Day 232-Day 238

Well I think this might have been one of my worst 365 weeks to date. I took picture everyday, but just barely.. and often just with my phone. But I have been spending the days editing pictures from 3 different photo shoots, so I think by the time I was done with those my creative photo brain was just done. But though they might not be beautiful shots, they still are my shots and they tell my life. So with that great intro, here is this last weeks pictures.

Day 232
Friday, August 20thHey look it's me!
Dress shopping for my little sister's wedding in October.

Day 233
Saturday, August 21stDinner at iHop with cousins
now that is a good night out.

Day 234
Sunday, August 22nd
Can you tell what it is?
It's a clear bag of marbles.
The ones I use for the marble jars-
i.e. the way I get my kids to behave.

Day 235
Monday, August 23rdMonday nights are family night.
The boys looked really cute together
I just hurried and took a picture-flash shadows and all.

Day 236
Tuesday, August 24thAlex's first ballet class!
She was in heaven.
The class is for 3-5 year olds,
she is the tall one the third from the left.. and she is 3.

Day 237
Wednesday, August 25thStorms a' comin'
There was lots of wind,
one big lighting bolt and a few drops of rain
then it was gone

Day 238
Thursday, August 26thNot a Time for Tot's day
this is the real deal, this is homework.
Homework in kindergarten.
School sure has changed since I went to kindergarten.


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Day 225-231

I never was able to post these last night.. but hey they are coming now at least.

Day 225
Friday, August 13thA date night! Yeah!
Get a call from the babysitter, boo!
Hurry home as Lucas had a bad bloody nose.

Day 226
Saturday, August 14th
I did a family photo shoot!
It really is a lot of hard work but I love it so much.

Day 227
Sunday, August 15thI must confess this should have been taken on Saturday...
but Saturday was busy, it got taken on Sunday.
He is so much bigger than a month ago, yeah!!

Day 228
Monday, August 16thToday was Alex's first day of preschool.
She is loving it!
And I would say I am loving the quiet of having two gone-
but this last week and a half I have been more busy than ever!

Day 229
Tuesday, August 17thNext week Alex starts ballet.
We bought her clothes today and she had to try them on of course.

Day 230
Wednesday, August 18thAnd I had yet another photo shoot this week!
This little guy is 19 days old.

Day 231
Thursday, August 19th"The mountains on fire" Eric said when he got come.
Luckily they got it out quickly with no homes damaged
This was taken from our upstairs bedroom window, I was too lazy to grab the tripod.

Day 218-Day 224

Day 218

Friday, August 6thWe went out to the high desert for a weekend getaway.
Lots of swimming and lots of fun.
And yes, there are two pictures here.
But well, I really liked them both and it's my blog, so get over it enjoy!

Day 219
Saturday, August 7thNot only did we spend the weekend swimming and having fun,
but Lourie of CA girl and her family (oldest daughter here) joined us for the weekend.
Kristen is under the water in this picture.

Day 220
Sunday, August 8thOn the way back from the high desert you see lots and lots of these.
This is just 1/4 of them at best.
And not a bad shot from my iPhone while speeding down the highway
(and no- I was not driving)

Day 221
Monday, August 9thA little bit of Lightroom magic and the everyday ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Day 222
Tuesday, August 10thThis was taken in the wee hours of the night, or morning.
You have to look carefully, but see all of that bed to the left of Eric...
yes, I am there on the bed to the right of him.
My proof that he really does hog the bed.
And yes he might have gotten a little kick shortly after this picture.

Day 223
Wednesday, August 11thGetting ready to go to his first day of kindergarten!
You can read about how it went here.

Day 224
Thursday, August 12thThis evil working of the devil is called a two-bite cupcake.
And yes, it really is two bites... just enough to make you want more.
And since they are just two bites, they are so easy to sneak when the kids aren't watching.
Darn two-bites

Day 211-217

Day 211

Friday, July 30thI made her day,
I let her paint her own toenails for the first time.
She did a really good job.

