New Fashioned Family

Today is the last day my son will ever be five. Tomorrow he will be six. He is so excited about growing up. He told when he wakes up he'll be so much taller than he is today. Kids are so sweet. They are so innocent and carefree. They don't judge and when they're young they still think their parents are really cool. I haven't really noticed until today, but today it hit me. Everyday they're getting bigger than the day before, even little Colton. Everyday if you don't pay close attention to the wonders in your world and the excitement in your little guy's eyes it'll be gone before you know it. I know, this blog sounds absolutely pitiful. I have found myself so sad at the thought of my son turning six though! I don't want to miss a moment and regret it later, but sometimes in the busyness of life it's so easy to do. Today I payed close attention to everything and realized how many things I love but take for granted. I love it that my kids still love...

I guess I lied! Shame on me. I said I was going to do more blogs and I've been so busy that I haven't followed through. I have however been taking a lot more photos, just as promised. I think I may have mentioned it before, but my little boy is in kindergarten and my little girl is doing pre k at home. I took some photos of an average day of preschool for Ella to share. We had talked about how people used to paint on cave walls with their hands or make paint brushes with things they could find. We also work on a different letter every week and work on math as well. She's fine with all of her colors and shapes, although we do incorporate those as well, we just focus on reading and math a little more though. Today we talked about the letter E and did some writing and games with that letter. I also incorporated painting with textures and things that are easily available just like the cave paintings. We used some weeds as paint brushes and Ella painted her elephant paper. After...

So, as promised, I'm back! What a day. It seems like all the kids have wanted to do is make messes today. I feel like I'm at my wits end sometimes! I guess all moms feel that way once in awhile. Graydon does so well at school and his teacher just loves him. They have a color coded behavior chart at his school and it really helps him there. I hate spanking the kids. I feel like it doesn't do much but make them cry and make them fearful. I guess I grew up in a pretty stressful house as a kid and I just don't want my kids to feel like that, so I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but I made a makeshift chart with things I had lying around for the kids craft time and so far it has really helped. I only have to tell them once and let them know this is their warning before their color is changed and they immediately run and do as they are told. I used a piece of paper cut to size and glued popsicle sticks to it, painted them green, blue, yellow, and red, and ...

I decided last night that I am going to try to blog on more of a daily basis, or at least as close to a daily basis as I can get. This sounds like a cop out but it has really gotten hard to pull out the camera and take pictures as often as I'd like at home because I have learned through experience that the third child is the hardest. Not in a bad way, just a really busy way. It can be tough to clean house, get lunches made, make healthy breakfasts, homeschool my little preschooler, make supper, and try my best to keep Colton on a decent schedule, plus pull out a camera and snap shots of it all...but I'm going to do my best to try. My original plan for tonight was to snap some shots of us making my DELICIOUS banana bread but I had to rush through it because Colton got cranky and then Rob (hubby) pulled it out of the oven without telling me and the kids dug in and ate the whole top of the loaf. Shame on them, but it's so tasty who could blame them? Well, I happened to watch s...

I promise I didn't forget about you guys! Boy, have I been busy! Graydon started kindergarten, which he is so excited about and Colton is now three months old! I know, I can't believe it either. Time flies, that's for sure. I've been trying to get some pictures of the kids together but it has rained almost everyday and I really want some pretty outdoor shots. Before sweet Colton was born I used to carry that camera around practically all day and take shots of some of the most mundane things we did throughout the day. They actually look really cool because at the time they don't mean much but looking back at those kinds of pictures really flood you with memories. Well, since Colton has been born he hasn't let me do that. He is so sweet...and so demanding. It's not that he asks for much, he just wants to be held. All the time. I usually just throw on my carrier and he joins me in all my tasks throughout the day, but I've somehow managed to really hurt my b...

I think because I just started this blog recently I just had to jump on here and write a post today. What better subject than babies! Babies have been everywhere lately. I, for one, just had a new addition just two months ago and everyone I run into either has a baby or will be having one shortly. Heck, even the Princess jumped in on the action and recently gave birth to a little boy! So, like I said, babies are everywhere right now. I am super excited that I will be doing two photo sessions with babies in the very near future and I guess that's why babies have been on my mind all day. I have a confession, I am super excited and super nervous! I've never done photos of newborn babies other than my own and quite frankly I'm worried I won't be good enough. When I do photos of my own little bundles of joy I have no one to impress but myself, but doing someone else's is a whole different story. So to reassure myself I looked through some photos I took of my son. I do fe...

So this is pretty new to me. I have been a full time working mom since my son was born almost 6 years ago. I had my third child and am now going to stay home with my little loves. I have always loved photography. Something about it has always amazed me, and now that I'll be home more I can really get more involved with it. I'm creating this blog to keep track of the photography I do and I'd truly love it if this turned into something more than me just snapping shots of people and places. I've always heard it's best to do what you love so maybe this is what I should be doing. Anyways, we went to the lake this past weekend for my nephews birthday and I tried to get some photos while I was there. I was extremely late, which is a real shame because it was a really neat party with a cute swamp theme, but I did manage to get a few shots of my little guys splashing around!  He tried to splash me!