Birthday Girls!! ~ fun! - Fun!! - FUn!!! - FUN!!!!!

Oh was this soooo much fun!

Everywhere I turned I saw smiles everywhere! This was the most fun, relaxing and stress-free party I ever had to plan... oh wait... I didn't plan it... which is the reason it was stress-free! My sister and I rented out Tumble Time gymnastics. We had to show up with kids and cameras in hand and play and have fun! Set-Up, Clean-up, decorating, planning, timing, food, etc... all taken care of!

I had soooo many pictures I wanted to share. I just couldn't decide on which ones to post! Every child was laughing, playing and posing so I had such a great photo opp! Hope you enjoy!

I have tons of posts to catch up on so expect lots of me! :D

Here are the Birthday Girls and BFF!!

And my castle cake... retouched up... (sorry no close ups as it had to be touched up!) It is full of "Monet" (Remember the movie "Clueless") It looks good far away... but up close it's a big ol' mess!

Precious Kylie!

Look at those big brown eyes! She gets cuter and cuter as she gets older!

This is Madison's cousin Kary. She is just the cutest thing ever!
my little Madison climbing on everything

Here is baby Bennett again! isn't he so adorable! I just love babies!

here is my monkey man

I love this picture of Ryan! He was posing left and right for me! Expect lots of pictures of him!

Don't fall! I Love the sun light above her on the wall. Great picture!
My mom was the clown we hired... look at her face... entertaining the kids! What a goofy mom!

Did i mention my sister is a pregnant cheerleading coach... so she made her squad come and help entertain the kids! They did a great jump! They did all kinds of stunts! i wish I was 16 and care free again...
Did i mention AGAIN... that my sister is a pregnant cheerleading coach... So if her baby comes out with brain damage... this is why. JENNY!!!!!! I EVEN HAVE PROOF!
My other little monkey man!

Either she was bored at her own party....

or pooping... not sure... I left because if I was the first to smell it... I would of had to change her... LOL! :D Don't tell her mommy I did that! It became her problem not mine!

Daddy and Madi had so many father daughter moments!

Like i said... he was posing left and right!

And some more! So cute!

some more of Ryan! He is was so photogenic today!

LOL! Are you tired of him yet!

I love her expression on this picture! Look at her face!

Some more little monkeys!

Daddy loves to throw her in the air!

My sister Courtnee. Love her attitude on this one!

another father daughter moment

HA HA Jacob... I am keeping this for your girlfriend! he does have a feminine side!

and the cute little girl Jacob followed around the whole entire party! He seriously was crushing hard on her. He sat by her the whole time!

Birthday princess #1

Birthday princess #2

Ready for cake!

a mother daughter moment. Mckynlee was so sad that nobody brought presents for her!

waiting so patiently to play!

LOL! Another black mailing picture to put away for the future

Here is Aunt Becca! I love this picture. She had no idea I took this... I know she will probably hate it... I hate close ups of me too... but I love her expression and isn't she so gorgeous!

Only 365 more days till the next little girl party...

Week 48 - “Sweet Dreams” Photo Challenge

This week at www.iheartfaces.com the them is "Sweet Dreams" Capture a picture of someone sleeping of course! To see more fabulous entries visit their site.

This should be of no surprise to see this picture again! It just so perfectly fits this weeks theme! These two precious little angels mean the world to me. And look BOTH are sleeping! Two is better then one right? Except when it comes to bills in the mail... and other things like that! :D

Every Princess Deserves A Castle!!

This is how I spent my day yesterday building my favorite little girls a castle! And this is my best cake yet! EVERYTHING on this cake is edible... minus the "towers of the castle!" I went to Zurcher's and found so many neat things to decorate a cake with.

I now understand why wedding cakes are ridiculously expensive. The hours it takes to bake, decorate and put together a cake is so time consuming. And my kitchen was such a disaster afterwards with icing and powdered sugar on every inch of counter space!

And I am so glad I took pictures prior to transferring the cake to the fridge in the garage because as I was moving the cake... some towers fell over... so now have some touch ups on the cake before tomorrow! My next question is how am I going to get this to the party location without it breaking! UGH! I have no idea! It broke on the way to the garage fridge and that's only a few steps let alone miles away!

So if you have seen this cake before... it is because I copied it! It is part of Wilton's Romantic Castle Kit and the same kit is on the front of the box. I just thought it was perfect the way it was so I re-created it!

The Castle Tops are made of purple fondant with glitter candy on the tops. I used almond extract to put the candy glitter on and it stayed on perfectly!

Wow! I just think it turned out so much better then I thought it would! I don't normally use icing on cakes because I think it is hard to decorate with. But got on you tube and watched some cake decorating videos for some tips.

Putting the cake together was fun! The flowers are just made of icing and I found these candy pearls for the middle of the flowers.
Here are the towers for the castle. Aren't they adorable!

Double Dose of Cuteness!

They just get cuter and cuter! I went by and visited the girls the other day and took some adorable pictures of them. If they ever need a babysitter... they know who to call! :D

Don't you love mother and daughter shots! So precious

She just loves her mommy! She is looking right at her.

Look at me! I am so lucky to get to hold these precious babies!

Here are the kids... being so good while i love on the babies!

Remember Olivia? It has been so long since I have watched her! Isn't she just darling!!!

I just love her eyes!

Beautiful Baby Boy Bennett

Oh my goodness it must be a season for babies! But that's okay with me because I love to take pictures of them! I visited with my friend Ryann the other day and met her adorable little boy named Bennett. Congrats Ryann and Greg with your beautiful new addition! Isn't it wonderful to watch familes grow! How exciting!

Post for Life with Kaishon

Took me long enough! Okay so this is easier then sending them back through email. Because then I can put them in the correct order! :D

This program is amazing! You will love it if you buy it. Here is the photo you took with filter effects that I added.

ORIGINAL

All I did here was sharpness, color correction and reduced the dark circles under her eyes.

This is using a filter called "Daylight to Tungsten" in Nik Color Effex 3.0. It just added a more dramatic affect to the colors and more color to their faces. I also did a "Dynamic Skin Softener" filter on her face only to smooth out her skin.
This is the same photo I corrected but only with a "Enhanced Foilage" filter. You can see that the trees are more enhanced.

This is using a skylight filter at 37% opacity I used a "Soft Gold" filter on this picture. It gives them color to their face.

This picture was so fun to edit! I love this photo! Wonderful job. Here is the orignal. I love it the way it is!!

I did a "Tonal Contrast" on all my edits listed below. It gave a more dramatic appeal to the pants. I then did a "Dynamic Skin Softener" filter to the hands so that the contrast wasn't as sharp.

On this image I added the "Graduated Filter" Effect. It changed the coloring effect to the photo This photo I did a "High Key" filter. On this photo I did a "Bleach Bypass" filter. I did a "Skylight Filter" on this photo
I did a "Soft Gold Reflector Effect" on this photo

It's amazing how a simple filter can dramatically change the effect of your photo. I emailed you also so look in your email when you have a second! Pleae email me with any questions!

Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos with me! I loved them!!