FFF-Black and White photos

I love black and white pictures, and was thrilled that Sarah chose this topic for this week!! I am always playing with my photos, to see what I can do with them to make them better! Of course, it is a danting task to pick just one picture that would have to be my favorite-so, here are a few of my favorites!!! :o)

These pics of Hannah were taken with a regular, non digital camera-I actually took them with black and white film!!!!

Wordless Wednesday-August 27, 2008

Caleb had a birthday!!!

Yes-Caleb is now 3 years old! My sweet little baby boy is getting so big! He is even potty trained!! :) And next week, he starts preschool 2 days a week!! Where does time go?




We had a Spongebob party on Sunday-his actual birthday! Caleb had such a great time opening his presents, and playing with his cousins!!




Here are a few pics of my handsome little guy on his special day!

"Cheese"

Oh, just what I always wanted!!

Hmmmm.....what's in here??

Look at all those cool tools! Let's build something, Dad!!

Love my new race car track!!!

"Happy birthday to you!!!"

A Spongebob Pinata!

Wordless Wednesday

19 wonderful years!

Well, yesterday was Bus and my 19th wedding anniversary! It is crazy to think that we have been married that long!!! Doesn't feel like it, not to mention, that I am 29 years old, and holding!! ;O) We have had some crazy, and fun times, and had our ups and downs just like everybody else, but through it all we have hung in there, and fallen in love again and again! I feel like I am a very lucky woman to have been blessed with such a wonderful man, who loves me endlessly-even though I can be a little head strong some times! ;O)

Here are a couple of pics of the little babies that were married on August 19, 1989:

Maya's first day of preschool!!!!

Well, she LOVED preschool, and actually cried because she had to come home! Ha ha! I am so glad that she loved it, and hope that those feelings will last through her time in college! ;O)

Here are a few pictures of her first day:

Waiting to ride with her "Bus"(Daddy) to school! This girl popped right up out of a deep sleep when I said to her that it was finally time to go to school!!!!!! She was all smiles!!!!!!!!!!

Here she is getting off of the bus-check out that "seatbelt" contraption they had on her! She looked like she was getting ready to jump out of a plane!! ;)

After she got off of the bus, we had to go to Lexington to pick up her...................................Glasses!!

Yes, she is now wearing glasses-as the optometrist said she NEEDED them!!

So, we decided to take a few pics of her in her glasses, and backpack!

Here are a couple of videos to watch, if you have time! I interviewed her about her first day of preschool! They are cute, and it is fun to here her talk! (Ok, I used the wrong thing to make my videos-so, excuse the arrow, and music-it will go off as soon as Maya starts talking! Just push the play button in the center of the screen)

Make a Smilebox photobook

Make a Smilebox photobook

FFF-Back to school!!

Well, Miss Hannah started 5th grade this past Wednesday! She has gotten so big, and it just breaks my heart that she is in her final year of elementary school! My little baby has grown up! Boo Hoo!!! I cannot even think of her attending middle school-thank goodness we don't have to go there for another year!!

My kindergartener:

(2002-2003)

My fifth grader:

(2008-2009)

Stay tuned-Miss Maya starts school next week, and she will look a little bit different!!! (?)

A post just about Hannah

This post is dedicated to our beautiful first born, who always asks me, "Mom, why don't you do a post just about me?"  

Well, I can only imagine how she feels, as she used to be the only apple in our eye, until Caleb, Maya, and Sofia entered our world, and she was that only apple for 7 years!  I can't imagine how hard it has been to learn to share all the love and attention she used to get, being the only child, and sharing it with all her siblings!  

What I can say, is that she has done an amazing job adjusting to such a busy life, and actually has developed into the best big sister-just ask Caleb, Maya, & Sofia!  Although she is bossy(aren't all big sisters this way?), pushy, and sometimes downright mean, she loves her little brother and sisters.  She would fight tooth and nail to defend any one of them! She makes them giggle and laugh, and she hugs and kisses them, till they cry to be let go!  Don't tell her I told you this, but, I don't know how many times I have found her cuddled up under a blanket with one of them! 

 

Yep-Hannah-your secret is out-you do love being a big sister, and that makes me the proudest Mom that I can be! :O) But, you know what is cool about that?  They love you the same way, and that is all a Mom and Dad can hope for! :O)

So, Hank, here is your special post-because you are very important to this family and we LOVE YOU!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Goodbye sunny Florida

Well, we are getting ready to head out! Just wanted to post one more beautiful picture that my assistant(BUS) and I took on the beach last night! It is so hard to get 4 kiddos to look at you for a picture! ARGH!!!

We will miss our beautiful Anna Maria Island, but had a GREAT time!

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Friends-brother & sisters!

Ok, so we are away at the beach, and I don't have access to all my pictures. So, I have taken a few of the kiddos together, and they are having a ball! They almost like each other! ;O) Ha ha!

Today is our last day at the beach, and they are soooo going to miss it! We are planning one more trip to the beach, tonight, to watch the sun set, and feed the seagulls, and then off to home tomorrow!

Here are a couple of pictures of my kiddos with their best friends-each other! :O)