love my nieces to pieces.

 This is my great-niece Millie.

And my niece Kelly.

I got to see them for about five minutes this weekend at my parents' house.

That's all it takes for me to snap a few.

Love these girls to pieces!

this just in.

I've been doing a little re-branding.

All this fun stuff was delivered today.

It's a happy day.

(It's the small things in life.)

That's all.



hide and seek.

To celebrate Jack's fourth birthday, we not only took his pictures,

but got to play a game of hide and seek!

We all got to be it.

And we all got to hide.

And in the end, we got some great pictures!



 I love his expression with his pretty mama, Lauren.

So cute.

 Ready or not, here I come.

 Warmin' up.

All done.

365 in 2013 {february}

February 1:  Free at Last
(Fifth Grade recited Dr. King's speech today)

February 2:  Cleaning Day (Yikes!)

February 3: Better than Beyonce

(Tess entertained us during the Super Bowl power outage)

February 4:  No Birds Bathing Here

 February 5:  Closer Look

February 6:  Picking Up Wednesday Dinner
(taken from the car with my iPhone)

 February 7:  Everything That Has Breath

February 8:  Friday Night at Home

 February 9:  Nick's Roommate

February 10:  Sabbath Rest

February 11:  Cut and Color
 (Congrats to the wonderful Lyndi Hundman on the opening of Indigo City Salon)

February 12:  I ♥ Bokeh

February 13:  Lenten Food for Thought

 February 14:  Be Mine

February 15:  Just One
(Okay, maybe two...)

February 16:  Bookstore Date

February 17:  Family Name

February 18:  Rainy Night Flannel.

February 19:  Closing Prayer

 February 20:  Window of Truth
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
Titus 2:11

February 21:  Escape of our Class Mascot

 February 22: But God
Spirit Week 2013
Cornerstone Christian Acdemy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ZbssSQw7s

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

He saved us

not because of righteous things we had done
but because of His mercy.
Titus 3:4

February 23:  Little Hands and Feet

February 24:  National Fake Mustache Day
(I may or may not have worn this for a brief time at church today.)

February 25:  Bleak Midwinter

 February 26: Through My Windshield
Fat raindrops in the morning. Sloppy snow by afternoon.
No, I wasn't driving.

February 27: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

February 28:  Parachute Pictures

 

February is complete.
Small and sweet.
One day I'd be eager to see tulips blooming.
The next, I was hoping enough snow would fall for school to be cancelled.
Now that's it's over...
Bring on spring!

preston and brothers.

Oh the magic of having Mommy nearby,

while Mr. John makes funny faces and monkey sounds behind the photographer's head.

Works like a charm!

 

The last time we were at Preston's house,

fall was approaching.

He was a wee little thing snuggled in a basket.

Just a few months later, he's crawling everywhere and trying to pull himself up.

Even though he's grown so much,

he still has those deep liquid eyes and sweet, sweet smiles.

We had beautiful morning sun pouring through the windows.

Big brother Zachary took a look outside and told us all about the snow,

while Gavin taught his dad how to play chess.

(I love the thoughtful expression on his face.)

At nine months old,

Mr. Preston is not too sure about the whole walking thing...

but we'll be back in June for his one year pictures.

Maybe by then, he'll feel differently about being on his feet.



get some yum.

 In case you live in the Bloomington/Normal area and haven't heard,

Sugar Mama Bakery officially opened its doors last week.

 

Before the official grand opening,

friends and family gathered to celebrate, and we caught a few images of the event.

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

Be sure to stop in at Sugar Mama for some yum.

 

These two are just trying to figure out what flavors will be served at their wedding.