Today my little girl is two. Happy Birthday Kennedy, we love you!

Two years ago:

And now she has grown up so much:

Wow. Time flies.

My sister, Holly, got married a couple of weeks ago (I posted a few wedding pictures HERE)… I did engagement pictures for her and her now-husband before the wedding, and well, just now getting around to posting them! (insert shameful face here, haha!)

These are a few of my favorites: (and yes, we look a lot alike. And no, we are not twins! Just had to say that because anyone who does not know us asks!)

Last week was one of those weeks. You know, the kind of week that didn’t go exactly as you had hoped.  I had full intentions to blog more after Monday, but it got put on the back burner. Again. I sometimes struggle to balance it all. This time of the year is busy for me and I often tell myself to get more organized, to plan better. But it’s not always that easy is it?  Well, this week I hope to make up for the lack of blogging last week. 

I spoke of a game we like to play, High-Low, on my old blog. (you can see that post here).  I find myself thinking about the highs and the lows of last week as I sit down to prepare this blog post.  One of the lows would include Bristol being a very un-happy little Bee. As in, very un-happy. She is cutting 2 new teeth and had a runny nose, this resulted in Mommy not getting much done and not getting a lot of sleep at night. Now, this may not sound like a big deal, but trust me, if you’ve ever had a baby that was, well, very happy then you would understand!

But that is the thing about High-Low that I love. Often when you talk about the high and the low you realize that the low really could be worse, and the high is what counts. I pulled my camera out a few times last week and captured some moments. And these moments? Well, these are my high’s.

My girls and our walks pulling them in the wagon. Love it.

Ah, the cheesy smile!

Getting disc’s finished and packaged, that always makes me feel good

Stu and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary last week, and I got ‘good’ mail, and that is always  a good thing! (I spoke of getting ‘good’ mail here in this post)

And Bristol happy, well that is definitely a good thing!

learning to hold her own bottle….

I picked up a few hair flowers and this crayon/coloring book bag from Monica… and her stuff always makes me happy! Seriously, how cute is this?

Kennedy loves it..

and so does Bristol!

Love this picture of Kennedy so much I saved it as my desktop background picture on my computer!

 Happy Monday to you all, may your week be full of high’s!

Oohhh Monday, Monday.

The weekend is over, the house looks like a tornado came through with everything from jackets drapped across the back of the couch to diaper bags that made it only as far as just inside the door… Monday mornings usually find me working through lots of laundry (why does it seem like the laundry piles up on the weekend? and there is only four of us!), deciding what to make for supper for the week, quickly writing out grocery lists, and mentally going over everything that needs to be done this week and everything that I hope to actually get done.

But, that does not stop me from snapping a few pictures of my girls in their jammies. Something about kids and their PJ’s, I just love it.

Kennedy drawing and coloring first thing this morning…

And this is Bristol fresh out of bed…

Happy Monday!

She has a beautiful name, Tressa Ann, but we call her by her initials most of the time (Tressa Ann Caroline).  Either way, TC – Tressa Ann, is my younger sister and recently got her braces off for the 2nd time, so we did a photoshoot to celebrate pretty teeth! (and it was time we did another shoot for her anyway, it had been awhile!)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Heehee!

I love this one… I love all the reflections I was getting on the glass… This was a shot I did through a window.

TC… I had a great time with ya! XoXo

Chili, soup, pumpkins, hot chocolate, camp fires, s’mores, hayrides…. October is here and I am loving it!  I love fall and all that it brings. The ‘fallish’ things and the holidays….I just love it all!

I am also loving these few pictures that I grabbed off my camera (very quickly) of my sister and her new husband on their wedding day. Holly and Jonathan were married Saturday and it was a perfect day! They had a gorgeous day for a backyard wedding…

Alicia was the photographer, I hung around with her while she shot them after the ceremony and before the reception… mostly just to be there for anything I could help with and of course snap a few pictures from my angle.     I pulled these 3 out really quick because I know our families will be wanting to see a sneak peek. I haven’t even looked at them all yet, but just seeing these has me super excited to see what Alicia captured!

