Sneak Peek for Hilarie

My friend Hilarie came over today with her three beautiful girls. The littlest loves her mommy very much, and me not so much. That was until after I put my camera away and then she was more than happy to play with me- figures. First up is Miss M, she and Jessica are in the same Brownie Troop and Dance class. She is a wonderful subject, happy to pose and to help get her sisters to smile. I have to say I am embracing the non-smiley pics lately, blame it on my online mentor.

Miss O was a bit harder to get to cooperate but once she did her smile shined through, don't you think?

Little Miss S- so cute, love that face.

So we moved inside because it was getting a little cold. Aren't they beautiful?

I have to admit that as they drove out I thought I didn't have one good one of the three of them together. Imagine my excitement to see this picture.....

Ah the sweet smell of a newborn

So I have been really wanting to get my hands on a little newborn- photographically speaking of course. Just my luck that a classmate/ soccer teammate of Jessica had a mom who was expecting her fourth bundle of joy. She was very willing to let me come over and take some pics of their newest addition. Unfortunately little Miss N has her own ideas. I was there for 2 hours and she REFUSED to sleep- I am just too exciting I guess. On the positive side she also didn't cry, just pleasantly looked around. Well let us start with Jessica's friend, Miss G.


Here is the only boy, Mr. R, I think he and Justin will be fast friends soon too. They already enjoyed sneaking off during the soccer games to get up to who knows what mischief. This pose is a total future G.Q. cover, I think.

and little Miss M, more than happy to have her picture taken, but not so interested in looking at the camera or sitting still.

All four actually looking at the camera (or in that general direction).

Here she is, baby N, in all her awake glory.




So sweet. Almost makes me want another.... almost but not quite.

One More Sneak Peek

These two beautiful girls came to my house today for pictures. Since it isn't too cold yet and since they have fun fall coats we decided to try some outside pictures. I think I have found my new exercise routine- chasing children around various backyards to get their pictures. First Miss O, she is five and has perfected her CHEESE smile, so we had a little work to do.




Here is her beautiful little sister, Miss M. Oh my she was a mover. But just the most beautiful brown eyes, can't you tell?



For their mom....

My work is cut out for me the next few day proofing through these sessions. Guess the housework will have to wait, shocking!

Sneak Peek of Mr. T

Ok, so first of all, how fun is it to say Mr.T? So here he is. The first picture is how our time began, uh oh. He was not sure what to make of my appearance.

Well, he was completely distracted soon after. In fact it soon became a challenge for him to even acknowledge me at all.

And then he began to run... phew, I would run across the lawn and quickly turn and around and try to get my camera set up before he reached me to see the picture on the LCD screen.

One last shot before I left...
Thanks Mr.T and mommy it was fun, and I was ready for a nap after our adventure. I still have many more images to proof, so this will have to tide you over for a few days.

Halloween Costumes

I made this witch costume for Jessica 3 years ago. Because I made it I didn't have the heart to get rid of it and I have been keeping it in the Halloween box. Well Jessica grabbed it and asked if she could try it on. I scoffed and told her she could try, but I doubted it would fit. Well here are the pictures of her in October 2004 (taken by my Aunt Marcia because we were in Thailand).


And here she is today at her school costume parade. Isn't she adorable?? So that was Jessica's costume this year.

So what was Justin you ask? A Red Power Ranger- with muscles and a mask, that's how he describes his costume. Of course he will only wear the mask for a minute.

We went out around 6pm tonight. Stopped at a couple of neighbors houses first and then picked up Jessica's friend/ classmate and his parents. We went two streets down and picked up Sara and her sister. We had a great time. The weather was beautiful, the kids didn't even wear coats, of course they were running non-stop. Justin pooped out a little early- he was thirsty. Jessica and I returned home at 8pm. There is way too much candy in my house right now- ugh.

Pumpkin Carving

Since my birthday is 2 days before Halloween it has been our tradition that we carve our pumpkins on my birthday. Dee comes over and she, Marc and I go all out carve at least one pumpkin each. I did two this year. The other part of this tradition is that I scoop out ALL the pumpkins, not sure how this came to pass but I know this is Marc and Dee's favorite part of this tradition. So when Jessica got off the bus I was out on the driveway, scooping away. The kids had no interest in cleaning out the pumpkins, Jessica gave it a good effort for about a minute. But they were very interested in the carving. They carved 3 little ones. Justin was all about the power tools. His pumpkin is unique to say the least. I had to take the pumpkins away or else there wasn't going to be much left by the time they were finished.



Here are the pumpkins that Dee, Marc and I carved. Can you guess who did which one? Remember I did two. The one on the left was on the cover of the Extreme Pumpkins book that Andrew gave Marc for his birthday and the kids insisted someone do that one.

Well it is Halloween and there will be plenty of pictures tonight I am sure. Happy Haunting!

My Homemade Birthday

My birthday was on Monday. I got two presents both homemade. Dee made me a very yummy batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies- no pictures, sorry they are almost gone. Kathy made me a hangable (sp?) scrapbook page. Isn't it beautiful? I love it, she did a great job. On the petals are all the things that we both love. We are always pointing out our differences that it is nice to remember there are things we both love. I did not downsize this picture before uploading it, so if you click on it you should be able to see it fairly well. [There is no black border on the page that was just what I propped it up against in order to take the picture].


Now don't feel too sorry for me that my loving husband gave me nothing. We don't really exchange presents unless we are inspired. Plus we will be upgrading my camera, soon I hope. And let's face it that will be my birthday and christmas present all wrapped up in one.