NEW BLOG...

I have started a NEW FAMILY BLOG.
It will be a place where I can write my feelings as a mom. A place to tell the cute stories of my children. It is my daily journal.

Please change your links!!! I don't want to loose you! Plus...I think you are going to like it :)

www.vanessamphotos.com

*you know me...I have to have things just perfect haha!

Today was good...

daily mantra:
“Today was good. Today was fun.
Tomorrow is another one.”
~Dr. Seuss

This is one of my favorite pictures...just hanging out and having fun. Zac has been home...YEAH!! And oh' the fun we have been having.

I hate to say...but my computer needs fixed, so off online I'll be until maybe next week!
I have something grand in store...so come back next week, I promise it won't be a bore!!!

little face...

I have decide to change the feel of our family blog. A couple of weeks ago, I said that I was having trouble keeping this one up. But, after I wrote that...if mad me sad. This is where I wanted to write my feelings for my family. All the wonderful things that happen and just my thoughts as a mom. So...I have decide to write everyday (well try). In doing this I want to challenge myself. Capture my children, the world, and tell what I am feeling. At the end of the year, I will turn this into a book of thoughts, pictures, and stories.
I hope you will share in our lives and in my journey.

daily mantra:

“I don't really wish that it didn't happen because it has changed my life so much. If it didn't happen, I don't know if I ever would have waken up.”

~Ashley Smith

This little face is the face that wakes me up in the morning. This little face is what keeps me from getting dressed everyday. This little face is the face that makes me not keep a clean house. This little face is what makes me run up and down the stairs 100 times a day. This little face is the face that has me cleaning up floods in the bathroom. This little face is the face that makes me stick my hand in the toilet at least a couple times a week. This little face is the face that has me cleaning up food from the floor all day long.
...But...
This little face is the face that brightens my day. This is the little face that brings me joy. This is the little face that warms my heart. This is the little face that touches my soul. This is the little face that keeps me going. This is the little face that melts my heart every time I see it. This is the little face I want to squeeze every second. This is the little face that makes me
proud to be a mom.

{Jack}...even though you try me in every way, I can not imagine my life without you. You have brought the little piece of the puzzle that was missing from my life. Thank you for every time that you snuggle with me, and when you give kisses. You will forever be my precious boy...
~Love Mommy

Balance...

daily mantra:

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart”

~Helen Keller

Finding balance: I think this is one of the hardest things for me. I want to do EVERYTHING! I want to accomplish what I set out to do. I hate standing still. Most of the time, ok all the time, I run short. But the greatest thing I have learned is this...you can do what you want. You can learn what you want. If you set your mind to it...it will happen. But the key is to find the
balance to still live.

The other day, I was leaving the house. I pulled out of the drive way and the sun was so brilliant. It was bleeding down the street. As I looked over my right shoulder to back out, a glitter of sun caught my eye. The little red tree on the edge of the yard was lite so beautifully. It was as if just this little spot light of glitter was placed on it. I paused. I was overwhelmed of it simpleness. The little berries caught my eyes next. I caught myself smiling. I thought to myself, "spring," as the warmth of the sun was drawing me in. A slight breeze was in the air and the little branches were fluttering. The little leaves holding on. In that split moment, that I allowed myself to stop and ponder, it was telling me beauty, simple, quiet, patience comes all in due time. BALANCE. All things natural will come in due time.

Then the moment was gone.

I looked down and noticed my camera sitting beside me, a thought. This is why you love photography...capture this moment. Capture the simple, quiet beauty.
Isabel and Jack...let yourselves stop. Take a moment to always let the beautiful moments in life catch you. In doing this, you will find...Beauty, peace, love, and BALANCE. Love you both always...~Mommy

Blue Bird Day...

daily mantra: "Live life to the fullest." ~Ernest Hemingway

Isabel, Zac, and Coy love to ski/snowboard! This is where you can find Zac and Coy if they are not working. Zac said that Coy skied like over 50 times this year...he lives the life! Isabel loves getting up on the moutain...she is really good too. She does it all by herself. Zac says she hauls down the moutain. The girl has no fear. My question is...why does she not cry when she falls skiing, but when I ask her to point her toes she does? Silly Girl. Maybe she wants to look tuff in front of dad? All I know is, I am so glad that Isabel and Zac have a fun activity they can do together...watch out guys, Jack will joining you all next year!

I LOVE THIS PIC...

Zac and Isabel...having one of the best days ever!

Zac and Coy...on one of their many adventures. They hiked to the top of one of the peaks.

Isabel and Uncle Coy

Zac took this pic. WAY COOL! We are going to have it blown up huge for his NEW OFFICE!

