Lyndon’s FIVE

Well, he’s been five since December but we really feel like braving the snow for pics (although I am sure there are lots of fun shots you can do, it hasn’t seemed worth freezing my fingers off for!) And then I couldn’t remember my sign-in info for the blog... thanks to fb that is how neglected my blog has become. So, my apologies for the delay.

We had a lot of fun shooting these. Someday I hope he gives me a real smile, not this goofy grin, but that’s just who he is!

I am so sad my focus was off in these two (I need a new lens) but it still captures ‘him.’

He kind of cracks me up!

I think he cracks himself up too.

Love the little lip bite, and of course always looking somewhere else. There was no one else or anything else around, this kid just can’t seem to focus. But he is full of energy and very creative and I love it!

Well lookie here, almost a real smile, ahh.

The balloons were super fun.

That’s one giant mailbox.

And that concludes this session. I am thinking I need to get back into photography more... we’ll see!

Payson Canyon in the Fall

Such a cute fun couple. Thanks for letting me do y'alls pics! It was a blast!!!

Sweet Baby

I got to take a few pics of my new nephew.... I am so lucky to live so close to at least one of my sisters.

Christine's Shower

So, I figure I should get the shower pics up before I post the newborn pics! I am so glad we were able to throw Christine and Sean a party to celebrate their having a baby. And how fun that their guy friends came too... they probably didn't really want me taking pictures of them decorating onesies, but they actually made some of the cutest ones!

I really didn't get very many good pics... I guess I was too busy. It's a bummer I didn't take each person's pic with their creation. Hopefully Christine will get some of Brody wearing them!

And I am really sad we didn't get pics of Sean's Trivia game. We asked him new Dad and birthing partner questions and he nailed them! I made him a "smarty candy necklace" for being such a smarty!

Next we played the Sweet Mess game... that's where you melt a candy bar in a diaper and try and they try and guess which one it is.

Like I said, not a lot of pics but it was a lot of fun I think! Thanks everyone that came!!!

M's Birthday Session

There are like 100 (so I apologize, but this is as much as I could narrow down!) of these beautiful pics of our precious Madelyn in this tutu dress I made for her birthday. It was so much fun to go out just the two of us for this shoot.

I assumed once the dress came off that meant the shoot was over, but I just kept on shooting. I couldn't resist!

And for you Grammies (she has 6 including the greats) who still want more, you can see them ALL here (there are 3 pages.)

Madelyn's Family Birthday Dinner

(Video of Maddie on the saddle at Texas Roadhouse,

our favorite place for obvious reasons.

It is appropriate, she is a Texan after all!)

That's right, we have a 2 year old in the house again!

I can't believe how much she has changed. What a joy she is to all of us.

We ALL SCREAM... for ICE CREAM!!!

The bottle Madelyn is holding is for the baby she got...

Maddie's teething (isn't she suppose to have all her teeth by now?)

so she's chewing on stuff a lot.

Oh, and her hair kind of looks cut, but it's not. It's just in a ponytail... looks kind of cute short. Don't tell Gordon I may be getting an idea (:

Glowing Cont.

Could she BE any more beautiful...

I should also add that she deserves a prize for her strength and selflessness. She has hypermesis (sp?) and has only been to the hospital once (for fluid, due to a bug) because of her determination to take care of her little unborn bundle of joy (I'm not sure she would call it joy yet, but it will be!) I wish you could see in these pics how proud her husband, Sean, is of her for all she has been through and for her decision to deliver naturally with a midwife. Myself I think it is sad that we, women wanting to birth naturally, meet so much opposition. But it's the best decision I ever made as a woman for me and my baby and all I can say is, "You go girl!"