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This is spritual to me!!

Photography time again!!

Sweet Chase he is such a sweet and loving boy. And I think he photographs well and easy to get great pictures of him

The Three Musketeers
Chase, Niki and Anna

Chase and Niki

Anna wanted back in she loves pictures taken of her.

Good Friends
Anna and Niki

Troop 386 at the bank

Troop 386 at the bank ready to open an account to save for summer camp.

The girls looking inside the back of an ATM, it was pretty cool. The adults were enjoying it just as much as the kids. Someone even used the ATM, while we were looking in the back of the machine. That was way cool.

The counting machine, was a big hit they got to put a big stack of bills in it and watch the machine count all the money really fast.

Showing the girls where they need to go to open an account.

Troop 386 enjoying the magician at the bank.
Left to right
Emma, Anna, Margoux, Emily, Midori & Niki
They really enjoyed the show

Anna got to go up and help him do a trick.
She was a great assistant.

TA-DA its Anna Trollmann

The girls enjoying the show.

I think the girls were really concentrating hard to figure out, how did he do that?

Making baby blankets

Anna's girl scout troop made baby blankets that we are going to give to a childrens hospital in our community. By the smiles on their faces I think the girls are really proud of themselves.

More blanket girls!

Anna working hard and getting a little upset that I keep asking her to look up away from her work so I can take a picture. She is very competitive she had to be the first one to finish tying her knots, so her blanket would be done.

Anna tying more and more knots, I think she did a great job on her baby blanket and any child that is in a hospital would love to cuddle with the blanket.

Set up my own photo studio

So I finally set up my studio, I need some more lights or flashes but it is a start and I only spent $20.00 for the black satin sheet set to use as back drop and the fitted sheet as a cover for the table in front of them.

My babies, Anna was having so much fun being a model you will see later that she is just loving it. Nick on the other hand is like a rock and I had to physical move every part of his body to put him the place I wanted him. And then he would not smile. The get older and don't like their pictures taken any more. Nick use to love it.

I like this picture of Anna but her shirt is a mess, but this is a great picture to show how she is always a mess and having fun.

Don't freak out about the nails they are from a Christmas gift that we took out for her so she can play with it. They get so many gifts and we are grateful but we store some away and give her a little at a time. Because Anna would go through the gifts play and destroy she she does a little at a time.

So she really got into it. But she kept wanting to lay on the table I am not sure why.

I like this picture too. My sweet little Anna

Nick and Anna trail riding

And off they went, Anna wanted someone to hold the rope so she felt better. But they had a blast and mike and I went home and a hour later came back and picked them up.

Nick saying, "HA" to the horse and the horse just sat there and then he had to give the horse a little kick and started to walk along.

Nick making a weird face but I like that you can see his dimple.

Anna on Corky, Anna scared out of her mind she would not smile she was afraid she might fall off.

I figured out how to fix the small picture I just have to copy it from facebook when I am on the picture! Oh well, Anna was so excited and nervous at the same time. She has been waiting and waiting to go the horse and now that she is getting on the horse she is scared.

As you can see the horse has hole for the eye but no eye in it. But a very sweet horse. Corky is his name.

I don't know why the pictures are small but it might because I am coping the pictures off of Facebook but I am at work and that is the way it goes! Nick and Anna went horse back riding, Anna has been asking to go trail riding for A LONG TIME!! But she was not old enough and now she is 7 and old enough. So we took Nick and Anna.

Nick looks like he has been doing it a long time





Nick and Anna waiting for their horses but safety first.








Walking to go see their horses before they ride. Anna's horse had one eye but he was small and sweet.

We had an amazing weekend!

