Better Late then never!

It has been a while again. I have been pretty busy at home with the kids and all the everyday stuff. Trying to get the winter clothes out and the summer ones put away.. still not done with mine. Just can't seem to find the time to get it all done. Haven't cleaned the house like I should in weeks, just been so dang busy. Halloween has come and gone and it was a fun one this year. We had a Halloween party at the in laws house that was lots of fun! Here are some pictures from the party!


TOO FUNNY!! It was a fun time!!

I have been out on the weekends with soccer, which is now over for the year. Ethan's team did well they did not win the game this weekend so they did not make it to the playoff games. It is ok he loved it and I know he can't wait to play again. He was kind of sad that it was over. It was very fun to have him be involved in something and I'm feel bad that I waited so long to put him in a sport. It is just hard with the work schedule to get him where he needs to be. I'm glad Brian was able to be there and help out!

This past weekend I went and took pictures of the kids and tried to take pictures of Megan and Ayden. It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be that's for sure!! But I think I got some good ones of the kids, and I'm happy about how things are going with my learning. Still have a ways to go.. I'm taking more this weekend!! Can't wait!!

I didn't get what I wanted of Brooke so I will be trying again this weekend to get what I'm looking for. I need her to LOOK at ME and I'll be happy to catch just one shot like that of her!! lol. Have a good week!! I'll TRY to be better about posting!

I'm a SLACKER!!

Well It has been a month and a lot has been going on. My baby girl turned one and she is just getting to be such a ham.

She has now been taking more and more steps everyday, pretty soon she will be running around with the older kids! School is going well for both kids and they like the teachers this year which is a great thing.

Ethan has been playing soccer and he just enjoys that so much, I feel bad it has taken so long for us to be able to get him into it. Here is him in action.

Oh yea and my son turned 9 can you believe it 9 years old on Oct. 6th (which is also mee-maw's birthday too!)

We have a VERY busy weekend with two games, a wedding, and of course the REDSKINS game. OH and I also have to visit a friend of my who gave birth to her third baby tonight. Her name is Hannah Lynn Bowen, I can't wait to meet her. My sister is due on Monday and I can not wait till baby Caleb is here! There are sooo many people that I know that are getting ready to have their babies! Makes me want another...NOT...yet that is... :)

Another thing that is exciting in my life is my photography. Me and a friend of mine Megan went last weekend to take pictures of twins, Dillon and Madelyn, that was very interesting to say the least. It was differently a learning experience. I think we both got a lot of of the shoot and know next time that twins are very very hard to do unless they both are asleep at the same time and these two were not. But we did get some cute pictures I think. Here is one that I like of the two of them.

I will try very hard to post more often but it is not easy when I don't have to much time to myself! It is now midnight and I need to get to bed!! Early morning...off to the soccer field and then off to the Eastern Shore for the wedding with the kiddies. Should be a fun, long, tiring day!

My love of photoghrapy

I am currently taking an online class given by a brilliant photographer her name is Sheye Rosemeyer. It has been a huge help in learning how to turn my some what good photos into the photos that I have been trying to get. She is wonderful! I still have a lot of learning to do and A LOT of practice. I just need more time in my day!! I wish I could do this full time and devote all my attention to this but that is just so dang hard right now. So I'm trying my best at fitting it all in.



Here is a picture she fixed up for me.. It is just crazy what you can do with Photoshop!!

She added a bit of color pop and smoothed out her skin and reduced the "noise"(grain in the photo) in the photo.

This weekend is Brooke's 1st Birthday!! I'm so excited on one hand but on the other I'm so sad that my baby is not a baby any more. Pretty soon she will be walking and talking and then be just like my little angel Elisabeth (MISS ATTITUDE) lol... and MR. Ethan.. wow it is just crazy how time just flies by.

Ethan's first Soccer game should be this weekend also and I'm looking forward to that so I can take some pictures!! I know he can't wait either. He loves it and he is one of the more determined players on the team. There are a few kids on the team that I wonder why they are even out there...

Alright off to each my lunch. I'll catch up with you all soon!

Fresh Start

We are in the middle of making upgrades to our home and it has been a lot of fun. I have been re-decorating my house with the help of my mother-in-law. Which sometimes is just not so fun. She has been holding it back for a long time now but I have come to realize that she did not think I did a great job on decorating. lol SO I am starting over! We got new floors in the house while we were on vacation and they are great. The kitchen is my favorite with pretty ceramic tile, except for the fact that now we have to be extra careful not to drop anything. I have also redecorated my living room thanks to Target!! :) It is all coming together but I really have so much more to go. Here is a picture of the new kitchen and living room.

I would love to get a new table and chairs but that is a not in the budget right now...I want to get a nice round one with a leaf in it.

The kids have pictures today at school.. hope they smile good!! I'll post the pictures when I get them back.

Well that is what I have been up to nothing to exiting!

Something fun!

I just found this looking around... It generates what it calls “word clouds” from your source text. You can either enter a bunch of words yourself or it will pull from a source, in this case I pulled from my blog with RSS feed. Then you can play with different fonts, colors, and layouts if you like (and have spare time).

Here is where to go: http://wordle.net/

A new school year...

It has been a week now that the kids have been in school. They seem to be pretty excited about a new school year. Ethan is making new friends at his new school and seems to be fine with the switch. Elisabeth does not like waking up early and it has taken some threats of losing TV privileges to get her to straighten up for grandma in the morning. Elisabeth missed the bus today..thanks to grandma. What I couldn't figure out was how Ethan got on the bus but Elisabeth didn't..who knows..loll.

Here is a picture from the first day of school...



Brooke's birthday planning is coming along. I got almost all the invites out in the mail with the exception of 7 which I need to get stamps for. I can not stop thinking about all the things I would like to do for her birthday and how I'm such a slacker because I have no presents for her yet. I just don't know what to buy her. There are so many toys and books and things like that left from Elisabeth. She is such a happy baby... unless she is hungry and all she wants is me, she becomes a monster! Brian gets so upset because nothing he does can make her happy. As soon as I walk in the room you can see her whole attitude change. It is crazy! It makes me feel good in a way but then again, it isn't good because then it just makes things hard on Brian. I am still nursing and it is going great except for today. She wanted to BITE me and smile about it.. so I went down and made her a bottle of my milk... well she didn't like that to much and decided she better stop. Below is a recent pic. of the princess herself.

I'm going to get to bed now that it is midnight!! I couldn't sleep..can't stop thinking about EVERYTHING..work, baby showers, birthday, photo shoot with Casey, laundry, lunches, homework....the list goes on and on.

Good night!!

My first...

Well I have never done this before and I'm not that great of a writer.

I am not really sure where to begin... I am a mom of three wonderful children. Ethan who just started 4th grade this year and loves it. Elisabeth just started K and I don't think is to sure about it yet. She is say she made six friends and when I asked her the name of the kids she had no idea. I thought it was cute! My third is baby Brooke! She is almost a year old and I'm so sad about it! I just can't believe how fast time flies.

I'm so busy lately getting ready for two baby showers and my daughters 1st birthday...sometimes it is just to much! But such is life.

I better get back to my busy work day...it is almost over. Just thought I would at least start my blog!! lol