week 8. its the last day of this week, so i though i'd document. i am tired, not too too sick, which i am thankful for. just nauseous and tired. kind of like the day after the flu, yuck. the funny thing is, i am SO tired, but i cannot sleep. and if i do manage to take a nap, it doesnt really help much. i am not complaining though, i am so grateful that i am not very sick, i was scared about that. im super anxious, but im trying not to be. i want to go out and buy everything right now, maybe it's a good thing i dont ever feel like going anywhere! i dont necessarily have cravings, it's more like NOTHING ever sounds good so when something does, i have to eat it or i never eat.

i have gotten out a few times! i took some engagements, (michon they are ALMOST done!!Ü)

tuesday scottie had surgery. he had some kind of lip tumor that had to be removed. this was him in the 'pre-op' room or whatever you call it. he was a little too happy! personally i had to leave the room when he got his IV, how the heck am i going to have a baby when i cant watch someone get an IV!? anyways, everything went well!

on another baby note... beau seems to think i am having twins, both him and my mom have had dreams about me having twins. im not so sure about that. unless they are girls and they have a room like this. then i'm all for it ;)

our not so secret secret.....

in case you didnt notice the ticker up there... yes we are EXPECTING! you have not met two more excited people in this world! which is the reason a lot of people already know! we were going to wait awhile to tell, but everyday when beau would call at night we would both confess to who we had told that day! its hard to keep a secret that big! kudos to all you who can do it for 3-4 months!
our little one is only 7 weeks, so yeah its early, but i have been sick, so i guess thats a good sign! (for the babe, not for me... ive been miserable) but it has been wonderful! i love thinking that by the end of the year i will be a momma. its surreal, and a little scary! im a kinda nervous about miscarrying, (isnt every mom) since its still so early, but i guess thats up to heavenly father. we are so grateful for this blessing and we cant WAIT for september! :)

happy brithday to my main squeeze.

today, my wonderful hubby turned 22, want to know how he spent his birthday morning? he woke up at 2:30 and drove 3 hours to work. what a trooper. knowing that this would be the case, we threw him a surprise party on saturday! it was a lot of fun, thanks to all who came!

this was the closest thing i got to a group picture, all the guys, but i guess it will do!

i hate to burst all your pretty little bubbles, but seriously i have the greatest husband on the planet. he is such a wonderful person to, me and to everyone else. He loves his family, the gospel, and he is always serving others. love you hun, have a happy birthday and always remember i ♥ u.

a few bits of randomness about the birthday boy.

although he shoots them, he really does love animals.he loves to nap, but rarely ever sleeps in?he is scared of babies, but you would never know it by looking at him with one!he does not like to do thing that might embarrass him, but he will, for me :)he was a very sick babyhe is the hardest worker i know, and he really does love what he does! duh, he gets to play in the dirt all day!

too true not to share...

If you were the wood, I'd be the fire.
If you were the love, I'd be the desire.
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat,
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float.

bad blogger.

i used to be so good at this, i mean, its not like i have anything to do all day, but yet i never get this done! oh well.
anyways, our weekend started out, bad (not even going to sugarcoat it). beau called me thursday morning and said "hey were coming home right now, i got a bad cut on my face." my first thought was WHO DO I KILL!?!? anyways, so i met the poor guy in washington, and took him to the workmed place. 2 hours later, he emerged. thankfully he didnt get stitches, i guess the doctor said stitches=bad scar and superglue=not as bad scar. the cut was about an inch long and 1/2 and inch deep, it doesnt look like that in the picture, but thats because the picture was taken a few day later and it has been healing really well. other than bad bad headaches, he hasnt really complained much! he's such a trooper!

well i guess thats all for now, hopefully ill have something better for you next week! oh and my car is for sale.

you should buy it. i want a new one. $3,500 going one, going twice. sold to you.

The Johnson Family

i had SO much fun with this cute family! see more
here.

ps. watch for another special coming up very soon! ♥

hello oh-ten....

really, i remember new years 2000 like it was yesterday. i also remember that nasty sparkling grape juice.

that was it. we pulled out the fancy glasses, stayed up till 12:00...

im proud to say my photography skills have improved since then. it was so long ago!

what a decade it was. a lot happend. a whole lotta good. and a whole lotta bad.

im so excited for 2010. lots of plans! lots of goals. i decided to write down 10. for 2010 duh!

hopefully i can stick to them all! wish me luck!

HAPPY 2010 TO ALL!

so long 2009...

... it was a great year wasnt it!

drumroll...

thank you so much to all those who entered! and dont worry, im going to do another giveaway very soon! and for those who didnt win, if you are still wanting pictures, please email me and i will give you 1/2 off if you book before the end of the month! now for the wiiiner!!......

please email before the end of the week at beau.n.stef@hotmail.com and we will get your photoshoot sheduled!

i look forward to meeting you!

