baby steps

Look what Kherington was up to yesterday! She decided it was time to walk...and now she's taken off!

Payton ran up to me yesterday afternoon and told me (very excitedly) that KK was indeed, walking...so out I ran to catch her in action. It was so exciting and so cute. The girls and I just laughed and cheered her on as she figured out (finally!) how to do this walking thing. I am so proud of my little babe! I'm glad she's so tiny...walking or not, she's still my baby!

It was an exciting day.



(Oh, and doesn't her hair look fabulous?)
:)

just because

Sunday night.

Kids are sleeping.

House is clean.

Air conditioning is on. (yay for warm weather!)

Sharing these photos just because.

Because they make me happy.

Because they look cute.

Because I love them so.

:)

i've been given strict instructions...

...to come up with a grocery list and meal plan for this next week. Blah.

It's been one of those weeks that we've been making do and eating whatever...tonight's menu is hotdogs and french fries. Yes, it's time to go grocery shopping. (and this is just the beginning of a very loooong shopping list!)

Hope I'm not the only one who has weeks like this! Oh, and for anyone who's interested, I got these cute shopping lists from Dollarama.

Happy eating!

:)

all dressed up

Sunday mornings come around and sometimes I feel like that's the only day I can get everyone dressed and ready and looking cute. So you know what that means...pictures!

I totally remember my mom always wanting to take pictures of all of us kids on Sundays and this look on Payton's face in the picture above reminds of how I always felt when she wanted to take yet another photo. Haha! Cracks me up that now I'm the mama that's always harassing my family for yet another photo. One day they'll thank me! (...right?)

Anyways, the girls dresses are from Target, I picked them up while we were in Montana in February. Oh, what will I do when my kids won't let me dress them in matching outfits and put bows in their hair?

That will be a sad day.

But for now, bows and matching dresses it is!

T:)

P.S. Thanks for all the comments on my last post! It seems I'm not the only Sarah Richardson lover...I'll have to post more home decor stuff, that was fun!

just dreamin'...

...about what I would do if I could buy an old house and completely renovate it.

I love Sarah Richardson. Her style is flawless.

*sigh*

T:)

happy easter

A little look at our Easter weekend. It was awesome. We decorated cookies, decorated eggs, hunted for eggs, ate, ate and ate! It was just so nice to spend lots and lots of time with my little family. I love them so much!

I always love this time of year...I love spring and I am so ready to leave winter behind! I feel uplifted after this weekend, and I'm just so grateful for the Easter season and what it means to me and my family. We have so, so much good in our lives.

I don't want spring break to be over. Now that it's warming up and the snow is almost gone, I'm just ready for summer. So let's just skip the next couple months, and be done with school and lessons and schedules. Is anyone else with me?

If only it were that easy.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

xo Tal

it's a giveaway!

Hey, everyone!

Head on over to Talia Audenart Photography to be entered in a cutie-cute giveaway!

Happy Easter!!

T:)

a little peek...

...at a recent maternity shoot. You can see more of this beauty here.

Oh, and just a heads-up for my blog readers...I'm hosting a little giveaway on my photography blog on Friday, so be sure to stop by!!

Be back soon,

T:)

she takes my breath away

Payton.

She takes my breath away.

I needed to see this picture tonight. After a day where there were some not-so-angelic moments.

She tries so hard, and is honestly such a good girl. But she is 5. (And even though I may not want to admit it, she is very much like her mother at times...she comes by her sassy behaviour honestly.)

I am so lucky to have this little gal in my life. She is so bright and smart and happy and sweet and fun. She's also sensitive and worries and loves to be loved and accepted. She is a daughter of God and I am blessed to be her mama. She makes me so very proud. And even though my role as a mom is hard, she makes it so very worth it.

Love you, sweet girl.

xoxo

i about died and went to heaven

...when I saw this necklace made by my blogger-friend, Lindsey. She has fabulous style and taste, no? Anyways, I have about a bajillion things on my to-do list right now, but these took top priority yesterday! (thanks for the inspiration, Lindsey!!)

I was going to embellish some little t-shirts for my girls with these flowers, and who am I kidding, I will probably still do that, but I guess with necklaces you can wear them with anything. My fingertips are bruised from sewing these babies together, but it was so, so fun!

And while I'm sharing, you can take a look at these two simple shirts that I embellished for Kim for her birthday last week...they turned out pretty cute, I think!

And yes, I sewed these ruffles with an actual sewing machine. (gasp) I had no idea what I was doing, but I just went with it. Haha! It's been so nice to put all of my fabric scraps to good use...they are too pretty to be hidden away!



And last but not least, I made this shirt for myself back in February and never got around to posting it. I am totally addicted to making these fabric flowers taught by Rhonna in this tutorial!! I am all about the glue-gun, let me tell ya!!





So there you go. A bunch of fabric flower fun. Get that glue-gun out and get goin'.

Tal:)

because i couldn't choose just one...

Kherington's "1 Year Old" photo shoot. And because there were so many cute ones, I'm sharing a bunch instead of just one!

(I made the headband and the leg warmers are from Target!)

Oh, man this little thing is a cutie. She just melts our hearts.

Okay, enough gushing from me! And speaking of photos, if you haven't checked my photography and 365 blogs in a while, there's some new stuff to look at. I love pictures. Seriously.

Happy Monday!

T:)