Backyard fun!

Just some springtime, backyard, evening fun. She is doing "He loves me, he loves me not, " in the bottom picture. I have NO idea where she learned that!

Heidi

Even though Shawn hates this dog, I love her, and so does Emma. Our poor, pretty girl, had to get all her fur shaved this last grooming appointment because she had gotten so matter from all the rain we have been getting. She doesn't look like these pictures now. She's a naked doggy! Hopefully, it will grow back soon. And, yes, that is Heidi sliding down Emma's slide. I think she has more fun with that than Emma does!

Mommy's Little Photographer

We took the point and shoot camera to the zoo today, and Emma was taking pictures of EVERYTHING! She loves that little camera. After Daddy was home from work, she was taking some more pictures. The top pic is a self portrait by Emma, and the bottom is a self portrait with Daddy :) I heart them!

A Perfect Day for the Zoo

Riding the carousel

She had to stop at every statue and sit on them.

Being an elephant, after seeing the elephants.

The Columbus Zoo's new baby elephant!

A nice fall evening

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A Beautiful Day at the Park

The weather was beyond beautiful yesterday! We enjoyed the afternoon at the park with Suzy, Tristan, and Gavin. The kids had fun playing on the playground and playing around the pond. I took a ton of pictures, but haven't made it through most of them. I captured this beautiful image of Emma that truly takes my breath away! My beautiful girl! I will have some more pics of their day to post soon.

Life is too short...

There are some days that I sit back and realize that life is just too short...

Friday morning, I got a call from Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep to photograph a baby that had passed away. I was unable to do it, so they located another photographer. Even though I knew that I would get that 1st call from them, it still took my breath away. To know that 2 parents just said goodbye to their baby before I received that phone call...well, there aren't the words.

Then, I found out that someone I went to high school with passed away this weekend, at only 32 years old. She is the 4th person that I went to high school with that has passed away since we graduated. I'm so sad for her family.

So, go hug your kids, tell your parents that you love them, and hold your spouse a little tighter tonight. Life is just too short...

Orange Belt!

Here is she is getting her Little Dragons Orange Belt! As an orange belt, she has to know 14 moves of the white belt form. She is doing so well! I am so glad that Shawn suggested that we put her in Taekwondo. :)

Practicing her White Belt Form

Emma is in the Little Dragons program at Taekwondo. It is for kids 4-5 years old. They learn the white belt form, so that when they move up to the Junior program, they start out as a Yellow Belt instead of a White Belt. When Emma tests for a new belt, she is moving up incrimentally in the White Belt. In these pics, she is testing for her next belt. The Little Dragons Yellow Belts have to know 8 moves of the White Belt Form.

Easter!

So, I'm only a few weeks late on this one. Why does life have to be so busy? Anyway, I worked the night before Easter this year, so Shawn was in charge of helping the Easter Bunny hide the eggs. By the time I got home from work, Emma had already scoped out where all the eggs were hidden. Later that day, we went to Easter dinner with Shawn's parents. I totally forgot about the Easter dress that I had gotten for Emma, so she didn't get to wear it that day:( Blame it on 4 hours of sleep! But, she is going to wear that dress for Aunt Kristin's graduation...so at least she'll get to wear it!

Ear Infection

Seriously...when is the illness going to end? Emma has had more sick days than well days this year. We're going to miss Taekwondo again tonight...and may miss school tomorrow. UGH!

She's going to marry a fireman...

Shawn took Emma out to lunch on Saturday. While they were there, a couple of firemen came in to have lunch. Emma took one look at them, covered her face, and Shawn asked what? Emma said..."They're so handsome! I need to marry them!" Haha! Then, one of them waved at her, and she got all excited and said, "The hairy one waved at me!" She meant the one with hair...since the other fireman was bald.

Haha! We'll have to see if she ends up with a fireman. She still blushes when she talks about them. I'm in trouble...she's not even 5 years old yet!

Dancing with Sesame Street

For a girl who used to be terrified of Elmo. she sure loves her some Sesame Street now! She was dancing along with it this morning, doing everything they were doing. Check out that last action shot :)

Playing with Heidi

Emma was playing with Heidi today...which eventually turned in to tormenting, but we got some cute pics before it got to that point :) The last pic was when Emma was trying to chase her and wiped out. She was cracking up!

Is there anything better?

Thank a chocolate oreo on a rainy day? She doesn't think so! Check out that oreo grin!

Heidi

Why are you taking my picture? 'Nuff said!

My Goal for this Month...

...or what's left of it. To take more pictures of my family!

I have noticed since I started my business, that I don't take hardly any pictures of my family any more. I haven't taken any pictures in March that haven't been shoots for the business. That makes me so sad. My love for photography started by taking pictures of Emma. Now, my business has overshadowed that.

So, I have decided to start taking more pictures of Emma, Jacen, and even Heidi. I love to catalog their lives in pictures. To do that...I actually have to take the pictures!