Isms

C: "Minnie Mouse had a mood bow"

E: "My bow?"

C: " No Daisy Duck's bow."

E: "No, it's my bow."

C: "No it's on the Minnie Mouse movie. Mom, I wanna buy a mood bow for Ellie."

"My face is all cleaned up. By my tongue. That's the best way"

When I ask Clavy if he'll do something for me he says, "Right on it." and gives me a thumbs up.

"I just poked a hole in a pretend bad guy. Is this how you slice them in half?"

"We should give that tree to old people."

"I really want some bubble gum so I can blow a bubble and you can pop it right on my face."

"Are dose yo boobies in yo sirt? Did you get new ones?"

"Some people eat our snotty nose. Some people just lipe(wipe) it. We are not allowed to. No, no."

I LOVE being a mother.

-Keara

Caleb Cutie

We played outside yesterday and enjoyed some much needed cool weather and most excellent sunshine. I told the children that if they cleaned up the playroom we could go out and play. They cleaned up in record time. Caleb swung, Ellie peed, Im mean played ;0) in the treehouse and Calvy my sweet boy showed me how silly and fast he could run.

I can't believe how big he is getting.

Calvy loves being a big brother, and Caleb LOVES his big brother.

"Ooh."

-Keara

Flying home

We played at the airport before we boarded our plane. It was nice to have some nice weather and green grass, which is a bit of a luxury in AZ.

Ellie was a Lion for a moment.

Caleb.

Rock eater.

Big boy.

Sillies

Ellie was out right away...blessing.

We flew through clouds almost the whole time, I'm not going to tell you that I was worried as to how the pilot was able to fly whiteout being able to see....but I was.

Mountains, we miss you.

Warning: Images of Poo.

We went swimming later-on that day after the photo-shoot....

Peighty-Poo pooed

Oh yah, bringing out the hose.

I think it may have been cold.

Look at her run from it!

Clean.

Return Customers

...okay, it's Alan's bro's fam, but still, a customer is a customer. ;0)

Yet another reason why I LOVE to visit home. I love to take pictures, and the more unpaid "practice" I get, the better. I have never been paid for pictures, and I kinda like it that way. I am relaxed and feel absolutely no pressure to "be good", I just do what I like and what I think may look good. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. I totally love how this session came out though. We stayed at home for this shoot and utilized their BEAUTIFUL backyard. It was a beautiful morning, Gary couldn't stop commenting on how gorgeous it was outside. He declared they needed a couch outside, then started talking about how they needed a virtual farm in their backyard , it was then that I saw where Alan gets his "wild" ideas. I love the Barnes boys, they have vivid imaginations with inventive ideas and all the capabilities to carry them out. Wonderful men.

Their dogs are dolls, they are so sweet and LOVE to kiss/sniff my lens.

Look at that face! Seriously!?

Ugh, he's so cute.

Just need to do some PS magic and call it good. ;0)

-Keara