I love love love this picture, it radiates happiness!

 Holly, you looked gorgeous and I am so happy for you and Jonathan! Congrats to you both

Happy Monday!

I used my girls as models recently… they modeled hair flowers for the uber talented Monica of McGeeMommy. Seriously, Monica makes some of the most gorgeous and unique hair flowers. I am in LOVE with them. But, she makes more than just hair flowers… she makes really neat coloring book bags that holds the book and the crayons, she makes some precious baby stuff, hats, burp clothes, diaper covers, diaper bags… among many other things. So be sure to check her out!

I was happy to help her out when she told me she needed a few pictures for advertising, and was even happier that I managed to get some pictures of my girls that I love. Win-win situation!

First up is Kennedy Grace…. honestly I am really happy to have these pictures of her because she gives me such a fit having her picture made that I just don’t even do it most of the time. Well, I don’t try to get ones that I really want… I’ll just take a quick snap shot of her. Normally when I try to take her picture she says “No Momma! No!” Ughhhhh…. however, I am loving these….even though she didn’t make it easy!

Something about this one just gets me….

This was a “no Momma” moment:

And now for my second sweet girl, Bristol Lynn: (she has not learned to dislike the camera like her big sis yet!)

Monica; we love your work and wish I had just an ounce of the talent you have!  Keep crafting and creating XoXo

 Finally! I am getting around to posting the rest of this family shoot. (this is more from what I posted last week). 

Meet four good-looking brothers and one gorgeous sister; Jade, Jansen, Jase, Cannon and Dash

The kids talked their Mom into getting her picture made too even though their Dad had “previous plans” that could not be changed.. Chet, I think I’ll have to give you a hard time about that next time I see you

Dash blowing kisses in these next two, love it!

Mmmm, I love this one of Jade!

Okay, I have to say that I love love love this one! One of her brothers was blowing bubbles at her, she reached up to popped one just as I snapped, I didn’t even realized I had captured it till I got home and saw it on my computer… I love how she is laughing, how you can see the spray of the popped bubble all around her and how there is a bubble in the foreground – I just love everything about it! In fact, it is capturing moments like these that make me extra happy to get to do what I do – it’s real life, and I captured it

Thank you guys for being so awesome and trusting me and any idea’s I had… I had a blast!

First of all, I’d like to say a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Grandfather. I love you Poppa

And since I am feeling a little under-the-weather right now, I am going to share a few pictures with you and call it my Miscellaneous Monday post.

Bristol ‘reading’ her books:

And to those of you who want to know; yes, those cheeks are quite kissable!

Ohh, it’s a funny book!

I snapped this one right after they both got up one morning… I think the fact they both have fingers in their mouths is sort of cute

Happy Monday!

I started going through pictures from a shoot this morning – planning to get them on the blog today. But I got interrupted about 3,000 times in 15 minutes (okay, slight exaggeration there…but, I did hear “Momma, I want juice” ….. “Momma, I want beaps” – that means ‘grapes’ and many other wants and needs ) Anyway, that being said, I decided I’d be better off to finish this when my girls are sleeping.  But, I just have to post some of these first one’s I got through – before I decided to give it up. Dash is the baby of this family and is absolutely adorable!  A lot of these pictures are very much alike, but I was having a hard time deciding which ones not to post. So, I am going to post them all, and will get to the rest of this shoot…..soon!

He discovered this watering can, with water in it, and was so pleased!

See what I mean? How was I supposed to choose between those?!

And one last picture, this is of everyone, with Dash front and center (well, maybe not center)… He jumped off his sisters lap and ran off smiling and laughing at me. I must admit, I love this one!

Okay… that is all for now. I am off to get ‘beaps’, juice and I am sure quite a few other things!

As for this shoot, I will post the rest … can I just say ‘soon’ again?! Okay, soon, I promise!