Welcome back Melody to the blogging world!

So you don't have to say anything.... I already know I have neglected my little family blog for some time now, BUT alas it is time to stop being lazy and just BLOG!
I wanted to start by sharing some photos of our family photo shoot we had about a month ago in Utah. I'm sooo in love with these photos!
Here are some of my favorites.

They are taken my Jess from Photography By Jess! She is AWESOME.

Can you say BLOG SLACKER!

Yeah that would be me! I feel like I have just taken the summer off from all blogging. I can't seem to find the time in my days to watch the girls, edit photos, do ALL the house hold stuff and then blog. Man I admire you mommies that can do it all! You ROCK! But I guess this is the way God made me and I will just have to learn to one day except that. RIGHT?
I don't know about anyone else but it feels like this summer has just flown by. I blinked and then it was over. Ok, I think that is a country song right? Anyhow back on track, I feel like summer just started a couple weeks ago and now the girls are BOTH starting preschool next week. where did the past couple months go??? But when it comes to the girls starting school can you say AWESOMENESS! I am in SOOOOO desperate need of some alone time. I feel like my photography has had to take a back seat because the girls have been so busy. But alas I will have some QUITE time to return phone calls, edit photos, and market. I cant wait:)
So now to blog about our summer.....
We took one big family vacation this summer and it was up north to Florence, OR. It was beautiful up there. We rented a lake house and the girls swam and played in the lake while Conan fished every day. It was so relaxing and just what we needed!

The lake house we stayed out was about 10 minutes from the ocean. I'm not kidding when I say the weather felt like we were in Hawaii. It was perfect.

we has a BLAST. I cant wait for our next family vacation!
And last one of my new favorite pictures of Cameran and one cute one of Carley!

Camping at the KOA with our home group!

First let me just start off by saying this was LUXURY camping to the max! I don't know if any of you have ever been to a KOA but this was our first time and let me tell you its NICE:) They had a pool, water park, playground, miniature golf course, fishing pond, and many more fun activities for the family to enjoy.
We all had a great time and I was wishing that it would have lasted longer I wasn't quite ready to go home on Sunday. I have to say it was nice to take a shower and crawl into my own bed though!
Cameran has even requested that her next birthday be there. I'm still thinking about that one:)
Here are some photos from our trip, I did't take many photos because my brain just was on relax mode but here are the couple I got.

What am I going to do with her.....

EVERYDAY Carley is getting up on the counters and making messes eating food that she is not aloud to and just being a total two year old. But on the flip side she is pretty cute:)
Here is a photos of my little trouble maker in action naked in all:)

What cutie pies they are!

I scream you scream

We ALL scream for ICE CREAM! Hot summer days call for a visit from the good old ice cream truck!

American River Resort Vacation

What a fun weekend! Conan and I took the girls up to Coloma to go camp and white water rafting.  American River Resort was a dream, there was a pool, pond for fishing and rafting! The girls had a BLAST and it was great to spend some family time together.  We went with family friends that grew up with Conan, they are all experienced white water rafters and invited us to join us on this trip.  Conan loved rafting (I got to stay behind with the girls) but next time I'm going! Here are some photos from our weekend...

The fishing hole 

The boys on the river

      Our sweet Girls

Cameran's feeling a little Pinkalicious

So today we were killing time before we had to head over to Faith s birthday party so I took the girls to Cooperfields Book Store and let the girls pick out one book each. Right away Camerans eyes went to Pinkalicious and it was LOVE at first sight. We sat there and read it together and laughed the WHOLE time. What a cute book! She is my little Pinkerbelle,Pinkerella princess!

Little Emmerson Koker Statham

I know it feels like I just keep blogging about my little nephew Emmerson but I just cant help myself he is just SO darn cute! If you don't believe me just take a look for your self:) I took these this weekend at our house. He melts my heart and makes me want another baby BAD!

And I can't forget about Big Sister Saphia! She is such a GREAT Big sister and LOVES her little brother so much:)

And he was Perfect.....

So most of you know that I have been on pins and needles for the past couple weeks waiting for the arrival of my little nephew. He was exactly a week and a half late and his mommy was SUPPER ready to have him OUT! Monday night I got the call saying she was four semesters dilated and having contractions every five minutes apart. SO...... I once again packed up the family and headed up to Mendocino to be there.
We got my sister checked in at 10pm and she labored ALL night with no epidural. I know what a stud right!!!! Well at 6:07am little Emmerson Koker Statham made his entrance into the world. He was perfect weighing in at 9pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. He was HUGE but perfect in every way. I even got to cut the umbilical cord:) Here are some photos of my new little nephew!

p.s. I LOVE YOU

Words can’t really express how in love I am with my husband!

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EVERYTHING!

This past weekend we had our 5 year wedding anniversary and it was perfect! We dropped the girls off at my moms and headed up north to Gualala. Gualala is a little coastal town about two hours north of San Francisco. We couldn't’t have asked for better weather and the view from our room was breath taking! I’m so excited to spend the rest of my life with my best friend and love of my life. I feel like we don’t get very many moments along like these so we enjoyed every minute of it. Here are some photos from our trip!