What a baby!!

Well--he finally made it to the magic number three. What a fun sweet baby that can drive me crazy. We had a little birthday party for him and he seemed to really soak it all up. He of course loves the attention and had to blow out the candles 13 times and we had to sing to him each and every one. Hard to get his picture most of the time, even harder to get him to wear his crown. Can't believe he starts preschool this year and I will actually have 5 hours a week all to myself. That hasn't happened in going on 11 years. Every child has been a big learning experience, but also so much joy. Wouldn't trade it of course.

Too much fun.

So now that it is getting warmer, I forgot about my other drama. I have to be outside with Jaden because we do not have a fence. So I just kind of wander around after him for hours. So today I decided to have some fun and take pictures on the trampoline. I must of taken over 100 pictures of the kids and they wanted to see them after each one. I am working on actions in photoshop so I added that to them and I think they turned out fun. Carson kept saying "watch my moves." The kids had lots of fun doing them. We ended up with neighbor kids wanting to do it too.

My great friend Kim made me this beautiful header something it would have taken me hours to do. So thank you tons.

Sometimes I really love this man.

I don't talk about Daniel much but I just really want to say that he really is my biggest fan. Everything I do he thinks is just amazing. What more could a woman want. When we aren't talking about money or his ego we have the most fun together. I can honestly say that sometimes even after 12 years he can walk into a room and I still get butterflies. Usually he has his pilot uniform on, but that is besides the point. I love him the most when I catch him looking at his McDreamy hair.

Just spent spring break down at my parents house and we just had a wonderful relaxing time. The kids were able to get outside and not have their brains turned to mush from video games. Of course I tried to get out and take some pictures, but sadly I was not feeling that creative so here are just a couple of the week.

This last one is for my friend Shelley who loves a good chocolate. I am in quite the mood so I am going to do a little redecorating. I am going to add some color to the house and redo the boys room. I am not going to be so afraid. So I will upload pictures of the living room and the boys room when I am done. I will try to remember to take before and after shots. These two pictures are my mom and I making pillows out of napkins from Pier One for two dollars and my mantle. It needs some color so any suggestions would be nice.

Not so much fun!!

I am not so much fun today. I feel like I let the kids down to day. Bought Easter treats for Carson's class, drove to school, ordered some vinyl, jumped on the trampoline, pushed on the swing, did some Easter Egg dying, gave a Easter lesson, drove to drama, gave baths and worked on some pictures. But some days it feels like it is never enough. Ate too many chocolate covered raisins, drank too much diet coke, even had a doughnut. Nothing makes you feel better about yourself than over eating.

I did have some fun yesterday when I was babysitting and I decided to take some pictures of Jaden's friend Gracie. Had to feed her jelly beans for every picture and by the end she kept telling me it was not her birthday. (Her mother explained that comment later) But I thought they turned out nice and it is always fun to see what you can create with your camera, a cute child and photoshop.

I also bought some presets off the internet today and thought I could figure out how to use them and an hour and a half later realized that I did not know how to use them. I am very glad that I am taking a photo shop class in April. Also found a new site that I love because they really combine all the elements of photography that I love and the people there love to share their photos. http://pinkinkstudios.com/blog/

Faking spring!!

Well it is the gloomiest day ever here in Indiana so I decided to take a picture of my centerpiece for my kitchen table and pretend it was spring.

I really do not know how much more of this I can take. If the sun came out I know I would be thinner. We had 11 minutes total of sunshine in January. How can you sustain life that way? I have tried to stay busy but I can tell the kids even feel it. I have never let them play video games so much in their lives. There is only so much inside play I can think of. Any suggestions just in case there is no end in sight?