Photo Friday: Favorites

September 26, 2014September 28, 20147 Comments

Today is a pretty special day, so I have a pretty special picture to share:

wedding

Five years ago, I married my best friend, and this is one of my favorite pictures from that day. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years – we’ve packed so much into so short a time, but I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. We’ve moved twice, added two beautiful boys to our family, and embarked on another remodeling adventure. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the next five years, and the five after that, and the five after that…

Don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out some of her favorite things! What are some of your favorites?

Photo 365 #48

September 24, 20144 Comments

This morning started off with a beautifully colored sky, even if it did look like it was going to rain:

A couple miles further down the road, it did start to rain, and it kept it up most of the morning. I’m glad the rain has stopped now, but I do wish it wasn’t so boringly gray outside.

Photo 365 #44

September 20, 20142 Comments

Today started off dark and gloomy. But by noon, the clouds had parted.

Of course now the weather seems to think we’re back in July, because it was 80° all day. Still, it was a beautiful afternoon. 🙂

Photo 365 #41

September 17, 2014September 18, 2014Leave a comment

Cricket always yells for me to save him when Daddy starts tickling him, but this time, our roles were reversed:

daddy's boy

I was the one doing the tickling and Daddy was the one doing the saving. Apparently, though, Daddy was also supposed to save him from having his picture taken.

So much for that idea. 🙂

Photo 365 #40

September 16, 2014September 16, 201410 Comments

Today was a beautiful, glorious day, the kind of day that makes you feel glad to be alive.

As I was wandering my yard this afternoon, I happened upon these beauties. I suspect these are the last tomatoes we’ll see this year (in our garden, anyway), but there are still a few apples clinging to a half-dead tree in the yard.

I love fall. 🙂

Photo 365 #38

September 14, 2014September 14, 201410 Comments

Apparently I’ve spawned a Borg…

I hope I won’t be assimilated in my sleep. That would make for a really rotten Monday come morning. 😛

Photo 365 #37

September 13, 20143 Comments

Our bunnies, Oreo and Midnight (one guess what they look like) got new homes today. Now they have their own room to hop about and curl up and eat and drink and just be.

But today’s post isn’t really about the bunnies.

We took the boys out to see the bunnies once they were all settled and Thumper got distracted by the kitties roaming the yard. He feels compelled to pick up the cats every time he sees them, and if he has to chase them in order to pick them up? So much the better, in his opinion.

He loves his kitties. 🙂

Photo 365 #36

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014Leave a comment

Bubbles is a goofy boy:

shirt

This is one of his other birthday gifts. Apparently he’s pretty excited about the prospect of going hunting in a couple of years. I was excited that I caught this silly expression on film (in a manner of speaking, anyway).

Photo Friday: Birthdays!

September 12, 20143 Comments

Today, Bubbles turns eleven. How in the world is it possible that my beautiful baby boy is suddenly eleven?

Startin’ ’em off young FTW.

Since this is his weekend at his dad’s, we had his birthday supper last night: Spaghetti with meat sauce and chocolate cake with chocolate frosting (and the Heath bits leftover from Tuesday night’s Pampered Chef party). After he opened his presents, we cleaned up and put the boys to bed before settling in for an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. It was a good night, and I hope his day and night today will be just as fun.

I love you, Bubbles. ❤

Do you have any family traditions surrounding birthdays? If so, share ’em below, and don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out her birthday pictures – you won’t regret it!

Photo 365 #34

September 10, 20142 Comments

Our annual family photo book arrived today, a day earlier than I’d expected. So to celebrate, here’s a picture from said album:

Cricket riding Daddy around the room proved easier to capture than a nice picture of everyone in front of the Christmas tree.

I use Blurb to create these books each year, and the quality is fantastic. (This is in no way a promotional post; I’m just really happy with the quality of their products.) I ordered the first one for our first wedding anniversary as a way to document the first year of our marriage; I wish I’d captioned those pictures, but I didn’t really get into the different layout designs and caption options until the following year. I looked through the 2013 book this afternoon after it arrived and was surprised by how much I’d forgotten about the events of last year, and how much the kids had changed.

Every time we take a picture that comes out particularly hilarious now, we tell the kids it’s going in the book. Of course, with Miss Tadpole the reigning Queen of the Funny Face and Cricket and Thumper hamming it up at every opportunity, that means I have my work cut out for me when it comes to choosing which pictures make the cut and which ones don’t. Still, it’s a lot of fun making these books, and the kids love looking through them year after year.

Do you do anything like this in your family?