Cute faces...

daily mantra:

“Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder”

~Eberhard Arnold

If you want to see more of these cute faces...then click here.

Bath time...

Jack loves the bath. He gets all his cars, the pet shops, cups and anything else that looks like fun to play with and in he goes. He always is telling me his belly is dirty to just get back in to play. The funny thing is he has started to have to sit on the potty before he gets in...he is a good observer. Before he gets in he always tests the water with his toes. It is funny to see him stick out his toe and barely touch the water and the expression on his face when the temperature has registered. "Hot" or "burr" is the next thing that comes out his mouth. Next he wants soap on his hands to wash his belly and hair, splashing water to get it off.

Now to business...the fun. I have learned to close the shower curtain half way as a splash proof barrier...more like trying to prevent a flood. Pet shops are flying through the air, cars are driving up and down the side, and water is being poured out of anything that will hold it. His new thing is to dive. He stands up, and dives into the water. Zac just saw him and asked how good our Health Insurance was? haha. But my favorite part about watching him play in the bath is when he catches a glimpse of himself in the faucet. He acts so surprised..."Hi Jack!" Like he had know idea Jack was in the bath. To cute!! Then just as quick as it all started...he is out the door running down the hall wet and naked.

Fun Contest...

I am having a fun contest on my photo blog...click here to enter! Contest ends on Thursday.
Plus you can see the rest of these pics of Isabel...~V

Dance Cloth's...

I took some cute pictures for a dance clothing company called Lexi Luu. The owner was nice enough to ask Isabel to be a model. Oh little girls and cute dance cloths! To see more of these pics check out my photo blog www.vanessamillecamphotography.com/blog

Snack Time...

Snacks...Something that is every 2 hours at our house. Jack loves to eat...but at least he will eat this! :)




My kids love these little plates from IKEA...they are cheap and just the right size!

Such is life...

As you all know...I am so bad at the whole blog thing now. It is so much work to do my photography blog, plus this one. I am really trying to take more pictures of the kids and I will be posting them on my photo blog. Plus, lets be honest...it is so hard to not take great pictures. Snap shots are just hard for me to do now...bad YES!!! So please leave you great comments over there! I love to hear from all of you. And I do still look in to see what you are all doing.

I will still post sometimes here...but for the most part, it will be on my photo blog.

We love you all!

~V

P.S there is a cute picture on there now, the describes Jack haha!

Morning time...

Nothing says morning better then waffles with strawberries and play!! To see more of these ADORABLE PICTURES...CLICK HERE!!!

Their story...

Zac's parents are serving a mission in Indonesia. Deena took this picture. (I think haha!) But, I had to add my own little photoshop to it. I just love their little faces. Pictures like this tell more then just of two little boys...it tells of life, love, and peace. I hope that we will be able to go over and visit them. I am not going to lie it would be a dream come true to go and capture these little faces. We miss you and love you Pinch and Grams...thanks for sharing!!!

Changes...

Changes!! After an amazing week in Vegas for the WPPI conference. I have decided to change the name of my Photography business. I want to be able to brand myself and not just a name. I want people to know me. After talking with and listening to some of the most talented people in the business, I think this is what has been missing! I want to be ME and by doing that I am going to now be...

~Vanessa Millecam Photography

So PLEASE...change your bookmarks and the links that you so kindly give to me to:

www.vanessamillecamphotography.com

It is still in the works, and will hopefully soon it will just redirect everyone over from my old address.

Thanks again for all your support! I hope this year my business can grow and I can become the photographer I want to be!

Isabel...

These are some of my favs' of Isabel! She did all the poses herself...what a natural.

Lookie, Lookie...

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Isabel and Troy...ohhh laa laa

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Sorry...but there is more!

Ok so now Isabel thinks we need to create some of these funny movies...so here they come!

The next Julianne and Derrick Hough from "Dancing with the Stars"

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Ok so I just got this one from Steph as well...I am laughing so hard I am crying!!! Jack looks HILARIOUS!!!!

What out "Dancing with the Stars"

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Stephanie sent this today and it put a smile on my face...so I had to share! Grandpa Riley...you look so good! And Grandma...you look HOT HOT HOT!!!

Super Bowl FUN...

We are SO EXCITED that the Steelers WON!!! Jack wore his Steelers shirt that was given to us by Aunt Mazie (the biggest Steelers fan EVER!!!!) I wanted to take some pics of him, but this is what I get when I point the camera at him! So, I decided to see if I held him then try and take the pic with my arm straight out in front if he would do it...this is what we got. Lots of funny stuff! And yes, I am in my PJ's and am looking AMAZING haha!
We had fun watching the Super Bowl and were screaming and cheering as it came down to the last secs! What a game!!! Zac, of course, was working so for the most part it was just us 3 CRAZIES!!! Zac came home just in time to help us shout TOUCHDOWN!!!