I just want to write down what an amazing weekend we had. Nick and Anna were so good to each other this weekend. I mean they spent so much time together and they didn't fight. I have hope that one day when they get older they will have a relationship like my brother Michael and I. The hotel was awesome, they put us at the end of the hall which most people would not like but we don't care. So they gave us a bigger room, and it was huge and a great view of the Red Rock Mountians. All at no addition charge. The bath tube was HUGE too and there was a t.v. on the wall it was a big hit for the kids. Anna wanted to sleep in the bathtub, she spent most of her time in the bathtub when we were in the room, it was like her own private room. The food was amazing too and we got some great deals there. The kids went into Kids Quest Saturday morning and we left them there so Mike and I could play Bingo!!! We didn't win but had fun, just us. When we went to go get the kids out they didn't want to come the talked and talked about all the things they did. Then we went in the pool its was a little cold for Mike and I so we went to warm jacuzzi water but the kids played in the pool. Then we went up stairs to wash up and it was so cute Nick and Anna wanted to take a bath together. So they kept their bathing suits on and took a bath together. Nick washed Anna's hair and Anna washed Nicks hair it was so sweet I almost cried.
Nick, Mike and I wanted to go to the movies and see Aliens vs Monsters and Anna doesn't really like movies, the sitting part is hard for her. So she asked if she could go back to Kids Quest again, all by herself. She is such a mature and amazing girl I don't think when I was 7 I would of been strong enough to go to a childcare at a hotel all by myself. I am so proud of her. We dropped her off and watched her for a minute she kept waving and then I think she was waving to get us out of there, she kept saying, bye okay enough. My baby doesn't need me any more, a hard feeling for me. So Mike, Nick and I went to the movies and it was great, it is a 3D movie and we saw it in the Imax theater. Great movie. Picked up Anna and then got something to eat and called it a night, it was a long busy day. We had such an amazing time I loved that Nick and Anna were so great together it has been a while since that has happened. While we were walking around the hotel they even held hands like when they were younger, I wanted to cry again. I praised them so much and told them it made me happy to see them having fun and caring for each other. So to wrap up our weekend it was full of love and having a great time the best vacation I have had with my family!!

The Past

Anna about 3 and Nick about 7



Nick loved to give her kisses!

Anna would then kiss Nick I loved this stage in their lives. Nick was such a loving and caring brother and Anna would let him take care of her.

Anna the little mommy

This picture was taken on Easter when she was around 2 years old and she was walking down the street to Grandma Eva's house. And I took this picture real quick and it is one of my favorite pictures. She was 2 going on 20!

Nick was such a happy boy and loved to take pictures.

Nick and Anna at Irvine Park, Nick held her had because there were balancing. And Nick's shirt says I'm the big brother and Anna's says I'm the little sister. I always made them wear these shirts as much as possible, because I knew they wouldn't wear them when they got older.

This was in April, for Mike's birthday I put Anna in her I love daddy shirt and went in the back yard and we had tons of flowers. They sat there and let me take a lot of pictures of them and then Anna put her hand on Nick and I love this picture. The love that Anna has for Nick shows.

Anna was a busy little mommy when she was this age. The outfit she is wearing is one of my favorite outfits it looked so cute on her.

We were camping and Anna would always take off her clothes. I would walk around the campsite picking up her clothes.

I think Anna looks like a little doll here. Her hair is still curly but not as much. The doll was her favorite doll and we still have it.

Anna's nickname was popeye, guess why? Every time we would take a picture she would close one eye. This is in her bedroom she wanted me to take pictures of her so she got an animal and she sat on her little wicker chair and I took a lot of pictures of her. She had no shirt on (always naked) and so I just through this sweater on her. So blonde and curly great stage in her life.

Nick's 12th Birthday Party

Mike having fun at Nick's party!

Mike and Anna ran out of money fast at Dave and Busters


Daddy and Anna loving each other!

Nick the birthday boy, loves the food at Dave and Buster and really loves all the games

Nascar racing, I played it with Nick and his friends and I came in first place. The kids could not believe it, little did they know I had Pole position video game as a child.

I know most people will not believe this from seeing this picture but, I did not let Nick have any guns as a little kid. But shooting is his favorite type of games now, but I think he is old enough now. But wish he was still a little kid that didn't want to play with guns. But kids grow up!