Zach's Soccer

Last Saturday Zachary had a soccer game. I have been wanting to buy a zoom lens but wasn't sure which one and a friend of mine let me borrow hers to try. Here are a few pictures I took that day.Here is Zach making a goal!!You can't see it that well but this is Zach's reaction to scoring a goal (whether he made it or one of his teammates.)
This made me laugh. I guess he is trying to intimidate the opponent.

Action shot! I ended up ordering a different zoom lens than the one I borrowed and it should arrive either today or tomorrow. Can't wait!

Aggies vs. KU

Well it has been way too long since I posted last. I still need to post pictures of our trip to Florida last summer but I'm not sure if that will ever happen. I've been very busy with my photography business which is great. My new years resolution is to take more pictures of my own kids though. We went to see the Aggies play KU this past fall. It was a blow out game so not that much fun to watch but the kids had a blast. This was Addie's first time to come to a game. We got to the stadium a couple hours before the game started because the kids could play some easy games and win promotional stuff like wristbands, pompoms, etc. We got into the actual stadium an hour before the game started and literally less that 2 minutes into the game Addie said she was ready to leave. :) We did manage to get her to stay until half time. Like I said, the game was a blowout so we didn't miss much in the second half. Here are a few pictures from our trip!

This is one of the promotional items they won.
One of the games they played.

They had this set up for kids to play on...

Jason and Addie watching the Corp of Cadets band march in.

Addie is pouting about something. I can't remember what it was but I thought it was funny. :)

Nice.

Addie wondering what Jason is doing (he's doing some Aggie cheer).

George Bush Sr. was there!

A rare family picture. Zach is trying to give Addie bunny ears. I'm so happy he's learned out to do that.

Wacky Tacky Tuesday!

As Zachary was brushing his teeth today he says, "Oh it's Wacky Tacky Tuesday!" So we had to quickly come up with something a little wacky to wear. Hopefully we accomplished that. Still such a handsome boy even if he's dressed a little tacky.

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Thing 1 & Thing 3

Lately I had been feeling fairly good about my photography skills. Not that I thought I was so good I still didn't have a lot to learn but I was getting better. Those thoughts all came crashing down yesterday when I visited my good friend, Kelly Holder's, photography blog. She is absolutely an amazing photographer. I hope to be as good as her one day. Anyways, after looking at all of her latest pictures I decided I needed to get back into practicing in between client sessions. Today the kids had on their Thing 1 & Thing 3 shirts that they got in Florida this summer so I decided to take some pics in the backyard. Of course I am biased but I think they look so cute in the pictures I wanted to put together a storyboard. I am thinking I may order one of these to put in their bathroom. I just can't decide which one I like better. Thoughts??

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Our Summer Vacation

This summer our family went on vacation to Florida. We toured NASA, went to Universal Studios, and stayed at the Nickelodeon hotel. I'm going to have to break up the posts so I can fit all of the pictures in. The first thing we did was go to NASA and take a tour. The very last shuttle launch was happening that week so we were hoping to get a closer glimpse of the shuttle before it was retired. There are quite a few pictures so I put them into a slide show because I couldn't decide which ones to take out. Unfortunately we didn't get as close to the shuttle as we would have liked. AND when we did take the tour to see it (and get as close as anyone can get who doesn't work there) they were servicing it so the "arm" of the launch pad (or whatever that is called) was open and covering most of it up. You will see from the picture we only really got to see the tip top of it (from far away - did I mention that we didn't get very close to it?). Anyways, it was really neat to see all of it. Jason especially enjoyed it. He is a very big space enthusiast. It was extremely hot the entire time we were in Florida and this was no exception. Here are the pictures I took that day....

Future Soccer Stars

Last night I celebrated my 39th birthday by watching Zachary and Addison play soccer. We have signed them up to do a training academy for like 10 weeks or something like that. This is Addie's first time to put on her soccer gear and do any kind of organized sport. She was very excited. I think it's going to be a great experience for both of them. Addie will be doing a mini season that starts in Sep. Zachary is doing the regular season which starts in November. I told them I wanted to take their picture and they positioned themselves. I think they are finally getting the hang of posing for me!!! Aren't they precious?!?!

I am hoping to blog about our fun trip we took to Florida this summer. I've been so busy with taking pictures for other people I've kind of slacked off on my own family. I promise to do better this fall. Stay tuned.....

2011 Kansas Trip

Once again the kids and I went to Kansas to visit my family and go to the River Festival. The kids did fanstatic on the plane. A big thanks to Jason for driving us to New Orleans so we could take a direct flight to Kansas City. We got to KC on a Saturday afternoon and stayed with Angie and her family until Monday. We had a great time visiting with them. That night Barry took Zach & Cooper to see the Royals play baseball. They didn't win but Zach had so much fun. Angie and I took Addison & Carson to Home Goods which is my favorite store of all time. I wish we had one in Gulfport. On Sunday we took the kids to a small water park/splash pad which was a lot of fun. That night we went to a place called Power Play. It's a lot like Dave & Busters but at little more kid friendly. They have a go kart track inside and Zachary absolutely loved it. They also have a buffet where you can eat. The food was really good and they even had Icee machines! All the Icees you can drink (but only while you are in the restaurant area). I would have stayed there a lot longer drinking away but the kids were dying to play.

On Monday the kids and I and Cooper drove to Salina. We stopped in Lawrence to see my friend Kim from high school. I am so happy I got to see her & her two adorable dogs! We got to my parents house Monday afternoon. Throughout the week we went to the pool, a fantastic park in Lindsborg and had my mom's family over for dinner on Wednesday night. It was really great seeing my grandma and my aunts, uncles and cousins. Here are a few pictures from that night....

The great-grandchildren....

Like I said, we went to Lindsborg one morning because they have a great park.
The Salina Country Club has such a great pool. They have a big slide that the kids love.

We went to the Festival on Friday morning. Believe it or not but I was actually cold that morning! It was hot the beginning of the week but it cooled off. It was absolutely wonderful to not have the humidity in the air!! Here are a few pictures from the festival that day....

Addie found this button at my parents house and insisted on wearing it.

The kids got in to the crafts this year. Here they are making a bag to put all of their goodies in.

This is called "scratch art."

Fruit Loop necklace

The kids got their "face painted." I say that lightly because it almost looks like a 4 year old did the painting. Cooper was a Ninja, I'm not even sure what Zach had on his face and Addie had some type of red bird. This picture makes me laugh because of the look on Addison's face.

Here the kids are having a sno cone. It's that invisible cherry. I called it Magic Cherry so they wouldn't fuss about it not being red. They thought it was pretty cool.
The day we headed back to KC so we could fly out the next day the kids were playing outside. I realized Zach and Addie had coordinating outfits.

We had a great time in Kansas!