2010 & away

Here's to a great year 2010...as busy, memory-filled, wonderful as it was.

Best wishes for 2011...for more time to spend with family & friends

tip-toe

first ballet & tap recital~ my sweet angel...

Coke is it

I have been wanting to take a picture with a Coke in front of this Pepsi vending machine for a while now....Bryce was all too eager to assist.

Is it really fall? Really? time is not flying, it is dive-bombing

photowalk

Denni & I went to Oakland cemetery for i heart faces Atlanta photowalk last week. It was fun to go with Denni and be with a group of photographers scouting out shots and having lunch. We will try to forget the part when Denni's van was broken into....luckily our purses with our important items were not taken.

it was cool and kinda creepy at the same time

summer leisure

so happy summertime has arrived..we have been counting down the days. It was a crazy.. great school year, but I am ready for a break. It has been so nice already this week not waking up to an alarm...moving at a slower pace

Bryce will be going into second grade! I am amazed at how far he has come this year. Avery will go to pre-k in the fall...so strange to close the chapter of our in-home childcare with Ajie. Avery has a lot to learn, but she seems ready for school.

She loves to color- but then moves on to some other activity.

i heart

smiles!

she is loving that slide....

Visit more smiley faces here ....or join their photowalk here- 20 cities on June 5th.

I can't wait to go with my friend Denni!

The Snowy day

oh the powder soft snow we had last month
fun to play...and then fun to melt away

.. it was nice, but I am ready for the spring

Please, please let the warm weather come soon! I am way tired of shivering and wearing jackets. Plus I would like to have a valid excuse to get a pedicure =)

ain't love grand

...that was on the invitation for my couples shower that my aunties threw for Paul & I way back when.

oh love....I heart Valentine's day. Love all the hearts, the pink & red and the lovey-dovey cutesy stuff this holiday brings. Love my huzbin & my two sweeties

I think I have a theme of coffee and Valentine's love goin on. See this post from last year

i had first engagment shoot last weekend. It was sooo fun...

Go and enter yourself here for a chance to win one of Amy's fab jewelry creations by Valentine's day. Love her necklaces! Maybe one day I'll get to own one. {too bad my huzbin does not read my blog}

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and we have SNoW!! Avery is so excited.

2010

really a new decade? Hard to top the last one that gave me my babes & when I married the love of my life! Many happy memories.

the first photo was supposed to be a 2, oh well.

.....what will the next 10 have in store?

Christmas come and gone..again

..Annalise & Austin looking for the elves


I am always sad to take down our tree. Our tree did fabulously this year not dropping needles and sparkling for weeks. This is still one of my favorite ornaments,,it came from my parents' tree way back in the 60's...

Bryce made this one last year..

Had a Wonderful Christmas...fun with friends, family and family to be...cannot believe it's 360 days until the next one. Need to reorganize to fit everything.
Many sweet babies were born this holiday season..little miracles

love this photo of my family & I for my mom's birthday...we set the timer.
My friends & I used to set the timer and our group would be waiting outside, then we all would run inside for the click! ...Not that we weren't bored or anything!

holidaze

almost here...
off work and looking forward to some rest where I forget about daily woes.... and time with family eating and laughing. Still have shopping left..but I love shopping. Just hope the perfect presents are still out there. ...no idea about what to get my huzbin though.

Merry Merry!

whistle while you work

I do not like not having extra free time to blog hop and search the web for Christmas ideas...but if good things {& some not so fun} are keeping me super busy that I guess that is fine with me. Spending time with the family on a drive to the North Georgia mountains counts too....

I have had the wonderful opportunity lately to take photographs and I have started a photography blog...with the hopes of one day having my own site. There are still things to learn, but that only comes with practice right, which I do each time I pick up my camera. I just read in an article yesterday~do what you love doing and would do for free and then get good at it so you could get paid for doing it. {something along those lines} I just totally enjoy shooting with my camera and editing photos...I aspire to get good at it.

....Thanksgiving this week?!?! Ready or not the holidays are here.

It's looking like Bryce won't need to ask for his two front teeth for Christmas. But he has plenty more ideas. ..oh I have been slacking on my holiday shopping.

Haven't been blogging much lately...busy with home/work/play. Looking forward to Halloween at my parents. It should always fall on the weekend I say!

fallin'

Ok not ready for this ....it's like in the 30's in the morning today. At least the rain has gone away. Winter is trying to push fall out of the way. I am hoping to keep my sandals out for a few more weeks!

We haven't picked our pumpkin from the farm yet, but we went to play at this patch the other weekend. Bryce & Avery were real sweet...here I have proof
poor Bryce needed a haircut badly, luckily after Friday he now does!

speaking of haircuts, Avie has never had one {aside from bang trims} I think she is due for a little cut..it's so long. I love it though. I can't wait til she lets me play with it and try more than ponytails.

Cannot wait until we go to North Georgia soon to visit the colorful leaves and get some yummy apples...prob after Halloween. Need to get some candy for our few trick-or-treaters.

augh! i have not felt "good" in over two weeks. Looking forward to this 4 day weekend to rest.

Here are some photos of Avery for her 3 year old shoot. She is such a big girl...

...glad pumpkin festivities abound- we need to go pumpkining soon & need to get on Halloween costumes too for the kids. I am looking forward to taking some fall photos for friends this month!

lost

you know when you forget how to get to a place that you want to find. You want to go back because there was something that sparked your interest & fancy...but now you cannot recall how to get there. What was the name? What lend you to it in the first place?

That happens to me often, well not often..but too many times more than I like. Often on the internet or at work.

this place is not one of those {because my huzbin knows where it is and eats there more than I get too}, but it's simple name makes me think it could get lost....Garden Produce & Country Store

yummy fried okra and mac & cheese...squash cassarole I've only heard about.
We sat on the porch area and enjoyed the milder summer weather. Before the massive rain deluge. We did not have any flooding by my home thank goodness, but we did have two days off of school. The power of water. Funny it's our science unit next week.

speaking of Lost I miss it...but loving the new fall season. Now if Thursday could share some of the wealth with the rest of the week.

butterflies & flowers

Still cannot comprehend my baby girl is now three!

Love when family & friends get together...it's just never enough. My Auntie & Uncle Bill from AZ came~ and my Uncle Jim & Aunt from MI surprised my mom with a visit!

We had a good time last month celebrating Avery with a butterfly flower garden-ish party.

{love you Duncan Hines!}

Gaddie and Tood made the fabulous personalized birthday tags and round flags...even a butterfly magic wand

The favors were candy flower pots {the boys received sizzler magnets..saved an extra for my class} and make your own goodie bag from the candy jars..

All the kiddos wanted to help unwrap~ it was a blur of princess dress-up gowns, clothing, and tissue paper...
The weather cooperated, unlike last year, so we were able to go outside and splash around. It was a little to hot, but I'll take it.

fun, fun day!