Soldier

We went to the Army surplus store and My Boy insisted that we buy him a pair of ACUs just like his Papa. My Hubster was more than delighted to buy his mini-me a pair, and I was elated because that meant I could take his picture in them.

 My Boy played around in the backyard, ever so proudly, telling his Papa that he was going to work. He even marched in place and saluted my Hubster LOL.

I still can't help but grin at the fact of how much my son is a carbon copy of my husband. They look so much alike.

Just Us, a Blanket, and Our Imagination

This afternoon was a great afternoon. It was just us, a blanket, and our imagination. We spent the afternoon playing outside in the backyard, enjoying the beautiful weather. My Hubster and I enjoyed the giggles and laughs from our son, and the cooing and babbling from our daughter.

My Hubster tossed our children up in the air, and flew them up like superman... and superwoman.

We watched all the different birds fly by. My Boy of course, naming each one..."a robin, a bluejay, a crow..." We also looked at the clouds and imagined that they were different things. My Boy somehow saw an elephant drinking water.

All in all, we had a wonderful afternoon. No television, no video games, no money spent. Just us, a blanket, and our imagination.

A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words

I love my dear husband. I also love photographing him. I know I may be a little bias, but I think he is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. In another lifetime, if he were a few inches taller, I think he could be a model :).I love his cute protruding ears, his bushy eyebrows, the cute indent on his chin, his long eyelashes, his beautiful hazel brown eyes, his sweet slender lips, his round bald head, and I could go on forever in a day. We are high school sweethearts and ten years later I still feel like that 17 year old teenager anxiously waiting to see my boyfriend during passing period.

However, my Hubster dislikes hates taking pictures. It either has to be a special occasion, anniversary, birthday, pictures with the kids, or I have to bribe him. Most of the time, I just take my camera and click away, hoping that I'll get a few solo shots of him.

This past weekend, I struck gold.

Posing for me on this park bench? No, watching his son run around.



Giving me a model pose? No, he just turned around when I called, "Papa!"

 

Thank goodness for my telephoto lens. I was about 25 feet away.



We were just sitting on a blanket watching our son feed the ducks while our girl was napping.
Camera is always ready, and captured between our conversation.



It is always a challenge taking pictures of my kids and my husband, but a challenge I love. I always tell my Hubster that he's going to thank me one day for taking the many pictures I take when we are old and gray and look back on our life because we will have the memories saved in our pictures.

Ribbons, Flowers, Bows, Pigtails, Oh My!

I love ribbons, hairbows, tutus, braids, headbands, hats, flowers, and everything girly... especially pigtails. As My Girl's hair gets thicker and longer, I get excited to try and see if her pigtails will stay in. We have now upgraded to alligator clips from velcro bows! However, my daughter's hair is still too short and thin, sigh.

So for now, our flower headbands will still do the trick.

Raising a Teenager

My Hubster was loading up the dishwasher and our son wanted to help him. I was in the living room nursing our daughter. My Hubster had the water on hot and our son had pulled up his stool to the sink wanting to help.

Hubster: No son! It's hot!
My Boy: I help you Papa.
Hubster: No, the water is hot. Do you want an owie? You're going to get burned.
My Boy: No!
Hubster: Go play. I'm almost done.
My Boy: It's not fair! It's not fair! It's not fair Papa!

I quickly jumped up from the couch with My Girl and couldn't help but laugh and asked him what he had said. Clear as day, he repeated, "It's not fair!" Wow, I didn't know we had a teenager already!

5 Beautiful Kiddos

I met up with an Army wife friend of mine who wanted pictures of her beautiful kids. Just seven months earlier, we were both pregnant with our baby girls and I took her maternity pictures at Central Texas College. This time around for this photo shoot, we kept the same location, but I would be photographing her five rambunctious, full of energy, giggly kiddos.

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon and for the first time my Hubster and kids joined me for the shoot. As you already know, My Boy absolutely loves animals so they were occupied by feeding the ducks, scouting out for turtles and cat fish at the man-made miniature lake.

Words of Wisdom for the Day

Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. - Anonymous