Christtina, Trevor and B.N.N (baby no name)...

While we were in Arizona I got to take some fun pictures of my Sister in law Christtina and my cutest nephews ever! (oh wait, they're my only nephews, haha!) It was so fun! I haven't done pregnancy pictures "on location" before I've always just done them at my house with my backdrops so I was excited to get to "play" with Chris!
I had seen a picture of a pregnant lady standing beside a "bump" sign and thought it was SO cute I just had to try it!! Well non of us could think of where a "bump" sign was so we just went out and had fun anyway! I was bummed! But we found a cool spot to get some neat pictures, I wish it wasn't so windy that day but it was my last day there so that was all we had to work with!

I think we managed OK though.. What do you think?!


Trevor wanted in on the action!











He's going to be such a good Big Brother!!






I love this shot!





Then we found a cool location with train tracks and an old train car... Trevor was in heaven!!





Hot Mama!!





We have one of these same shots from when she was pregnant with Trevor, so we had to reenact it...
Baby No Name.... 34 weeks...



Pregnant with Trevor.... I think 24ish weeks.. Look at how tiny she was!! Awww....


Some of just Trevor... He wasn't wanting to look at me! He just kept looking at the train car... I think he thought it was going to come run him over, we had to assure him that it wasn't going anywhere! :D


I love this one of him!


So then we called it a day and headed back home...


BUT... On our drive back we were just sitting in the car talking when I spotted something!! I was SO excited we parked on the side of the road and jumped out to snap a few...
It was a BUMP sign!! YAY!!
So fun!!


Thanks Chris for letting me "play" with you!! I had fun and can't wait to meet little "no name"!! Love you!! :D

We're Back...

to the cold!!
We got home on Tuesday and it's totally snowing as I type this... WHY?!?
Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature it's SPRING! Seriously... Where is the spring weather?! We left in in Arizona! :)
We had such a good trip! It was super fast and jam packed but so nice to be back!
Thursday was full of errands, we had to go to the DMV and go see our wonderful tax lady!! Brian's Grandma! She works at H&R Block and has done our taxes our entire married life! It's great! Then Brian and my Dad went golfing and that night the Joncas and Davis families came over... It was so fun to hang out and see them, I didn't take any pictures! I just couldn't put Callie down long enough to get my camera!! Next time we're down! Promise!

Thursday morning Kernan and Kolby were up punching Kolby's punching bag.. They came down to show us some moves... Kernan is a good little hitter!!


This picture is funny, it totally looks like Kolby just got beat by his nephew, but really he's sneezing! haha!

Kolby got the cutest video of Kernan hitting the bag, I'll have to get it from him and post it!!


Then on Friday was the wedding! It was such a blast!! I just had the greatest time! I was exhausted that night and sore the next day but it was all so worth it!!
Go check out my Photography Blog for a few more pictures! I'll be posting more as I continue to go through all of them! All 1400+! :D


Saturday was Stockton's 9th birthday! I was so happy we were able to be there for it!
He got a new BMX bike so we spent the evening riding and hanging out outside...
The Birthday Boy...


This kid I don't think stopped the entire trip!
I love this picture, totally shows a true two year old... Always on the go!


He was having a good time riding his little bike...

















I was having fun playing with my camera... Like I didn't get enough of that the day before huh?! :)


On Sunday after we went to church we went and parked out by Luke Air Force Base to watch the planes, it was "Luke Days" and so they were having the air show! We had heard that is was just crazy the day before so we skipped battling the traffic and just parked out in a field!


The F-22...





We weren't the only ones who avoided the craiziness!


This cargo plane is huge!!


After the air show we headed over to Brian's parents house.. Kernan was SO excited to see Poppy and "Rer-rer" (Trevor) They were so adorable with each other! I sure miss that boy.. and his Mom! :)


Check it out... Our boys representing our Arizona teams!! How cute is that?!


Looking at these pictures of my kids in the pool make me even more upset that it's actually snowing outside my window as I continue to type this!!
Crazy! I love her!!


When we got home it was late and so the kids went straight to bed, we were out watching some TV. When we went in to go to bed Maci was sleeping in the Thomas tent Brian's Grandma got Kernan.. This was all you saw, her toes sticking out! Haha!



So I think it's safe to say we had a FUN time! Thankfully we're going back for Easter so leaving my family wasn't to hard this time!
On that note, if you want your windows on your car or in your home tinted while were down there next month let us know! Brian already has a few jobs so his "spare" time is going to fill up! :) Also, I'll be available to do photo sessions too so let us know!

