the blue silo....

so this was a fun session, they had this amazing blue silo which i realize most people probably wouldn't....and shouldn't get excited about, but i was thrilled, and then to top it off they had a pet goat! ...very fun. I remember driving back into Sabetha after this session to meet my sister at the girls' tennis lessons so we could run out to where Jeff and some of his guys from back home were working to play some crazy practical joke on them....i'm telling you, it's scary when we get together.....anyways, i was so excited cause on the way i found this amazing blue chair dumped off on the side of the road in a ditch. Sure, it had a few legs broken off and spiders crawling everywhere, but it would still be pretty cool to photograph with.....too bad i never did! :(

memorial day...

my brother came back for his 15 yr. class reunion over Memorial Day. They had an after party out in my Pop's barn which my mom went all out in catering for. We decided that she really should start her own business....called "Evelyn's Edibles", which i love but cannot take any credit for in naming. Now we just need to get her on board with the idea.....hmmmm........Here's some quick shot's of my brother's girls on the 4th of July! ....love these girls! :)

meet my sister...

so, this is my very beautiful and amazing sister who jeff was doing a project for. It's scary when the two of us get together- we can make a simple "light-bulb" moment into a week long crazy creative project that we may never ever use- but we sure had fun doing it and by golly it looks good too. Here's some shots from their session with the "infamous" jeep of Pop's!

a recap...

wow....it's been over 2 months since i've posted, here's a quick re-cap on some of the sessions from this summer. First off, here are my madre y padre who so graciously took us in while jeff was working on my sister's project....they are amazing! :) I love the picture of Taya with mom, it was taken at the first light of morning and definitely portrays how incredibly ornery she is....she's sugar and spice for sure.

...heading home!

so, it's been over a month since i've last posted- and much has been going on- however, right now we are all super-excited about spending time at grama and papa's house in kansas this summer while jeff builds an addition onto my sister's house....it's going to be a fun time! :)

I'm taking a "Knitting" leap....

that's right, i'm venturing out of my comfort level and am going to attempt to knit this mini poncho. i stole this picture that my friend sara took from her blog. i LOVE it.....she says it's simple-simple, but her simple and my simple aren't even in the same dictionary. she called the other day and said she finished a sweater for one of her boys, her daughter and was currently working on one for her- and knowing her, she probably whipped it all out in a week.....well, with that said i'm hoping to have my poncho done by next winter, and beings how long this one is lasting, that'll give me something to look forward to, right? 

MOPS moment....

so we had mops on friday and once again i waited till the last possible moment to design the newsletter. here are a few excerpts if your interested, most of the information is from family fun, martha stewart kids and other magazines and websites. 

For our craft we made the "Salvation Easter Eggs" which was a huge hit with my kids. I had to leave early to pick up jaden from school, so i just grabbed the supplies to do it later. For the rest of the morning the kids had a ball with Grandma assembling it, she cut out and read the verses and then they would try to find what trinket went with what. Afterwards, Josie thought we needed to store the egg carton in the refrigerator with the other eggs, so that's where it's currently at- hopefully i'm fully awake next time i make an omelet and don't end up frying up some thorns and torn cloth.....ouch.