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    welcome to the blog. check back often to see some of the cutest kids & families, hottest engaged couples, or highlights of what goes on around here at my house! for those of you who don't know me, I am ambyr, and it's great to meet you. I'm married to the love of my life and we have 3 rambunctious kids together! life is fabulous. If you are a fan or a frequent blog stalker, welcome back :) feel free to contact me anytime by using the contact form above. I change my blog often so keep checkin' back.

    3 fun facts about me
    - I am drawn to one hit wonders
    - I collect sharpie markers
    - I have a long history of getting lost when I drive

florida 2010

every year my parents take everyone to florida or wherever they decide to go. this is something that has been a tradition since I was little. my parents have taken us all over the world it seems. we LOVE the beach. WE ARE BEACH PEOPLE!! forget the hiking, discovering, walking around, climbing mountains, etc… we love to just spend our days at the beach RELAXING. we have been to so many beautiful places. maybe I’ll dig up some pictures from the past some day. just to include a few of my favorites… Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Cozumel, and of course Florida. so this year we went to west palm beach and stayed in an AMAZING place. I’m not sure why I didn’t take any pictures of our rooms…but they were unbelievable. there was a slide in the pool that we must have rode a million times while we were there. the kids loved it and the adults loved it. it was perfect. the ocean was the perfect temperature.
and if you grew up in my house, you know that we are HOT TUB people!!! we love to just sit and enjoy the bubbling heat. we also had our fun at mad gab, spades, sorry, and some other games too.


we got to watch the fireworks since we were there on the 4th. they were all over the island. AND there happened to be an amazing firework show RIGHT ON THE BEACH BEHIND OUR HOTEL!!! it was outstanding. and it lasted forever. so much fun. well….until next year….
*** these pictures were all taken with my “snapshot” camera, (except for the big pics) I know… lame…. but sometimes I’d rather not take my “beast” to the pool or beach… you know, it’s like another child I have to carry around!***

christine

wow! your trip looks like so much fun! my brother and sister in law said they saw you at church-small world huh?
just under 2 weeks before baby #3 is here:)

I agree with you about the beach! Screw hiking and any mountain crap! :) Good pics! You got a lot of funny ones of Trey.

Lynn Davoudian

Wow Ambyr — that place is really nice — the beaches are beautiful — I want to check it out. It looks like you had an amazing time. Beach vacations with kids and family are the best!

Tina

Oh, that looks like heaven! What a fun time you had.
Thanks again for the phone call. See you tonight!!!!!!

Karen Spitzer

Ambyr you got some great pictures. It really does look like we had fun!! JK I had a great time. Thanks for being our family photo person. love you, Mom

Hey! Florida! That’s where I’m at! When I have a kid in the next couple years, I have to get you out here to take pictures! Word on the blog is that you like it here so maybe It won’t take too much convincing…? P.s. Love your wooden facebook twitter links.. rad!

more to come…

Karen Spitzer

Love the rings on the shoes. Dying to know who this is???

summer in a nutshell

It’s almost august and I have yet to blog about all of our fun trips we’ve been on the past couple months. summer has flown by… we went from jamaica (with no kids), to florida (with kids), to new york (just me!) and it has been such an adventure. I can’t get enough of gorgeous beaches.
my kids all turned 2, 4 & 5. and I didn’t even get to have a little session with any of them. maybe these pictures could count…
when we’re not traveling, we’re living in our community pool, or other friends’ pools!! It’s been so flippin’ hot here, and once again…it’s not even august. mark has been home all summer and what a dream it’s been. I know this will most likely NEVER happen again, so I’ve been soaking it all up and we’ve enjoyed having him home. 1 more year of law school…and then the BAR. so about this time next year I should be blogging about all the celebrations we’ll be having since mark will be a graduate.
until then… my kids are still cute, but don’t let their cuteness fool you… they keep me on my toes while running circles around me daily. and yes, every day I wonder what the point is of picking up toys, crayons, underwear, shoes, food, etc…
sometimes I think I live with a bunch of animals and for some reason I can’t find a lock to their cages. nonetheless, they say and do the darndest things that will have me on the floor rolling. for instance, yesterday out of nowhere, avery was walking around the house singing, “baby, I like it!” straight from the lyrics of Enrique Iglesias. I died. it was hilarious.
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer as much as we are. august is almost here and I’m taking the month off to get in some good quality family time before mark hits the books again. I’m booking for september and october now… it’s time to start thinking about christmas cards. stay tuned!


p.s. yes, my kids hang out shirtless (in their underwear) all day long…and avery chooses to wear the boys’ underwear…

Yup. Three of mine were shirtless for most of the day yesterday. What’s the point of putting clothes back on after you’ve been swimming, right? Sounds like you are having a great summer!

Haley

I’m still laughing out loud about Avery singing Enrique, that is the funniest thing. Sure love to see shirtless kids running around, feels like summer to me!

Sarah Jane

Where have you been? I missss you, sister. Busy Bee.

Mary

holy handsome men.

You’re kids are so dang Cute!!

class of 2010: sarah

I’ve known this girl for quite a while and then her wonderful family moved across the country and I haven’t seen her in 3 years! She just graduated and got to come visit texas. she is downright gorgeous right!!!?!!!!
congrats on graduating sarah!!! good luck with everything coming up in your life and hopefully you’ll come back to texas soon:)

Terin

Oh sweet Sarah! I love these pics they are so beautiful just like the woman she has grown up to be! Ambyr your so amazing and have such an amazing gift that you bless others with!

Danielle

Look at her all grown up! Sarah, you look amazing…great job Ambyr!

LOVE these! I love the new look of the blog too. I’m glad you change yours almost as much as I change mine. :)

Elizabeth

Ambyr, please please please, if you love me, ask this darling girl where she got her boots and the brand name of them. Could there be a more perfect pair of classic, simple, cowboy boots? I daresay not.

{m} family

every year my sister in law and her crew come down to visit for about a month….and every year I get the privilage to capture her sweet kids and beautiful family. It’s so fun to look back at every year we’ve done this….more kids have been added a long the way and all the kids grow up so fast. We had so much fun this past time doing all the fun things families do. miss you guys already! hopefully we’ll make it up to Indiana soon!!

absolutely STUNNING! Good work ambyr!! You captured them beautifully! I LOVE this little family! Sarah is one hot mamma! I love the location too!

Tina

Wow! Their family is beautiful. What amazing pictures. Great job once again Ambyr!!!
So, you back yet? We need to get together for VT and some much needed play time.

Tina

Wow! Their family is beautiful. What amazing pictures. Great job once again Ambyr!!!
So, you back yet? We need to get together for VT and some much needed play time.

Oh my gosh what a gorgeous family. Beautiful captures!

Karen

Speechless! Loving the pink dresses!!! Lovely family! You are amazing friend!

Mary

seriously come take pictures of my family and me. you are so brilliant. but i think that a lot of your models are freakin gorgeous which helps.