning and ready to go four wheeling. We went to Yankee Boy Basin and had a great time. We stopped for a picnic by the stream and let the kids play for a while. 

All the old mines and beautiful scenery are a photographers delight!

Trey stayed with the kids down at the stream and the rest of us went to the top of Yankee Boy. It is filled with wild flowers, which of course I didn't get any pictures of, and had beautiful views. Sad my little family stayed down and I didn't get a picture with them.

We went back down, got the rest of the crew and decided to drive up Governor Basin. It was pretty steep and narrow. Ella was riding with me and we had a fun time talking. 

It was beautiful at the top!

After a while we headed back down. This little one had a hard time staying awake!!

I love that my girls get to experience such a fun time riding four wheelers, climbing to the tops of snow covered mountains, playing in the dirt and getting messy. We were all covered in dirt after that trip and my mouth was filled with it! We went back to the cabin to rest and head out for more adventures!