a little bit of spring...

it was busy week last week...fortunately i did have the chance to get a few photo shoots in:) this family below is so incredible. i first met amy about 8 yrs. ago. she was one of my young women. now she's married has 1 little boy, and another on the way (how old am i?) she is such a cute mother, she has so much love and patience.

i love this shot!!! i love the one eye open!!


it was also ian's birthday last week...need to get a few pics up of him. i just haven't had a chance to get them all edited yet:)

happy valentines day

happy valentines day to you all! i hope your day was filled with love:)

here's a card (designed by my fabulous sis in law) that we sent to matt. he is currently spending his time in europe. he had a fabulous valentines day gift. he went and saw les miserables in london. i am sooo jealous!!! i am glad that he had a great time, it is miserable (no pun intended, ha ha) to be alone. i will get over there with him one of these days.

notice the lovely scowl upon alec's face, lol! i promise he really is more enjoyable to be around than he looks. he is just a typical teenage boy:) my poor kids have just lost all patience for me when the camera is around....too bad!

playing catch-up

here's a few pics from chase's birthday. i didn't really want to do a big party....so we took chase and three of his friends to chuck e. cheese. i know you are so jealous that you did not get to join us! it really is not my most favorite place, but, he was soooo happy! and if he is sooooo happy then i so am i:)

here's one of the three times chase got to blow out birthday candles. this picture is from his pre-school.

PURE JOY!

my sister's baby:)

here's my favorite sister's little guy...just 7 days new:) i was hoping to be in the hospital when she had him to take a few pictures. however, the guy was being stubborn, and i had to get back home to get my daughter to new beginnings! sooo, my sister was so kind to make a trip up to my house to get some fun newborn shots! he is soooo cute, i can't stand it!

thanks again april for the amazing hat! i just love them all:) i should be getting some pictures of my kids up soon! january has been way busier than i ever imagined it would be.

congrats!!!

congrats to luella:) what an exiting time it is for this family! there is definitely no shortage of arms in this family, to hold, love and cuddle this beautiful little one. enjoy every minute with her...they seem to grow up so fast on you!

special thanks to april lowe for the use of all her amazing hats, cocoons, etc...we had lots of fun trying all of them out!

can you believe january is almost over??

2009....

just wanted to share a little something i made to highlight the year's good events...when i watch this it makes me cry! i can't believe how much my children have changed over the year.

music

"all of me", by jon schmidt

new years day!

we had so much fun celebrating the new year! we started our day eating yummy waffles with a multitude of different toppings. the milnes make the waffles and the rest of us bring a different topping to share. this time we brought homemade blueberry syrup, and when combined with the yocum's buttermilk syrup... it is to die for:)
after a great breakfast, we headed to the park to ice block. the kids had soo much fun doing this. they did quite well. it wasn't until later i realized a really cute picture i wish i would have taken:(

alec and his motley crew! they have lots of fun together...sometimes a little too much!

after we changed out of somewhat wet clothes, we headed to rosa's and to the movies.

it was a great way to end the holiday!
i can't believe it is time to send them back to school, the vacation just went way too fast!