Makin' a Spalsh!

All the cousins on the J side were together over Easter wknd, so we had a chance to take pictures! It was a chilly day with plenty of mud puddles - who could resist making good use of them?!

But before they could get muddy...

 

 

 

Just in case anyone thought this job was EASY...

THIS is what 99% of the shots looked like!

 Derek's Kids - a Mother's day Picture

And NOW the mud!

Mud puddles = muddy butts!

Mother's Day

It was a BEAUTIFUL Mother's day, even though it was too hot for May 8th! 

(90something - but I'm trying not to complain!)

  Our wonderful little Sunday morning Meeting started having a Mother's Day brunch 4 years ago - guys/dads cook - and it has continued each year since! Us Mom's feel quite spoiled and enjoy every moment of it!

I am reminded, on this special day (and most other days as well!), that I have SO MUCH to be thankful for! 

She makes my heart smile!!!

Well, they both do - and it's usually more of a laugh, but He's not quite as into Mother's Day as she is!

  Hope yours was a day filled with joy!

Attn Photo Mama's

You can't afford NOT to check out this giveaway on Moms With Cameras!!

 

Help me pick out new glasses!

 

Here's a better angle of #4

After almost 5 years with the same frames, it's time for a change.

Put your vote in your comment!

I can not begin to imagine...

what this family is going through!

  I came across the blog for Amy Price Photography this morning - she's located in Omaha and has done some amazing work! But I could hardly breathe when I started reading what her family was going through, with their two youngest children! It is so heartbreaking, so unimaginable. I haven't been able to read very much of it - tears keep blurring my vision! 

  So if you day looks a little bleak, your children are driving you nuts, you feel like you've hit rock bottom and can't figure out how to get up, or you just need a little reminder that your troubles really aren't any trouble at all, take a look at Liviana & Giovanni's blog.

4 years in the blink of an eye!

How DID this sweet baby boy get so big? Happy 4th birthday to my lovable Baby Trey!

And that's all I'm gonna say... or I might start crying!

 

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  Come take a peek! It is a subscription based website but if you sign up by Jan 31 you can use coupon code FRIEND and get 20% off any subscription! (new users only.) So that makes a 6 month subscription $24 instead of $30. You can get a longer subscription and save even more, if you want! (or a 1 month subscription if you're not sure about it!)

  I'd like to think I'm all you need when it comes to learning about photography (*SNORT*!) but you've got to check this place out!

If you DO sign up, please use my screen name as a referral. (4thememoriesofU)

A tale of two laundry rooms

One day I was trying to come up with a solution for more storage for seldom used kitchen things (crock-pot, electric skillet, cake supplies, etc), as well as home canned food. (We do have a storage room but it's too warm in there to store canned food!) I decided that it would make a lot of sense to move my scrapbook stuff (I almost never scrapbook at home anyway) to the basement family room, and move the laundry up to my scrapbook room, (right off the Kitchen!) where there would be space for the deep freeze and tons of storage! 
We just got the cabinets ordered , and haven't moved the deep freeze up yet but I am LOVING how it's coming together! So here's a peek at what it looks like right now... hopefully in less than a month I'll have some great updated pictures! 

My basement laundry room... It was out in the open in the family room so not a bad space, but not the most ideal either!