Wow, it has been awhile since my last post. So much has been happening! The weather is starting to warm up now and we have had a handful of above 80 degree days. We have also been getting a good amount of rain lately. The kids are really enjoying the trampoline and being outside, we are in the process of getting the safety net put on it. We planted lots of new flowers in our front yard and Ryan & the kids built me a flower box for Mother's Day by our front porch. I also bought 3 hanging potted plants that we hung from our front porch. It looks so nice!
Lydia finished up her gymnastics classes the end of May. She really enjoyed the season. We are not sure yet if she will do it again this fall or maybe try dance. She starts preschool the beginning of September and she is so excited about it! I hope she makes lots of good friends. Lydia is left handed and she has been practicing writing her letters and can write her name really well now.
Jack just learned to use the computer in the last week. It amazes me how fast children at such a young age and catch onto things. It only took him a day or two to get down how to use the mouse and get around. I was recently introduced to a website called zoodle.com. It uses your child's age and the learning preferences you choose to find them free games online that are age appropriate for them. You can monitor their use and have many other parental preference options. The desktop where they play their games is a safe environment where they can click anywhere and not harm the computer. Both kids are really loving it. Another set of games we have really enjoyed playing as a family recently are 'The Scruffs'. Its a great game for all ages.
Jack is his little sisters mini me. Its so funny to see him pick on the little facial expressions and speech that his sister uses and use them himself. The most recent being a little tongue click in between words when he is describing something (which is what his sister does). I will have to get a video of it sometime. :)
This has been a busy few months for my photography. I had my first senior, a maternity/family session and a newborn. I learned so much from each one and had a lot of fun doing them.
My brother Ryan and his wife Christine welcomed their second little girl into the world just a little over 2 weeks ago. Miss Kendall McKenzie is such a sweet angel! She was so much fun to photograph. I started my next photography class this week. It is Natural Light 101. My next shoot with be for my niece Shelby Lynn, she is 2 and we will be doing some cute outdoor shots before sunset.
I have been trying to keep up with my running. I run 5k on Wednesdays and Saturdays and am doing Body Revolution circuit training the other 4 days of the week with one day of rest. Ryan has just started doing it with me this week. I am finishing up week 3 of the 12 week program. It is very intense but really rewarding, we are getting up at 4am before he goes to work to workout together. It will be fun to watch each other progress.
Ryan was in an accident a few weeks ago. He was called out to work at 9pm on one of the nights we were getting a ton of rain. He started to head back from the field at 1am and slid off the muddy road and rolled his truck. We are very thankful he was not hurt at all, just a few bruises. He had his seat belt on which really saved him. Other than that work is going well for him and they have him staying very busy.
It's hard to believe our 10 year anniversary is just 2 weeks from today. We don't have anything planned yet but hopefully we will be able to get out of town and stay somewhere for a day or two together. It's so nice to have a little getaway every now and then.
We had a water fun day a few weeks ago with Shelby, actually the day before Kendall made her appearance! I will share a picture from that. Most of the pictures below are snapshots from my iphone, I'll post a few from my photography sessions as well.
