Kiddos

Step 1. Acquire facial injury the night before a photo shoot.

Step 2. Pull it off anyway.

Alma Mater

You know how you return to your alma mater (where we met) and you take that family standing shot in front of something important and they all look the same except for the increase in family size? Yeah well, I was about done with that shot. I wanted to do something creative. If I tell you what we're really doing, it will gross you out. So I won't. But we look like we're having fun, don't we? And my husband did a great job squatting down at the exact height where I wanted him to snap us. Thanks, honey!

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Yeah, so there might be an animal to her right that she's wary of. Might be a Canada goose. They were exhausted and should be napping, yet we pulled it off. So much better than the fountain shot.

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My Babies (Humor me.)

I pulled a last minute, "we're going outside to take pictures before those flowers pass. Put your oshkosh on, please..." Mother's Day was a few week away.

A little timid at first, but then they started to strategize...

And she insisted on wearing her pink shoes. Not really worth the fight. She loves them, and that's probably more important.

And once they found a dry spot to stand, they had fun.

man, these look bleached out on here...

They were a little reluctant, but had fun in the end. The ground was "whet."

But plentiful with some bright blue flowers that last about a minute before they pass.

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And there you have it; we got some great pictures intentionally taken for Mother's Day presents for the family. And I almost tossed this picture... 

until I noticed this...

And some sweet little memories like hands held and eyes locked upon eyes.

Baby love.