Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Family Pictures

Since I am always the one taking the pictures and we needed some family pictures taken, I asked my dad if he would take some picures of us and I would edit them. Here are some of my favorties. Thanks so much dad!







Friday, December 19, 2008

Brand New House

Most of you know we have been VERY busy with our house... Here are some updated pictures of what we have done!

We got a new TV and the cabinet underneath is new also.

We have very little christmas decorations up, but at least we have some! The black buffet table is new. Oh and... WE GOT NEW CARPET!!!
This is the new room. It is our office/toy room. I painted the fireplace, and I love it black!

Deveren and my dad built in our closets





Ahhh... Isn't it just like heaven?! My hubby and dad did this also! Now I can actually see all the shoes I have! (This is in our bathroom)

This is my FAVORITE part!! Dev just hung these pictures last night. I wanted to do some sort of collage wall and I am so happy with how it turned out!! Yes, they are pictures I took, except the ones that I am in...


I LOVE my house! It feels brand new...




Monday, December 15, 2008

These are some of the fun pictures I took of Billy and Katherine. I love these two!












Fun in Ashton

Deveren got a call a couple weeks ago from an old boss asking him if he wanted some scrap metal. His boss bought a house up in Idaho and the garage was FULL of it. Dev jumped at the chance to get free metal, so we packed up and left last Tuesday. Our good friends Billy and Katherine, who just moved to Boise, happened to be in Ashton the same week, so we played! I got to take pictures of them which was a ton of fun! I have decided that Ashton is THE BEST place to take pictures! Here are some pictures from our week!





This is where Billy's business is on Main Street.





Our cute boys


Katherine and Me being silly

This is when I fell on the snow while taking pictures of Billy and Katherine

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Christmas Newsletter

I am so excited Christmas is finally here!! I LOVE everything about this season... The smells, decorations, holiday spirit, family, food.... the list goes on and on. One of my favorite things about Christmas time is the newsletters (with pictures) that I get from family and friends. I love seeing people that I haven't seen in awhile, and people that I saw yesterday! I love reading what has been going on in their lives...
I am not sending one out this year... I know, I know. However, if I did send one out, this is the picture I would send out....

And I would say, 'We WISH You A Merry Christmas'.... (To me it looks like she is wishing really hard). I think it would be the cutest thing!

So there is my Christmas Newsletter Picture... MERRY CHRISTMAS

Monday, December 8, 2008

More Friends

Here are more of my adorable friends! Little Bree is such a doll. I want her shoes! Thanks Kimball's.... You guys are the best!


Friends

Glenn and Amber are some of our good friends and they needed some family pictures taken for Christmas. We went to a few different places and got so many great pictures!! How can you go wrong with a gorgeous family like this one! We had a lot of fun taking these... Thanks for letting me take these for you! We love you guys.



There are more pictures on my photography blog so check it out! photographybykiara.blogspot.com

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Let me just say we had a fabulous Thanksgiving! In the morning, Dev went to play football with Carlson's family so Bailie and I went to watch. Bailie hated that she couldn't go on the field with her dad, but we still had fun watching them play. We went up to my Uncle Lowell and Aunt Barb's house that afternoon to have our big feast. We had so much good food. There was a pretty big group of us together for Thanksgiving which was really fun. My Aunt and Uncle from Texas came,some of my cousins, and my grandparents from Idaho also came. We relaxed, ate yummy food, played games, ate some more, and had good conversation with family. It was so much fun! I hope you all had a GREAT Thanksgiving!!!


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

It's Official

Ok, so you all know how much I love photography. I can't get enough of it. For the first time in my life I have found something that I am passionate about and that I am good at. I have decided to do something HUGE...

Call me crazy, but I am starting a photography business! I am so excited!! It is a little scary... Ok A LOT scary, but it is something that I love to do, so here goes nothing!!!

I started a blog for my photos, so check it out! It is photographybykiara.blogspot.com. Let me know if you want pictures taken of you and/or your family. Thanks for your support!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ben, Erica and Ethan

Ben, Erica, and little Ethan.... This photoshoot was action-packed! I got a great workout chasing cute Ethan around.... He was really fun to watch. I think the pictures show off his adorable personality.
Ben and Erica are a beautiful couple! As you can see, they are VERY easy on the eyes, so it wasn't hard to make them look great! Thanks again for letting me take these for you guys!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Big Boy

I babysat my nephew Beckett this morning for a few hours while my sister got her hair done. He is such a good baby to watch. But when he is hungry you have about 5 seconds to get a bottle for him or he starts crying... The boy doesn't mess around when it comes to food. Because of his love of food, he is a big boy! Bailie sat in his caarseat and wanted to hold him so I laid him on top of her. He looks bigger than Bailie in this picture!



Thursday, November 20, 2008

First of all, I want to say how amazing my husband is. Not only is he an wonderful father and husband, but he is an unbelievable artist. He made this last night....



After 3 years of seeing him build these amazing sculptures, I am still blown away by his talent. This guitar has got to be one of my favorite sculptures. It is almost 8 feet tall and pretty much the coolest guitar I have ever seen!!! I love it because it is HUGE and you can tell exactly what it is the second you look at it. I love all of cool tools that Deveren uses to create it.






Isn't he such a stud? Dev, I think you are unbelievable! I love you baby.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mom and Dad

I have the greatest parents in the ENTIRE world! I don't know how I got so lucky, but I did. I look up to them in so many ways. They are the best people I know. Mom and Dad, I love you both so much! Thank you for ALL you do for me and my family.




Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Last weekend we were at my parents' house just hangin out. My mom was wrapping christmas presents and she had a box of packaging peanuts next to her... My mom got my attention without Bailie noticing and told me to get my camera and watch her.... This is what I saw.
She is the smartest little girl!!!

I loved these pictures of her and wanted to post them.




Sunday, November 16, 2008

Family Photo Shoot

I had the privilege of photographing this adorable family in my ward. They asked me to take their family pictures about a month ago and we had to keep postponing it because things kept coming up, but we finally arranged a time and got together! It was lots of fun chasing the girls around while they played in the leaves, fed ducks, and took turns swinging on the swings!
Aren't they an adorable family?


Saturday, November 15, 2008

Cowgirl Haley

I am really excited about these pictures! Haley is my little sister's best friend and pretty much part of our family... We had a lot of fun last night at this photo shoot. She is SO easy to photograph. Obviously very easy on the eyes... Yes boys, she's single! I love you Miss Haley and I hope you love these.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Funny Things

I love this little girl! Her personality is so adorable....