I never get tired of taking pictures of this girl!

And these are just the beginning

She is looking so much like her big sister these days! I didn't notice that much while I was shooting, but while editing I've been floored by the ones that made her look so old! Even Lily kept looking at the monitor and saying, "Look mom, Avery!"

One thing's for sure...she just keeps getting prettier.

We're all pretty sure their insides are stained green

playing with lighting! starring Amy Hummel and her rag tag band of miscreants

I love how Amy took this same picture from a completely different angle and got a totally different feel. It's cool to work with another photographer:)I think this was the first time I'd taken pictures of Tess while she was not completely thrilled to be featured in front of the camera. She was tired...Now I'm bummed I didn't take more of Lily and Calvin together...seeing as how they went to all the trouble to coordinate.When I saw Calvin again later that night he was still wearing that tie. Love it.

As much as we love our kids, we snatched up an opportunity to take pictures of a couple actually holding still. We saw these guys having a picnic at the temple and they were nice enough to let us grab a couple of poses...

So here you go Amy. Now I just need to go get that reflector...

so glad he's home

She usually nuzzles up next to me when she climbs into bed with us, but this morning I found her tangled up with her dad--who came home last night after after she was sound asleep. He'd been in SLC for 3 days, and my kids always miss him when he's gone. I love homecomings.

trying to alleviate boredom

Noticing Alex was dragging his knuckles and moaning, I asked,

"What do you want to do, bud?"

and he replied,

"I want to do a project."

"OK, what kind of project?"

"um...are you old enough to buy explosives?"

Seriously, I don't make this stuff up.

my dog is insane

Does anyone know any good dog shrinks?

casa de la yuck yuck

I'm pretty rusty on my espanol, but I'm pretty sure that means everybody gets to siesta all day.

Either that or we get to host some kind of comedy smack down. One or the other.

So, I don't know what's wrong with my dog.

Yesterday Alex spilled some bubbles on the concrete, so I was hosing it off so I wouldn't slip and fall on my hiney, when the dog started going NUTS with the hose. This is not unusual for him. He somehow believes he can "catch" the stream of water as it comes out of the hose and kill it, or make friends with it, or force it to play ball with him. We can't decide which it is because, as luck would have it, you can't actually "catch" water in the sense that you can make it bleed. It's just maddening like that. So as he was working himself up into a righteous frenzy over the water, and thus impeding my ability to clean the sidewalk, I just happened to accidentally spray him a few times. Just, you know, to get him out of the way.

Well, turns out I was slowly drowning him. Or as I like to put it, "Mildly" drowning him. Just slightly.

So that just as the soap was beginning to clear, the dog started vomiting. And vomiting. And...well, you get the idea. As soon as I'd get one mess cleaned up, another one would appear. And it turns out Alex is extremely gag sensitive. So in the middle of him laughing at the dogs' unfortunate plight, he also began dry heaving. It was great. I had to yell at him to "STOP LOOKING AT IT! GO IN THE FRONT YARD!" so as to avert yet another vomit-fest. That was yesterday.

Last night Lily started running a really high fever and woke up saying that her ear hurt. So I called her Dr., but at the last minute, after taking Alex to preschool, I ended up running her in to Bloomington Medical just because they take walk-ins and they are super fast, in my experience.

In fact, let me put in a plug for these guys, they are awesome. I've been there enough times now to know that the fact that I got in fast and was treated with respect was not just a fluke. They are consistently very good. So if you're sick and you don't want to go to instacare, try Bloomington Medical. Dr. Haycock is great and it's $65. They don't even accept insurance, they just charge $65, and they make sure you know the cheapest place to fill your prescription. That's it. Love it.


So I came home, watched this on youtube, and watched my dog throw up again. No es bueno. I think he's fine now, but Lily's been sleeping all morning, and I am therefore proclaiming today a lazy day. Which means we get to lay around, watch TV, read books, and well, let's just say wearing a bra isn't too high up there on my list of priorities.

Hasta luego!

our weekend...in an eggshell. Oh no I didn't.

We did the classic Easter Egg hunts/visits with extended family and had a great Easter! Here are some shots, literally in no particular order. I just thought I'd explain as needed. Can't really tell in this picture, but Lily's hands were stained a glorious shade of hot pink. She would not use any other color:). OK, this is confusing and out of order, but this is my neice's cute baby Alek, (techically my, um, Great Nephew, but let's not go there.) He's adorable, and it was his daddy's birthday, so I grabbed a couple of pictures for them.Stop it.These are they who are the Easter-Egg hunters. Thanks Kathryn for a great Easter party, once again! It was cold and rainy, so they had a scavenger hunt to go along with the traditional hunt. My mom had an Easter Egg Hunt as well earlier in the day. (see, out of order. Kind of like my brain.)I LOVE this picture. Before we had the hunt, my mom sat all the grandkids down and talked to them about the Ressurection of Jesus Christ. Totally by accident I got her holding up her three fingers (after the third day the stone was rolled away), the picture of Jesus, and Matthew holding up his empty egg, which she gave all of the kids to symbolize the empty tomb. I love it when the picture tells the story:).Lily found a Roley Poley. You've never experienced cuteness untill you've heard her say roley poley. I think this next one speaks for itself. Although I have to add, once again, that there should be no questioning the paternity of my child. Awwwwe. This is classic Lily body language for, "I really cold."Hey, how'd this guy get in here?
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