Valentines Cuties

I can't believe that I got the boys to cooperate for this session. I'm sure the lollipops helped!



And the only picture I got of the two of them together. Back sides and out of focus!

Spring already?

The past couple of days have been unbelievably warm for winter! It has been so nice to play outside and not have to bundle up.

We mowed the lawn



Played on the swings



Jumped around like a maniac.



And just had a good ole time soaking in the sun.

Ryder's first haircut

Chris finally convinced me that Ryder needed a haircut. I have to admit his hair was getting a little out of control. I especially realized it after seeing this picture.



So he promised to only cut off an inch and I grabbed my camera. He cut off a lot more than I expected and Ryder looks like such a big boy now. I'm so sad.



Here are some iphone pictures of his new do and the before and after. sniff sniff.

Skyler gets Baptized

We went to our baby cousins Baptism last weekend. It was a great service and he was so good. Not even one tear! The boys managed OK being in church. When we walked in and saw a "no food or drink allowed" sign I cried a little. Food is usually how we make it through church. We also brought toys and I have to admit we did sneak a little food in. It was either that or there would have been some loud screams!

Congratulations Skyler!

winter wonderland

It hasn't snowed too much this winter but we finally got a little last week. The boys had so much fun sledding. We have a video I'll have to see if I can upload sometime.

orange | some OCF fun

Sorry grandma - next post will be of the boys :)

I got some OCF (off camera flash) equipment for Christmas and have been having fun playing with it and my macro lens. First up is an orange. Reminds me of summer.



Here's the pull back shot. The flash was camera left and I bounced it off of the white side of a snapple box. It's also the same pull back for the most part for the next OCF experiement.

I wanted to freeze motion. So using the same orange I dropped some slices into a glass of beer. It took a lot of trial and error as I was home by myself and was using the timer and hoping I got it right. There was a lot of going back and forth from the camera to my set up. I'm really happy with the way the first one came out. Next time I'll have to remember to not wear pink pajama pants!

Arts & Crafts Day

Our "day" consisted of a very quick 45 minutes but the boys had a lot of fun finger painting, coloring and playing with play dough. We went from one think right to the next. I'm hoping one day their attention span will be a little longer!