Uncle Danny

Tomorrow is my baby brothers 25th birthday, so today we went over to Mom's for his birthday dinner! I can't believe you're 25, Danny!! Happy Birthday to YOU!! This is YOUR year!

'I wanna go to Friendly's'

Miss Olivia begged us tonight to bring her to Friendly's...so we obliged! Our table is always a little rowdy, full of laughter, and a bit of chaos, lol...

It is soooooooooooooo COLD outside!

My Lexi girl...all bundled up, ready to run down the road to her friends house...

Po' shrinking snowman

During our last snowstorm, the girls built a BIG snowman. During the week, we've been watching it slooooooooooowly melt away...and this is what is left standing in our yard. The girls are anxiously awaiting the next storm so we can rebuild him...

Booboo baby

Olivia's rugburn is healing....though its been tough trying to keep her from picking the scab off....

Piggy bank painting

Olivia got a special piggy bank that she painted by herself, for Christmas. Well, over the weekend, she dropped it and it shattered into a bajillion pieces (thankfully it was NOT Bella who dropped it), so off we went to the store to get a new one. This morning, she spent alot of time making sure she painted it 'just right'....

Rainy day at dance

Bella waits so patiently on Monday's, while Olivia and Lexi are in dance class.

Po' little fat lip

Po' Olivia was jumproping last night, and her legs somehow got tangled in the rope, causing her to fall flat on her face. Luckily, her lip took the brunt of it, thinking that if it were her nose, it would surely be broken. She's got a bit of a fat lip, and a bit of rugburn, but she's still smiling...po' baby!

Visiting with Pop

Every Saturday morning we go to visit my grandfather, Pop. We've been doing it since I was a baby, and its become a big part of my girls lives!

Cute Olivia

Olivia insisted upon wearing her flower headband today, and even asked me to take her picture before we ran off to playgroup!
I added a little texture, and played around making it a warm vintage...

Olivia and Lilly

Olivia's best friend, Lucy, has a pet chihuahua named Lilly. Olivia is head over heels in love with Miss Lilly, and carries her all around when we are over there!

Bella is 18 months old!

We attempted some more 18 month shots today, but Bella really doesn't love my camera, lol, and doesn't tolerate it for very long!

When I tell her to smile, this is what I get, lol...

Peekaboo!

Bella boo!

Bella will be 18 months old tomorrow, so we attempted to do pictures today! With Lexi being home (and crazy, lol), there were waaaaaaaaaaay too many distractions going on to get anything good!

I **LOVE** her little rolls in this one, lol...

Of course I used the same overalls that I did Olivia's 18 month pictures in!

We will try again...Lexi goes back to school on Wednesday, so we will probably stay home, and maybe have a photoshoot!

Healthy girls=a trip to the movies

Everyone seems to be feeling better now, so Olivia, Lexi and I went to the movies!

The girls thought the movie was fabulous!

My Lexi girl

My poor Lexi girl, the last to come down with the stomach bug...being comforted by her Lucy...

Lexi's experiment day

Lexi decided to use mint mentos for her experiment, since it caused a MUCH higher 'eruption'. This is the collage she passed in with her lab report.

Sooo...I was sick as a dog today, with the stomach virus (thank you Bella and Olivia), but knew I had to be there for Lexi's experiment. She was so excited about it, and looked so cute in her little labcoat....and since it took place outside, I didn't feel like I was exposing the other kids.

The kids all LOVED it, and I'm sure they ran home and asked to try it!

Being sick

Being sick is no fun....the stomach virus hit our house last night, and po' Olivia was hit hard. I'm hoping she's on the mend now...just left with a fever, and zero energy...po' kid.

Poor Bella is still going strong with the bug...here she is out cold on the chair...

Bored kids=tortured puppy

Poor Lucy....lured into a laundry basket by a cozy blanket, forced to pose with multiple dog stuffed animals...she does not look amused!

Mentos and Diet Coke

Lexi is 'scientist of the week' this week in her 4th grade class. On Friday, with her lab coat and goggles, she has to demonstrate an experiment in front of the class. She wanted to find something both fun, and cool....soooo we decided on the 'mentos and diet coke' experiment! We practiced OUTSIDE today!

Just because...

A little bit of sledding!

We went sledding today with the girls, and had a ton of fun! It was super cold out, so I didn't have my camera out for long (and the girls MUCH preferred going down with me, since I scream along with them and daddy doesn't, lol)!

Sweet Angelo

I took pictures today of sweet Angelo being baptized. He is such a sweet and handsome little guy!

some self portrait fun

A self portrait challenge on a photography forum that I am part of...not really an easy task when you don't like pictures of yourself!


And 2 with Olivia and Bella, a they wanted their picture taken, too!

Thursday morning gymnastics

My girl in all her glory. Olivia started gymnastics last september, and loooooves it! I don't bring my camera often, as I have Bella on my hip wrestling with me to get down and join Olivia, but I brought it this morning to capture Olivia doing what she loves!

A little Valentine fun

Mmmm....strawberry marshmallow lollipops! No bribery needed for my 3 year old to sit for pictures today, lol!

A little outtake...Bella had her pop unravelled before I even grabbed my camera, and of course was reaching for Olivia's right away...

New brown backdrop

I got this new backdrop a while ago, and realized today that I've never used it! I got my favorite spunky little 3 year old to model for me!

A little vintage...

Snow fun!