Sneak Peak | Joy and Matt's Fiesta

The Newlyweds

The Groom's Cake

The "Fiesta" Cake. Does this say party or what!?

Lots of fun for the kids too!

There's your sneak peak of my friend's reception this past weekend at Tomatillos in San Antonio. It was so much fun!

Memorable FHE | Eph 6

You have to love teaching Eph 6 to your kids... I mean it starts out, ¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. You can't go wrong with that! And then it gets better, especially if you are a three and a half year old boy with an imagination like my little Lyndon.

Yes, it was a very memorable FHE that continued on this morning. He loved having the 'armor' taped on, and I loved having an alternative to spiderman games. I really don't like how he acts when he's been watching spiderman, so I had to put an end to that (not that there is anything really wrong with spiderman, it's how Lyndon chooses to act when he's too 'into' him) and we have been searching for a new 'super hero' to replace him. One that promotes kindness, thank you very much!

Last weeks FHE was on Samuel the Lamanite, which he was kind of luke warm about. Later on he remembered Daniel and we had fun acting that out (I'm the king who tells him not to pray and then he runs off to his room to pray and I then have to throw him in the lion's den, it's pretty cute.) Anyway, this was an even bigger hit!
So before lunch I thought I would quiz him, see how much he actually retained about what each piece meant. Four out of six, not bad, I'll take it.
He's not a perfect angel by any means (let's just say I have my hands full) but I AM very proud of him.

Look, I even caught him helping vacuum yesterday, he does pretty well on the floors (he is very pleased when he takes care of his job!)
My kids teach me so much. Every challenge we face I am sent to my knees or the scriptures or both, and it makes me a better person!

Here are the links I used so you can 'put on the armor of God' with your kids!

Most of the armor is from here.

CTR Shield here.

Cooler helmet here.

Have you checked your spine lately?

I just thought I'd give a little update on my dear husband's career these days. He is now working for a clinic just down the road, Plano Injury Rehab. He is one of two treating docs there and is liking it a lot. Many of you have inquired about chiropractic care with him before but he did not take insurance.... now he does! So stop on by anytime, the office is really nice and they offer soooo much more than just adjustments!

Here he is at a screening he did at a local grocery store. He was there for 4 hrs on a Saturday and it went really well. He's got such a great personality who wouldn't want to talk to him!
Me and the kids were there for a bit. They had this coke display I set Madelyn on and it actually helped draw peoples attention! They stopped to see the cute kids and stayed to listen to the cute chiropractor!!!

Here is my try at making this look like an 'old' coke ad. Needs work, maybe darker shadows?

Winner

Contest closed Thursday but due to illness I am just getting around to posting the winner.

TONI, you are the winner! I will email you so we can setup your session.

Of course I think everyone who reads my blog is a winner, (and Lynn, sorry, you had a 50/50 shot and I appreciate you entering!) better luck next time. As soon as I figure this facebook thing out I think I will have a contest to do with that and then once I finally get a 'real' website up I'll probably do one with that too. So, y'all come back, you don't want to miss it!

Splish~Splash

I love tub pics and I thought I was never going to get any of just Madelyn because Lyndon comes running, clothes flying, anytime he hears the tub or shower going! To be honest I am not sure where he was this time, but I am sure happy I got these precious shots.

The girl loves her bubble bath!

C o N t E s T u P d A t E . . . . . .
I have received lots of comments about TWITTER.... if you don't tweet no worries I will make that one optional, so go ahead and enter!

But, just so you know, twitter is not another facebook. It is kind of like a group IM (you remember IMing from back in the day right) Anyway, 'tweets' are just a fun way of getting out little announcements to anyone who wants to follow you.

I have a MAC so I use the program twitterific which displays my 'tweets' in a small box on the side of my screen. I can reply to others right there or send out my own tweet right from my desktop. You can also use your cell phone so it's like group texting.

I haven't been doing it very long but so far I think it's pretty cool. Why not give it a try if you feel adventurous!

Not Me! Monday

This is suppose to be therapeutic right! All right then, in that case, I did not totally unload all my stress and frustration on my husband on our way home from church yesterday (he did not partly deserve it,) but being the sweet man he is, had I actually acted like a beast he would have forgiven me after my pathetic peace offering of some delicious fresh cut watermelon.

Looking back it occurs to me that I did not drink two fridge packs of Dr. Pepper this past week, remember I am married to a chiropractor so I would never drink anything but pure alkaline water!

Now this last one would have been great to get a picture of, but Lyndon had a friend over last week, they mostly played in the sprinkler, and I did not let them pee in the yard because they both had to go at the same time. And I did not get a little chuckle watching the two of them side by side seeing who could reach the fence because I would never condone such behavior much less find humor in it!!!

Here are some pics that have nothing to do with not me! Monday

because picture-less posts are bor-ring.

Little Lyndon and I went out bargain shopping because he desperately needed new church clothes. I was impressed, we got the whole outfit for

a little over $10 thanks to Old Navy and the local thrift store.

He is very pleased as well. In fact whenever we are home I am not surprised anymore to find him either in his spiderman pj's or his 'new' church clothes!

Yes, I could eat him up!

Now, for some news some of you have been waiting for...

We actually do not have a winner for the photo shoot.

No one has completed all five steps,

So I have decided to open it up again until Thursday.

Anyone in the Dallas area can enter for a FREE session (5 digital negatives included on cd) with me.

Here again are the 5 steps to enter:

1. just leaving a comment (nothing special, let me know you are interested so I can start tracking your progress)
   
2. blog about it (then leave a comment that you blogged about it, w/ the url to your blog)
3. follow me on twitter & tweet about it
   
4. put my button on your sidebar
   
5. email 3 friends about this (CC me into your email, destinyphotography@gmail.com)

Sound the Alarm

We're FIRED-UP for fun

We went to the Plano Fire Station to end our week of fun, and it was great.

I highly recommend taking the tour for anyone with little kids.

Lyndon wanted to know how everything worked and looking at these pics you can see on his face he thought this was for real.

Fire fighter Steve was so nice and let Lyndon see and touch everything!

Maddie just sat and looked pretty, though she really didn't ever look at the camera for me.

The helmet probably weighs as much as he does!

Side Note: Speaking of alarms, the contest for a free photo session is down to the wire now, just a fee hours. I saw some of you have done some of the steps but as far as I know no one has completed them all!

I will announce the winner Monday (I try to refrain from blogging on Sundays.)