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.

A few photos to share...

We had a relaxing day at home today and decided to take a few photos. I asked Jonah to take a few of Ava and I since we haven't had one for a while. I think he did a great job. He really like to shoot as many frames per second as possible. Maybe he will one day love action photography???

We also took Ava to Libby Lu but I haven't edited those pics yet. I will post them this week sometime...We are getting ready to visit some great Friends this weekend for lot of fun Trick-or-Treating birthday parties and last but not least- a photoshoot with Janine Walker! I am over the moon excited about it. I have loved her work since I first saw it a few years ago. So I will be dying to share those when we get them back! We are flying to NY and Ava is very excited to see everyone again as well as I am. Can't wait to see Amy, Michelle and Cathy

Thant is all for now have a lovely Sunday!!!

I miss this baby....

I found this photo while I was working in photoshop. It totally made me smile. How flippin' cute is she??? I just love the little girl that lets me live here but I really miss the little chubby baby sigh...She really is growing up. She has been telling me that she has a boyfriend named Reed. When I picked her up today she didn't want to leave him. They were putting together a puzzle. She hugged him goodbye and then they chased eachother around the table. Miss Ashley said they are the bestof friends and always love to play together. They were very cute. So like I said, I really miss my little one...

A few fall photos!

Today before preschool Ava wanted to play in the leaves so we took a few photos. They are kinda cute...On the way out of the driveway we saw Troy lying in the sun so I snapped one of him too. I just love to see the horses lying down. It means they feel safe and comfortable and it totally makes me happy inside. :)

We didn't do much this weekend. John is still working on the barn trying to get it all ready for winter. So we have been staying at home. That is ok with me. :)

Jonah went to his first dance on Friday. It was so fun o hear all about it. He had so much fun. He danced with the girls and he was quite proud that he was the only boy not afraid to do so. My favorite story was when a very popular 8th grade girl danced with him. Yes, 8th grade! So after my inital shock wore off, I heard the story...She said " Pretty soon your oppinions will change about dancing with girls. Jonah Said " They already have." When I asked him what that meant he said "Well you know boys think girls are all eeeww and I actually dont." So I said I guess you were {the man} at the dance? Jonah " Yeah, pretty much" I hope I am ready for this...

A little of Jonah to brighten your day...

I know I don't blog enough about this little guy. It is not that I don't love him with all of my heart. It is hard to balance a little one and all of the milestones of preschool and such. I just want to have a post for my little boy. I know he is not so little. On Saturday he asked me to take some photos of him on his ramp. A sports photographer I am not but when a boy asks for photos I can't say no as this opportunity doesn't happen very often. He is an amazing skateboarder. He works so very hard and I am so impressed by his skills. He just works so hard at it. I really could not ask for a better boy and I am truly blessed. I hope you all enjoy the photos. have a lovely day!

The second week of dance...

Today is Monday which means it was Miss Ava's second week of dance class. I made sure we got to class early so that I could get the one seat by the door. I wanted to get some photos of how cute she is dancing. She loved it just as she did the week prior. She kept looking over her shoulder from time to time and if she saw I had the camera out she would give me a big cheesey grin. It was so funny. She really knows how to work the camera. LOL Enjoy the cuuutest ballerina ever...