Reflections

We were outside playing with bubbles last night and as I was editing photos tonight I realized a couple of the photos had some fun reflections in the bubbles.  Needless to say, the boys had a great time and ran off a bunch of energy.  I just wish I had a wider angle lens to capture a bit more.  There wasn't a breeze so the boys were too close to me.  Besides it's hard to blow bubbles and take pictures at the same time.  

Here is a tight crop of one of the bubbles.  The full pictures is below.  Don't mind the motion blur.  Needed a higher shutter speed.    

I thought this was neat.  It had a reflection of Tyler on each side.  Sort of a ying-yang look to it.  The full picture is below.    

Here are a few fun ones of the night.  

Oh it popped!

Spring Photo Shoot

We did a little Spring photo shoot this morning.  I think I have 3 new pictures for my walls now.  I want to get a 20x20 Standout Mount of each of the boys and a 10x20 Standout Mount of the boys together.  Sometimes I wish I had more wall space, but that would compromise the wonderful yummy light that comes into my house so I can get pictures like these.  My house is filled with big awesome windows, but leaves little for wall space.  Now if it would just stop with the snow and cold so we could start heading outside for some fun shoots.  Here are my three faves.  I need to do a little more work on these to get the skin tones a bit more consistent before I print them, but was so happy with these that I just wanted to quick share some.  

Here are a few more.  Had to do some bribing with treats.  Actually Tyler gets into this funny face more for pictures, which I don't mind because I can catch a few great natural smiles in the in-between moments, but he was a little extreme this morning so I said no treats until he settles down a bit.  These were some cute bunny faces they made at daycare.  

  

The bribe for decent pictures.  I worked hard sorting and eating a few M&Ms.  

Let the sugar high begin.  This was around 9:30 am.  Nothing like starting the morning off right.  

I think Collin was stuffing some in his pockets.  

A Little Easter treat

I got this recipe for these cute little Easter Nests thanks to my friend Genal.  (Click on Easter Nests to link to the recipe.)  Her mom and daughter made them and they were so adorable I just had to make them with Tyler last night.  It was super easy.  Disregard the terrible colored pictures.  Florescent lighting just isn't flattering.

WEEK 15 | PROJECT 52

I love this time of year.  The boys have been loving it too.  We have been outside a lot riding bike, playing in the sandbox, playing t-ball and foot ball, and playing at the park.  The house is getting a little neglected since we are out a lot.  This is a picture of Collin now getting to ride the big bike this year.  

A Sign?

I hope this is a sign that spring is here?  My crocus are blooming.  I don't think I could handle any more snow.

Blazing our...

own trail.  My aunts came to visit this weekend and we thought we would that a little drive out to Kathio State Park to do some snowshoeing and sledding.  It was great no one had been down the sledding hill since the snow storm.  So we had nice soft, fluffy hill to sled down vs the usual slick, hard hill of death that it can sometimes be.  We did have to watch out for the water at the bottom 3/4 of the hill.   I am not sure who had more fun the adults or the kids. These pictures are taken by my aunt Rhonda who has a great passion for photography too. 

Here goes Collin on his first run down the hill by himself. 

Oh there goes Tyler...oh...ah...

and he biffed it...good thing for soft snow. 

Who said this was just for kids.

Their goes Tyler and Collin....looks like they are about to...

OH NO!  Poor Collin did a head plant right into the snow. 
Thats gonna leave a mark. 

Of course the big brother was laughing. 

Wait for it...wait for it....

There it comes....

Waaaaahhhhh.....

Poor guy...we laughed sooo hard tho.  Don't worry I was running down the hill (laughing my butt off) to rescue him, even tho his great auntie was 15-20 ft away capturing this.  The fun was over for him.  It was off to the Interpretive Center to warm up and play with the Aisan Beatles that had come to live already.  While they did that the girls did some snowshoeing.

Here is my aunt Shelly and I snowshoeing.  We didn't get too far.  Shelly didn't quiet see the fun in it.  My aunt Rhonda and I did make the small loop by the Interpretive Center. 

Shane and Tyler's great action shot. 

Tyler was behind her and we think got a head to his little nose, but it didn't bother him.  Note to self, little kids are always in front.  Tyler thought this picture was pretty funny.