Ava and giveaway update!

so after i posted about the give away, i realized that i will not be home on the 1st! so... you now have until the 3rd to enter! and to make up for my absentmindedness (is that a word?), if you refer someone to the giveaway and they leave your name in their comment, I'll put your name in the drawing TWICE! So get promoting! ;)

i took Ava's one year old pictures today! we had so much fun! she is just the cutest baby! and she has those stratton eyes!!

merry christmas!

Christmas was WONDERFUL!! beau spoiled the heck out of me! i wont tell you everything, but i will tell you that i got a NEW LENS for my camera!! i am SO excited! it was very unexpected, i hadn't even asked for one, thinking that he wouldn't know what to get, or even where to get it, but he did! and it's awesome!!

here's how our Christmas morning went down

(watched angels and demons the night before, went to bed about 12:00)

1:30 am- i wake up, think about waking beau up, decide against it, go back to sleep.

2:30 am- repeat.

3:30 am- repeat.

4:50 am- the following conversation takes place...

s- babe?

b-......

s-BABE?

b-....grunt... what?

s- can we get up at 5 and open presents?

b- ya... (lifts head to look at the clock and sees that it's 10 to 5:00)... flops head down on the pillow.

b- NO babe, go back to sleep!!

s- what? why!?

b- because that is it 10 minutes!

s- reluctantly i go back to sleep

5:30- i wake up. look at the clock, decide i can sleep longer without going nuts.

6:30- cant wait any longer, wake beau up and drag his bum out of bed.

I'm still a kid at heart. don't judge me.

we went to my moms while they opened their gifts, when we got there Scott held up a licence plate... and i thought "you have got to be joking!!" so my mom tells him to go outside... and he finds thiswhen did we go from wanting big wheels to wanting ACTUAL wheels!? he loves it though and that makes me happy!

it's pretty sad that even though i got a new lens, and i took my camera to EVERY house we went to i only got one picture of us...

this was after we got home, we were gone from 7 am to 6 pm, so we look pretty haggard. sorry.

the day was amazing, it was a lot of fun to see all our parents in one day! hopefully i will be able to get more pictures from everyone else! hopefully you all had a wonderful Christmas too!

enter...here.

to anyone we missed...

we had SUCH a fun time at the jolley family christmas party this weekend! i didnt get hardly any pictures! my camera was SO close to dying!

we went down to mesquite with some of the guys beau works with, it was a lot of fun!

i dont know what was wrong with me, but this was seriously my face in EVERY picture!!

beau and kasen

told ya! same face!

beau and rams

kasen and his gf, rhett and his gf

the weekend was SO busy! but a lot of fun! we got most of our shopping done, i think all that is left is what to get for eachother! i am SO excited for christmas!!! the week is going by so slow! but i'll be sad when it's over!!

fun fun fun!

ive had a few people tell me that i need to update! so here ya go!

we had an 'ugly sweater' christmas party over the weekend, it was a lot of fun!

i have to say, our sweaters were pretty awesome!!

i took pictures of beau's cute cousin's family! it was SOO SO cold! but i love how they turned out! the snow was so pretty!

ps. i am starting to book for january/february!

i also took some quick shots of my dad's family on sunday! dont we look festive!

beau got to meet baby rocko! im almost done with my christmas shopping! im not sure what was wrong with me this year! i usually am all done shopping by now! but not this time! we'll see if i get it all done in time!

i just finished editing this cute family's pictures!

ps. i had a cancelation this friday, if you want the christmas card special this would be the perfect time!!

upperdater

BEAUTIFUL kolob drive, cant wait to take another one this weekend!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!some pics of us putting up the tree...

scottie and i went to the temple to take some pictures, it was so fun to just hang out with him! he's an awesome little brother!

after that we put up my mom's christmas tree! even though i dont live there, i am glad that they still wait for me to be there! i love going through all the ornaments and talking and laughing about all the memories!

scott and i with our baby ornamentssaturday night some friends came over and we had a bbq and decorated gingerbread (grahm cracker) houses! SO FUN!
i saved the bad news for last... we went to vegas on friday to do some christmas shopping, and wouldnt you know it... we got in an accident! bummer! we were stopped in traffic and some loser guy SLAMS into the car behind us, which shoves her car into the back of our truck. the guy gets out of his truck and makes sure everyone is okay. beau is telling me to call 911, but i didnt want to! so i made him. so we are sitting there waiting for the cops, and all of a sudden beau starts yelling out a licence plate number, the guy that caused the crash DROVE OFF! i mean COME ON!? really? luckily a nice lady that saw everything followed the jerk around the corner and came back to tell the cops where he was. needless to say, he got hauled off to jail. stupid people.

but a trip to harbor freight made it all better :)

thats it for now! we've got a busy weekend ahead of us! i have 3 family portrait sessions, our friend christmas party, christmas shopping and all that funness!

its beginning to look a lot like Christmas... AT OUR HOUSE!!!

