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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Wow.

We HAVE to sit Indy down and talk to him about lowering the bar a bit...I mean where do we go from here? How does he top this? Sheesh - it's all about pacing yourself...

I guess we are a little bit happy for him - just worried that he'll follow in Byrnesie's footsteps :)

*Pictured above - Indy Holdsworth & Principal Brian Moore as they place the "SIGN" in the first Student of the Week "sign winners" yard.

Little "Z"

She has done this many many times before.

Like "6" (six) times...and this would be her #7.

He is one sweet little guy. And being #7 means that you don't get your pictures taken till about 4 weeks old - which means we get some great faces and wide open eyes.

But a few good sleeping ones...He's going to have to wait awhile till he can join the rest of his siblings on the big hunts...and fishing expeditions.

But I'm pretty sure that his beautiful incredible mother is O.K. with keeping him small for a little while longer...and snuggling in close with him.

Because there will be a few interruptions every now and then...just a few.

I couldn't help myself...he had the best faces!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

School Day 2012

I did manage to snap some pictures the first morning of school - never mind that the lens on the camera was malfunctioning and we were late - I was determined.

Our lovely 5th grader (yes mom - he took the hat off for this picture just for you - but the attitude seems to have remained :)

Oh my - our lovely Feedle Dee off to 3rd grade (carrying a bulging backpack filled with??? leftover school supplies from last year.)

The teeny tiny got shuffled all around that morning but she hung in there...

And finally "TA-DA" our kindeeegartner "Smacky" - who has informed us that he can beat everyone up on the playground. Great! Way to go Mac!

The Rascals.

We had a very quick back to school treat before we had to rush off to begin the crazy after school schedules

Its a good thing we do "crazy" well.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Back to....

Back to CrossFit.

Let me just say that my favorite Crossfitter - Annie Thorisdottir ended up being crowned "Fittest Woman on Earth". So flippin fun to be able to watch the games - we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Back to School.

Last week (and it was only a partial week) ended with tears - from me. It was a long "half" week. We rolled into town and headed straight to Meet the Teacher night. Then tried to unpack and find backpacks and lunchboxes. I asked all the kids' teachers what they needed to survive the first week of school - they all answered "nothing" so that's exactly what my kids showed up with - nothing. Awesome - I know.

Back to Life (& sick kids).

Ella went in this morning and received some lovely tubes - the kids were all bummed that they couldn't see them - hopefully we won't be able to see any more ear infections. Mac went to school the first day with viral pink eye (doctor swears its not contagious...hmmm oh well :( welcome back to life.

Back to Work.

With the crazy summer behind us - its time to get back to work. I've fallen so far behind in posting sessions that chances are slim for them to be posted but I'm pulling up my boot straps and focusing on the wonderful future and things that make me happy - like moms - who work hard every day and want nothing more than for their families to grow up with love between them...and I love being able to capture that love - especially when it involved a mom & dad who were expecting their 2nd child within 2 weeks of our photoshoot AND they brought along their 1st little guy to join in the fun.

Aren't beautiful gorgeous pregnant mothers the BEST? She could ALMOST convince me to jump in the arena again...almost...although her basketball stomach and my "wall-ball" stomach don't quite compare...I think I'll stick to photographing these moms :)

And of course we can't forget about our Dad's out there...

And good heavens where would we be without our spunky 2 year old boys??

The little man says he is more than ready for his life to be turned upside down...

My absolute favorite image of the day...A hard at work mom (and dad) - loving their family...and the lighting isn't bad either.

She was such a trooper - what kind of crazy photographer asks her pregnant client to hoist her growing 2 year old over her head?? I couldn't even feed her the wives tale that it would induce labor since I'd already told her they were all false.

She didn't seem to mind too much...or maybe it was that I told her we were almost done.

When we finished I told her start dreaming of going...
Back to Bed.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Crossfit Games - Day 1

I know I have loads of other posts from this summer, but really it all comes down to this awesome weekend. We've been at the beach for a few days and now we get to enjoy the 2011 Crossfit Games. The first day was wonderful - it started off with a "surprise" 210 meter swim on Santa Monica Beach a 1500m beach run, 50 pull-ups, 100 pushups and 200 squats ending with a 1500m beach run.

We were a bit surprised at the turnout at 7am but loved how everyone got into it...(play where's Waldo with Matt & Tia)

Then we headed down in the afternoon to the Home Depot Center where my mother was sent a text message/picture with the words "no excuses".

We all have our favorites at the event and mine is Annie. (Her last name is Thorisdottir and she's only 21 and she's from Iceland :)

Lucky for you I can show you a proper clean and jerk from beginning to end...and if it just so happens to be with Tia's favorite for the games then...