Family Pictures

May 22, 2011

What a day! Our nephew and Godson, Logan, was baptized early in the morning. Then Steve was taken to an urgent care and diagnosed with strep throat. All day it was literally pouring.down.rain. Our back-up plan for pictures was a warehouse studio in Minneapolis. A tornado ripped through Minneapolis about 90 minutes before our scheduled picture time and hit two blocks away from our back-up studio location! Less than an hour before our picture session, the rain stopped, the sun came out and we were able to make some memories. Thanks be to God. Thanks also to an old friend and photographer, LeAnne Johansen, for being flexible and capturing the beauty of the moment.

The Beach Part VI: Wiped Out

The End of a Great Day!

All in all, we had a fantastic day. We are so glad that we made our first trip to the ocean prior to leaving NC. Needless to say, everybody slept very well that night. As for us now - the kids and Steve have been in TN since Memorial weekend and I have not seen them since the day after Memorial Day. It has been incredibly difficult to be away...but in two days I will be there... reunited and I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!

The Beach Part V: Family

This while holding the camera dangerously
suspended over the water!!!!


We had such a great time!

The Beach Part IV: Fun Times

Take that you wave...you don't scare me!

There is some serious work going on here people!

Ahhhhhhhh!

The Beach Part III: Playing in the Ocean

Whatcha doing boys?


Wait! I am in charge!

Wait for it...



...the after splash!

The Beach Part II: Playing in the Sand

Cool man chillin'.

Supervising Saela's work...

Mom...cannot you see I am busy?

The Beach Part I: Wilmington, NC

Wrightsville Beach

5.14.11

Was, is and always will be my Baby Girl!

The loves of my life!

My Sweet Sweet Boy!

On a somewhat last minute decision, we decided to take the kids to the beach for one day on their last weekend in North Carolina. We are are so glad we went. We had a great time...stay tuned - more pictures to come...

Say Cheese

Due to upcoming family pictures,
I had the kids practice saying "cheese."

This is what we came up with!

Are we done yet?

Saela has been sporting this look since she was six
months old. Check out "Our Little Bunny" from March 2008! :)

Mom's Day 2011

Some good chocolate was had by all on Mother's Day this year. A little Godiva chocolate can go a long way in creating happy campers and a happy Mommy! In addition, Saela picked out *my* gifts - a princess from her and a matchbox type car from Asher. Hopefully *we* will have hours of fun with my gifts :). Somewhat to Steve's dismay - Asher preferred the princess and some fighting did ensue. We spent a leisurely day at one of the outlet malls with some friends and just had a very nice time. It was a perfect day! Love those babies to pieces and feel so privileged to be their mom.

Need A Chair?

Then...

...find one...

...or make your own!

Toes

Mommy & Miss Saela