Knot your typical braid!

I always like trying somethign different on Kyrie's hair! Relyssa has been doing these knots http://pinterest.com/pin/339307607/ and they're cute - but Kyrie needs something that stays a little better at school. So I tried "gathering" knots today!

Loved how it turned out! Just start as you would with a french braid, but with two pieces. Tie in a knot, gather, tie another knot, etc, until the hair is used up!

  Happy Hair-do's!

Growing girls...

... have got to eat!
Kyrie has always been a great eater - especially the last 4 years. She can hold her own against most teenagers, and watch out when she hits a growth spurt! (They usually last at least 3 months!)

On Friday, she had a dermatologist appointment in Cheyenne so it was a great excuse for a mother-daughter shopping day! 

We started out with Red Lobster for lunch - no kids menu, thanks! She outgrew that when she discovered REAL shrimp - you know, the stuff withOUT the breading. And it's NOT offered in the kids menu! So Shrimp Scampi it was for her.  

(Along with 3 lobster & crab stuffed mushrooms and a good portion of mashed potatoes!)

After a long afternoon of shopping, we headed for the Wendy's drive-thru. She loves Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers, and asked "what comes with them?" I told her she could order fries with them but it didn't come in a meal. She's not really big on fries so I could tell that option wasn't going to do it. She told me "If you don't eat all yours, I'll just eat the rest." I told her she could always just order 2 jr. bacon cheeseburgers if one wasn't enough. She says "REALLY?! They let you do that?! Maybe we could pretend there is someone else in the back seat too!" After I ordered and was pulling up to the window, she reminded me NOT to tell them that TWO of those cheeseburgers were for her!

(she ate them both!)

 

Introduction

 We interrupt this blogging hiatus to introduce to you our newest nephew! (and my latest photography subject!) Meet Jaith Edwards Ogden - I think he's a keeper!

 

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.