Lay one on me...
His new things is KISSING!! He is always kissing me...cute right? Except he does it open mouth and sometimes bites!


the {3} CRAZIES!!!


OOOH...SASSY GIRLS!!!


Cute Mazie...the Biggest Steelers Fan EVER!!!!

Famous...well maybe haha!

So my BFF Libby called this morning and told me that one of my pics was on this AMAZING blog! WOW!! She was like..."You are Famous!" haha! It is cool to see my work on others blogs...especially when it is a blog like this! Everyone looks at her blog! Go and leave a comment!

What a day!!!

So you all know how much I LOVE DIET COKE, right? Well, lets just say this is why I NEED IT!!! This is just a taste of the joy that my sweet little Jack is...today all this happened between 2:45-7:30
Jack woke from his nap at 2:45, I was working on some things on the computer while he was asleep. I had a diet coke and sat it on the Kitchen counter before going to get him out of his crib.
I had like 5 mins to get him up and head out the door to get Isabel from school. (letting Jack sleep as LONG as possible is a MUST) So we ran downstairs and I went to the kitchen to get him some more milk. As I was pouring the milk, I hear more splashing sound. I look over and Jack has a happy little grin on his face and is pouring out the rest of an at least 3/4 full can of DIET COKE all over the floor!!!! I then go to grab it out of his hand and he flips it back...so now I have Diet Coke everywhere! AHHHH!!! So quick clean up before he decides to step in it and play. Then rush to get Isabel. As we are leaving in a mad dash, Jack is screaming..."MaQueen, MaQueen"...so run back into get the precious cars!

So we are driving to school and he wants his milk, so I hand it to him. It was not seconds later that he is drinking it and spitting it out. AHHHH! AGAIN!! Get Isabel from school, run back home to get changed for dance. Run in and change Isabel and grab Jack a bag of cookies..."ookies, ookies." Then head to dance. On the drive to dance. Isabel is yelling "Jack NO." I look back, and he is dumbing cookies all over my car!! And if you know me, you know I love my car, and really don't like to have the kids eating in it, but sometimes you just have too! So now there is cookies everywhere!!! AHHHH!!! Pull into dance, jump out and run in to buy Isabel new Ballroom shoes (that cost me $100...yea that is right $100!!!) While I am trying them on, Jack is playing in the cloths. He is pulling them off the hangers and hiding in them. AHHHH! Get Isabel into class...start to drive off and Jack is screaming "Poop, Poop" (yes he lets us know when he has done the deed and has to be changed right then) Pull over and change him! AHHHH!

Then we are off the scout out locations for photo sessions. While we are driving Jack has to have me hold his foot! AHHH!!! If I let go...he FREAKS!! Drive around, looking and he is acting really good....YEAH!!! Then we go back to get Isabel and we have to go inside to get her. He is screaming and trying to jump out of my hands to get down, but I know what that leads too. So we grab Isabel and head home...holding the foot the whole way home! We are almost home, and I hear the noise that I HATE...yep, PUKE EVERYWHERE!!!! So now the rest of the ride home, Isabel is grossed out, and freaking because he is playing in it. I am rolling down the windows so I don't get sick! Pull into the driveway...get him out and undress him, throw him the house and get his nasty car seat out of my car!

Run, both him and Isabel to the shower. We all jump in, because by this point I am going to dye if I don't get this day off me! While washing Isabel's hair, Jack gets out of the shower and proceeds to POOP on my bathroom floor! Yes, the JOYS!!! He is standing there just smiling saying "Poop, Poop!" AHHHHH!! Get your butt back in the shower! Finally we are all dressed! Dinner...pizza, he actually sits and eats! Then bring on the cookie! What am I thinking! Cookie everywhere! Ok seriously you need to go to BED NOW!!! Round up the truck blanket, his 2 cars, and milk then off to bed!!!! Holy COW!!! What a day! The funny thing is that I just was finishing the post below when he woke from his nap! haha! Boys...they are such a JOY!!! He keeps me going! But, even after a hellish day...he ropes me in every night at bedtime when he snuggles in and loves to rock. Then we sing his favorite song. I say I love you, and me mumbles back. I just love you death Jack, Jack!!!!

Jut make it to the end of the month...

