What's been going on

If you call and ask me what I'm doing, the answer is editing pictures. That's always my answer! Therefore, I have no time to edit my own family's pics and update this blog! So, I decided to take a few minutes and update the blog for the two people left that still read this thing!

 We had our annual Halloween party this year at our house. By the way, our house is way too small to have this party again! The kids have taken over! Anyway, the theme was Something that scares you, so I went as me in the 80's and Matt went as that guy from the hangover.

 We went to the Parkhurst pumpkin patch. There are like 200 more pictures from it that I haven't edited yet. So here's the one that I did.

 We went to trunk or treat at church. Me, alone with both the girls. It was an experience.

 My little Snow White and Dorothy. Couldn't get 'em to smile for a million bucks.

 We've been to the zoo. Did you know how crazy beautiful the zoo is right now and the weather is perfect??

 My sweet babe. If I think about the shot of her birth video where they take her to the nursery and she gets her hair washed it makes my ovaries hurt.

 Aidan and Viv loving on each other at the zoo. So cute!

My nieces and daughters at the Porter pumpkin patch. Again, like 500 pics from that day that may never see the light of day.

Happy Fall Ya'll!

"We're really excited."

My little baker

Come to Olivia's shower this weekend!

Fall Special!

Just in case you can't read the text, it's $65 for a 45 minute session on location. The dates are Oct. 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and Nov. 13, 14, 21. Leave me a message or email me at mandystansberry@yahoo.com to set up your appointment. Time slots are filling up already!

Long Time Gone

Man, it feels like forever since I've posted on my blog, sorry to the three of you who might still read this thing! I've been so busy editing pictures that I couldn't find the time to do work on any of my own photos. So, here's a recap of what's been going on for the last few weeks:

Violet learned how to pucker up and kiss!

Viv started her first day of Sonshine School! She was really excited, especially about wearing her new backpack. She just wasn't too excited about taking pictures before going in.

Gena was nice enough to take a family pic of us outside the school. Oh yeah I dyed my hair dark again, that's also new!

Matt and I took a trip to LA! We had sooo much fun! I had a photoshoot and Matt had a gig, the rest of the time was vacation time! That's the Hollywood sign in the background. I promise. It really is.

We went to Sprinkles for some cupcakes! I got the red velvet and it was a wise choice!

Matty took me to look around Rodeo Drive, which was so much fun! I didn't go in the stores though, knowing that I couldn't afford one thing. I did buy some stuff at H&M though!

I took LOTS of pictures. I know you're all shocked. This is a favorite. This was taken in the morning, but it was so foggy that it was hard to see anything!

One thing that was kind of funny was that we were in Beverly Hills on 9.02.10. I had no idea but there were banners everywhere announcing it. There was a big event held right across from our hotel and they had a big stage with performers every night.

The opening night act was Natasha Bedingfield. This was taken from our parking garage and we could hear the whole concert from the window of our hotel room.

We spent some time down on the Santa Monica Pier also, it was so pretty at night! This was taken right after my photoshoot ended.

We spent a day at Universal Studios where I met a new friend at the telephone booth!

We hit all the touristy spots in town like Bob's Big Boy and In and Out Burger. Bob, me, Matty and Matt's brother Joe, who lives in the area. Joe was nice enough to drive us around town and show us all the cool spots!

It was definitely more fun than sitting at home!

Why?

Why do photo shoots with my girls always end like this?

And this?

And this?

Park day

I'm a through and through nature girl! I want to be outside all the time, no matter how hot it is. Matt thought I was totally crazy the other day when I suggested that we head out to Hafer with the girls, but he went along with it! The girls didn't mind the heat at all! Vivian calls this her house and takes you by the hand to show you around.

She was thrilled to take a pic with me! Hey girl it could be worse, I could be yelling No Wire Hangers and messing your bathroom up in the middle of the night! You've got it easy.

Matt and his little ladies "just a swinging"! I love that old country song by the way, my sister and I used to ride the three wheeler all over the place singing it at the top of our lungs. Did I ever tell you that I was in a three wheeler accident once? Knocked out my two front teeth and had to have surgery. Anyway, it has nothing to do with out park trip, but interesting story!

Viv was a little more excited about taking a picture with me! She's my favorite youngest daughter

Viv was way too scared to go down the slide but Vi loved it! She kept trying to climb up it over and over again. She may be our little daredevil!

Viv holding Vi, she loves holding her and taking care of her when she's not strangling her or pushing her down or laying down on top of her.

Look how big my baby is getting! That's kind of what my legs look like in a swimsuit by the way. Don't worry Violet, I'm sure you'll grow out of it!

I'm happy to report...

My bangs have grown back! Thank goodness, you might remember that I had an unfortunate incident at the salon, read about that here.

Now they're grown out like a normal person and not a 12 year old. See below:

Never again.

Day at the museum

Matt got us some free passes to the OKC Museum of Art because it has a special sketch to screen exhibit and we went to check it out on Friday afternoon.

The main reason why I wanted to go was because of the GWTW dresses that were going to be there! It's been my favorite movie for years so I was really excited! They had three of Scarlett's dresses and a ton of other costumes from other movies like Legally Blonde, The Sound of Music and Titanic. It was very cool!

Went went through the entire museum but the girls loved all the Chihuly glass, especially the hallway that has it all in the ceiling.

This really strange mural was very interesting also! I don't even know if you'd call it a mural, but who knows what it's called. Yes those are really human heads!

After the museum we headed over to the Museum Cafe for some dessert!

Oh my goodness, check this cake out! Orange with buttercream icing and raspberries. As Rachel Zoe would say, "I die!"

Matty and Vi loving on each other at the table.

I think Viv looks so grown up in this picture. And to that I say stop it, stay this small!

Here's my little pigtail princess!

He know just how to make her laugh!

And Viv laughed a lot too, it was so much fun and the girls were so good! That makes up for the fact that they both acted like complete manics at dinner that night.

Birthday Party Finally

I know, Vi's birthday was like 2 weeks ago, but I'm just now getting the time to blog about it! I've been doing tons of photo shoots so that has been really keeping me busy! Here goes the party blog!

Since there are so many pictures, I figured I'd do some collages to save space! This collage is all about cake and decor! Katie Rowten did the delicious and beautiful cake, strawberry and lemon were the two flavors. I always choose the same flavors because they're my favorite and I can't ever decide which one tastes better! I prefer to not have to decide, thankyouverymuch! Violet was not a shy birthday girl and really dug into the cake, she loved it! The theme of the party was "purple party" so everything was purple! I ran all over town looking for purple flowers and finally found some! The cookies were from Ileans Colossal Cookie and they were sooo good! They're my favorite cookies in town by far!

This is just some of the guests at the party with the birthday girl and an attempted family picture in the middle. That didn't go so well!

After the presents, cake and all the inside stuff, we took the kids outside for Violet's birthday present from us. A pool! Violet loves the water so we got her a kiddie pool and all the kids had a blast playing in the water. Except for baby Cora, she just laid there and slept looking like a tiny angel! Viv drank most of the water, Addi played in the mulch and Mariah sat under the sprinkler shivering! Violet had such a good time!

See? Told ya.