04.13.07 Recital Time!

Today I met Shannon and her kids, Nathaniel and McKenzie at Robinson Springs Park for pictures of McKenzie in her dance recital costumes. Talk about bringing back memories for me! (For those of you who don't know, I started dancing at 3 years old and didn't stop until my mid twenties.)

Here's Nathaniel. He was a card and spent much of his time climbing on top of this fence and jumping off. I managed to snap this during one of the rare times he was still.

And this is McKenzie's ad I made for her dance recital program. I absolutely love the quote her mom found for it!

04.07.08 - More Birthday Festivities!

And this time, the birthday was mine! :)

Leda and I started out the morning by going over to the cow pasture behind my house.

Leda was bold enough to climb the fence (getting stuck in the process)

However, I decided to stay on the other side of the barbed wire! (Although I did lose a flip flop in the muck at one point...luckily, I was able to rescue it!)


While back there, I learned that apparently dinosaurs aren't extinct after all.

After that, we went into Montgomery and had lunch at the Brew Pub (my favorite!) and then went down to the Riverfront.




The splash pad down there is awesome! The kids loved it! Next time, I'm totally playing in it myself!




(P.S. For any of my brides out there - the Riverfront would make a PERFECT Trash the Dress site!)

04.07.2008 Oakwood Cemetary

I've lived in Montgomery for...12 years now...and have just had my first visit to Oakwood Cemetary. I wanted to visit Hank, then I wanted to see all the old stuff too.

Visiting Hank:



BFF Leda


We get to this next section of the cemetary, and Leda suddenly stops. She looks up, points and with awe mixed with incredulity says, "What is THAT?" "What?" I say. "THAT!" she says. I keep looking and cannot figure what in the world she's talking about. I only see trees where she's pointing. I don't get it. Finally, she elaborates.

What was it that had her stumped?

The moss. *giggles*



When she put it on Flickr, she even called it a moss tree. I :heart: her. (BTW, it's Arbor Vitae, the tree of life. ;)

Tyler and Cole. They became such good buds!

A couple of other shots from Oakwood:

Sunday Fun

Leda and I knew Angela and Jacob were coming to town to hang out with us and play...but we got a nice little suprise when Michele and Conor showed up too! We had a blast!

Lee with our boys, watching the turtles bob up and down in the water

Leda's Nyla

Luke watching the fish

Cole the Wild Man.



The Kids. (from left: Cole, Jacob, Nyla, Tyler, Connor)

House Party!

Leda is finally here! She (complete with family) arrived yesterday and it's been non-stop ever since. It's soooo good to be able to LOOK at Leda when I'm talking to her! 2 years...much too long. Rest assured, you will be bombarded with pictures from the week once things slow down and I/we are able to get to all of them...but for now, I leave you with an image of the mat by my back door. This mat normally is home to a pair or two of shoes...not now! With 9 people living here this week, the amount of shoes has drastically increased!

:sigh: I'll miss the shoes when they're gone.

Happy Birthday Luke!

My baby boy, Luke, is a full year old now. Where did the time go? Really!?! You hear people say that all the time, and then something happens (like the baby who just yesterday was a teeny tiny new born, suddenly turning a year old) to remind you that time really does fly when you're having fun.

My funny little man, so laid back, so thoughtful, so quietly mischievous. I can't believe a year has gone by so fast. Will I wake up tomorrow and he'll be starting kindergarten???

My best friend Leda and her family were here for his birthday, and she so fabulously offered to cover the party for me. Huge thanks Leda! It was wonderful to sit back and enjoy the party and know I was going to have wonderful pictures from it. (Not to mention, I'm actually in a few pictures! That never happens!) To see a sampling of pictures from My Luke's very first ever birthday party, click here.

It was an awesome party with family and friends, even with the rain and wind. :)

Claire is a Fabulous Name!

Wouldn't you agree, Claire? ;)

This is my newest couple, Claire & Andrew. A June wedding in 2009 in Birmingham. In the meantime, we'll be doing e-pics, so be on the lookout for those!