Annie and Cohlton

Practicing with my cam. let me know what you think

My first lesson I have learned from these photos is to avoid high contrast areas. Next time I think I will have to choose a location that isnt shaded or pick a different time of day. And I think I will have to have them lose the hat to avoid shadowing on the face. Im gonna try using my flash with hat shots next time to see if that helps. If anyone has any more suggestions please feel free to tell me.

March for babies pics

It was so great to beable to do the march for babies this year!! The walk didnt even seem 5.5 miles long. We were one of the last in because we had to keep stopping to feed Cyrus. But thats ok It wasnt a race. I think Goldie and Mitzie were in heaven there were lots of dogs for them to meet and greet and play with. And lots of little kids to play with too. I snapped a few shots of one little boy playing with them mostly cuz I thought his hair was Crazy cute!! He had it Done at ther cool cuts for kids booth.

Blessings in disguise

My walk was supposed to be this morning but nothing seemed to be working in our favor. Tony couldnt get off work and my friends that were supposed to walk with me couldnt make it. Tony was bummed cuz he had to work and couldnt make it. Despite my team falling apart I was prepared to continue with the walk with just me and my lil man Cyrus. Unfortunately Cyrus had other plans. He was so cranky and hungry. I had to keep feeding him. We had to be thereat 8 and at 750 he was still eating. I finally broke down. I felt i let Gabriel down and all those who sponsored my walk. When i finally got it together. I realized I could just change my event. I found another event at newport beach going on tomorrow. This is only 1 1/2 hours away. Tony Doesnt work tomorrow so we are heading to newport beach at about 430am. We are gonna be tired!! but thats ok it will be worth it. The blessing in it all is that Tony is able to go and we can do this as a family!! I am so glad that Tony will beable to go with me. He was really beating himself up about not being able to go!! Well Hopefully all goes well tomorrow!!! Wish us luck. we will need it traveling that far with Cy. He hates his Car seat!!

LOVE The greatest commandment of all!!

When the clawsons visited the other day they brought me "True to the faith" a gospel reference Today as I was skimming through it I felt impressed to read and share my feelings on the subject of love.

Mathew 22 35-40
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the prophets

John 13 34-35
34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another

Verse 37 really stood out to me. I know I love our father in heaven but am I loving him with my heart soul and mind? It is easy to love but to do so with heart soul and mind I believe takes on a mucher deeper meaning. I believe in order to live up to this type of love our love for him must show through all of our actions. We must have our father in heaven in mind before we do anything and must put him before everything. Does this mean that when we sin we do not love him? I dont believe this for one second but I do believe we are not showing him our love with our sinful actions. I want all of my actions to show my tremendous love for our Heavenly Father. When we do mess up it shouldnt be so easy to just shake off. We should be ashamed that our actions do not scream I am a believer and I love my kind and gracious God!!! AFter reading and pondering this scripture I know i have alot of work to do to prove to our Fathe rin heaven that I do love him with my heart soul and mind. Me knowing this isnt enough I must always show it through my actions as well.
Heavenly father had another great commandment... To love our neighbor as we love our selves. and to love one another as God has loved us. I think this is a much harder commandment to follow sometimes. Maybe by keeping in mind that we are all brothers and sisters this commandment will seem easier. If we truly loved others as ourselves we would never do anything to hurt them. Again just loving them isnt enough we must show them we love them through all we do. I want the best for myself so I should always want the best for others. I should never wish bad fortune upon others. Our father in heaven sacrificed his only begotten son for us. He simply asks of us to love him and one another. I think this is the least we could do. Through love we can become more like our savior Jesus Christ who loves us all perfectly no matter how imperfect we are. I am so thankful for his great sacrifice for us. I hope that I through daily prayer I am able to love perfectly just as our Father in heaven loves us. I pray for the strength to put all judgement aside and be a great example to my fellow brothers and sisters. And to display my love for our father in all I do. I know that if I am able to do these things the lord will be pleased in me and I will continue to recieve the wonderful blesssings he has for me.

5 week pics

Papa Clawson

Elder and Sister Clawson came to visit us on Friday. It was a much needed visit as I was very stressed. Both of our vehicles got broken into that previous night and i was very nervous about living in this neighborhood. It was an overreaction i know but their company was much needed any way.

Our diaper bag that was stole was found at a gas station and turned into my bank. Luckily the thiefs were kind enough to leave my license in my wallet and in the diaper bag. so they only got away with my credit cards (which are now cancelled anyway) and our GPS.

While they visited Elder Clawson held Cyrus almost the whole time. I dont think Cyrus had a problem with that. He was Quite comfortable. I thought this picture was adoreable so I just had to post it.

playtime with daddy

Kanoa and Cy

My friend Michelle and I have been trying fo rth past month to get together when both boys are in good moods to take pics. We were finally able to last week but Kanoa wanted to sleep and Cyrus wanted to stay awake and look around. well we did our best and here are a coupl eof the pics

A visit from Friends

Shawn and Thatcher came to visit us when Cyrus was maybe 2 1/2 weeks old. Im late in posting the pics but i figure its better late than never. We had a great time chatting with shawn and Thatcher seemed pretty interested in Cyrus. He was so funny though... Cyrus started getting fussy so I was feeding him. When Thatcher looked and saw Cyrus Nursing he decided he needed to nurse to. he kept hitting his moms chest to tell her he wanted to eat to. He kept lookin gback to see if Cyrus was still eating. It was the cutest thing.

Look who the Easter bunny visited

Cyrus first Holiday was Easter. There wasnt much we could do but we at least had to get him some goodies and a basket from the Easter bunny. He was kinda grumpy though. I dont think he liked the outfit. LOL. we wanted to get pics with the easter bunny but decided it was best we didnt to protect him from catching a cold. so he took pics with his goodies instead.

Smiling

Cyrus is 5 weeks today!!! About a week ago i looked down at him and he had a huge grin on his face. It definately wasnt a gas smile. But Tony said he thought it was involuntary muscle movements. So I didnt get my hopes up. This morning Cyrus was full of smiles!! two big grins and several little smiles. He would watch my face as i made exagerated smiles at him and stuck my tongue out at him and he would smile after each. but then i guess hegot bored. I could watch him smile all day!! It was so special!!! but i guess he only has about a 2 min attention span.

Sponsor Me at March for Babies!

Thank you Grams, Doris, Melissa, Adrianne, Aunt Ruth, Mom, Tiffany, Holly, and Alaina for sponsoring my walk!! Your generosity is greatly appreciated!!