More sweet babies, and a beautiful girl!

Here are some pics of some super sweet kids taken at the Old Mill.

Little A

I had the chance to photograph this cutie a few months ago. She was such a sweet baby! But I am little partial to kids whose names begin with 'A!'

Almost Famous

If you aren't a reader of The Pioneer Woman, you should be. It's a great blog for recipes, photography posts, funny stories, and GIVEAWAYS! Anyway, recently she had a photography assignment to post photos on flickr of fall bokeh. There were hundreds of photos submitted and mine was one of about 30 that were featured in a blog post. I'm shocked, honored, amazed, excited, etc., etc. Here's a link to the post with my pic: http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2009/09/your-fall-bokeh/

Of course I think my photo looks pretty pitiful compared to all the great pics on there, but oh well...I had a moment of fame and had to share it with you all!

Wedding Pics

So I'm FINALLY getting around to putting the JUNE wedding pics on my blog! I know, I know....I don't know what my hangup is about blogging. I guess I have to think of something clever to say when I blog, and not so much when I put pics on Facebook.

Anyway, here is my dear friend and beautiful bride, Beth, the not-so-newlywed.

Love this pic! They had gone into the hallway behind the doors immediately after the ceremony, and I was able to sneak this one in.

I had to put some of these cuties in!

...and one of the groom!

Bridal Portraits

I'm FINALLY posting the bridal portraits of my friend Beth (the wedding was the beginning of June!) She was such a beautiful bride! I was so honored to get to capture her wedding day in pics for her. Here are just a few of my favorites from our portrait session together. I'll be posting pics from "the big day" soon!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

I can't help but think of this song when I look at these pictures! These girls were so much fun! We had a great time downtown taking some pics of them and their sweet mom, Dana!

Dana said I needed to get a picture of their true personalities...
with their phones!

Now, time for some serious pics!

I love this one of the three of them! Pretty girls!

Can you believe this is the mom! Isn't she beautiful!!

I've got so many pictures to put on here. So, HOPEFULLY in the next few days I'll get my poor neglected blog updated. For now, here are some pics from a great day at the Old Mill. Cute kids and an adorable baby!

I love these cheeks!

Mini Models

Last weekend I was able to take some pics of some beautiful kids. They are the children of one of my good friends from college. I was so glad to get to see her, even if it was just for a short time.

I LOVE this little guy in his super sharp hat and tie!!

Thanks Kim, for sharing your beautiful family with me this weekend!!

One of these things is not like the other...

This is Pete. He's been with us for about two weeks now, and we are all getting a little attached to him (even me!) The girls are enjoying him too, as seen above. They were taking care of all their little animals one day, and decided he needed to join in the "fun." Poor Pete!

The M Family Musicians

This is such a great family! They are all so sweet, beautiful AND talented! It was so fun taking their pictures and getting to hear them play inside the capital! The acoustics inside were amazing!

Traditions

Remember this? And this? I guess Ava wanted to relive those days, and took a tumble at the zoo. I was pretty far away from her, and heard the thud of her head hit! But it didn't seem to phase her for too long. Pretty soon she was back up climbing on the rock ledge that she had just fallen off of! A good mom would have stopped that!

And while at the zoo, I took about two pics before the battery went dead on my camera. Just paint a large "L" on my forehead for the day! So here you go, two zoo pics. And then a TON of Ava acting the fool, while I try to get just ONE of her being serious with her banged up forehead.

The first one: A sickly giraffe. Seriously, he looked ill. Have you ever seen a giraffe sitting down? And then he couldn't hardly get up, it looked so weak!

Then one of the tiger getting into his water. That's all folks!

I told Ava I wanted to get a picture of her boo-boo, and she suddenly wants to hug her sister, and make a cheesy smile! I think all she heard was "PICTURE!"

Another try. Oh dear, I should have left her at the zoo with the monkeys. I just love those lips too much though!


Cheesy again!


So this time I said "Open your eyes!" They're open alright!

We've totally lost it now!

I think this is a serious as she gets! That's what I love about this girl though!
She makes me smile!

So, I finally got a new header up (thank you Aaron!) now I just need to do a new post! I'm just feeling uninspired about posting! I've started a post with more pics that I took before Christmas, so hopefully that one will be up soon.

