glimpses week 21

I have an amazing husband. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful man in my life to raise our kids.

Happy Birthday Drew. You are amazing, we adore you everything about you.

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52 on friday week 21 (winged creatures)

This little beauty is from one of those hatch butterflies at home kits. The kids had a blast checking in on their little critters and seeing each of the stages. The hard part was convincing the kids to let them go into the wild. When we finally let them go this little one stuck around just long enough for me to snap a pic. 

Next up in the circle... Geneviève Flynn, Sussex, NB, Canada Photographer.

project 26 | me and mine (may)

Nothing like waiting until the last minute...again. Arrgh, one of these days I will get my act together. No one wanted to cooperate and take any pics with me but my sweet boy was cool with messing around with the iPad camera. 

If you are wondering about Jordan's face, we went to a birthday earlier in the day and he had his face painted as Wolverine. 

Next up is the talented Gail Pomare | San Jose and Santa Cruz Lifestyle Photographer.

glimpses week 20

The pool is open!! Jordan is a bit of a fish... Leah would rather sit out and enjoy the pool from the side.

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glimpses week 19

The kids love going to my parents house, it is always an adventure. Snake hunting, gardening, archery...good times.

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52 on friday week 18 (self portrait)

I took a picture with my computer at the last minute. I am not a " I wear my sunglasses at night" or in the house kind of girl but I could not figure out how to turn off the flash on the photo booth on the Mac. Anyone know how?

Anyway, I felt compelled to photoshop the heck out of the original image that I took for this theme so I scraped it and here ya go...me at 8:02 central standard time. The noise and flash is so much more forgiving so no photoshop needed ya!! Can't wait to see what the rest of the group came up with this week.

Next up is Amy Ames Holly Springs, NC Photographer.

five

He is five

This sweet, smart, adorable little boy is five

Where does the time go

We started out our day with ballons, singing and gifts

We ended with cake, more singing, pizza, and playing Star Wars on Wii

It was wonderful

For a special treat we hung with one of Jordan's bff's

Jordan was sure that since he was 5 he was going to be taller than his buddy...nope

There are times when I can hardly believe I have kids yet alone a five year old

Yesterday I told him I wanted to take a few pics of him and he shook his head, curled his lip under and said no way

He told me I had enough pictures of when he was four.

I told him I needed some of his last day

His very last day of being four and he agreed

I asked him a few questions on his last day of being four...

What is your favorite color? all of them, he still doesn't get the concept of favorite and can't pick just one

What is your favorite toy? these dudes...as he pointed to some storm trooper action Lego's

Fave fruit? strawberries

Fave snack? clouds????? no idea what the heck because he could not elaborate and tell me what he was talking about

Fave song? Star Wars song...although he actually just made the noises of the song for me like he does all day from the moment he wakes up until he goes to bed

The kid is obsessed

Fave person in our house? Leah

Why? She makes me laugh

Favorite animal? Cow, just because

What do you take to bed with you at night? Leah

Truth of the matter is these two fight...a lot and I yell a lot and bedtime, well...

it is a nightmare but to hear all the nice thing he has to say about her it really warms this Mommy's heart

and at the end of the day they really are super close

I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked if they are twins

What do you want to be when you grow up? A firefighter (I totally expected him to say Darth Vader)

What do you most like about your family? Kissing and hugging

What is something Mom always says to you? No

What is something Dad always says to you? Stop it (pauses) like stop picking my nails

What makes Mommy happy? Hugs and kisses

What makes Daddy happy? When we clean up and don't leave lights on

How tall is Mommy? Really big as big as 60

How about Daddy? He is huge, he weighs about 100

What makes you laugh? Leah, always Leah