Guilt Post.

What has happened? My last post was in February.. I've turned into a terrible blogger. But since I start every post apologizing for not posting..let's skip that. Things have been crazy. We literally had to buy one of those ginormous calendars to keep track of work, vacation & big events. The "stay at home mom" title has been thrown out of the window and it seems I am constantly on the go. Michael took his electrician test (a recent option that wasn't previously available) and passed (Whooo hoo!) so he is officially an electrician for BNSF rather than continuing his 4 year long apprentiship. Things are good. Pen is crazy... Seriously.. She loves slamming doors, screaming, chasing her kitty, spanking us and pooping almost immediately after being freshly bathed. She will be two in one month which apparently means EVERYONE starts asking "when is the next one coming?" Ha! Not for awhile, she is plenty for now! We have a lot of fun with her.. She is getting so independent and silly. She will run right up to Mike and tickle his feet while they hang off the couch and when you tell her it's time to do (basically) anything.. She runs like a little drunk person as fast as she can to her play tent to hide. It truly is amazing how fast she's grown and what a fun, sweet, crazy little person she has become. In February my grandma Helen (Dad's mom) passed away. This was obviously very sad for us but P seemed to be the little ray of sunshine for anyone that needed it. She just has a sweet & wise soul. I'm so happy my grandma was able to meet her. While we spent our time in Havre it was so much fun to see my dad's side, a bunch of joke-sters. We made the best out of a sad situation and I know that's what grandma would have wanted. 

March will go down as Michael's biggest accomplishment month; we bought a boat. In April we went to Kansas City with Michael for work. We were able to see our friends Ryan, Chelsea, Cole & their newest little family member Bradley. Seeing them as a family of 4 was really cool, they are doing great! It made me think of how P would make such a good big sister... But won't be for awhile because I'm not that brave, yet. 

Now we are at May.. (Let's just pretend there's not only 3 days to June). My dad & brother surprised us and showed up to Glendive for a few days, seriously the best surprise ever. Other than that, nothing too exciting going on this month, on Saturday I will spend the day taking pictures of kiddos with my newly constructed lemonade stand at a big vendor show. It is so cute, thanks to Mike and his dad! Next week I'm going on a girls trip to Denver to see Luke Bryan & Florida Georgia Line on tour. My dad will be coming to help Michael with P (he is really such a wonderful dad & grandpa). I often wonder what the heck we would do without him. We are just lucky on both sides, Pen visits Dick & Nancy about every other day it seems and they always help when I work. She is blessed with some awesome grandparents! Anywho, my goal on the girls trip is to stay up past 10 and try not to spend the majority of my time watching the cameras back at home. A break will be good..... Right?   

Remembering grandma Ross. 

Fun times in Havre. Dad on left, his brother, Pierre on right. Cutest baby ever, front & center! ;)

P's uncle Jake 

Cousins

A few of P's favs, uncle P & aunt Lynn

Boat purchase 

Royals game in Kansas City

Easter Bunny (uncle Jake!)

Easter

The surprise visit from grandpa & jake.. And corn on the cob.

Hey uncle Chase, marry auntie Britt already, would ya?! :)

Always stylin' thanks aunt Sherry for the homeade scarf! 

Photoshoot with dad. So sweet.

Part of her second birthday shoot. Insert sad face... Where does the time go?

That is all for now! Pen is in bed sleeping with a full belly of tacos! Goodnight! 

2015 thus far!

My updates have been lacking lately. It's pretty awful of me because I know so many of you like to check in on us via my blog. As most of you know, this past summer I started this "tiny" little dream of  mine that just so happens to be filling my days, which have turned into weeks and now I have bookings all the way through September! It's pretty amazing, I almost feel like I can call myself a photographer now! I have truly been loving every minute of it! Pen is adjusting to not always having my full attention and Michael has cut back on his overtime at work to be able to entertain her while I, dare I say, work?! It's a pretty exciting time in our lives, finally settled into our home, chasing around a sweet and spunky 19 month old and getting ready to file our taxes with the addition of our new business this year! It's been so long since I've been on here so I should share a couple of pictures of Mike's 30th, Christmas and some more recent snaps! Here we go! 

I really hate throwing parties...(anyone who knows me, knows that's a joke). So for Mike's 30th birthday I kept it pretty low key....(kidding). I threw him a casino night! It was so much fun with our friends and family! My dad and brother even drove 6 hours round trip to attend! I made little party favor bags with cigars, scratch tickets and little bottles of booze. We played dice and cards and had a great time! 

My dad came with gifts, as usual! 

The next morning, lounging with her uncle.."uncle puppy" according to Pen.

A fun party for our favorite guy! Now onto Christmas...if I wasn't so lazy I would upload pictures from my camera but there are so many so here we have a couple of phone snaps and then some pictures of my family that I took in billings!

Now onto some more recent times..

Recently my grandpa had heart surgery, we made the trip up for some support, my grandpa was tickled to see miss P. He is doing well. 

I have been busy with my Valentine's Day sessions but this has to be my favorite little client of all! She pays in kisses, of course! 

Mike couldn't believe how grown up she looked when he saw this picture. I'd have to agree. She is sure getting big! She is saying "baby, kitty, puppy, papa, hey, dada, shoes, yay, please, woof, moo, baaaaaa, meow, raaahhhrrr, duck, ball, tickle and I may be forgetting some! She loves running around chasing her kitty and eating ALL day long. Seriously, we are feeding her, constantly. Haha! Her newest favorite thing to do is read books. I have read to her in the past but now she is very interactive, which is fun! We are enjoying watching her grow and have no plans on adding another anytime soon, which we have been getting asked a ton lately! I love how self sufficient and independent she is becoming and then other times it makes me want to cry but I am mostly loving it! 

We hope every one had a great holiday season and I will make it a goal to update more often! 

The Crisafullis

Thanksgiving with the Crisafullis'

First off -- Grandma Helens birthday! 

This year was very different than past Thanksgivings for us. To start, Michael and I both worked. I have my hot cocoa stand set up at Dick & Nancy's house so I spent most of the day running in and out in between photo sessions. It actually worked wonderfully! Secondly, I didn't get to spend time with my side of the family this year, which was a bummer. With Michael & I working and the poor roads, it just wasn't happening. I'm planning to take a trip to Billings this week to make up for it though so I am looking forward to that! And lastly... We had a baby running around the house, dragging toys everywhere, refusing Thanksgiving dinner due to her tiredness. Although it was different, it was a great day with so much to be thankful for. Here are some pictures to prove it! 

When we got home, Michael insisted we blow this thing up, in the house. P didn't mind.

The next day, "Uncle" Chase came to visit! We missed him! 

And that was our Thanksgiving! We officially have less than a month until Christmas.. Let the fun begin!