Bloody Sunday

This little turkey is two! We finally got around to snapping some pictures. Excavator is one of his favorite words, so these pictures were fitting. 

This is what taking pictures of a 2 year old is really like...

My first wedding is officially in the books. It went smoothly and it ended up being a lot of fun. I was grateful for the help offered by my mom and sisters. Danielle made such a stunning bride. 

Remember when you were a kid and the absolute worst thing in your entire life was having to brush a quadrillion (15 zeros) knots out of your hair? Yeah, well I'm not sure if you know this or not, but people do that now for fun. It's called "teasing." The first time I heard of it I literally thought someone was "teasing" me and trying to get me to fall for the latest practical joke. Come to find out, big hair makes you beautiful, so the more you "tease" the bigger the hair and the more beautiful you become. The problem is that you can only do it one time in your life because at some point you have to brush your hair and then you welcome a massive bald spot where all that nice unknotted hair used to be.

James' cousin Caden got married this month, you may remember their engagement pictures that I took a couple months ago. He married this sweet gal named Ashli. We quickly became friends and I couldn't have been more happy for the two of them. It was such a beautiful day with beautiful people. 

Trevin was able to attend his first Vacation Bible School. He didn't do great with me leaving him, but he seemed to do better with each day. He brought home some adorable crafts and it's made Sunday School a little easier to adjust to. 

Want to be grossed out? Here's a story for you. I'm going to say something that I never imagined having to say in my life. Ever. I took a lint roller to James' peeling sun burn. I actually lint rolled dead skin. I was gagging. He thought it was a brilliant idea. I thought it was torture. I am scarred for life.

We are in full swing at CRC. Right smack dab in the middle of  our day camp. I counseled for Junior High Day Camp and I can honestly say it was one of my favorite camps yet. This was my 8th year of counseling and they seem to just get better and better. 

I was lucky enough to have this man staffing by my side once again. We met 8 years ago counseling together. Camp has such a special place in my heart because of that. 

Dead bug tag!

We studied Daniel this year.

I got "stuck" with a boys group this year, but I can't begin to tell you how much fun we had. We had a couple intense games of Ninja, including handprints left on my arm. Those boys are for real.  I accidentally knocked over part of their domino maze. They forgave me. They were all awesome. 

Laser Tag! I failed miserably. I tried to team up with some of my boys, but they continually "forgot" that I was on their team and shot me. Laser tag will never get old. 

Just a little history... I get bloody noses like you would not believe. I used to get them every now and then when I was young; then when I was about 10, I broke my nose --trampoline stunt gone wrong, thanks Seth...-- Since the break, bloody noses have become a regular part of my life. Many nights I've woke up to a blood covered face and pillow. I've gotten them while driving, not the safest scenario. Travel Camp was brutal because of the air change, causing multiple bloody noses a day. There was many a time where I would get up in class to blow my nose, only to be left at the back of the room for 10 minutes trying to get blood to stop gushing from my face. One time a teacher tried to send me to the nurse's office, I told her that I had it under control and she looked at me like I was insane. Anyways, bloody noses are my life. So let me tell you a recent story about my own Bloody Sunday. Our church has recently switched to a rotating praise team that I am privileged to be included in. I decided to blow my nose before I had to go on stage, so that I wouldn't be stuffed up. Big mistake. Immediately I had blood soaking the kleenex. Trevin just stared at me. I had about 3 minutes before I was to be on stage. God answered prayer right then and there and paused my nosebleed just in time to go up and sing. I literally wiped the blood of my nose and immediately walked down the aisle. I had to keep sniffing the blood back up my nose after each phrase just to keep a catastrophe at bay. Believe it or not, I was wearing a white top and the gal next to me was in a white skirt. You can't make this stuff up. Thankfully we made it through without too much of a distraction and I was relieved that I didn't squirt blood onto the first row of my church family. 

Collecting shells on Memorial Day. 

Just FYI....If you text/call me, expect to get Trevin dialed. Feel free to chat with him, but don't feel obligated. Odds are you won't understand any of it.

My grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. We visited the courthouse where they were married.  

Father's Day!

Trevin recently learned the word "load." So when he's watching Netflix or waiting for a game, he always says "load."  I went to heat up his lunch in the microwave one day and he points to it and says, "Ya load." Almost, buddy. 

This is my 50th post, thanks for sticking with me. Here's to another 50!

I'm still writing, growing on the farm...

It's a party, Jack!

Duck calls, cookies, beards, presents and CAMO! That’s what made up Trevin’s Duck Dynasty birthday party. I had so much fun making the decorations and not making the food. It was great. We decided to have the party in our garage and it ended up being a pretty nice day for it. Trevin enjoyed spending time with his cousins and the cookies and presents sure didn’t hurt!

On the menu:

Duck beaks (bugles)

Camo mix (green & brown m&m’s)

Miss Kay’s fruit salad

Redneck cookies

Uncle Si’s iced tea

I ordered the cookies from Eileen’s Cookies. They are the best cookies, but their art department could have used a little help. I busted up laughing at the “beard” on the cookie. I was pretty sure it looked more like a devil sheep. Am I right?!

