Hold on tight. Because this post is going to be all over the place, totally random, and switching gears a lot. Or maybe I should just say don’t pay too close attention…because I don’t know how well this will all fit together, if at all But it’s Miscellaneous Monday, so I’m gonna do it. Fingers to keyboard, and just put my randomness out there!

Kennedy is seriously into scissors these days. I love it, and I am scared of it. I mean, really, I am just waiting on the day someone gets a hair cut.

I am currently reading The Forgotten Garden and I love it! It is for sure a page-turner, yet, I feel like I am detached just enough so that my house is not falling down around me while I sit buried in my book. Translation; I am able to put it down and get stuff done, and happily come back to it when I have time. Too often I get so involved in a book I don’t want to put it down till I am done!

I love the way Bristol colors and draws with her tongue sticking out a little…

That hair looks like a hot mess because she slept with pigtails, and then we never tried to ‘fix’ them once she got up   (am I overusing smiley’s today?)

I spent hours going through the girls clothes that were stored in the basement, sorting the sizes and figuring out what Bristol and Tenley could where this fall/winter. I always dread doing it and put it off. But I did it and was feeling so proud of myself when I noticed a container I had missed. Seriously?!   (there is an un-smiley face for ya)

I love Goodwill, most of the time I don’t find a single thing, but every once in a while I find something I love. My latest find:

Not sure where I will use it or what for yet, but I know I’ll put it to good use somehow. And, it was only $2.99! Here it comes….another smiley!

I played Candyland with the girls the other day, and I read the directions. Hey! Don’t judge, I haven’t played in years and wanted to make sure I was teaching them right!

My playlist currently has “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction, and “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line… both make me want to sing (off tune, trust me) and pedal my stationary bike faster. But I don’t (sing, that is) because I am too out of breath from pedaling.

Happy Monday!

I try to make a point to just take pictures. Of life, of moments, of us. I try not to critique these pictures too much, I don’t want to spend too much time on them, but I do want to capture the moments that make up who we are, what we do, where we go.

Often I use my little point and shoot camera for these shots, and today I want to share a few with you. These were picked quickly and randomly from files over the past couple of months… Enjoy! Oh, and go grab your camera and capture a little moment in your life – you’ll be happy you did!

Notice in a few of those Tenley is sucking her thumb? Yep, she has turned out to be our first thumb-sucker! And I am happy to say that I have gotten over it and now I simply capture the cuteness
(at first I pulled that thumb out every time I saw her sucking and popped a paci in… finally I gave up!)

Happy Friday!

Joey is one cute little guy! We got together and did this shoot to document him at One year old, and these are a few of my favorites

Mmmm, kissy lips! (then the chair got a great big kiss! – LOVE it!)

We did a cake smash, which I always love!

Big Sis Leah was there near the end, she helped out with the cake-eating

(and thats little cousin Natalie in the background)

Regina, thanks again for asking me to do these for you!

I have been feeling the inspiration lately. And I love it. I see something and I want to create. I want to grab my camera and capture it the way I ‘see’ it. It’s a great feeling, and a couple of weeks ago I grabbed some veggies that were sitting on the counter and played around with them. (I had food fresh on the brain since me and some photography friends had just been discussing inspiration and how/where we were seeing it, and that got us off on a discussion of prints for our kitchens, and then photographing food…or at least I think it was in that order!) Anyway, after trying a few different things, my favorites turned out to be these cherry tomatoes (Kennedy, by the way, LOVES these and had just picked them out of MawMaw and Poppa’s garden that afternoon).

I think I like the sort of ‘modern’ feel of the tomatoes lined up, for lack of a better word/description. Here are a few that I liked…

Those last two are very similar, but a slightly different angle, which caused me to like both

I still am not back into my email yet (picture me rolling eyes, with a huge sigh), and am just now back to having the internet. I have been without it since Friday, so I’ve had some un-planned un-plugged time. (yes, I know I am over-using ‘un-’ right now!) SO, if you need to email me, please feel free to do so at bobbiebrown5@gmail.com

I hope your having a fabulous week!

My email is still down. They are now telling me it could be 5-7 business days!  Not even kidding. Sigh. I believe I need something better than hotmail… I am feeling very lost without access to my email. And am very much tired of having to deal with all the hoops I am having to jump through to get this resolved.

I just want to talk to a real, live person and get this dealt with! Ugh!

Please feel free to email me at bobbiebrown5@gmail.com for now. And wish me luck getting into my hotmail account SOON!

*Update: I currently cannot get into my email account, I am working on the problem, but may not be up till tomorrow (Friday) at lunch time. So if you have emailed me, I will reply once I get this email problem solved. So sorry for any inconvenience!

I actually took a deep breath before my fingers started moving over the keyboard to type this.

Fall, Autumn, whatever you prefer to call it, is almost here. Summer is almost over. I can hardly believe it - seriously, this year is flying by!

Fall just happens to be my favorite time of year. I absolutely love it. But it is busy, hence the dramatic “took a deep breath” first line.  :)

I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to all of you who want to book a fall session, who mean to do it in time for Christmas cards and gifts… book now! Because it will be here before ya know it! Feel free to call or email me, I’ll be happy to get you on my calendar.

In light of fall, and school beginning again, I’ll share an old picture with you. I took this a few years ago and think it is fitting for this post – and I still love it, I actually have an 8×10 printed in my bathroom

If you happen to love it too, and would like a copy, let me know and I’ll be happy to send you a link to get it printed. You can send me an email or just leave a comment here

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sarah who owns an Etsy shop called Fifty Four Petunias. She creates gorgeous headbands and I have taken a few pictures for her to use in her shop.. Mya and Blakely modeled for me recently…

Thanks for looking!

Hula Hooping has been the happening thing around here over the weekend…

Kennedy has practiced, and practiced, and practiced! She is not there yet, but I have a feeling she will master it soon

At one point it actually went up around her neck instead of down, and I love her reaction! She was all “Momma did you see that?!”

I probably broke some un-written Mommy-rule when I only bought one hula hoop. But, this was the only one they had in this size, so I bought it and promised to get another one as soon as possible, because while Bristol may not be old enough for it, she simply has to try whatever Sissy does….

Then she went back to pedaling her tricycle, which is one of her newest accomplishments

The tongue definitely helps.

Kennedy continued trying to master that hula hoop.

Other weekend happenings included me shooting a gorgeous Bridal shower Tea Party, can’t wait to show that to ya! Here is a sneak peek I had posted on my Facebook page over the weekend:

I hope your weekend was wonderful…Happy Monday!

Remember Charlie and Brittany a few posts back? Meet their sweet baby girl, Blakely…

She was a dream to work with, she is such a laid back baby

Love a sweet baby yawn…

(yeah, I couldn’t choose just one foot shot!)

Welcome to her nursery…

Thanks for looking!

After a quick run to the grocery store and post office this morning, Bristol begged me to let them go swimming. So I put my “To Do” list aside and I pulled out their little swimming pool. Because really, I just want to soak up these summer days. People are starting to talk about fall, and while I love fall and all that it brings, I am not ready to see summer end.

A few things that are making me laugh today….

First known picture of Michael Phelps…

(Thanks Jasmine Star for sharing that one) Who else is sad that the Olympics are over??

And this video of Kennedy and Bristol, Kennedy accidently bumps Bristol in the face with her rear-end while playing ‘train’ in the laundry basket with their pillow pets!

Laundry basket train from Bobbie Brown on Vimeo.

Happy Monday!