found.

while i was uploading the washington photos,

i spotted some other pics from last winter.

i had forgotten that they were on the point and shoot.

i didn't have the card in when i took them,

so they never came up when i put just the memory card in.

these 2 photos were taken at justin's grandma's apartment

when his uncle monty came in for christmas(after christmas).

the next batch are from my nephew's band concert at maize.

my friend jen's hubby is his band teacher.

so fun to watch grant at work!

jen and the kids a few rows down from us.

washington.

after spending over an hour editing, uploading and finishing a blog post,

i published the post to find i'd put it on the photo blog and not

our 'whyte house' blog.

honestly, i am just too tired to add everything on here, too!! :)

check out justin's photos from his washington trip here.

aj's 1st birthday!

preparing for this party,

i was forced to call on reinforcements.

my best friend tari happens to be 6' 1".

honestly that's why i keep her around. :)

kidding, tari.

i have 8 foot ceilings that i obviously can't reach,

even with a chair.

thank you so much teresa lynn byfield wilson brown

for hanging up the wire for the poms!!

the decor.

my mom did the cake.

the circus performers.

my sisters.

lyle's aunts and grandma were able to make out from moline, ks.

don't ask me how far away it is.

over an hour.

too long for me to drive.

haha.

thank you to all of you for traveling out for the party!

it was so nice to finally meet all of you!

present time.

lyle's grandpa(such a sweet guy!) and my brother, lee(he's alright, i guess. :) ) 

apparently great minds think alike.

aj received 2 of the same lion...

in the same bag...

and tissue paper.

haha!!

rhonda,

you were here in spirit...

carrie had aj's sock monkey slippers here, too.

and of course this card made me think of you,  as well. :)

i got a lot of grief as i tried to light all of these candles.

it was totally worth it, though.

he really didn't get very messy at all.

my sister-in-law, jean, has a cousin in moline.

over an hour away. :)

saying their good-byes and headin' home.

the coulter's.

aj had a blast going up and down our little stairs.

so much that he wore himself out.

cousins unite!

i know we're mean...

but the boy only had ONE tooth on top and TWO on the bottom

 when i took his photos july 1st.

he's added 3 more up top and 2 below.

quite the overachiever.

as cousin aiden yelled at aj's van as they pulled out,

"have a good birthday, baby aj!!!"

 :)

party ideas came from 'under the sycamore'

and 'grey likes baby'.

we were missing a lot of the anderson family today...

my niece katie gave birth to her first baby last night!!!

a boy named avery.

famie sent this to me on my phone late and i saw it at 3 am

when the dog wanted out!

 congrats, katie and james!!

so excited for you!!!

2 days.

today was a project day.

i think i covered 6 projects at once.

the kids and i had some shopping to do this morning,

mainly for the party on sunday.

i also showed someone how to use a camera.

it was really weird.

haha.

however, her equipment was better than mine,

so i had the opportunity to drool over it.

she has the new t2i(i recommended it to her),

a 50mm f/1.4 lens and a macro lens.

the t2i has live view on the lcd...

it was magical.

siiigh.

justin had a very eventful day today.

he called this morning and said he'd lost 12 lbs.

that's from about 12 days of PT.

he said he can see the definition in his muscles.

lol.

just 2 more days left.

all the navy kids received free tickets to see toby keith and trace adkins

for tomorrow night in seattle.

it should be an interesting event for jus,

seeing as how he rolled his ankle today and was

put on crutches.

HAHAHAHAHA.

he was walking back to his room and apparently stepped in a pothole.

not the first time that he's done this,

but it has been a while since he's really hurt it.

he's hoping to be off his crutches tomorrow,

but who knows.

as for me,

tomorrow will be a busy day.

again.

i've been putting things together for the party.

i received these in the mail today.

found them on etsy.

the seller threw in an extra one.

i heart her a lot.

they will be so much fun for photos.

engrossing myself in tissue pom making, as well.

it's definitely going to be a very colorful event.

my new kids.

justin just sent this via text to me...

the emblem on his boat.

around noon today i walked into justin's bathroom and saw this.

i have no idea.

it's all the way around the bathroom wall.

i even interrogated the kids to find out if they sprayed anything,

even though there was nothing in sight i make anyone believe that they did.

justin, if you're reading this,

you're dad said that you pooping in there

is peeling the paint off the walls.

HAHAHA.

you know he said that and not me! :)

famie and her kids joined us at the big whyte house for pool time.

or sauna time.

the pool is 100 degrees these days.

and it's a salt water pool,

so if you get the water in your mouth,

it tastes like the warm water you'd rinse your

mouth with after you pull a tooth.

oh, and my kids purposely put that water in their mouth

just to spit it out like a fountain back in the pool.

gross.

cousin "harrihen", as aiden calls harrison, loves toy story

and was glued to aiden's board, band-aid and swim trunks.

what can i say.

my kid supports the toy story movement. :)

do you see aiden's head??

papa cut his hair yesterday while i was at class.

i've been calling him "justin".

he looks just like daddy.

the kids get private swim lessons from papa and granny when

i'm at photo class.

granny taught aiden this the other day.

he keeps his head in the water for quite a while, too!

justin's not going to know what to do with these expert swimmers!

phoenix...oh, phoenix.

this photo is classic.

fame said she doesn't want her face in the water,

so this is her fighting it,

i guess.

haha.

emily swimming while holding her ears..

that will never get old.

you couldn't tell in the swim shots,

but em got her hair chopped today!!

famie did it before they swam.

excuse the mirrors blemish.

it's old and worn.

i asked emily to turn her head a little so she could see the back of her hair...

before i knew it, she was turning back and forth

telling me how she looked like snow white.

haha.

well, emily...your mother has already been nicknamed

'snow whyte' by uncle adrian.

:)

the natural curl and i can finally be friends.

we didn't do anything to her hair yet.

this was after it dried from the pool.

it's gonna be awesome. :)