I’m really not one that can mock anyone’s artistic ability, because I have none, but surely they could see that it was fairly horrific. Maybe it was just the sideburns/horns that threw me off. Nonetheless, our possessed animal party went on! 

(Maybe there’s an idea for next year’s theme!)

I somehow managed to not record him blowing out his candles, so the next day I made him do it again at breakfast. Yes, with a cookie….for breakfast.

At the party, Trevin started throwing a tantrum. I was asked about it, and I replied, “Trevin’s having issues.” Our young nephew responded, “What's an issue?” Priceless.

On Trevin’s actual birthDAY, we didn’t have much planned. Trevin and I ended up running errands with James for the morning. We even made a stop at Case to let him pick out some new tractors and trailers. He was thrilled and has played with them for hours. In the afternoon we napped hard and played hard.

I tried to get a nice picture with Trevin on his birthday, and no kidding, this is the best I got. 

 

Easter seems like ages ago, doesn’t it? Well now that you’re all in the Memorial Day weekend mode, I’m going to take you back to Easter.

All those years of free babysitting are paying off! Now my nephews take turns chasing after Trevin. :) 

Kliewer cousins

Notice the chocolate on his face. He looked like that for about a week. 

Easter Sunrise Service

 All I wanted was a nice picture, but this is more realistic. 

My mom’s side of the family celebrated Easter, cowboy style. Trevin joined in on the fun and had some new boots to show off.

Trevin's friend Anna!

We're in the midst of planting season. 

Vacation Bible School is coming up fast and this year it's a Spy theme. I'm taking pictures again this year and had to get some head shots for badges. I couldn't help but share this one of my sister Brooke. We decided she looks like Mr. Lunt on Veggie Tales. 

Trevin is officially 2 years and 1 month old, but I haven't taken his 2-year pictures yet. I need to get on that, but these smiles will hold me over for now. 

Remember that room that I ruined? The one that I tried pulling wallpaper off and then I ripped too many layers off? Yeah, that one. Well it’s been sitting like that for months and we finally took the next step in stripping the sheetrock out of the entire room. We’re down to the studs. James will be hanging new drywall soon (I think.) Can’t wait to have another bedroom remodeled just in time for an addition to our life. I suppose now’s as good of a time as any to announce some big news in the Huenefeld house……

I’m expecting! Expecting my baby sis to come live with us, that is… That’s right, Ashton is moving in this summer so she can attend CCC in GI. (You guys thought I was pregnant, didn’t you? Maybe I could have announced this in a way that wouldn’t have been so misleading… Really I’m not pregnant, but you should have seen your face! And I should have seen your face, because it was probably pretty funny.)

Lots of Luxy kisses!

Trevin got his first "real" hair cut. I cut it in December, but this was the first time that he got it cut by someone who knows what they're doing. Nicole and Luxy stopped by for a visit and Trev managed to get a trim while they were here. We had to go through 2 suckers to get there, though. Don't worry, his curls are still there. They're just even for the first time in his life. 

Speaking of hair cuts... For the past few years we've just been shaving James' head with a guarded electric razor. Well it came time to do it again and James decided he would shave his head himself and I could come and touch it up. When he was done, he called me in to finish it. Without looking at the razor, I noticed a large patch that he had missed on the back of his head. So I started go over that spot to even it out. Little did I realize that he had taken the guard off for me to shave his neck. I shaved his head down to nothing in one strip on the back of his head. It was hideous. I wanted to cry, but we were both laughing so hard, that I couldn't. It was the funniest, saddest thing that has happened to me. We ended up trying to even it out with the shortest guard. It was still obvious that the patch was shorter, but it beat having to shave his entire head. You'll see in these pictures which happened before "the cut" and after. It has evened out now and is back to what it should have been after we cut it. Good thing it grows back! But I believe I'm fired from being the house barber and that's why I didn't want to touch a precious blonde curly hair on my son's head. 

So this pretty girl graduated this weekend. I'm so proud of her and the woman she has become. I'm not going to get more gushy than that because I don't want to bawl for the next 3 hours. I love her and she is cool. 

Her reception was a success. I think we had enough dessert...

Congrats Ashy!!!

We took an afternoon last week to go fishing! It was Trev's first time on the boat and my first time since we'd been married. We had a great time until we realized that we had a 2-year-old on a boat in the middle of the lake. 

This picture makes me laugh! Trevin wasn't so fond of the fish in the boat. 

We only caught a few small fish. When we first started fishing, I felt a tug on my line and I started to work my magic to reel in the first fish of the day. I told James that I was about to catch the first fish. James said, "Not if I get one first." Next thing I know James is reeling his line in as fast as he could. So I started reeling in, too. We pulled fish into the boat at the exact same time. It was crazy and hilarious. 

 I'm surprised it's taken this long, but Trevin has officially made his mark on our home. And on my freshly painted entryway walls, of course. <Sigh>

And then there's my photography life... These were my first two engagement sessions. I think that engagement pictures have been my favorite to take so far. They're so fun and joyful. Here's just a few of my favorites.

I have my first wedding coming up this weekend. I'm incredibly nervous, but excited to have the opportunity. 

Adding a member and literally growing on the farm...