First Snow

We woke up this morning to a little snow. The kids were so excited to go out and play. They had tons of fun sledding, throwing snowballs and building a snowman. When we finished building him Ava wanted to bring him inside. She is so cute. :) I hope this is a sign we will have snow this winter. We usually don't have snow until much later. We are all crossing our fingers for a white Christmas.

We have been decorating. Our tree is up and quite a few other decorations. Just a bit more and we will be all finished. This Christmas is going to be so much fun. Ava is so into it this year. Yesterday she told me Santa was her best friend.

I am also excited to start my 25 days of Christmas Album. This year will be so memorable and I will have the album help record little bits I might other wise forget.

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday!

Monday....

It is Monday and I just attended Ava's feast at her school. It was fun for her to have lunch with Mommy and Daddy. It was not as much fun to sit on the very small chairs. LOL

This weekend I worked on creating an album. It is a daily album for the month of December. I made it from scratch and just had fun playing. I think it is going to be so much fun to work on this Christmas. I will post a terrible photo of the album just to give you an idea...

Ava is really developing an imagination. She loves to play "school". I found her in her play room the other day reading to her kids. Not the best photos but it was so very cute. She plays this all the time. She even made cots for her kids from cardboard. She is so fun to watch.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

More Photos from Janine!

I have been dying to see the rest of the photos Janine took at our photo shoot. Today I received my disc and I love so many of them. The first is my favorite! It was such a beautiful location and Janine is so talented! I can't wait to get so many of them framed and on to the walls! Not much else going on hope you enjoy the photos....

Just playing....

I rented a 50mm 1.2 lens and I have been trying to play with it. I would love to take the plunge but it is around 1500. Maybe I will make it a business investment....
We are starting to gather the Christmas decorations. I normally wouldn't be so eager this early but Ava is over the moon excited for Christmas this year. It is going to be so much fun. :) We may even go see Santa sometime over the weekend. I hope this year I don't have to join her on his lap. :)..Enjoy the photos :)

Photos by the Fab Janine Walker.....

John, Ava, and I traveled to NY/PA to visit some wonderful friends. One of the highlights of the trip was a photo shoot with Michelle's sister Janine who was visiting from Northern Ireland. She is uber talented and I adore her work. I would loved to have been able to take all of the kids but it just wasn't a possibility this time. So I guess that means we will have to do it again right??? Here are a few of the sneak peaks that were my favorites. I jut adore the series of Ava and Mama. I felt she really captured our love.... Enjoy!

Cutest Witch Ever...

At the last minute Ava decided to be a witch and leave the Belle costume for playing around the house. I think she looked completely adorable! We spent Halloween in PA with Michelle Cathy and Amy and all their families. It was so much fun. :) I will blog more later, right now I am too tired.....Have a lovely Monday.