Happy Mother's Day

For my special day I rounded everyone up early for breakfast at Village Inn and then a family photo shoot.  There were no complaints and everyone was up in time!  Yay!

We headed to the Chandler Environmental Center for some pictures. 

 

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Prom 2016

"An Aviation Affair" took place Saturday night at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona.  Falcon Field is an airport, so its location makes sense.

I'll start with the "Lady in Red," since this is her Senior Prom.  She complained about her hair most of the day, as what she imagined her hair looking like didn't actually materialize.  You can't see it in the pictures but there are three braids on the left side of her head that transition into the curls.  She wasn't happy with the braiding aspect but I think the end result was beautiful! It took the two of us to get ALL THAT HAIR curled!

I met Sienna and her friend Sarah at a park near Sarah's house to take a few pre-prom photos.



 

Sarah was in the marching band and drumline with both Sienna and Spenser.

 

Now it's Buddy's turn.  So yes, he's a sophomore, going to Prom with a popular senior girl.  Sienna wasn't too happy about it, but it all worked out in the end.  He's never owned a suit before, so it was quite a sight to see him all dappered up!

 

 

The shades were a touch he and his boys decided to add.  He looks cool, this is true, but I wanted to see his eyes, so I had to take some sans specs.

 

And here he is with Bryttney.  Cue the awww's!

 

 

 

Happy Easter!

Holidayin'

Snippets has been severely neglected lately, so here is a much deserved update.

 

Thanksgiving came, went, and found Daddy and daughter partnering up in the kitchen. 

Daddy and daughter did a great job, as usual.  Hard to believe that next Thanksgiving, Sienna will have to come home from college in order to spend the holiday with us!

 

 

 

Here we are ready to eat and not too keen on taking a good picture, so this is the best (and only) we got.

 



After dinner the subject of money came up and I got Spenser to do the dishes (for a price of course).  

 

I had to show him a few things, but for the most part, he did o.k.

 

I'm looking small next to him and feeling quite a bit like my little boy is gone.

 

What's left to do after Thanksgiving but go Black Friday shopping?!  My one and only purchase for the whole weekend was this Christmas tree. 

 

 

I'm very happy with it.  It's big, full, and versatile.  It has 8 different color settings and even comes with a remote.  It can be turned on while sitting on the couch watching tv!  It doesn't get better than that!

 

 

Here is our Christmas card table.

 

 

The thought just came to me today to put the photo cards in the trees.  I think I like it!

 



 

 

If you decorate the inside, you also have to do the outside.  This year we added the spiral tree and multi-lights around the tree trunk.

 

So that's what Christmas looks like in this Samour household!