happy belated mother's day!

i hope all you moms out there got the attention and presents you deserved yesterday.
here's what i got...

elijah...

made me a all about my MOMMY book.

he drew a pictures of me and him



i guess that's what i'd buy HIM is i had a lot of money!
according to him, i like to: "take a bath"
my favorite tv show: "funny shows"
my favorite place is: "Lars' house"
my favorite food: "pizza"
my favorite color: "yellow"
my best friend is: "michelle" - myself (how sad)
i love my mommy this much : and he drew a heart full of love
he also gave me something else but i don't really know what it is. he says it's a piece of paper and playdough (but i saw my sister wearing the paper like a braclet)


and ashleigh...

she gave me lots of hugs and smiles. she tells me all the time "you make me so happy"
she's the sweetest thing when she wants to be

mario...
he gave me new frying pans
and a ipod dock so i can listen to my music when i'm taking a bath
so sweet

and i bought myself
some new comfy, stretchy pants as i'm getting fatter (but it's for a good reason)
and a new shirt
and i'm not sure i'm done buying for myself yet.

i love being a mom!!!

"is this a nice game?"

that's what one of our team members asked his mom last year during the 1st or 2nd game. well i can answer that better now. no, sometimes it's not a very nice game. especially this last game. there was so much pushing and shoving and even one boxing match (but they gave each other high fives afterwards)













i hope elijah keeps playing soccer. they're too cute! and he's learned so much and gotten better. he runs and scores (he doesn't just stand there picking his nose anymore!) i think ashleigh's ready to play. actually she already thinks she's part of the team. ha!

jay and katrina continued

i know, these two get a lot of attention on my blog. that's because every time they come to visit they want new pictures and they always come out so cute. saturday was a great day i wish everyday was so special!










and my monkeys.

love these guys

I'll share more later. i just barely started editing. actually this is the first one i've finished. i couldn't wait to share it!

last minute photo shoot

this mom and i have been trying for the past month to get her family together on a day when the weather was decent. since their son is leaving next week to go on a mission for 2 years we had to get together this week. yesterday was beautiful but the rest of the week (as is evident today) was looking windy and cold so we decided last night to try and get together. i'm so glad we did the light was perfect and it was warm and just a little "breezy" (or as my dad says "breezy is still 20mph gusts")


sometimes i go to a photo shoot and i think wow these people are so awesome, the location is awesome, the light is awesome i hope i don't screw this up too bad. then i scan through the pictures on my camera and i think "well maybe there's a couple good ones". then i open up the files on my computer and i get so excited and i can't wait to share them. that's what happened today. especially when i saw the pictures of mom and dad. sorry i got a little flare happy.




and then there were the boys. i always thought i'd have just boys but ashleigh happened and i love that little girl to pieces but i always thought it would be so cool to be the mom of three boys, because moms of all boys always seemed so neat to me. and i love the way a bunch of boys love and take care of their mom. girls are pretty cool too.

number 3 is on his way

the ficklin's are adding another boy early june. he has the best big brothers (and parents). they are going to have so much fun!

saturday was the best!

i feel like i've been so out of it with the awful windy weather and so busy with everything else. it was so nice to get back out taking pictures on saturday and i was loving the rain. i new it was a blessing when the rain stopped for just a bit so we didn't get soaking wet and freeze while we were taking pictures. i had a cousin photo shoot and it was tons of fun. these kids are all amazing and i hope i get to work with them and their families again!