Pretty as a Picture

Happy New Year!

Back in November, we had some family pictures taken by a real photographer.  It had been almost two years, so it was time.  And, as always, Joyelle impressed!!

I love all of these!

I have to include this one…..

It was freezing… literally.  I think it was 30 degrees.  I really thought that it was going to be a horrible session, but obviously, (and, thankfully) I was wrong!  We kept taking our coats on and off in between pictures. The kids handled it really well and I'm so happy to have such great family pictures!

Spring Pictures

Sometimes things get by me.... time goes by and I realize I didn't post something!  Yes, we had some professional pictures done back in April.... here they are!

Sibling Love

Have I ever mentioned how PRECIOUS it is for my two babes to love each other?

This bit of hugging happened yesterday... with absolutely no pushing of Mommy or Daddy.

Everly was walking by and Walker stopped her and hugged her!  I've never seen anything so adorable.

These two have a ball together.  She's usually chasing him, but he loves it.  Their two laughs together is the greatest noise on earth.

I'm not sure if he pushed her out of his lap, or if she was trying to move and he didn't want her to... either way, it created some great laughs!!!

As you can see, my photography skills haven't gotten much better... boo.  The camera was in auto, but the afternoon sun created quite the brightness on these photos.  Thank goodness the subjects make the pictures perfect!!

To Auto or Not to Auto?

So, I don't have a fabulous "topic" tonight.  I just thought it was time for a new blog.

Here's what's going on with us.... we got sick... AGAIN.  It started with me.  How weird is that?  I was sick on Saturday night.  I really thought it was food poisoning.  It wasn't.  I took the kids to school yesterday and ended up getting the dreaded call.... Walker is throwing up.  Ugh.  Thankfully, he only threw up the one time and acted totally fine the rest of the day.  Clark and Everly have stayed healthy.... so far.

Other than that.... we're boring.

I think I mentioned months ago that I wanted to be a better photographer.  Today I took the first step. I spent some time with the gal that takes awesome photos of our family.  Tonight I started to practice.  The kids are amazing subjects.... the mama.... not so amazing:

I would call this a pretty terrible first attempt.  I really thought they would be better!

Here's the kicker about all this.... if the camera had been in auto, a few of these pictures would be FRAMERS!  Sooooo, it's going to be difficult to continue to put it on manual since I know I'm terrible right now.  I don't want to miss something precious!  But, I'll do it.  It something I want to get better at and auto isn't gonna make me better!

Okay, and here are two more pictures (back when the camera was in auto)... just because they are funny!

They look like they are ready for a roller coaster!