So once again I have been horrible at blogging! I'm so never going to remember life if I don't write this stuff down. LOL So the past months, I enrolled in school. Im taking a photography and a sociology class. Robert was laid off twice this year one completly unexpected from Wright Engineering and his recent job of 4 months Taylor Rymar. I guess the one thing that this has taught me is to rely more on faith....and man is that hard. We are now going on four weeks with no employment but he has had some interviews so I'm crossing my fingers :)
Now the biggest news is that ny Photography business has launched itself into something extremely successful and once again I know that Heavenly Father has a hand in this. I have had four weddings in October one of which was an opportunity to assist another amazing photographer. Twylla has been my second shooter and I'm so blessed to have her...like REALLY! LOL Ok here are some points that happened from the last like forever ago:

~In June me and Robert were in our first play...The Wizard of OZ. He was Uncle Henry and I was Auntie Em. I literally had a BLAST!!!!! I wasn't very good but who the heck cares it was such a growing experience for me and I loved every minute of it! Thanks to everyone who came to watch and Amy for my SWEET apron!

~The kids are doing good. They all love their teachers and of course they are still little boogers and try to not do their homework ...or clean their room! Kyle, Kim and Lydia are all in Alice in Wonderland at the Queencreek performing arts center. They love it, Kyles a rock Lobster and the girls are royal cards. Performance is in a few weeks :) Go here to buy your tickets.

~Halloween was fun this year. Maddie was a Vampire Ballerina, Lydia was a zombie fairy and Kyle was a vampire....they came up with these themselves and they crack me up!

~I'm still in the Relief Society pres and we had our special Visiting teaching conference on Sunday. We set up 8 tables in the R.S. room and it was decorated ahhhmazing! We had bagels with different spreads and fresh apples and brown sugar spread. YUM-MYYY! It was so nice to hear and be reminded again how important visiting teaching is and it was such a blessing to have ALL the sisters there while the men took over the reins...they did wonderful!

Well I think that's all that's been happening for now...LOL Looking forward to cooler temperatures. Happy Fall everyone!

I AM IN LOVEEEE!

With a little show called GLEE! I loved it before it even started when they showed the previews for the upcoming show. I was even more excited because for my birthday me, Twylla, Rob and Jacody went and saw it LIVE!!! Yes we did! Soooo ahhhhmazzzing!! Oh so sad that the season is over for now but looking forward to re watchin the old episodes :)

Its been a LONG time!

Its summer HORRAY!!! My goal for the summer is to blog more..Ive been so darn bad at it that it sickening! LOL So that being said...here's to more of the happenings at the Atkinson casa!

A short check in...

Well I can't believe that Christmas is already over! Where has this year gone? This year it was pretty low key for the most part. The day before Christmas eve me, Jill Bullard and Twylla went to go see The Forgotten Carols. WAS AHHHMAZING, thanks to Jacody for surprising his mom with such a thoughtful gift! We laughed and laughed (Itchy Buns). On to Christmas, I took a long nap on Christmas day and it was NICE! We had a fab dinner at the Gibbens that evening and played Super Mario Bro's Wii FOREVER! It was the bestest. On Christmas EVE I GOT TO TALK TO DAVID! Opps didnt mean to have caps on. It was awesome to hear his voice again. He's loving it and is freezing his hiney off as well. I'm so very proud of him!
The kids loved their presents and had a blast playing the whole day! I need to upload the pics so soon I will have them up. Well here's my short up date for now..time to go to sleep!

Wow so this was in my drafts (7/22/09) and its old but Im gonna post anyways...LOL

Wow! I have stunk at this whole bloggity blog thing lately! Ok so lets see whats been happenin'.

I had an amazing time in Park City Utah in June with some of my scrapfest peeps and I also got to meet some new ones!!! I was flying standby and was sooo worried about transporting my scrapbook stuff onto the plane, as well as my clothes. When I was going through security, I had 2 small bags full of my toiletry stuff and the lady laughed and said I was only allowed 1!! Really airport security??? I am a girl! Here's what Sarah packs in her toiletry bag..

1. Shampoo/conditioner
2. Hairspray
3. Hair palmade
4. Face Wash
5. Moisturizer
6. Small bottle of perfume
7. Chapstick
8. Lip Gloss
9. Mascara
10. Foundation
11. Toothpaste
12. Contact solution
13. Reg. Lotion
14. Root Boost

So thank heavens she said that if the nice gentleman behind me would let it go through on his tray then I could take it aboard!! Ya that defeats the purpose right?? I was so not complaining and was grateful that I got it through.

So I flew in (by myself :/ yes I'm afraid to fly) on Thursday and was met my Neigh and Beth at the airport and we headed over to Arby's for dinner. Then I was sooooo excited to go over to the Salt Lake Temple, which I hadn't seen in FOREVER. What a different feeling you get when you're there. Such a rich history there and an amazing place to see. I can't wait to make a trip with the kids sometime soon, so they can experience it as well. (Pics coming soon)

So off we went on our way to Park City and stayed at Molly's aunts/uncles condo. Soooo beautiful there! We scrapped, ate junk & Neigh amazing cooking, went up to the alpine slides, watched movies, slept it, ate at Cafe Rio (YUM) and explored an old cemetery!! Aweeee I so didn't want to come home but was lucky enough to get on the same plane as Molly and there literally was one seat and she asked the gentleman sitting by her if he'd trade! Molly you are my HERO!!! thank you xoxox

BEFORE SCRAP CRAP

AFTER

The end of June we went with some friends from our ward camping at the Grand Canyon. It was a blast!!! We survived through a ton of RAIN and cold temps but once again I was in awe of the beauty of the canyon. *sigh*

The Fourth of July was way fun as always. We went over to the Gibbens for yummy food and swimming. We then headed over to Florence for fireworks and enjoyed the show.

Now on to the bested thing EVER!!! I went to Wicked!!! Yes I DID! Are you jealous?? It was super amazing. We did have nosebleeds but we were the 2nd and 3rd row balcony seating so we had a pretty good view. So the night started out with Vera letting borrow the "burb" (thank you sooo much). So we piled into the burb and Twylla, Neely, Amber, Kerri, Jaime, Laura and Jen went to Chili's for dinner. Then after a slight issue with parking we made our way to our seats. I can't even begin to describe how fantastic it was.

Hello

Wow so I missed alot! Well here's the recap...I have now decided that my children have benefited from the no TV and started getting their homework done quicker and there was less attitude..hmmm what a concept. LOL Sooo we will continue with that.
I've been crazy busy with family shoots which is a blessing and much appreciated! I have some exciting news coming so stay tuned. :) Work has been sooo much better now that it has cooled down and I gotta say that I love the girls that I work with, they are sooo stinkin funny. We dressed up as E.S.I (Eduprize Schools Inc) AGENTS for Halloween. We has cop glasses and all. Pictures coming soon.
I volunteered to make Pompons for the Oompa Loompa's in Lydia's play this week and I made..drum roll please....52 of these little balls of cuteness. Im also helping with makeup again. :D I love it!!
So I also got a new "old" calling as well. Im the 2nd Counselor in the R.S. Presidency. LOL Im very excited to work with these ladies but have to say that it was so weird to go to the first meeting and it wasnt with Vera, Amy and Brandy...Im going to miss them!

Check This out! Kayla & Brett

I am soooo very proud of these :) Adorable couple wanna see more?? Check em out HERE