We celebrated Mother’s Day early this year.  And every year, I ask for the same thing for Mother’s Day . . . a trip to the zoo and a picture of me and Kasen.  Well, this year, it was a picture of me with my TWO children (doesn’t that sound great?!).  Remember, Holden wasn’t here yet last year.  Well, we accomplished one of those pics, the one with Kasen.  We could have tried harder for the picture of me and Holden, but it was too hard to get him out of his stroller because he NEVER wanted back in.  Sooooo, I’ll settle for one out of two . . . . and I’m quite happy with the one!  Well, actually, Brad took several of pics of the two of us while we were feeding the birds.  That was so much fun.  Even though I don’t enjoy the birds, I’m getting better, only because it makes Kasen so crazy happy.  These birds were little and sweet too, until they started pecking at each other because they were fighting over the food.  That’s exactly what they are doing in the bottom left picture and as you can see, we thought it was rather funny.

Kasen could not have been more thrilled, she was just bouncing through the zoo.  She kept saying, “I’m just so excited.  I’m just so excited.” LOL   Every thing is an adventure in a four year old’s eyes.  It was just a gorgeous day, beautiful cool weather, not too hot, not too cold.  Perfect.  It was a good thing we went on Saturday because Sunday was rainy and grey.

We had the added pleasure of Brad’s parents going to the zoo with us this year.  We thought it was a great Mother’s Day present for Mae Mae too.  Then we took everybody out to eat afterwards and just enjoyed being with family.  That’s the BEST part anyway, spending the day with those you love.  What great memories and what a beautiful early Mother’s Day we had.

See ya’ later!!

Last week, we had a nice thunder shower and then came the rainbow, a double rainbow.  I had no idea it was out there until Brad told me to quickly look outside.  I grabbed my camera and ran.  As I was taking pictures, Brad had gone back inside to get Kasen out of bed to see it as well.  She had just gone down so she wasn’t even asleep yet.  I love the look on her face in the picture, such joy.  We went back inside to clean the lens on the camera since it had raindrops all over it, but by the time we got back outside, the rainbow had vanished.  It was just beautiful and the sky kept turning these gorgeous colors . . . . . purple, then pink . . . . . stunning.

See ya’ later!!

I’ve been taking pictures everyday, but I just haven’t been posting them.  My goal is to get at least one picture a day for the year 2010.  I may not get to posting them all, but I do have them documented in a calendar elsewhere.  That way, I will have this year documented without having to do much else.  I may even make it into a scrapbook.  If you know me at all, I’m not great at follow-through, so it’s HUGE that I’m even telling you this now.

Anyway, I wanted to share some of the pics I’ve taken in the last few days.

My absolutely stunning, wonderful, precious girl.

My funny, sweet, sensitive boy.

The ducklings that Kasen and I discovered at the park yesterday.  Aren’t they precious?!

Our beautiful bushes in our backyard.  I love the gorgeous red and gold colors that they turn in the fall.

That’s all for now!  See ya’ later!!

Amazing- our first white Christmas since 1929,which means I’ve never seen one in my lifetime!!  We’ve had flurries before, but no accumulation.  I always laugh when I pull out some of my first Christmas pictures and I’m sitting in the front yard with a dress on, not even a sweater, and the sun is just shining.  Anyway, we saw the snow coming down hard on Christmas Eve, but being Texas, we certainly didn’t think it would last.  Well, I peered out the window Christmas morning and it was all white . . . snow covered bushes, snow covered yards, beautiful.  Kasen was THRILLED - little did she know she may never see a White Christmas again in her lifetime.  And Holden’s first Christmas - white - incredible.  I know, I know, all of our Canadian relatives and friends are probably laughing right now, but it was a big deal to us and FUN - just see the joy here on Kasen’s face!!

See ya’ later!!

I said I had more pictures of this little beauty and I certainly do.  I just didn’t get to it until now.  I’ve been gone most of the day and now I’m a little tired, but it was wonderful to get out and have fun.  I’m so grateful that my husband feels it’s necessary for me to pamper myself and do something without the kids.  And I’m so grateful to my mother-in-law for providing the agenda today.  I had a GREAT time!!  Soooo, thanks all around.

