First park day of the Spring.

At last the first nice day! Too bad it didn't last.
Oh and look how photogenic Shelby was for the day.
I guess she just looked
grumpy in her other pictures because she had cabin fever.

SMILE

I have been trying desperately to get a picture of each of the kids with my camera that I like enough to blow up to an 8x10. This might very well be my picture for Toby! FINALLY.

Shelby on the other hand, probably not.
Who stole her goldfish?

Happy 30th babe!

Better late then never (and this is pretty late!)
A big Happy Birthday to my amazing husband who just turned 30, now I get to make fun of him about going through a mid-mid life crisis.
You are awesome honey I love you and I hope you had a great day!

Goal's and the new year.

After giving it careful consideration (mainly because I get tired of setting goals I never keep) I decided that my New Year goal would be to spend more "genuine" quality time with my kids and not to be so obsessed with things going perfectly.
After giving it a few weeks I can say it is going good. I played in the snow with the kids when it snowed last time, I am thinking that was Monday but can't remember for sure. I also let the kids do finger paint and did not freak out when they dipped their entire finger in the paint get entirely too much on their finger. I did play dough with them and DID NOT spend the entire time picking up the little pieces off the floor, instead I left it for the very end then cleaned it all up at once. Wow that made sense but it was still difficult to do. I also helped Shelby make a dog house for her little stuffed puppy out of one of Toby's shoe boxes. She was so proud of it.
I have been enjoying spending more time getting on the floor and playing with them this year, I am also enjoying their new bed time which I bumped up from 8:30 to 8 o'clock. Awww it is so nice.
So this picture doesn't have much to do with this post but I love Shelby's long eyelashes in it.

It is love.

Yippee! A little late on this post but I have to brag:) Ben got me a Nikon D60 for Christmas! I have been trying to figure out how to use all of the awesome features so I have been taking a lot of pictures of my feet and deleting. I love the camera it is so nice to finally have a camera that I don't have to wait for the flash to warm up or miss a good picture because it the camera is so delayed. Of course the quality of the pictures is amazing too. Now I can't wait for Spring so I can take some awesome outdoor pictures. I haven't had a picture that I want to blow up to an 8x10 yet but I am trying everyday to capture the perfect one or two.
Anyway I am super excited so I plan on getting some great pictures of my kiddos now!