A day at the park

Since I have been so sick for the past 6 months I rarely have energy to go do "normal" things with my kids, like take them to the park. I just don't have the energy. So on Sunday when dh suggested we ALL go to the park, I jumped at the chance, because I was able to just take pictures and rest if I needed to, and he got the job of running after the kids and making sure they didn't catapult themselves off the top of the slide and whatnot. It was so fun, I really miss taking them to the park! Next up I think we will go to the zoo, we haven't been in so long!!

He adores her...

And I hope it stays that way forever. :) I know it won't, but he loves her SO MUCH and wants to be just like her!! She did this in the tube first, so of course he had to do the same thing!!





I love that they both even have the blank "picture face" on!!

My sweet man...

It seems like I talk like Crystal a LOT on this blog, so I thought I would showcase my sweet little boy today!

He is such a sweet little man. His latest favorite thing is "squeeze hugs" where he grabs you and squeezes as hard as he can while saying SQUEEEEEEEZE!!!

He is also amazing at guilt trips. Whenever i have a shoot to go to or a wedding to assist at, I tell him I have to go to work. Then he gets the quivery little lip and big blue eyes and says "but mommy I MISS you!!"

he is still so small, yet insists that he is a BIG BOY. No calling him baby boy anymore, he gets MAD!!

I love being a mom more than anything ever.

Little man Brayden (CMC Photography Photoshoot!)

This sweet little man was 7 weeks old when Chris and I did a photo shoot with him, his mom and dad! Here are 2 of my absolute favorite images from the session! (you can tell he was looking at his mama in the second photo!)

She doesn't get it from me!

Crystal graduated preschool last week, she is officially going to be in kindergarten in August! The preschool had a sweet little graduation ceremony, which Crystal was so excited about, until she found out that she had to go on stage and sing!

She has always had problems with singing in groups, she just doesn't like it. She gets very upset and cries. But when you add being on STAGE to it, it just went downhill!! I am glad I got the center photo, that she was smiling before she realized the trauma about to ensue!

The funny thing is, her mom is a total ham, and drama queen! I was in so many community theater shows growing up, and loved being the center of attention! She must get it from her dad. :)

My SWEET angel girl

So today I was talking to my mom about going to see Wicked because my dad is taking me, my sister and my cousin in a couple weeks. Crystal was talking about all the characters that were going to be there and I told her the wicked witch of the west would be there. This conversation followed:

"Mommy, won't you be scared when you see the wicked witch?"

"Well, no, honey, my daddy will be there, so if I get too scared he can help me be not scared anymore"

"Mommy? If you want, you can take fluffy with you."

(Fluffy is the little stuffed dog she sleeps with every.single.night."

Is she the SWEETEST??

And because I have to have a picture:

Family Photos...

Recently, I was asked by the company that sold us our house if we had any updated photos of our family in front of our house. This is the photo they had of us, on the day we moved into our house:



I was both happy and sad when I saw this photo, happy because I couldn't stop laughing at how little both my kids were and sad because I couldn't believe how little my kids were! :)

So I had Chris take an updated photo of us in front of our house. What a difference 2.5 years makes!



And lest you think it is easy to get photos like that, this is what most of the photos looked like: