wk 11/52

I wanted to take my photo with Zach this week. He's crossed two major milestones in the past couple days and I could not be prouder of him. They both have to do with potty training and I am *thisclose* to only having one in diapers! Yay!! All the statistics are true, boys talk later, potty train later, love to jump and punch and can make anything into a gun (right now its his play hockey stick!) He got a cape for his birthday and calls himself "Super Zach". So this photo is silly and totally not my usual style, but its FUN also fits what is going on this week in my busy life and I thought it went along with pic #10 pretty well!! I'm definitely going to attempt this again in a few weeks, maybe I can get both the older kids in on the action. My goodness Zach and I were sweating and needing water big time after this shot. That's another reason why I love taking these photos...Memories :)

(...and yes...my feet are only a size 7 1/2, although by that photo you wouldn't think so!!)

wk 10/52

Yes! I did it! I've got my picture in before week 11 is due! Now I need to figure out what to take for week 11!!! I totally love doing this, such a challenge :) Life is super super crazy busy right now, I have no clue how I'm going to keep up...but I will!!!

Thanks to my lovely husband who took the shot. He's the man :)

Email issues....

I just wanted to say that I'm having email issues! I've realized over the past 3 days that all emails sent to me straight from my website have been going into my spam. How lovely! I have no clue how long this has been going on. I never check my spam, don't really want to read the nasty stuff that goes in there! But I'll be checking it more often now! Hopefully I can get that taken care of. But if you have emailed me from the "Contact" page on my website, and I have not gotten back to you within 24 hours, I apologize! I'm not ignoring you...just email me again please! You can always reach me to inquire about sessions or ordering at 916.420.8889.

And yep, this is the first time in 10 weeks that I have missed my Friday deadline for my self portrait with my kiddos. Honestly, I didn't even THINK about it this week/today! Its been a crazy week! So thank you to everyone who keeps up with me, I'll post one soon. Hopefully today or tomorrow. I need some creative juices to flow!

But because no post is complete without a picture (to me at least! what's the point in blogging without one!?)

Officially 6 months old...

What a difference a year makes...

check out this post (click)....

and just one quick year later...

wk 9/52 and a birthday!

She turns 5 today :)

My men...

...love love love them both so much...

wk 8/52

I admit, I love my van (yeah, nice way to start out this post right?!) God supernaturally provided exactly what we needed after Lily was born. We loved our previous car, but driving with small children and no a/c in California summers...it was a bit excruciating! When I was younger, I vowed I would never be a mini-van mom...but I am now, and I love it!! So now its a blast driving around running errands, going here & there, just being a family on the move. I'm sure my van will show up in more self photos in the future (since I've got 44 weeks left!)

You know what I love most about it? When I open the side door...and I see three little empty car seats, (two pink and one black!) and one by one those little seats are filled with tiny bodies. We jam out to The Backyardigans or Agapeland (or Hillsong if Mommy gets her way.)
Wow, my life is so full.

So here's my crew, back from mommies group, the two little girls out of their seats and pulled into the back with brother and monkey arms with the camera. I know Abby's a bit fuzzy, but hey, after a long morning out...this pic is close to perfect!! :) :)




ps. Thank you to everyone who wished us a happy anniversary!

A special day....

We love each other more today than yesterday, we'll love each other more tomorrow than today. The past 8 years have been a blast and I wouldn't change a thing. My husband is seriously the coolest :)



(We had a little anniversary photo session today, how fun it will be to look back 50 years from now and see what we looked like!!)

wk 7/52

Lily's face totally says..."what kind of family have I gotten myself into???" :) :)



We may be dorky...but we love each other a lot :)