Aaron surprised me recently by ordering a new lens that I had mentioned to him (thank you again, Aaron!) I used it to take the pics in my new header, and I must say....I'M IN LOVE!! Speaking of love, this picture seems "Valentiney" to me with the pink and red in it!



So I'm still here! Thank you if you're still coming back!

Under Construction...Still!

.....really just a remodel, but I apologize for the mess here! If you were notified yesterday and today, that I had updated my blog, like, 20 times, you probably knew that was a mistake. I don't think I've updated my blog 20 time in the past YEAR! This has taken longer than I thought since my husband has taken over the computer at nights working on his 20 year high school reunion. So, my computer time has all been limited to during the day when there are kids to homeschool, noses to wipe, fights to break up (and reconcile!), meals to make, diapers to change, books to read to little ones, etc, etc, etc, and blogger freaking out on me! Oh, and that laundry! It keeps on popping up! Didn't I just wash those same clothes two days ago? And putting up the clean clothes that my children put in the dirty clothes basket when they are "cleaning" up their rooms....oh, I'm digressing!! What was my point...oh, I have about five minutes here and there to get this blog put back together, and I'm not getting very far, very fast. Bear with me. Hopefully soon it will be new and improved!!

One the plus side, I did bake two loaves of bread, cook 10 lbs. of hamburger meat to freeze, and am smelling a huge pot of chili cooking for dinner. Ahh...something productive!

Conversation with my two year old

Tonight I had the funniest insight to what kids really think of parents. It went something like this:

Ava: "Mommy!"

Me: ignoring

Ava: "MOMMY!!!!"

Me: "What?"

Ava: "COME HERE A SECOND!!"

Me: noticing there's no real urgent sound to her call, "I'm busy!"

Ava: "NO YOU NOT, YOU MOMMY!!"

Can I change my name to "Busy?"

Praise be to God for His great gift!

2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town.

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.

10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Luke 2:1-14

Finally....

Well, I've been so busy taking other people's pictures, that I'm just now getting around to taking my OWN kids picture for a Christmas card. BAD MOM! So, about 1:00 yesterday afternoon (December 18!-cuttin' it close!) I decide to rush the kids outside for a quick (heh, heh) picture! Honestly though it was the first day that we've been home, that it wasn't freezing, raining, or icy....so, seize the moment. Basically, I put everyone in red shirts, and fixed hair, and we ran out to the back yard for a picture (or 10).

Here's one...kinda cute...but Anna's a little squashed and Ava's off doing her own thing (typical!)

...And another. Two good kids, two goofy kids...



...getting better. Now only one goofy kid. I think it's kinda cute how Ava's looking adoringly at her older siblings though. I'm sure that's what she's doing.



Oh, we've digressed. Back to two goofies (notice it's the SAME two as before)

So, I say "Everyone lean in close together" Aaron Job interprets this as "Fall on your sister" UGH!!

Okay...I think this one will work.

I decided to straighten it up and touch it up a bit. This left Anna pretty much as just a floating head on the side, but oh well...We couldn't let everyone see that she had pink pants on, right! And, don't mind the holes in Abby's jeans. I think it adds some coolness the pic doesn't it! We'll just say it does, for the sake of making me feel better about not wanting to try to photoshop them out. :) Yes, that's it, coolness.
Merry Christmas Everyone!

Cutie Pie!!

This girl is so adorable I can hardly stand it!! Here are a few pics of Michelle's sweet family. Thanks so much Michelle!

Awww!

Here's Beth and Paul...aren't they so cute!! I really love these pics of them on the train tracks.

Rock Stars!

Okay, maybe not. But that's what I think of when I look at this picture. Doesn't it look like an album cover?! I think I just dated myself... Anyway, I can't decide which one I like better. What do you all think?

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I've been busy, busy with pictures lately! Which is good!! Here are some pics of Kim and her beautiful family. They are all so sweet, and so photogenic!

Boys!!

I had a chance to take some pictures, on Saturday, of some handsome boys. Their parents were friends of mine from college who had seen a few of my pictures on Facebook, and asked me to do some of their kids. It was so much fun, and some good practice for me. Getting four boys to sit still is no small task!! I think we managed to get at least ONE good group shot, but we definitely got some good individuals. They were all so cute!

I love this little guys eyes!

I had to add this one! I got a LOT of these, but I love these kinds of pictures too!