got buzzed!

so it was getting to be jaden's bedtime so i told him to go ahead and brush his teeth and pick out a few books for me to read to him while i ran up and jumped in the shower. I heard him knock on the door and ask "mom, you in here?" 

"yes, jj- i'll be right out" ,

"i got the books ready", 

"ok, i'll be right down", 

well, i thought he left and that was the end of it until a few minutes later i hear this clanking noise, so i peeked out... "jj, are you still in here?" well, he turns around and i see that he obviously had just cut his hair (parts down to the skin)- which at the time was fairly long for him- since he detests getting it cut- 

"oh, i see you cut your hair"

"yeah"

"do you like it?"

"yeah"

"that's good, why don't you go down and show grandma, she might want to trim it up a bit"

"ok"

well- it was all you could do not to laugh when you saw him- which grandma was obviously not prepared for... though she did try with all her might- he started to get REALLY embarrassed about it... and then mad....but i think it's all good now- boys...can there really not ever be a dull moment? :)

the Other Mark Miller...

so we went to my cousin's show the other weekend and decided it would be fun to show up with signs....maybe i forgot to mention it was at a coffee shop- ....minor detail.... we've deemed ourselves his biggest fans- wonder if we'll be invited back....hmmmmmmmm........

Twisters and Sewers

this shoot was a riot to say it mildly.  we had been having crazy wind all afternoon and with the baseball and work schedules this was the only time we could get together .  so we were having fun photographing when all of a sudden we hear jaden say something about "there's poop"- well- i've learned through disgusting experience that that phrase is a RED flag at our house. so we turned around and wouldn't you know little emily had fallen in...... WHAT?..... but sure enough there it was -  a sewer- hidden like a slimy sneaky snake in the tall grass and down she went- her cute pink dress was all black and dripping in disgustingness. She handled it well though- as did her mom. To emily it was just mud- we didn't really see the need to clarify it any differently. After washing up and a change of clothes she was back out and as sweet as ever.... maybe a bit more smelly- but i didn't notice :)
and as if that wasn't enough excitement for the day we learned we were in a tornado watch.... oh kansas...it's good to be back home! 

Ying Yang...

ok, so- i made a new friend today.... and would have loved to take her home with me though i think her big sisters and maybe mom and dad and boots the cat may have had something to say about that... but we had fun... they even had some new baby kittens.... so sweet!

Reading Railroad

so, these super cute girls are one of my sister's classmates kids- we had a ball hanging out at their grandpa's farm and going creekin.... (is that really even a phrase or just what we used to say?) anyway there were loads and loads of rocks to skip- i think it was the same creek that we used to walk, bike, 4 wheel down to and hang for hours.... oh memories.

I just called to say....

so, i got to see my cousin and photograph her little boy and nephew who were born just days apart- oh my, were they so cute- i can only imagine how much fun..... or trouble.... that they will enjoy as they grow up! :) who knows maybe they'll even dress up and perform crazy plays at family events and pray nobody finds the tapes 15 years later.... hmmmm......

Barn raising...

ok, so there was this old barn that my dad said his grandpa or great grandpa helped to build. it had wooden pegs for nails and inscriptions dating back to like 1890 or something. anyway, it used to be on a farm a few miles away where one of my cousins now lives, but a few years ago they divided it into pieces and moved it down the road, ducking under telephone wires, dodging bridges, etc... to my parents home...which is quite the story in itself... so the goal of the shoot was to get some photo's of my cousin's children around the barn since it was them that lived there.... i don't know if they could be any cuter....