Day 212
Saturday, July 31st
I saw the ocean for the first time when I was a sophomore in college.
This is Ryder's second time to the ocean... what a life.

Day 213
Sunday, August 1stChocolate cake, so good.
Don't believe me,
Ask Alex.

Day 214
Monday, August 2nd
Horrible picture... but look at Lucas' floor.
All picked up. And I didn't do it.
In fact, I didn't even ask him to do it.
He went up to his room, worked for about 45 minutes and did it all one his own.
Yes, this needed to be documented.

Day 215
Tuesday, August 3rdBaby feet are cute, baby hands are cute
and so are baby ears.
And is it just me or does the hair around his ears look a little reddish??
WTH?? Am I really going to have two redheads?

Day 216
Wednesday, August 4th
When you hit the drink hard in the afternoon...
well it takes you out.

Day 217
Thursday, August 5th
Wow, Alex has made it into a lot of my pictures this week.
She does like holding her brother, for about two minutes, then she is done.

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Day 204-210

Day 204

Friday, July 23rdAlex is always wanting Ryder to hold her finger,
he usually complies

Day 205
Saturday, July 24thA fun dinner at the cousins with lots of family in town
A yummy desert was required of course

Day 206
Sunday, July 25th
We took Ryder to church for the first time today.
He was all dressed up, ready to go.

Day 207
Monday, July 26th
We have a picnic almost every day for lunch.
A picnic in the family room while watching a show that is.

Day 208
Tuesday, July 27th"Go wash your hands off"
"After I lick them"
You know what is worth enjoying in life.

Day 209
Wednesday, July 28th
Alexandria your feet.. so big and so solid.
Not petite and dainty by any means.
I wonder where in life those feet are going to take you?

Day 210
Thursday, July 29th
There is never enough time in the day

Day 197-203

Day 197

Friday, July 16th
I did not take a picture this day.
I did take a video, a video which shows why I did not take any pictures
Get ready for your heart to break a bit.
This incident lasted twenty minutes.
We have an appointment with a GI doctor.

Day 198
Saturday, July 17thIt's hot.
And I need gas.

Day 199
Sunday, July 18thIt's bedtime.
I'm tired.
And no I don't need a nightlight, I am not that big of a baby.
But my baby that sleeps in my room does,
makes night time diaper changes much easier.

Day 200
Monday, July 19th
Who wants a nice loaf of fresh bread?
Hopefully no one in our house as well the loaf pan is being used as a hat.

Day 201
Tuesday, July 20thWarm, lazy afternoon.
A movie, lots of popcorn.
Well you do that math.

Day 202
Wednesday, July 21stI was brave... and I used my zoom lens.
This guy is making a home for himself on our fence.

Day 203
Thursday, July 22ndAnother happier image of the reason I haven't been taking many pictures.

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Day 190-196

Another week has gone by... time really does seem to go quickly when you take it an entire week at at time.

Day 190
Friday, July 9thLucas completed his swim lessons today...
thanks to a little bribery encouragement.
The new Toy Story 3 Lego Train, very powerful.

Day 191
Saturday, July 10thNothing like a nice glass of water right before bed

Day 192
Sunday, July 11thWhen Lucas got his train, I knew we would spend the afternoon building it.
So I figured I had better get Alex something or she would be trying to help, i.e. driving Lucas crazy.
She picked out sidewalk chalk

Day 193
Monday, July 12th
Have I ever told you how much we like ice cream?
Horrible picture, but totally captures the moment.
Oh and there was a great sale.

Day 194
Tuesday, July 13thI cooked a real meal again!
Hallelujah!
And the iPad is the perfect cookbook.

Day 195
Wednesday, July 14thThis bright-eyed boy is two months old today.
And his 3 1/2 year old sister, well it was just too much excitement for her.

Day 196
Thursday, July 15thSuper hot today.
Super huge afternoon thunderstorms.
Super beautiful sunset.