My Favorite Weather

We sat and enjoyed an afternoon thunderstorm and lightning show the other day. I loved every second of it.

Thinking of her Sunshine

Autumn loves to cut. I gave her some index cards, and it was no surprise that she immediately began cutting them. She brought me this one, with the edges cut, and I asked her if it was a windmill, she said "No Mom" (DUH) "Its a sunflower for Grammy". I thought that was super sweet. She asked for another piece of paper to glue it onto and this is what she came up with.

I drew the line out and told her how to spell Grammy, even helped her with the 'G' but the rest was all her idea and work. Hope you like it Grammy.

Sleeping In

Life at five, don't you miss it?

Swingin'

My new favorite picture of Carleigh J.

All Grown Up

Or so you'd think in this picture.

Shawnie rented a big ol' lens and did some shots of Auty. I love this one. She looks so pretty, just a little too old. We can wait for the teen years, although I have a feeling they will be upon us in no time. Eek!

Just because...

Too cute not too post.

There's never a perfect time for a family portrait.

Well.. Shawn and I both want to lose weight, Carleigh was almost walking, Autumn was tired, and we were ALL grumpy. But, we decided to just sit and pose so Stacey could try out a spot, and look what we got!

There's never going to be a perfect time to take a family portrait, but you never know how much time there is left, so take all the pictures you can and seal those memories. We will never forget, or regret taking so many photos when our girls are older.

Special thanks to our photographer, Stacey. Smooch.

My American Girls

We had an amazing 4th of July with our family in Simi. Grammy pulled together another awesome picnic day at the park, full of fun for the kids and relaxation for the bigger kids.

Thanks Momma!