an evening at the park

My girlies were all wound up on Saturday evening so I decided to take them to the park to run around for a bit.  The one catch was that they had to let me take a few photos.  Sneaky, right?  Well, it worked and I got them all worn out for bed.  I honestly believe that was the fastest they have ever gone to sleep on a Saturday night.  Yah me!!









I love this one in Black and White and Color so I just had to share both.






edited with My Four Hens "Happy Helpers" action set

her new bed

Yup, my little stinker is growing up.  She just moved from her crib to a big girl bed.  I am so glad  I decided to take a photo of her in her crib since that same day the crib was gone.  It shocked me a little at the sudden change from my little baby to a big girl.

This is the last photo I took of my baby in her crib.  She is such a goof.



Now, here she is, looking all grown up.  She loves her bed and spent most of today on it.  Reading books, playing with her dolls.  Singing.  I think I might actually like this new big girl stuff.

maybe...














Of course she had to test out sisters bed to see if it was indeed the same as hers.  She said, "mommy look, I'm sleeping in sister's bed.  Take a picture."  I obliged of course.  What a doll.

3rd Grade

I cannot believe I have a 3rd grader.  It's a little frightening to think of how fast time has gone.  Isn't he handsome though?

Chalk Play

summer series | Arizona Visit

This summer has been super busy for us.  We have travelled much more than usual as well as just enjoying family time.  It has been nice even though it left me too tired or lacking the time to blog or sometimes even just take photos.  I have been using my phone for capturing memories a lot more, too.  Although they are not the best photos, my memories are at least recorded for the future.  I thought I would come by here today and just share a few favorite photos from the first trip this summer. Hopefully I will get these listed in order. (I realized as I was putting together photos for this that I really don't have a lot of photos of my other two. They just run away when the camera comes out. :( How frustrating. lol)


Our trip to AZ and camping with Grandpa and Grandma









































*This post is a mix of phone and DSLR photos but all were edited in photoshop with actions by My Four Hens Photography and Bellevue Avenue.