LOVE this Santa!

i HAVE to thank tere for our tree! she helped me out with it SO much! i love it!

side note: i have no more weekend openings for pictures in December, but i am starting to book January if you are interested!! and if you are still waiting on me for your cd of pictures, thank you for being SO patient! my computer's cd burner is deciding to poop out on me!

an attitude of gratitude.

while i wait for my hubby to get home from work, i thought I'd express the gratitude that i have for all the wonderful blessings in my life.

BEAU. i am so thankful to have such a wonderful man as my eternal companion. he is the perfect guy for me. i knew if from the moment we met. i know that sounds SO cliche, but its true. he's the cheese to my macaroni. life just wouldn't be the same without him.

FAMILY. i have the most wonderful family ever put on this planet. not even kidding. that includes in-laws, aunt, uncle, cousins, everyone! they are all SO wonderful! my parents have taught me so much about life. the good, the bad, the tragic. i couldn't imagine not having them as parents. i was meant to be their daughter, there is not a doubt in my mind. scottie wottie is the absolute best little brother a girl could ask for. he is growing up into the most awesome little man ever! his sense of compassion and selflessness is amazing. i have never met someone that will drop anything to help his family as much as scott will. he is awesome and im glad that heavenly father decided to make him my baby brother. i wouldn't have it any other way.

THE GOSPEL. i feel like before i got married i kind of took the gospel for granted. ill admit it. but going through the temple and being sealed to beau has made me appreciate it so much. everything about it, tithing, temples, callings, EVERYTHING has been such a blessing in my life.

JOBS. i know that i complain about beau working out of town. but i truly am thankful for the wonderful job he has. knowing that we will never be without income is such a comfort in this economy. beau tells me stories about his grandpa and his brothers that started interstate rock, how they struggled with the company for so long, and now look what it has turned into, i am very thankful for their sacrifices for their children and grandchildren to have this wonderful company. i am also grateful that beau's job allows me to get into photography. i really love it! and thank you to all of you who have trusted me to take your pictures!

TECHNOLOGY. this may be lame and materialistic, but i am SO glad for modern technology!! cell phones, Internet, tv, cars, i love it all!

HEALTH. for the most part both of us are SO healthy! im so thankful that we dont have to worry about any big health problems!!

MY HOME. i love our little home! i know its not ours, but i really do love it here! we were SO blessed to get into such a wonderful place! (not so much wonderful neighbors, but hey, wudda ya do!?) and i also LOVE living in hurricane. i never thought i would hear those words pass my lips, but i do! i love that everyone knows everyone, that theres one high school, that you can drive 5 minutes and be 'in the middle of nowhere'. i am so thankful to still live so close to my family! it's such a blessing!

BUDDIES. i always thought that i would be friends with my high school friends FOREVER. no such luck. but i have mad the most AWESOME friends since i have gotten married! i know that people come into your life for a reason, and these girlies definitely have their reasons! i am SO thankful for them and the time i get to spend with them!

ADOPTION. i saved this one for last because i knew that by the time i finished writing it i wouldn't be able to see the screen. this i can honestly say has been the absolute #1 blessing in my entire life. i owe everything i am to it. without it, i wouldn't have the wonderful family i have. i am SO thankful to my birth mother for her sacrifice, she truly gave me the best life ever.

ill end here, but i hope everyone out there remembers to think about what they are thankful for this holiday. i know i will.

sweet baby kenna

My friend Lindsey had her second baby a few weeks ago (technically 10 days) and i got to see her today!! she is a DOLL! however she was not feeling the whole photo shoot idea! we got a few cute ones though!! see more here.

i made the comment to Linds that it just seemed like she was babysitting! it's so weird that were all grown up! im SO excited to do their family pictures next week!!

*if you havent noticed... my blog decided to screw its self up... so it's on the mend right now, sorry it looks like crap.*

fun fun weekend!! the breakdown...
went to TWILIGHT with the rest of the world. dawn and helaman came (no pics of them :( sorry) we really liked it, but we both personally thought the first movie was better, but this one was really good too!

on saturday i took pictures of our friends Heinz and Alecia, it was really fun! they are SO funny! we took them at Sunset Canyon Ranch (where Heinz's family lives) it is SO pretty down there!! see more here.
i have designed a few more christmas card samples! please dont mind the overload of my family pictures!
oh and i have to say i am now obsessed with these people. so good. beau is sick of them.

oh and good news! well for me at least! this wonderful man gets home on TUESDAY this week!! YAY!!! i am ECSTATIC!!