Hey! It's me again. 

I just wanted to say....

I got a new photography website! 

allisonkayphotography.com

I'm pretty excited about it.

Click on the link above, or the picture to see my amazing website  :)

Maybe you should head over and check it out.

And then tell everyone about it!

And then book a session for yourself  :)

Ok, thanks.

Bye!

P.S.  I need to give a HUGE thank you to my amazingly awesome and wonderful husband who is so incredibly supportive and always willing to help and encourage and do whatever it is I need. He is the best. 

And he will probably wish that I didn't put this on here  :) 

Ok, I'm done for reals now.

Crunch Time!

It is crunch time for us to get ready for this baby!

We finally finished the nursery and I love it so much! 

Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to it.

Especially Clayson for his patience and help with all "my" little projects that he did most of the work for.

How did I get so lucky to have him?

Saturday, we went on our last date before our little boy comes. 

We started with going to the Pupuseria El Salvador for lunch and I actually really enjoyed it!

Then we played a round of miniature golf. 

I was in the lead for most of the game, but Clayson made an impressive comeback and I ended up loosing by 2 points. 

I'm pretty sure this is the closest I've ever come to winning!

We celebrated with popsicles and then drove around looking at houses, just for fun.

I loved it  :)

39 weeks

Now bring on this baby! 

Conforming

For some reason, when you get married, everyone suddenly thinks you like to make crafts.

I guess I'm conforming.

Remember this post about how I was getting all crafty and what not?
Well, I have been crafting some more! (and more then just buying a piece of metal)

First up, Thanksgiving Turkey!

The beginning of November we made a trip to Burley so Clayson could kill a turkey. 

While he and his brothers killed, I opted to stay home and create a turkey with his mom and sisters. 

Much more uplifting. And cute  :)

Next, Christmas Trees!

The girls in our neighborhood get together once a month and have a craft night.
I've started going to these, mostly in an attempt to make friends.
It's fun and I am slowly finding my inner craft.

Also, I'm too cheap right now to buy decorations that will only be up for 1 month, so it's a good alternative. 

This is literally all the Christmas decorations we have. 

Call us Scrooge. 

Last, the Christmas Penguin!

On one of our visits to Rexburg, my mom got craft ornaments for the grandkids to make. 

Addy got the Penguin, which was probably the most complex, so I helped her out a little. 

Please excuse my appearance.

She was the boss and I was the labor.

We make a good team.

I'm so proud of my crafty little self  

(lets not talk about the fact that all the above had all the materials provided, an example/picture to follow, and step-by-step instructions/instructor)

Bring on the next craft!

Getting Crafty

I am not a crafty person.

Crafts, to me, translates into a lot of money and time that could be spent doing something cheaper and less messy.

Pretty pessimistic, I know.

But, I am pleased to say that my tune may be changing! 

One of our wedding presents was a window frame with vinyl lettering on the glass,
but sadly, the glass was broken, so now we just had the window frame. 

I decided this was my perfect opportunity to get crafty!

I went through a lot of options of what I could do with the frame:

pinterest

We ruled out anything with words pretty quick because we got a lot of wordy gifts - really cute gifts that I love and used them all,
but we really didn't need to add another.

pinterest

The wreath idea meant I had to find a wreathe that I actually liked and then it had to fit in our frame.

It just seemed like more work than it was worth.

pinterest

I liked the idea of hanging pictures, but Clayson said we already had too many pictures.

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Clayson really liked the idea of a chalk board, 

but to me a chalk board translates into cute artsy pictures and typography, which I lack the motivation for. 

Also, it would probably end up being more words, which was the first thing we ruled out.

So, it looked like we had eliminated all possible options.

It was kind of discouraging.

But then inspiration struck.

We put metal in it!

It sounds weird, but our fridge is not magnetic (Crazy, I know!) so we had no place to put our cute magnets and announcements or whatever. 

Also, did you know that you can write on metal with dry erase marker??

We haven's gotten any yet, but we will! Then Clayson can still draw to his hearts content  :)

fun fact: there are at least 8 wedding presents in this picture

I feel so crafty!

