Tree Hugger

I realized yesterday that it has been over a week since I've posted a picture of my kids, it's been kinda a nice change, good for me to flex my photography muscles & take something other than those 2 precious muses of mine! However, I'm back with one of Amy-Lee...he's quickly turning into that little boy I've been dreading...climbing things, fascination- bordering on obsession - with guns and all things violent, doesn't want to cuddle with his mama in the mornings "tomorrow I'll cuddle with you" "tomorrow I'll hold your hand." But I guess these are all signs that we are doing our jobs correctly, he's growing up, exerting his independence, at least that's what I tell myself in a feeble attempt to comfort my bruised mama-ego...

AL + LL = TLA

Pepper

Although he/she is not our cat the kids have given baby-cat an official name...Pepper! I love hearing Lou yelling for him/her..."Pep-Pa...Pep-Pa..." However, I'm still fond of "baby-cat" which is what I'll continue to use.

Mums the word...

I planted these boogers early in the spring & they kept growing and growing and growing...they were tall, fell over into the driveway and have been laying there for several months. They looked bad! But wait, look at them now! Of course they had about 2 good days before the frost got them...

unchartered territory

Tonight, after a lovely dinner at our favorite resturant, Venucci's, we went to the big High School game between the two rival high schools in town... I had the pleasure of photographing a promotional event for a local radio station in town, a field goal kick from the 30 yard line for a new Toyota truck...needless to say the gentleman didn't make the goal...c'est la vie...

Finally!

It's over! I've passed off the school pictures to the "Directoress" they are officially out of my control! I don't know if I should laugh or cry? One thing I do know...they look GOOOOOD!

*I should have posted this earlier, but especially want to thank Casey & Fiona for coming over last night & helping me put those packages together! Also, thanks to Kerri for helping me those 2 days we took pictures! Y'all are the best!

Baby-Cat

The cat to the left is ours, Scully, the cat to the right is "baby-cat" a stray cat that our good friends & neighbors found under their house one day about 6 weeks ago. Baby-cat has decided to play both sides of the street...we feed it/they feed it/we feed it/they feed it...smart cat!

Shout out to Donna!

I've been working with rubber cement for the past two days for a work project. It's some foul smelling stuff, actually gave me a doozy of a headache yesterday, but to be honest...I love that stuff! Everytime I work with it I can't help but think of my friend and college roomate, Donna Hartley (now Pixler) whenever I work with that stuff. She's the brilliant mind who showed me how to put the glue on both sides of the project your working on to make it stick better! Genius! OK, so it states that on the directions, but who reads the directions?

Today is my birthday. . .

No need to bother counting the candles on my beautiful, homemade, by 2 wonderful kids & their sweet daddy, cake...I'll tell ya, I'm 39 & still going strong! What a wonderful day! Dinner with the girls topped the day off! Thanks everyone for your cards, gifts, dinner, & love!

Shine

This morning, the boys went at church, while Lou & I stayed home because she wasn't feeling too well. I put on my new favorite CD, Joni Mitchell's Shine and she started painting. Between this cutie painting, the beautiful day, and Joni's wonderful music I was blown away! Too bad you can't look at this picture & hear that music at the same time...it was one of those moments!

"She Loves Me"

We had the most wonderful evening! It started with a yummy dinner with the Baker's and then we all headed over to see the College's production of "She Loves Me" which was absolutely wonderful! Amy-Lee was mesmerized, Lou fell asleep right before intermission, c'est la vie! She woke up right at the end & kept saying..."that was good, that was good."

Two for the price of one!

I'm catching up here! I finally, finally finished the pre-school portraits and have a few extra minutes before I devote the rest of today to my very patient family. So without futher ado... It is with great pleasure that I present to you the blog photos for today, Friday, November 2, 2007... Ms. Lou at her finest!

Lou with the dog that she loves the most, Jasime (Jazzy), although I'm not so sure that Jazzy feels the same...

Lou painting in the afternoon. This is the easel we gave her for her birthday and I think we definitely have gotten our money's worth on this present!

rushed...

I'm in a time crunch with those pictures I mentioned earlier in a blog post...no time for witty musings...hopefully tomorrow! Here's a random picture of Lou from this past weekend @ our friends Tim, Leigh Ann & Eva's house!

Finally, it's over!

Is it just me or did this Halloween season seem inordinately long? But we made it through, only one costume change & loads of candy! Can't wait until next year. By the way...doesn't it seem wrong that Christmas decorations are up before the taste of your last candy corn is gone?

Here are my precious children, ever so cooperative when it comes to taking pictures...

This is a good example of why we LOVE our neighborhood...spontaneous group trick or treating

More of our little munchkins! I love this picture because you can see Amy-Lee helping Mary Maddox down the steps...what a kind fellow!

The never ending Halloween season. . .

One of my favorite activities is my monthly garden club meeting...this month...jack-o-lanterns.

Marathon Man!

We are so proud of my sweet husband! He ran his 1st marathon this weekend & did really well! You can see his finish time in the last picture! I loved that it was ok for Amy-Lee to run with him across the finish line!

pumpkins for my pumpkins...

This weekend we made our way to Greenville & visited with Aunt Dottie, but not before picking up a couple of pumpkins for her!

Dress Rehersal

Tonight we hosted friends for a Halloween dress rehearsal party. You know one night really isn't enough time to enjoy your Halloween costume...especially when your Mom worked as hard as she did making it...not me, but Fiona, Kerri & Melina sure did!

You'll notice that there was a change in wardrobe for my little girl, she wasn't too comfortable as a witch...see that's what dress rehearsals are all about! Now bear with me, there are a bunch of cute, cute photos ahead!

1st costume...

I love this picture because it shows that even a beautiful mermaid like Abby can't take my boy's attention away!

Our 2nd fireman wasn't as thrilled to be at the party. . .

The Doctors Fuller

And finally...our sweet clown!

Burning down the house...

This was the scene at our house this a.m. as the fire department arrived to rescue us from a sizzling socket...luckily, the situation wasn't serious and we resumed breakfast shortly after this picture was taken!

school pics

Today I had the honor of taking the school portraits for the Early Learning Center. Lou & Amy-Lee also had their school portraits taken today at Montessori. Here is a take on my version of school portraits.