Florida PART 3

Florida PART 2

We took a short trip to the zoo, and got to feed the giraffes! It was so neat. I would go back just for that!

Florida! PART 1

I am posting our trip in 3 parts....way too many to do at one time. These are not in order, but here is the first set "at the beach"

Here we are at Sanibel Island. BEAUTIFUL, Seashell capital of the world actually. Conan and Chris loved playing in the sand and as you can see from the first picture, I liked to watch basking in the sun! Kendie and Taylor spent hours floating in the water on boogie boards. Joseph hopped back and forth between all of us. (Secretly, I think my Mom likes the ocean more than any of us :) It was just what I needed. The sun was awesome the weather was great and the company just peachy. We had a blast and I am missing it as I post these pictures.

More to come later.

We're Live!!!

Website

I am happy to say that the site is just about complete. A big shout out to Jimbo for all the hard work...looks amazing! This has been a long time coming and still needs some tweaking so help me out in any way. I am open for thoughts, comments, praise, criticism.

I am putting myself out there and I am excited and at the same time very apprehensive. I love photography and I created this site with the hope that I will be able to share something I love very much with other people. I have a long way to go and I hope that I never stop learning and loving it!

Let me know what you think.

* My calendar is W I D E open! :)

Beach or Bust

We are off for a week at the beach. FINALLY!!! Conan is so excited that he is driving me crazy with the, "leave now?, Mama?" Hopefully we will return all rested and refreshed. Have a great week everyone.

We took CCC swimming for the first time this summer...and HE LOVED IT!!!

Mak's First Dance Recital...

...and we were invited!!

What a beautiful tiny dancer.

Happy Birthday Cassy!

My big sister is 29 today....man, I miss her.
All the best from Katies's Krew!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

So you got some good skills now!

Congrats Cole. All the best for you!

For My Sister on her Birthday...on the 30th

This is for my sister for her birthday. She lives in Kuwait with her baby girl. We miss them something fierce. I wish the best for both of them.
(The words are a verse from Martina McBride's In My Daughter's Eyes )

Cassy, this is coming in the mail.

Thanks TIK and LTIK

Took me about 30 min before I could take this picture due to the tears streaming down my face.
I opened the box and saw the plate and immediately started crying..no wait, sobbing.

I heart you both!

Random Update.

Mother's Day

What a great day! Here I am with my new super duper flash! I was very surprised to open this one. Conan met me at the door with flowers and a big "Happy Mother's Day, Mom" Taylor gave me a gift certificate to get our nails done and Chris and Conan got me the flash. I lost it when I opened Conan's card and it was signed ccc. Don't ask me why but that really tugged at my heart strings. Maybe because whenever I write something on my calendar that has to do with him I use ccc, or maybe because I call him "triple c" Man, I love being a mother!

IKEA finger puppets, who knew? The boy loves them....I hate them. You can only put 7 mini puppets on 7 mini fingers so many times in one day that you start to go batty.





While I was out of town Chris set the tent up in the backyard and let Conan play in it. (btw, he always has the batman mask on these days)





I think the scooter my Mom bought Conan for Christmas was the most used present he got!




My first Muffins with Mom! Angela and I had muffins with the kids at their school. Yeah it was great....NOT. Conan cried the whole time I was there. That really makes you feel nice and loved. Not sure what the dealio was but he was not a happy camper, however, when I picked him up for out Friday lunch date he was just peachy, go figure.