W&Y 09 Portraits

Every year I DREAD taking the boys in to get pictures done. It's always such an ordeal. I had a friend who wanted the practice so she offered to take them this year. She did a fabulous job and becoming quite the photographer. It was such a layed back and dare I say "fun" time. She was just wonderful with them. Thanks SB!!

It's been a long time....

Wow-- summer has come and gone and it's been so long since I have posted anything. I felt a little down this summer because we didn't see much family and we decided to stay close to home in hopes of buying a new house. Well it happened we found a new home and moved in the last week of summer. Then W started a new school the weekend after moving so things got super busy and I super emotional about him starting 1st grade. It has settled down a bit around here so I've had some time to catch up the blog. Here are some summer highlights, and more is to come...

Riding with Granddaddy

We went to visit Grandma and Grandaddy a couple of weeks ago. The boys were so excited to ride. W is really learning how to handle a horse on his own.

Y's Birthday Highlights....

YY is now 3. We call him our wild man, he is such a go getter. It's so fun to see his personality blossom. I thank God for him everyday. His birth 3 years ago was the scariest day of our lives but what a blessing it turned out to be. God amazingly brought him to us after a very difficult, discouraging and scary pregnancy. He was 6 weeks early and had some major health issues. But you would never know it now. It was a time of spiritual growth for me and daddy, and we wouldn't have traded it for anything but it's definitely not something we want to experience again. He is truly a miracle for what he over came. This year I decided to have a "buggy" bday party for him. Sad some friends couldn't make it but it was still a lot of fun.

Summer Kickoff...

A couple of weeks ago we went camping with some friends.  It was such a great time and what a fun way to kick off summer.  We lucked out and found an amazing spot with an incredible view.   The boys had all kinds of open space to run free.  There were 5 boys total and they all got crazy dirty.  It's taken some time but I'm really beginning to love camping, dirty boys and all....