The Birthday Party

The kiddos before the treasure hunt, dressed, armed and ready to go!

Rudi was their guide --- gotta love the hat!

Lining up to feel the Monkey Brains, Guts and Eyeballs

Blowing out the candle

And the invite

Indiana Ethan was the theme of Ethan's 6th Birthday Party! They had such a good time! We're grateful there are such good friends in his kindergarden class.

Happy 6th Birthday Ethan!

We can't believe our Ethan is 6 years old today! He's growing up so fast! We love you, Ethan! You're growing into such a fun young man. You'll always be our little boy!

Mother's Day Pictures

Just a few from our Mother's Day photo session.

Better late than never!

Not So Random Things Around the House

Here are some random, and not so random, things around our house. I'm such a copy cat. I saw this sort of thing on someone else's blog, and I thought I'd do it too.

My headboard

Stuff from the mantel...the flask is from Rudi's trip to Germany a few years back. He has such a hard job! Poor thing!
I think these flowers give me tranquility
Rudi brought this Buda back from Bangcok (again, what an awful job he has!). I think it's funny that he put it here on our entry table with the pass-along cards....It's since been relocated :o)
Oddly, I think the table itself is also from Bangcok, by way of Hobby Lobby, of course :o)
Still in PJs, nice face, Ash. Note, the cool sweatshirt. I think I found it at a garage sale once for $1. How could they let this go?!

Like I said, still in PJs. (and we obviously need a haircut!) My boys, always the hams. I guess it's my fault, as they have grown up with a lens in their faces.
The candelier sans the cobwebs -- thank you Dish TV guy.
Sis Flanagan (my favorite seminary teacher) gave me this picture (she owned a frame shop) and I have kept it close to my heart ever since. Thanks!

Storybook Exhibit at Downtown Library

The big downtown library was once a bank is is just a beautiful place. Today they had an traveling story book exhibit that Ethan and Ashton and I went to for his preschool. We liked it so much, we took Daddy back on Saturday.

Cinderella's carriage

Ethan's an elephant...I thought this was a clever way of making an Elephant costume.
Ethan posing for me (he's such a trooper) on the balcony of at the Beauty and the Beast exhibit

Ashton climbing up the beanstalk And both boys sliding downAshton stuffed himself into one of Cinderella's buckets at the cinder.
I love the door to this old bank turned library. I see some senior photos here... Lots of fun downtown urban stuff.

Sticky After Pancakes!

This is an impromptu photo session, as I was still experimenting with natural light and the boys had just eaten pancakes and were sticky. They started to take off their sticky pj shirts and were dancing around the room to a little Beasty Boys, and I grabed the camera. My favorite one is where Ethan has his hand on Dad's head, and Ashton is laughing kissing dad's cheek and Rudi looks trapped!

Getting Caught Up!

Okay, okay, enough already! I know I've been a loser not updating my pictures, so now you're going to get too many!

Get ready....

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

This NCAA Championship is 20 years in the making. I remember I was in junior high when the last Kansas team won. (I got to meet them at my local high school when Danny Manning won.) Here's to you, Crimson and Blue!

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Eliza & Abby

Since my photography blog is still fairly new (and not updated as often as I'd like) I thought I would let my friends and family know I updated it with some super cute pictures of Eliza and Abby. Aren't they adorable?

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Easter Pictures

Just some quick Easter Pictures. I can't wait till it's warmer and we can take some nice spring shots with the boys and their Easter clothes. Maybe we'll fake some at Crown Center this Saturday....with the waterfall hotel.

The boys in their favorite colors - Ashton, blue; Ethan, green; (by the way Ashton's other favorite color is pink! Sorry Dad!)

Knock on wood, but we're happy to announce that Ashton is officially potty trained. He's been wearing big boy underwear since January, but since March, he's been realitively accident-free. The boys spent all day Saturday with my parents so we could go to the temple, and he didn't have an accident with Grandma or Papa, so I'm calling it official! Ethan was potty-trained by 2 1/2, so 2 and 2 months isn't bad for babe #2.



These outdoor shots are from the playgroup Easter Egg Hunt. It was so cold and we didn't have jackets. When the hunt got moved outside at the last minute, Ash wore one of Ethan's coats that was accidently left in the Honda.







Some of these got mixed up. This is from Easter Morning and Grandma and Papa Tubbs' House. They just got new carpet in the living room, and with the missionaries living downstairs, we were left with the kitchen and dining room for our Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Morning :o)

The Easter Bunny - Not so cute and cuddly?!

My friend Jenny (from the South side of the city :o) and I got together this week since school was out and the kids were anxious for playmates. We decided to go to the mall to visit the Easter bunny and ride the Merry-go-Round. We let the boys play around in the old playground area (minus the playground equipt because it's under construction, but the kids didn't mind) and waited until the line was short. As we stood in line, Jenny and I wondered if we could take pictures ourselves instead of buying theirs at $20 for a wallet. We noticed the other parents were taking pictures, so we felt safe to do so as well.

Unfortunately, the Easter Bunny (of which I have on good authority is a girl) and who is not as soft and cuddly on the inside as first believed, came over to me and curtly declared I would only get one shot (we're guessing this is because I had a professional camera.) Since the Bunny wasn't feeling the Easter love, we did our best. (See the two pictures below with the infamous bunny!)

The boys. I'm glad they are all close in age and love to play together!

Her cheerful vest, with its school-bus-yellow flower buttons, and her warm and fuzzy exterior are only a ploy, as her inside is icy....