Now, without further ado, more pics of the lovely Carson ~

See ya’ later!!

There are so many leaves falling right now and it does finally look like fall . . . . . well, for the most part.  We even have some beautiful orange and gold trees to admire.  It doesn’t *really* feel like it too much, not when it’s still in the high 70’s and low 80’s, but I’ll take it.  Since I’ve been wading through these leaves every week while walking Kasen to her Mother’s Day Out class, I decided I would bring my camera and get some cute shots of Kasen.  I imagined Kasen throwing the leaves in the air, laying on the ground with leaves all around her, jumping in a big pile of leaves, and so on and so on.  Welllllllll, that didn’t happen.  I didn’t get ONE of those shots that I had anticipated.  However; right before we were heading for the car, I ran into a friend of mine leaving the church.  She watches two adorable children during the day and she was walking them to the car.  She asked if I could take a few pictures and of course I was willing:  cooperative subjects - check, cute clothes - check, gorgeous curls - check, big beautiful eyes - check.  Yep, a happy accident turned into these sweet photos.  What fun it is just to play with no agenda in site.  I’m very pleased with the results.

Here is the lovely Miss “B” ~

And here is her adorable brother, Mr. “S” ~

I do love the inquisitive look of little ones - I think he’s wondering what on earth am I doing here. LOL

See ya’ later!!

This was taken at the zoo on Sunday.  I love the fall colors, how peaceful they look, and Kasen’s little hand on the back of Brad’s head.  Calm, joy, trust, love.  Definitely a new fave!!

I’m still working on zoo pics - more to come later.

See ya’ later!!

Okay, now I’m going to be singing that song all evening and all day tomorrow. LOL  Brad, Kasen and I headed to the Fort Worth Zoo this morning.  Holden hung out with Mae Mae and Papa and we are SO grateful that they were willing to take care of him for us!  We purposely didn’t tell Kasen that we were going to the zoo until this morning.  If you have a little one, you completely understand.  Brad was given free tickets to the zoo and we couldn’t have been more excited.  We do go to the Dallas Zoo quite often, but it doesn’t even measure up to the Fort Worth Zoo.  If we lived closer, I would definitely have a membership there - Fort Worth Zoo is awesome!!  When I told Kasen that it would be about an hour to drive there, you know, a LONG drive.  Her eyes bulged out of her head and she asked, “Like driving to FLORIDA?!” LOL  Poor kid, that really was a long drive for her . . . . . . well, for us too.  But it was worth it - that’s where we got our little man.

I do have LOTS of cool pictures, but I still need to edit them and we haven’t even eaten supper yet, so I’m out of here.  Leaving you with one pic for now.  I just love these guys.

See ya’ later!!

This week’s theme at I Heart Faces is “Blue” - so I immediately thought of all the pics I take in the bluebonnets every year.  It’s such a Texas tradition and I can hardly wait to take pics of the little man out there next spring.  Anyway, here is Kasen in the bluebonnets - as you can see, she was quite shocked that there were so many. LOL She was saying “WOOOOOWWWWW!!”  It really was a great field of flowers and just a perfect picture opportunity.

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New week, new contest.  At least this week I’m not struggling to get my entry in before the contest closes.  I’m a day ahead!!  Wooohooo!!  And for those of you checking, still no news on the baby.  We are eagerly awaiting the call though!!

This week’s photo contest theme for the kids entry is “Let’s Hear It For the Boys!” ~ Must be a photo of a boy or boys. No girls allowed this week!

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This is one of my very favorite boy shots - it’s our cousin’s son.  The camo hat, his gorgeous eyes, and that sweet grin just make the picture super special to me!

For my adult entry - the same theme goes - “Let’s Hear It For The Boys” ~Must be a photo of a man/men. No ladies allowed this week!

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This picture was taken at the end of a photo shoot and little “Z” was tuckered out.  He’s snuggling his bear and Daddy is snuggling him - too precious.  I adore the look on Dad’s face - you can tell that he is totally smitten with his son.

See ya’ later!!