So I have to apologize for the HUGE lack of blogging lately!!! I am so BUSY that I am barley getting what I need done! I hate to say it, but I will be SO GLAD when this month is over! It has been DANCE NON STOP! I so love teaching and watching all the cute girls grow and progress, but I am not going to lie...it is so much work! We are trying to get ready for the big CS Showcase the first weekend in February! This is an AMAZING show! Isabel will be doing 3 Company routines, 1 ballroom routine, and her solo! So exciting! She is getting so GOOD!!! I just watch her and I can't even explain how she is growing in her talent. She just loves it and works so hard! She is only 6 and the things she can do...WOW!!!

So lets see here...I have been teaching almost 15 hours a week, then rhinestoning shoes, costumes, and whatever else needs a little BLING. Held a contest for my photography and that was a HUGE success! I have 3 head shots, and 3 seasons all in the matter of 2 days! So pumped about that! Then, there is all the emails that have to be returned, editing to be finished, and still trying to learn more and more about photography. So lets be honest...I am CRAZY!!! But, I could never just sit home and do nothing...I really would be CRAZY then haha!

On with the craziness...you add school, which in my opinion is a total waste of time for Isabel. The best is when she gets in the car and I ask how her day was and she replies: "Well, lets see...recess was fun! But, I already know everything else she taught today!" Yes, that is my little girl, the bright one! And how can I leave out Jack who is always keeping me on my toes...if you don't have your eye on him AT ALL TIMES...believe me you PAY BIG!!! He is getting so stinkin cute and is obsessed with "CARS." He always has to have 1 car in each hand at all times! Zac, poor guy, is at work all the time. He is such a great guy! He always does what is needed for us! LOVE HIM...with out him I would be LOST!!! So there you have it, that is why I have not been blogging! Also, I haven't even been calling anyone...so to all you out there...I really love and care about you, but I will talk to you in February haha!

Oh and a huge SHOUT OUT to Traci! I could not do any of this if you didn't watch my sweet little guy! So thank you!!!!

{pic me} p h o t o s CONTEST!

I am having a CONTEST on my PHOTO BLOG!!!! Take a looky and cast your vote!!!! There is a nice price for the winner, so I am sure they would love your VOTES!!! I can't believe how many people are doing this! SO FUN!!!

Why not...

Today was just one of those days that I had to pick up the camera! So I made a make-shift studio and got the cutest model ever...and went to town! I love that Isabel will let me take pic's of her whenever. Maybe I will try and tackle little Jack...good luck, right! As you all know, these are on my photo blog too and of course there is more cute ones. They look better over there :) I am so hoping that this Year will bring lots of success to my Photo business...I can't get enough!

Starting the Year off Right...

Happy 2009! We rang in the New Year with Family and loads of fun! We have been going to Logan for a while now on New Years. It is so fun to have all the cousins together and eat tons of yummy food! Thanks Aunt Steph for the fun snow hill (in their backyard!)! Here is some pictures of all the cousins playing in the snow...notice all their cute helmets and goggles! We hope you all have a wonderful year!!!!

Christmas 2008...

This was one of the best Christmas's! We were so glad to have Grams and Papa John with us! We had a week full of fun. We went to Danielle and Jeremy's to make Ginger bread houses, then had them and Zac's parents over for dinner on Christmas Eve, and played and took it easy on Christmas. Santa brought exactly what Isabel wanted...Spike the Dinosaur! Jack got a huge John Deer Truck...that he smacked right into the wall! Zac was so sweet and wrote a claus to watch the next season of 24 without any complaining and a supply of gummy bears and diet coke to go with it! Does he know me or what! What a great time of year!

I love this pic of Zac and I...I am glad that Grams thinks to take pic's of us! haha!


We Love Grams and Papa John so much! They had gone to the Spoken Word that day, and President Monson picked John out of the crowd and shook his hand. He said that he liked his orange sweater and that it looked good on him...We all agree!


Our cute Family!


Jack and Korbin have so much fun together...I think in a year, they will loads of trouble haha!


Papa John reading a Christmas story




Isabel has been wanting this American Girl Doll...Mia for a while. She looks just like Isabel, even has cute freckles.

This is Spike...he is big, loud, and tons of fun! I just love Isabel's face...I think he was everything she had hoped he would be!


Jack was not to sure of Spike at first , but now he loves him. He walks around saying Spike, Spike!


Jack way excited to have his "Big Truck" opened...Jack loves "Big Trucks!"


Two Peas in a Pod...Isabel has been begging for a guitar...so she can be a ROCKSTAR!


Grandpa and Grandma Tripp got our Family the Wii! Isabel was so pumped! It is fun to play, but I will admit that I was so sore from playing and trying to beat Zac haha!


Me and my fun gift from Zac...what a sweetheart! (This is me in my morning glory baby!)