learning to ride

this past week i was a mean, mean mom.

i made/forced/threatened/begged josie to learn to ride her two wheeled bike.

talk about stubborn.

she wasn't having it.

the entire time as i am holding onto her seat {dying from the heat} running up and down our street, she is crying.

and when i say crying, i'm talking, crying like you just broke your arm, toe, foot, your head!

you would have thought we were torturing her.

but the best part of it all is... she CAN DO IT!

she just doesn't want to.

she can make it down the entire street, all alone- then she realizes you aren't holding on, she looks down and about wrecks!

i ask her if she wants to ride her bike and she tells me no. i say how about tomorrow and she says "i'm never riding again".

she is a turd. she gets it from her dad! :)

so enjoy these photos as she is being made to ride, thru the tears and screaming.

one day she'll figure it out.. or i'm gonna die of heat stroke trying!

more.. more... more

jordan, elise and chuck

josie and jess playing at the river

josie and elise

sir chuck and i

okay, so are you ready to jump from a cliff yet?

have you had just about enough of the sweet life?

it's okay i understand.

you see this is what happens when i get behind on something.. i feel the need to catch up.

aren't you lucky?

wait, don't answer that!

family

joyce, rick and norma {mark's dad's siblings}

mark and michael with the aunts and uncle

norma brought her collection of wigs.. she and jess

one of norma's bucket list.. jumping on a trampoline.

so once the coast trip was over the family came back to hermiston with us and spent a couple of days here.

it was great.

once again we:

ate too much. laughed tons. made more memories. saw alot of sights. had a blast.

i mean who else brings wigs on vacation with them?

mark's aunt norma that's who!

oh and as for mark and norma on the trampoline.. i could not stop laughing. she was screaming and laughing at the same time. it has to be one of the funniest things i have ever witnessed!

what would a post be without...

an awesome sunset

well lookie there, another one

wow, i am starting to see a trend here.. sunsets.....

lighthouse love.

some photography work.

sometimes this passion/hobby/love of mine is too much.

i find i take way too many pictures.

you see the problem with that is.. there are just too many to choose from.

in fact over the course of our coast trip i took over 1,300 pictures.

see, i told you i have a slight problem! :)

mark's cousin elise and her boyfriend louie

mark showing off his cupcake

we had a cupcake decorating contest.. that's a whole lot of cupcakes

josie and i {she made mine for me} showing off my cupcake

more coast

mark's aunt joyce, randy her husband and their son, ryan

our entire family at the tillamook cheese factory

mark's aunt norma and her husband larry

then there is mark's uncle rick... he is alot like mark's dad. always pulling out the props and jokes. this was during the golf tournament!



sorry to post these kinda backwards, but for some reason blogger is being silly and not uploading pictures thru an edit.

so i have to just make additional post.

silly blogger. maybe i put it into over load with all my post.

:)

family reunion

our family the day we went and rode sand rails.. omg that was a ton of fun!

the family

smores and a campfire on the beach

at the lighthouse

so in the middle of june we went to the coast for the giordano family reunion.

this is mark's dad's side of the family. since his dad's passing four years ago, this was the first time everyone had been together.

it was a blast.

we went sightseeing.

ate way too much.

laughed tons.

shared stories.

relieved memories.

just hung out and made new memories.

in all there were 21 of us.

can't wait to do it again that's for sure.

president

i almost totally forgot.

may i introduce you to the next president of the student body class at sandstone middle school.

jordan was elected by her peers as president.

how awesome is that?

really!

so proud of her and all of her accomplishments.

jordan and jess

figured life could not go on unless i shared with you these cuties.

this is what happens when you give silly goofy girlies their own camera.

they take goofy shots of themselves with 3D glasses on.

jordan and jess have become the best of friends lately and i find them leaning on each other more and more.

they hang out, talk, do hair, nails, and activities together almost daily.

they hardly ever argue or fight.

in fact you can usually find them together in one another's rooms.

a couple of weeks ago they went to see despicable me in 3D together.

they had a blast.

i'm so thankful they are becoming more than sisters.

they are becoming friends.

love them girls!

old rail car

this is the old rail car that someone in our town bought and moved onto their piece of land.

it's awesomely cool. but i must admit- it has a haunted feel to it.

don't know what has happened in there and don't know that i want to.

we'll just leave it as a cool prop in the photography aspect of things.

i {heart} these ladies

just some shots of my three favorite girlies.

they are growing up so fast.

they are headed to 8th grade. 4th grade. and kindergarten.

really?

do i have to send my baby to school?

ugh.

life, it happens whether you are ready for it or not.

more randoms

see, i'm betting you are still thinking.....

oh my gravies. really?

what is this crap?

it's what i do.

random crap.

just a little photoshop love.

that's it, nothing else.

you can un follow this here blog now if you like.

i will understand, completely.