Happy 6th birthday to my sweet, amazing little boy. My little Kyle is growing up quickly. God has made him amazing in so many ways with a tender little heart and an ordered little mind. I am so grateful to be his mommy. He is a precious part of our family. Happy birthday my sweet boy.
I’ve been away from my blog because we’ve been camping and have been away from technology. We had some fabulous time together as a family camping in some cooler coastal weather. I love where we live but it sure gets hot during the summer so we need a little break to get cooled off now and then. :) Here are some pics of our sweet time together. My boys had a blast enjoying smores, playing, playing, and playing some more. Drew loved running in and out of the freezing cold ocean. Kyle preferred building sandcastles in the much warmer sand and eating snow cones. They both loved the big empty dunes to climb and slide on as well as the contrasting super busy dunes full of fireworks on the fourth.
My brother, Nathan, competes in Extreme Rock Crawling. He’s actually really quite awesome. I just got back from Donner Ski Ranch up in Northern California where I spent the weekend with my family watching my brother compete. Not only are he and his spotter, Tim, sponsored by Trail-Gear and ABC Cooling to compete in this sport, but they placed second place this weekend and have taken first place in the previous two W.E. Rock Competitions. These guys are awesome. It’s looking like they’ll probably win the whole W.E. Rock 2010 series in their class. My brother and his teammate and spotter, Tim, crawled huge rocks as they went through each of the courses over two days this weekend. He rolled completely twice, once landing back on all four tires and continuing the course. The other time was a horizontal double roll. Nice. If you haven’t heard much of this extreme sport you should check out W.E. Rock here or at Pirate 4×4 here. Below are some of the images I captured while observing this weekend.
My boys had so much fun playing on the mountain, climbing the rocks, and playing in the dirt and snow with their cousins (Yes…there was still snow at the end of June) while cheering on their Uncle Nathan.
My husband and I have been married for 12 years. 12 years!! Isn’t that awesome? And we haven’t just been putting up with each other either. It’s been great. Oh of course marriage has it’s ups and downs. But God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and our 12 years has been full of mostly “ups”. We went off to New York City, mid-town Manhattan to spend some time together. Oh and we left our little boys at home! :) It was time to spend a week, just the two of us. And it was fantastic…
I debated taking my fabulous big camera with me and decided to leave it at home. Many reasons…but most revolving around the fact that I wanted to focus on my man, not on getting the perfect shot. So here are some pics from my little point and shoot camera. Many of which were shot by other tourists that were kind enough to help out (so don’t judge if the fence is more in focus than our faces). Here’s a little New York City for you…
Happy 4th birthday my sweet boy. I love you and am blessed to have you in my life.
This week included a long holiday weekend…yay! Most recently I’ve been found trying to catch up on editing or whatever is most pressing with my photography business. But I spent this past long weekend catching up on family time. And it was fantastic…all the way around.
Some of my favorite pictures from this past week (during my family time):
This week I was fortunate to travel to the San Diego area to go to a personal workshop with Baby as Art, the best of the best in newborn photography. The Baby as Art team, Carrie Sandoval and Brittany Woodall spent one full day with just my friend Kelley and me. They showed us how they work their magic with their fresh little newborn babies. They are a talented duo and I was so blessed to be a part of this day.
I can’t wait to show you some of my images from this awesome day (they’ll be on the blog soon… maybe Friday). Here’s one for now… The credit for posing this baby belongs to the Baby as Art team, I merely photographed it. Watch out upcoming little newborns. My next sessions are going to be OFF THE HOOK!!!! Yes… I am a little excited. I photographed two new babies yesterday right after learning SO much at this workshop. It was so fun. Those pics will be on the blog soon. xo!
Yes, they are my most difficult photography subjects… my own little boys. :) Is it my own fault? Do I take too many pictures of them? Maybe. It’s possible. Who knows. Who cares. I happen to love pictures of people that I love. And so…here’s a little photo shoot of my two little men. At almost 4 and almost 6 (this summer) these are my little boys.
And how do I get them to go on a photo shoot with me? Well first of all, it’s not called a photo shoot. We go “exploring” and I take pictures while were there. This time we filled a suitcase with “treasures”. And we definitely finish it off with Yodiggity frozen yogurt. :)
I’m just enjoying the little things … like a beautiful afternoon at the park. :)
(my boys, their cousin, and of course their swords)
Mother’s Day. Around our house every day is Mother’s Day. You know…full of sleeping in, peace, pedicures, patience, big breakfasts, and lots of naps. Ok, well, I’m exaggerating….quite a bit. But I do love being a mom and I do love my life with my boys. But being a mother takes a lot of patience and much wisdom …that I often feel as though I am lacking. Fortunately, I can seek God for that wisdom and even though I’ve screwed up as a mom numerous times…..my boys are still amazing, my husband still loves me, my God is still faithful, and I still adore being a mama to my two little boys.
We had a great weekend together. They treated me especially well and yesterday we finished it off with some old school Playland time. Here are a few pics from our time together at Playland. If you haven’t been there in a while, you should check it out. It’s old school for sure. But it’s pretty awesome.
