Surprise!

My mom threw a surprise party for my sister Margie's 50th birthday.  We traveled to Jax to be there and we successfully pulled off the surprise.

My mom with her 3 girls and 1 of 2 granddaughters.

Margie with her 2 closest friends.

Happy Father's Day!

The day is not over yet!

Happy Father's Day to the best dad to my kids.

We love you so very much!

I'm sorry today wasn't a normal Father's Day.

You got the day off, but not in a good way.

Extended recovery from surgery kinda squashed the fun.

We'll make up for it another time.

We have a whole summer of fun ahead!

Here's what I made.  It's a 10x10 shadow box for his desk at work.

The picture is super old, but I'll replace it with a new one when I get a new pic of them.

And Happy Father's Day to my Dad, too!

...hello...

Sorry for the lack of blogging this week.  The beginning of the week was filled with photo shoots and then end of the week has been filled with playing nurse to a husband recovery from surgery.

I set up one of my new backdrops.  My amazing friend Kim painted this for me.  I just love it!

Here are the subject of one of my photo shoots this week.  It was HOT out, but they were troopers...jeans and all!

And sweet Iris is 6 months!  She showed off her sitting up skills.  More pictures on Facebook if you're a fan of my page!  Click here to fan my page.  I've really got to get a photography blog going!

Hopefully there will be more blogging next week!

another soccer season complete

Hunter is finished with his third soccer season.  This season he dominated as one of the oldest on the field plus he had two seasons of experience under his belt.  If he plays next season he'll move up to the 5/6 age group.

These pictures are from the last game.  Every morning before a game we would ask Hunter how many goals he wanted to score that day.  He always picked a reachable number between 3 and 8 usually.  Most games he hit the number or got really close.

This series of pictures was a break away goal that he took down the field.

With his buddy, Leo getting their end of season trophies.

Here's one of many videos.  This one documents back to back goals :)

Friends Forever

We've been friends with two couples since we first met in marriage counseling class just a few months before we all married.  By the end of class we all went out for dinner together and in the coming months attended each other's weddings.  That was the beginning of a now 8 year friendship.  We all started having kids about the same time and were all 3 fortunate to be able to stay home.  We had frequent play dates and the kids were able to get to know each other well.  It helps that the adults love to be around each other, but these kids love each other even more.  In the last couple of years as some have gone back to work and kids have started preschool we don't see each other as much, but these kids don't skip a beat.  They have so much fun each time they see each other.  I know they'll be friends forever as will their parents.

R Family, we will miss you living so close.

These other four kids will miss their buddy, Zach.

I know we'll see you again soon.

Good luck.  We love you!

another school year is complete

It's officially summer vacation!

Hunter finished his last week of school.

Here's a first day vs. last day comparison.

How does this kid manage to get cuter and cuter?

Peyton will not be left out :)

This is our little friend that we take to school most mornings.  

If you read The Anderson Crew then she's a familiar face.

Peyton is in love with her <3

Hunter's been blessed with wonderful teachers during these first two years of school.
We're so thankful for women who love these little ones.

Up next, VPK!  One more year until Kindergarten.  Him being the oldest in class affords me one extra year before he goes off to the 'big school'.

Peyton

A friend and I went out to a park the other morning to try to get some pictures of her twins.  Peyton was tagging along so naturally I had to snap a few of her, too.  

They're all 21 months.  Just 4 days apart.  

Getting them to sit still for more than 3 seconds is next to impossible!
I got this trunk at a garage sale for $4!  First time I've used it.

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torture lessons are over

It's been a long 6 weeks of lessons everyday, but it's all done and it was all worth it - every penny and every tear.

To graduate from Safe Start you have to swim in winter clothes.  These are survival lessons after all.  If she were to fall in during the winter fully clothed we know she'd still be able to save herself.

She did great!

And yeah, she still cries at lessons.  So turn your sound off if you don't want to hear the poor crying baby.  She likes swimming when it's not lesson time so that's a relief!