Houghton Family

Ha oh man I don't even have words to explain this family photo shoot. I love this first picture because it pretty much sums up what the entire shoot was like. :) What a cute little family. Click on the cut off pictures to see the whole shot.
Thanks to Photoshop I was able to get this next shotHow could you not laugh at this one

Fun Fun!

I went with Alyssia the other day to take some of Lindsay's bridals. Lindsay looked B-E-A-Utiful in her wedding dress. Alyssia has been a great mentor with my amateur photography. She showed me some fun stuff on photoshop that I used on Lindsay's pictures. I think they turned out very cute! Congrats Linz! Sorry about the random sizes I was really struggling with the horizontal ones and gave up.







Linz this is the widest your eyes were open on this shot :)





This is what all the horizontal ones were all doing. Ah! So annoying!

DEBBY

The other day I ran to DI to drop a few items off and while I was there I thought to myself, I am going to run in and see what they have to offer because I had been wanting a table and chair for my sewing machine. Well lo and behold this is what I found
It's one of those old sewing machine tables that the sewing machine flips up from inside. Isn't it awesome!? Then I found this beauty to go with.
Maybe not much to look now but it will when I am done. I went the fabric store to see what I could find thinking I was going to paint it a turquoise color but then I found this and loved it and decided it had to go on my chair.
While I was painting I noticed a little label that said DEBBY on it and I couldn't help but wonder who Debby was and the things she sewed and how old she was if she was even alive still. Oh the stories this table could tell if it could talk. After a lot of time (that I should have spent studying) I came up with this I replaced the knob, gave the new chair a nice fluffy pad to cushion my bum with the many hours I will spend sewing and I added some brown streaks here and there to give it an older look. I just used regular old ink for stamps. Is that allowed? All in all I was happy the way it turned out. I better get sewing!

The Best Husband a Girl Could Ask For

Nick for my big 25th birthday threw me a very unexpected surprise party. The night started out with him planning on taking me "out" for my birthday. That was it, no matter how much I pestered him he would not tell me anymore than that. SO the details... First thing when I got into the car was this cute little black bag with polka dot paper. Upon opening it I found New Moon DVD, no I am not a "Twihard" but I don't mind a sappy teen love story here and there. After driving on the freeway and nearing our exit he told me I need to put on my blindfold aka his scarf. He told me several times throughout the drive that I better not be peeking. He then took me out of the car and led me to.... Somewhere. All I knew is it sounded like a parking garage because it echoed as he talked. Once he unveiled my face I look down to this rather large group on the Energy Solutions Arena Jazz court floor all screaming SURPRISE! I wish we could have got a picture of what I saw because my first thought was, oh people from the arena are here because I don't know this many people. As I walked the long mile down the what felt like 350 stairs with all eyes on me I realized that all of my friends and family were on the court to celebrate my birthday with me. WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE! Nick of course not stopping there led us all into the wives room where the Jazz player's wives hang out during the Jazz games. There we ate a delicious cookie dough ice cream cake from cold stone ( world's best ice cream) YUMMM and some other goodies, Nick also had someone there from his work to draw characatures of everyone (thanks Kurt) as well as a DJ and free reign on the basketball court to play some ball. Nick also made this really sweet video for me that had everyone share a story about me as well as him wishing me a happy birthday from the many cities he has visited from his work travels. As the night neared to the end we danced to the Boot Scootin Boogey, the Electric Slide, the Hokey Pokey and the Virginia Reel. It was by far the best birthday celebration I have ever had. Thanks so much to all of you that came and Nick, I couldn't have landed a better husband. Don't know what I did to be so lucky. Thanks for making me feel special and I will always remember my surprise 25th birthday party at the ESA. Can't wait to see what 30 brings me :)

Something to blog about

Finally! Nick and I did something worth blogging about. (I know I make it sound like I live this boring life) Over New Years we went to visit Hil and Adam in Seattle as well as visit where Nick served his mission in Everett, Washington. It was fun to go down memory lane with Nick as we drove along and he would tell me what happened in that exact spot. We covered all he wanted to see of his mission in..... about a day. Two years lived and it only took one day? I guess missions are more about the experiences than the places you go. :) The next day we drove up to Vancouver, Canada and saw what the city had to offer (not much). After that we met up with Hil and Adam for a rockin' good time. We visited down town Seattle, stayed at a lake house, went kayaking in the rain, shopped, swung on a 135 ft rope swing (Hil and Adam missed out on this one), went on the underground Seattle tour, met the man, drank fruit drinks called bubbly tea, played a lot of games and ate and ate and ate. Nick and I were going to head down town Seattle for New Years but we missed the ferry so we ended up watching Top Gun and drinking sparkling cider with Hil and Adam. Nothing brings in the New Year like Top Gun. After saying our goodbyes to Hil and Adam we stopped by Snoqualmie Falls and visited this cute little town called Leavenworth. After emptying our trip money and putting 2500 miles on my car I would say it was all worth it.

Ferry ride from Bremerton to Seattle
Seattle Troll (seen in 10 Things I Hate About You)


Getting ready to have some fun!
135 ft rope swing
Snoqualmie Falls
Meeting the Man at Dixie's BBQ. Just ask Nick how hot it is

Green River drinks. Quite tasty!
Lake Washington

Vancouver , BC
Seattle Underground
Pikes Place
Our "photographer" thought that we needed to be closer on this one. One happy family