On a side note, yesterday was my birthday... I'm officially a quarter of a century old! I spent the day paying bills, unpacking, doing a load of laundry and catching up on my DVR'd shows! How exciting! We did go to Jon's for dinner! That was awesome! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for that! Seriously anyone who comes up here to visit us... We will take you out to dinner at Jon's!! The BEST Mexican food you'll ever taste!! And trust me, I know Mexican!

Here is a picture of me at the age 25.. My most wonderful second shooter caught this picture on Friday, I have to say my second shooter is the most Handsome second shooter I know!!
Thanks Handsome for helping me on Friday and for being the biggest part of my cheer squad!


Another highlight from yesterday was the phone call I got from Maci while she was at school... Her class called and sang "Happy Birthday" to me! It was SO sweet! I really love her teacher!! She's amazing!
Alright so to all those "quiet" blog stalkers who say I need to update more... You know who you are! Brian reported back to me! I'll try! I'm going to attempt to update at least 3 times a week! Hopefully I can come up with enough to say! ;) But in order to do that I need you all to comment! I know I have about 240+ average visitors to my blog a week but only get the same 9 people who comment, so come out from hiding and leave me some love!!
And to those who don't believe it's snowing outside my window... Here you go! Taken from my phone...


Hope you're all enjoying some Spring weather... Think of me as you are!! :( And look for more posts! Next one, Pregnancy pictures of my Sister in law! Ya!

We're headed to Arizona!

We are headed there next week and will be there for about 5 days! I have a wedding to shoot on Friday, expect to see a lot of pictures from that!! But while we're there I am also wanting to do photo sessions for anyone who wants it done, so if you're wanting to get your pictures taken let me know and we'll set up a time!! Also, Brian will have his tint stuff so if you or anyone you know want's your windows tinted while we're there let us know and again we'll work it out!! You can email us @
mandiles[at]mac[dot]com!
Everyone in AZ.... We can't wait to see you! And warm up in your weather!!!!

What have I been doing...

absolutely nothing!
I don't do anything, there for I don't take any pictures and I have nothing to update all of you with! I'm sorry!! I knew when my Dad was requesting a new blog update last week it was bad!! :) So this last Saturday I took my camera and made myself take some pictures!!
First of all... what has been going on @ our house...
Brian's birthday was on the 28th, we went and watched a dirt bike race down in Washington and then went out riding... Sorry no pictures! I took my camera but didn't even take it out of the truck! And it's a good thing I didn't, we all came home SO filthy that I'm glad my camera wasn't in all that dust!! But he had a good day and got everything he was wanting, my Mom got him new dirt bike pants and shirt, my Grandma got him new gloves and my Great Gram and Ginna gave him money which he used to buy new riding boots! So he is now fully decked out and matches! :) I'll get a picture next time we go out! He looks GOOD! hehe!
We had Maci's parent-teacher conference last Tuesday, we are SO proud of her! She had a great review from her teacher, she is in a second grade reading level and all her test scores are way above what they're supposed to be by the end of the year! She is a smarty! She loves reading! We are wondering where she got all her smarts from?! haha!
Brian's new business is coming along... It is SO hard starting up a business! He is working like crazy but unfortunately it's building it up and getting accounts which don't make money so we are struggling right now!! We know it'll be worth it in the future but right now it's hard! He got a location down in St. George this past week, so we went down on Saturday and were cleaning it and touching up the paint. He has partnered up with a guy here to open this business, he's a really nice guy and very smart about running businesses!
Here are a couple pictures from his new location! You can check out their website at www.qualitywindowfilms.com



Kernan wanted to help pressure wash the bays....




The inside doesn't really look like much right now... As soon as it does I'll take some pictures and post those! :)
Then after working at the shop, we went over to my cousin Lori's house for dinner... Chase has a riding choo-choo! They got it out just for Kernan, they know his LOVE of trains! And did he love it!! He was really good about sharing too, thank heavens! I would take him off for one of the other kids to ride and he'd just ask me over and over.. "Mom, my turn? Mom, my turn, please?" He was cute!!









All the older kids followed him around the circle! :)


Here is Chase getting his turn! He is SO cute!


We've had a couple more snow storms this week... Which sucks! It was really starting to feel so nice out and then the dang snow had to return!! I am so ready for spring weather!!! Kernan on the other hand loves the snow! When we were leaving on Saturday to head down to St. George it had snowed like 6 inches in the middle of the night! He ran right out and started playing in it! All he has on are his tennis shoes! Burr... He's crazy!






Thankfully by the time we got home that night, most of it had melted! But we got more yesterday! We are leaving for AZ in a week! I can't wait!! Flip Flops (I've been wearing those for the last few weeks! I guess I'm striking the snow and cold weather! I'm so sick of closed toed shoes!) short sleeve shirts!! I can't wait!! :)
Alright, so there is your update... I told you, I've been up to nothing! :)