Busy Day

I had the busiest day today. It started this morning at 9 with bridal portraits (see website). After that I came home and processed those and put them online. No time for a nap, unfortunately, because I had to endure the heat and get the grass cut. Finally it was 3:00 and time to head off to my next photo session. That session was what I call a "dream session". It makes my job so easy when I have a client that knows exactly what to do, which way to look, and how to pose. All I do is focus and snap. There is a sneak peek on my CAPture.it Blog or you can check out the full slide show on my website. Fortunate for me, Angie took Cameron and Peyton swimming with her girls so Chris and Addison could get a nap and he didn't have to listen to the words "I'm bored" all afternoon. Needless to say, after that session I went to pick up the kids only to find out they didn't want to leave. Yeah for me! That gave me a chance to come home for some peace and quiet and get that sessions photos processed. Which might I add was a VERY difficult job. I don't think that girl took a bad picture. It was grueling trying to decide which pictures to present to them. It is now 11:52pm, the kids decided to spend the night with Angie and her girls, and I have todays pictures online and I am done! Now, on to cleaning house. You would think I would hit the pillow now but I am going to take advantage of the kids not being here to mess up as soon as I clean up. I even tried to get Chris out of work tonight since they were slow but no such luck. Guess I am going to spend the evening, what's left of it, all by myself. Peace and quiet! :0)

Little Man Luke

As promised, here are some pictures of the newest little man. I finally got my hands on him today. I am going to have to take another trip up to Christiansburg by myself and have some quality Auntie time with the two boys. My kids, and Chris, couldn't keep their hands off of him either. He was a good sport allowing us to flash the camera in his face the majority of the afternoon. However, the last picture expresses his thoughts of the whole picture taking process! :0)

Luke's final thought!

He's here!!!

I am an Auntie, again! Luke Chancellor Rawlings was born this morning and weighed in at 8 pounds and was 21 inches long. They are all doing well and I can't wait to get my hands on him tomorrow. I will have some more pictures to post tomorrow but here is a sneak peek for now.

Watermelon

Tonight we were invited to a picnic with our friends Jason and Cynthia. Addison had her first experience with watermelon and LOVED IT! You can tell by these pictures....

Is it just me or could she be an offspring of the Munsters? :0)

Cameron's 8th Birthday

Cameron had such a great birthday this year. He wanted to have a pool/skateboarding party so we honored his wishes and he had eleven of his friends over. As a surprise, a friend of mine is a competitive skateboarder in the area, so I asked him if he would come by to surprise the kids with a few tricks. They were all so excited to have him here.
I was able to find Cameron a grinding rail for a really good deal. Now I just need to add on the additional accident rider to my insurance policy to cover any mishaps this grinding rail may cause. Here are just a few pictures from his night of fun. Thank you all for the wonderful gifts, including the ones that make "bodily noises"! It is amazing how much fun 8 year olds have with a jar of "fart puddy"! Thanks MeMe! :0)

Cameron hitting the grinding rail.

This is why I need to add the accident rider!

Aunt KK gave him a new board.

Happy Birthday Little Man! Oh, and yea, I forgot, I have been told he is not a "little man" anymore! :0(

Putt Putt and More

Last week, Cynthia and Jason invited us to their church group outing at Putt-Putt. The kids had a blast riding go-carts, bumper boats and playing golf. Here are just a few of the pictures.

Note to self....DO NOT ride the Bumper Boats when Cameron is on them. YOU WILL GET WET!

Victim number 1. Victim number 2 is on the other side trying to escape.

Even though Addison couldn't do much, she definitely received plenty of attention.

You will see Peyton in these next few pictures in her attempts to play Putt Putt. I would have dressed her in tennis shoes for this adventure but she had other ideas. This just goes to show that she is more interested in her image.

She finally agreed to some help from her daddy.

He's so groovy!

Fireworks

I was able to try out my new camera on Sunday taking pictures of the fireworks display at Celebrate America. By the time I adjusted all of the settings on the camera, I was actually able to capture some neat pictures. Enjoy!