Valentines...a little late!

What a GREAT Valentines weekend! Our church has a Valentines party for the young kids every year - however, I don't have young kids anymore. :( So.....I decided to let Kade have ALL the preteens at our house for their own Valentines Day party on Friday night. I love that age. They are just now interested in girlfriends and boyfriends and it's so funny to watch them and listen to them. We had about 35ish kids at the house, and since they can't drive, we had their moms and dads also! :) We had a BLAST! We had some "Minute to Win It" type games for them, and it was so funny. I had set up the studio to take some pictures of the event for those that wanted some. They turned out soooo cute! Here's my PICTURE OVERLOAD!

(We also had a great actual Valentines Day....more pictures from that to come later!)

SURPRISE!

No words are needed. We'll let the pictures do most of the talking.....

Kellie Byrd is 30! And she has no clue Shannon was throwing her a surprise birthday party!



Invitations courtesy of the wonderful Shannon Byrd Photography...of course. Just a shameless plug....Easter pictures are coming up!!! :)



Cake courtesy of Pam Byrd (and she has the MOST delicious cupcakes EVER!) Let me or Shannon know if you need the number...we can hook you up. :) And it taste ever bit as good as it looks.



Oh look....Shannon bought Kellie a new Willow Tree figurine. Awwwwwww....it's the one that's expecting........................!?!?!?!?



OH LOOK....SOME VERY VERY SURPRISED MOTHERS!!!!!! BABY BYRD #3 IS DUE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2011!! CONGRATULATIONS TO SHANNON AND KELLIE!!!



And pass the word that we now HAVE to have weddings booked!!! Shannon has to pay for a baby!!! :)

What a weekend.....

Man, a whirlwind weekend....from us...imagine that! :) Friday night I rushed home and started doing some embroidering and sewing, needed some birthday presents. Saturday morning me and the kids and my mom and dad (Lee had to work) got up bright and early and took a little day trip. It's hard having friends in Flat Rock, Alabama - you almost have to pack a suitcase to go there! However, my good friend, cousin, and photography partner in crime's wife, who is a better friend (hehe), was having a birthday and Shannon was throwing her a big SURPRISE bash!! Well, there were LOTS of SURPRISES!!!! BIG ONES!!! Of course I was the official party photographer - and we have not downloaded the pictures yet, but when we do.....ONE of us will let you in on the surprises! Okay...okay....I will go ahead and let you in on one.....KELLIE TURNED THIRTY!!!!! :)

The next one....requires pictures. And I have none yet. So......... :)

Then Saturday night we joined the multitude of people that decided to go to church at Big Cove. Great service! Loved getting to be with family and friends and hanging out afterwards!

Sunday Lee had to work and Kylee had a paper that had to be finished so we hung out at home and then went to church that night. Then went home and watched the end of the Super Bowl. Sorry the Steelers didn't win - but maybe next time!

Anyway............look for more news soon!! :)

Newsworthy.....

Not much happening on the homefront at the moment. Lee and I have both been sick this week. Ugh. Seemed like it wasn't going to end. So didn't have a lot happening because of that. However, felt like I did have something newsworthy....

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO MY HUBBY TODAY!!!

That seems so strange to me! Lee and I started dating when he was 15 years old. And now he's 40!!! We've been through a lot in those 25 years. Needless to say - we came out much better on the other end. Love him soooo much! He is a great husband and father and I love being able to spend HIS old age with him! :)

He NEVER reads my blog - I will actually have to email him a link just so he knows I wrote about him! lol.

Got in the Valentine craft mood!

Snow - #1 of the year...#2 in three weeks!

Just a few bloggable pictures of the snow we got on Sunday, January 9, 2011. I got to stay home from work for three whole days!!!! Lots of fun. New bruises. Never.walk.up.the.Mahatheys.hill.again. :) A few things I noticed...my husband is MIA in these pics - and I have no clue where he was! And...Melissa hangs with us a lot! lol.












Not a real good picture...but this is the reason I will never walk up the Mahathey's driveway in the snow again....hence the new bruises. I fell FOUR times!!! And yes, I am on the ground in the picture. lol.

What we do when we have free time...and sometimes...it's better to just not ask questions. :)

We hang out with our family. In our living room that has no furniture at the moment. And play weird games.

Exciting changes!!!

As if I need MORE exciting changes in my life....lol. As most know, Shannon Byrd and I have been teaming up on numerous photography projects lately. Well guess what!? We are now making some official changes in the "Shannon Byrd Photography" business and hope to steer the business into the wedding market more for 2011! So please pass the word - tell your friends - tell all of those people that got new diamonds over the holidays! I am excited. I LOVE shooting weddings. But you just cannot get the coverage and the photos you need with just one photographer. So this is great! And we both possess different qualities that help each other - he is so good at the technical parts and I'm better at the creative parts...so we think together our wedding photography is going to excel! We have shot several weddings together already - but working together on a full-time basis gives us the opportunity to work out the kinks and get into a groove and improve. (I think I will make that our mission statement..."Getting into a groove which gives us the opportunity to improve!" :) Shannon will love it. lol.

We have set up a new blog just for the wedding portion of the business. It's still a little blah at the moment but give us a little time...it will be spruced up soon! And look for a sneak peek of our latest wedding that we shot in December VERY soon! Please visit the blog and be one of our "followers!"

And pass the word about the business if you don't care. We have both shot numerous weddings and are very experienced. Your word of mouth advertising is the best advertising we could ask for!

http://shannonbyrdweddings.blogspot.com/

Marty

Wow!

Have any of you seen this much SNOW! I have seen snow - we lived in Kentucky so I have seen lots of snow actually...but goodness! This was beautiful, white, falling SNOW! And on CHRISTMAS Day!! We have three floor to ceiling windows in our living room and we just sat and looked at it. I kept going back and forth to the window. Gorgeousness! :) Of course there were TONS of pictures! Here's a few of my favs so far...






This one is of the kids waiting to ambush Lee as he walked off the porch to play in the snow with them....


And yes....that's Melissa on the bottom of the pile! LOL!

ahhhhh...much better

Reworked Kade's Christmas tree. Actually "reworked" probably isn't the right word. It was more like.....take it completely down and re-do. It's better now. I don't walk by his door and cringe. :)

Gingerbread House....

This year for our Christmas Program at church, the decorating committee (ya'll rocked! :)) wanted each family to make a gingerbread house so they could be displayed on the tables in the fellowship hall after the program (we have to eat afterwards, of course!) So Kade, Konnor and Kensley were to make one together....well, it started off good - they were all in to it, but after about an hour, they were done. So me and Melissa and Kylee just HAD to finish it for them. :) Me and Kylee and Kade make one every year just for us normally - so I had a little experience. And a gingerbread house is the perfect thing to unleash my boxed up, dying to get out, over the top, Christmastime creativity. It's something about Christmas - my creativity levels get a boost. I constantly buy craft supplies around this time of the year! Anywhoo.....we finished it for them, and I even went and added some to it just before the program. LOVED it!! Here's the pics: