Me and Emmy

I've posted so much about Peyton, I had to post a few pics of Emmy. Here we are, I'm tickling her and she is acting annoyed.


Can you see her saying "stop"? Emmy or as we now call her Mimmy loves to act annoyed and grumpy. She really isn't that grumpy, but she sure likes to put on.
We've hit the phase of the fake smile that actually looks like she is in pain.

First Day of School

This has become a tradition: Peyton eating oatmeal on the first day of school. Hope he doesn't want pancakes for breakfast.


Here he is with his teacher. She is FABULOUS!!!! And most importantly he loves her and wants to please her.

Crab date

Peyton and I started a new tradition this year- to go on a date before school starts. Peyton is a HUGE Deadliest Catch fan -the TLC show, and he decided he wanted to go eat some crab. So we went to Joe's Crab Shack and he had a blast.


He really gets into coloring, and he always insists on bringing the menu home. Is it bad I throw them away while he is sleeping?



Look at him digging for some meat.

He was determined to at least try to crack the legs-I ended up helping him, but I just love his determination.
We needed a little dessert to complete the meal-yummy!

The reason Matthew and I fight 99% of the time

I saw this on a table and I just had to photograph it. Enough said.

My new photography blog

I just wanted to share that I am finally finished with my new photography blog for my business. A new personal one will follow as well-I'll keep you posted. I've been working on this off and on since May, so as you can imagine I'm relieved I finished programming it. I hope you check it out. Check back soon, I'm going to have my first contest on it.

The Great Wolf Lodge

We went to The Great Wolf Lodge 2 weeks ago with my cousin Deb and her 2 boys. It was a blast, I think we're going to make it a yearly tradition .


Here is Allie, chilled out in her stroller. This is Colton. Doesn't he have the most amazing eyebrows? Colton how do you keep your eyebrows looking so great? Ha Ha Ha.
This is Weston. He has awesome hair!
Here is Mimmy (She refers to herself as Mimmy). We had dried off changed our clothes and we were heading out to dinner, but she just couldn't tear herself away from the window. Down below is the indoor water park and she missed it terribly. She is such a little fish.
Here is the crew-tired, water logged, and hungry.

My little boy is growing up...and I'm sad

My little boy is starting kindergarten tomorrow, and I'm sad. I have loved having him home everyday this summer, and I just don't want to give that up. I know he's ready to go back to school and he needs it, but I don't need it.

We went to parent orientation last night, and I LOVE his teacher. All of the kindergarten teachers are great, but I think he got the perfect one for him.

He got a real Charger football jersey from football camp this year. It touches the ground, it's so long. I had to take some pictures in it, because he is soooo in love with it.