Clayson keeps reminding me that all I did was buy a piece of metal, but baby steps! Right?

I'm so proud  :)

Denver

Last weekend I went to Denver with my office for a chiropractic conference.

we made him take this picture

Our rental car was so cool! It's called a Spark, but the handwriting on the paper we were given looked like "Spank" so it was the running joke.

our first look at the spank

The drive to our apartment was exciting. This is the only way we were able to get to our hotel and I laughed so hard every time!

Imagine doing this for the first time at night. 

Lyndie was my roommate. 

We watched the news every night and talked to each other in our sleep  :)

Most of our time was spent in classes helping us learn how to improve our office

We were afraid of falling asleep in class, so Dr Cannon bought us all glasses with eyes so we could fall asleep safely without the instructor noticing  :)

I got an award!

it's really not that exciting because we all got awards, but whatever

We have the best doctors!

Dr Stevens & Dr Cannon

Everyone in the Spank!

It's surprisingly roomy!

We went out to eat for every meal. I don't want to eat anything for the next week.

First time at Jo's Crab Shack

Saturday night we went to see this movie:

I love our office  :)

again, this picture was forced

It's good to be home  :)

Yeah, we're kind of a big deal

This is Clayson and we did this cool trick

And I'm pretty proud

Getting Artsy

Remember how I graduated from college with an art degree?

Yeah, sometimes I remember that too and think "I should probably do something about that."

So I've been getting all artsy!

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For Home Evening the other night we made journals for the NICU. 

The perfectionist art major came out in me.

I even broke out my painting skills!

What took others roughtly 15 to 20 minuites, took me about two hours. 

Literally.

front

back

Someone better appreciate this journal.

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My Second art project is the video I'm making of our family reunion.
Unfortunately, I keep getting this message when I try to put it on a dvd.

If anyone can shed some light on the situation, I would be ever so grateful.

please!

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My other artsy endeavors can be seen at the blog that I sometimes remember I have.

I am really going to be better at keeping this blog up. You can give me a hard time about it if I don't.

(and please do. I need the motivation.) 

Taking Over My Life

Last year I made a movie of our family reunion and it turned out really cute, so I decided to make one for this years reunion too.

It is taking over my life!

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love doing it.
Sometimes I wonder if I love it a little too much.

Here's a sampling of "the kid section" for your enjoyment:

I'm pretty sure I have the cutest nieces and nephews ever. 

And I am not biased at all. Just stating the facts  :)

I'm still having withdrawals from being away from them.

Warning to my family: This years video is going to be long. I mean, really long. Like we could probably make a full length film out of it.
I guess that's what happens when the kids start getting old enough to say funny things, the adults get better at using the camera, and we have way too much fun packed into one week.

I don't think it's such a bad thing.

Best Tradition Ever

I started a new tradition and I love it:

Friday night Slumber Party / Saturday morning Temple trip!

Best tradition ever, am I right?

I'm right.

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We decided to start our Friday night off with some Free Panda Express!

Unfortunately, I didn't notice the "pm" after the 9 and we were a little early.

We ate anyway and it was delicious!

Next on the agenda was slack lining!

Jana is so cute setting it up

Carlie is the expert slack liner

I have had friends try to get me to slack line before, but for some reason it is so scary to me!

We started out holding onto each other for balance

Then we graduated on to holding a rope

Melanie

 

I actually got to the point where I could take a few steps without using the rope!

Chelsey

Then we really started having fun!

We played Chicken and I was pretty good. 

Just sayin'

Jana in the tree, holding the rope

Chelsey climbing up the tree

planking on the slack line - that is real talent right there!

so graceful

doing tricks....

on handed!

classic

After our slack lining adventure, we went back to my place for the sleep over.

We got out our extra mattresses and the pillow talk began!

Carlie and Jana officially have me hooked on these two songs

I now love just about anything by The Wailin' Jennys

I made everyone at work listen to them on Thursday.

I have listened to this song more times than I can keep track.

I may be slightly obsessed.

Can't think of a better way to start the weekend off!

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See, I told you it's the best tradition ever

:)