Birthday Boy Sneak Peek

He is turning EIGHT tomorrow.

Sometimes, He Isn't an Angel

And here he is....glad I documented that he isn't always perfect. Sadly, lately I have seen this face a lot more than I care to!

Zach in a Hat

Here's the latest of my little goofball. Had a little mini shoot this morning and sweet baby Z wanted his turn too. I do love this little face. If only he would SLEEP - and not bite his brother - he would be the perfect little guy!

A Little Photoshopping

My sister Amy took the top picture of my sweet Lukester at Ivy's Bubblegum Princess birthday party on Saturday. I wanted a nice, recent picture of him for a family party invite, and, since he doesn't generally cooperate for me as well as he does for Amy, I really liked this one. But, Amy's adorable background of pink and green balloons didn't really scream out "My big boy is turning 8!" So I made some quick changes.I could have been much more precise, we can always be more perfect, right? But I thought this turned out pretty fun.

Inspiration

One of my favorite places to wander is through the pages of Communication Arts Magazine. A few years ago, my brother gifted me with a subscription I didn't know at the time I would never be able to live without. Although inspiration can be found in abundance everywhere around us, particularly as we weave our way thorugh the world wide web, I find something special and unique about thumbing through actual pages of a great magazine. Now excuse me, while I go curl up with the latest issue and a french vanilla hot cocoa.

Second Grade Knowledge

I asked Luke what he has been learning about at school today and he said, "Well, I used to think humans were at the top of the food chain, but now I know it's really polar bears." I said, "Oh really, do polar bears eat people?" "Mom, you know there aren't any people other than santa and elves at the north pole and they are protected....sheesh."

PhotoBooth

How can I not share these with the world? Welcome to the world of Mac. Luke was SO excited we now have PHOTOBOOTH!!

One of My Favorite Faces

As I wrote my yearly resolutions, one was to blog more often, and another was to spend less time on the computer. So here's my first quick effort of both. I was just going through some photos and ran across this one. I love this face. He is the only one of my three boys who will always let me test a shot on him. This was taken on his very birthday and you can see the excitement in his eyes of turning five.

This is going to be an amazing year. I look forward to what the Lord has in store for me and my family.