The Easter Bunny Stopped By

Would you just look at that!

The Easter Bunny stopped in

for Christmas Pictures,

so I just had to share.

How cute is that?

Santa Claus Stopped by for a Tea Party!

 Santa Claus stopped by a little

early this year!

 He wanted to make sure each of

these little ones were being good

and to have some one on one time with

them before the Holiday Rush!

 He helped Gracie serve up some

tea and cookies!

 Yummy! Who doesn't like

Christmas Cookies?

 And each of the girls got a chance to do

pictures with Santa!

 They went for Razor Rides!

Unloaded gifts...

And opened presents!

 And it took every bit of that for Grace

and Olivia to warm up to Santa!

 Brilyn, on the other hand

was won right over with a piece of chocolate!

My how that girl loves chocolate!

 For Olivia, Santa has to work just a

little bit harder to get on

her "nice" list!

Give me a present!

Now..... that's NICE!

SOMEONE Needs Their Hair Fixed!

SOMEONE

Needs their hair fixed!

They really do!

Just look at it!

 It's a MESS!

There, now.....

That's better!

Thank you, Brilyn!

You've been a big help!

Playing in the leaves!

 Isn't Brilyn cute playing in the leaves?

 She is such a sweet and happy

little thing!

She is just full of personality!



New Christmas Ornaments

One of my favorite things about being

a photographer is getting

cute little photographic products

at wholesale prices!

You just can't have too many pictures!

And aren't these cute!

They are new photo ornaments

of Grace, Olivia and Brilyn!

 GRACE

 OLIVIA

BRILYN

 

My tree just wouldn't be complete

without them.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Dynamo Gymnastics' Play Place

 I had to make a run to Oklahoma City

to pick up a roll of background paper for a

commercial photo shoot and Brnady

and Brilyn came along.

We wanted to do something

fun while we were there, so

Brandy asked Siri for things to

do in Oklahoma City with toddlers!

 Brilyn answered, "Play!" from the

backseat! But, we followed

Siri's advice and ended up at

Dynamo Gymnastic's Play Place!

 It's a huge indoor playground!

And Brilyn had a good time!

She is such a bundle of energy,

she always has a good time!

And this playground would be a

great place to spend a cold or rainy day!

Puppy Love

 Brilyn loves Abby! She always has!

She loves her so much so that Abby
was her first word and she said
it when she was just
four months old.

(she says it twice here, with an emphasis on the "eee" because she
was calling Abby, "aaaa" until I started telling her it
was AaaaBeeee. Then she started over
emphasizing the "beeeee"... She also spoke much more
clearly when no camera was involved)

She loves her so much, she is sharing

her favorite blanket!

Because she knows Abby is tired and

she needs a nap!

Dogs like naps!

Toddlers don't!



But sometimes when they are really

tired and they've snuggled long enough

they do fall asleep.

Now - Abby gets to lay still and

quiet for a long time...

so her sweet baby girl

can get some rest!

What a good dog!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

 Andrew is my youngest and today is

his birthday!

So, Happy Birthday, Andrew!

 Andrew is sweet and sensitive. He's funny

and smart! And very, very talented!

He's probably the most unique person

I've ever known! And he's always had a

knack for making money!

At 20 months of age he memorized

the 23rd Psalm and whenever

someone would want to hear him say it

he held his hand out for a dollar.

At seven years of age he skated around the

neighborhood on trash days to find things

he could recycle and sell.

At eleven he was tying balloon animals

for tips in the local Chili's

Restaurant.

At 13 he was painting and pinstriping

cars and motorcycles in the back of

a local motorcycle shop.

At 16 he opened his own shop

-all by himself-

and I remembered being shocked that

someone would actually rent him

a building.

His website is still up:

www.kickgraphics.com

 

He's now grown and married and has

a smart little girl of his own.

He's Brilyn's Daddy!

And I'm so proud of the husband and father

he has become. He loves his family.

And to me - loving your family is

what makes a man an honorable man!

 

Now he's using his talents to decorate

people. He's a tattoo artist.

And he's recently bought his own shop.

Go see him.... comment and say hello

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

He's got a blog at

www.avenuetattoo.blogspot.com



Brilyn Reading to Olivia

Brilyn loves little

touch and feel books!

We've read this one over

and over again!

Now - she's reading to Olivia!

It is so cute watching her take

care of her baby cousin.

Olivia is just one month

younger, yet Brilyn thinks

she's a baby and looks out

for her.

And no... Brilyn can't really

read. She just points to

things and names them

and encourages Olivia to

feel the "touch and feel"

pages.

Somebody's Getting BIG!

 While the girls were here we spent

a lot of time outside.

So - I used that time to clean out

the trampoline.

It was full of balls

(which were machine washed with bleach - thank God for front loaders)

and pool toys!

(the trampoline is great for storing them. They don't blow away and it allows them to dry)

 But now that pool season is over, the

trampoline is back in use!

And somebody is really good at using it!

Go, Olivia, Go!

Jump, Jump, Jump!

She is having so much fun!

What a BIG girl!

Great Big Building Blocks

 Gracie is building something for the

babies to knock down!

Yep! She's hard at work.

 It really looks like she's building

a wall..... or a levy.... to keep the babies back

 but she's figured out that nothing you build is

going to last with babies around!

So now the challenge is to see how big

you can build something before they knock it down!

And don't you just love these blocks?

My friend BJ over at

Sweet Nothings

recomended them to me

and I ordered them right away

for the girls to play with.

They come in girly pastel colors

as well, but I ordered the primary since

they're more gender neutral.

There will someday be more grandbabies

to share them with....

and who knows,

some of them might be BOYS!

Flying A Kite!!!

 Gracie likes to fly kites!

 She can now manage a kit pretty

much all by herself.

 This kite was especially easy to fly.

It's inflatable! And - it actually lasted

for two or three outings before

developing a leak.

 Look at Gracie holding on tight!

Her kite is way, way up in the blue sky!

What fun!

Dinner and a Movie

 Heather pre-ordered the new Tinkerbell

movie and the girls watched it the day

it came out.

We orderd pizza... and

Grace and Olivia sat

quitely through the whole movie.

Brilyn doesn't sit still and she's not

into watching movies, so she ate

her pizza and then she was on the go!

But, I think all three girls had fun!

And Grace especially loved the show!



Olivia In The Ball Pit

 Look whose having a good time!

 It's Olivia!

 She's chunking balls at Grace!

 Grace had better look out!

Olivia is going to get her!

BOOM! BOOM! BAM!

I don't think Grace is bothered by those

balls the least little bit.