amanda curtis photography {austin family photos}

isn't she beautiful?

i was so happy to photograph this family again. they are naturals and the camera loves them!

captured the younger three on this day
the two older girls maybe when they get their braces off.

such a beautiful family!

one boy

4 sisters

lucky him :)

little mia, the baby

1st grader

love this family!

thank you traci and bryan for entrusting this job to me.

 i love taking your family pictures!

InstaFRIDAY

linking up my instagram phone pics again this week with jeanette at life rearranged.
i'm aacurtis on instagram!




super stoked about this weekend

my sister is coming to town tonight

 we are going to the big game tomorrow

 adam will be on the field working the chains... yipppeeee

 Hook 'Em Horns!!

the boy's ride to school with me just making the block around them in the car

to make sure they stop at the stop sign

 it's 2 blocks away

 in the neighborhood

they have some good friends on the street to ride with as well

but i'm not ready to let them go alone

have to remember to get this little PIG some food today

isn't he cute?

time to clip those nails too. GEEZ!

adam had a game this week 2 miles from our house

that never happens

so me and the boys went to the game

hometown football in texas!

too bad the home team lost.

but we always like seeing him in stripes on the field

it's been a year now

since he got shot

it's all still so hard to imagine 

we will never stop thanking God for sparing Ronnie and keeping him here 

he is a blessing and inspiration to us all

a living breathing miracle

blessings to all!

amanda

karate

the boys started karate a month ago

i love their unform... i think it's called their karate gi.

this week they learned to spar

oh these two certainly know how to "spar"
now to learn how to do it karate style :)



i had to laugh at the huge smile on Corbin's face the whole time
these boys are born to wrestle and fight

look at cooper's kick... on his tippy toes
whoa!!! he's got skills!
there are lots of rules
and they have to listen and practice a lot
one wrong "hit"in the wrong area means disqualified in a tournament

i think cooper got a little aggressive with noah
he had to take a knee while the referee made sure noah was alright



cooper clocked him in the neck
after noah popped cooper in the nose
oh my!

karate encourages good posture, self control, good listening skills 

coach makes them do push ups if they don't make their beds on karate day

 i like it a lot!!

and so far the boy's do too

i want to remember

i want to remember... what a great weekend it was.
saturday was rainy and relaxing. i went for coffee with a friend, then on to a scrapbook crop until late that night. sunday we over slept but still made it to church early. 8:05 am! better than ON TIME :-) adam ushered and we both served communion together. wow... what a great experience. i'm so thankful my husband pulls me out of my comfort zone sometimes. i loved it! what a holy "close to Christ" moment. jesus' blood shed for you, jesus' blood shed for you.
i don't have a picture of us, but we looked pretty awesome in our coordinated outfits as well. red is our color babe!

i want to remember... how fun it was to watch Corbin play soccer this spring. i hope he wants to play again next year. i got his pictures scrapbooked. 

i want to remember... that through what feels like a real challenge in parenting i've come to rely on Him more and trust Him to guide us through the ups and downs. He hears our prayers. we've gotten creative. it seems to be a good thing. God is on our side. 

 thank goodness!! 

what doesn't kill us makes us STRONGER :)

i want to remember... how fun and chill the boy's were at an after school swim playdate with the conway's and clark's last week. they are so big acting sometimes. and fun to watch.

i love being mom to such great little guys. god is good. 

i want to remember... just how blessed we are to have so many great neighbor friends. never any shortage of someone to play with. legos, beyblades, bike riding. these really are the best of days for these little guys. one day they will all be men with jobs and families to support, and little time to hang in the driveway playing with legos for hours and hours together. :)

i want to remember... how beautiful the sunset was on my way to ladies reunion group last night. i had another couple hours away to fellowship with my sunday school friends. a break from parenthood. it was nice. better than nice, it was GREAT. 

i want to remember... to never stop asking God to show me my passions!

a work in progress

I'm changing my header... again! sorry.  making changes and updates.

glorious days

spinning themselves silly

very dizzy

someone got the hang of the monkey bars

he looks like he's running in air 

this monkey got the hang climbing the rock

i tried... it's HARD to do!

we love the new park we found
just a few miles from home

i love having boys!
these boys are so energetic, curious, talkative, smart, athletic, adventurous, silly, brave, strong

and handsome like their daddy :)

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 i really love this new song i heard this morning

have you heard it?

God You are My God

all the earth will shout your praise

victorious, glorious

the vertical church band

what a great way to start the new day!

hello new week

i love a new week

and i love these two

our latest free iphone game addiction

is SONG POP

if you like music try it out

i'll play with you... i'm aacurtis

adam won by 1 point!

the space shuttle being flown over Austin

cool picture someone posted on facebook

history baby

week two of karate

we like it a lot

discipline, rules, strength training, self defense, posture

it's all good

little monkey finally lost his other front tooth

it was painful

snaggle tooth cute

adam was on TV thursday night

hello football season!

he's a line judge not linesman

seeing him on the screen live is pretty darn cool

i can get used to that

it's still september... not even october

i'm already sneaking candy corn

a fuzzy phone picture

but still a beautiful little girl

i love dylann elise

she loves me too... she told me this week... we are gonna get married :)

what a little blessing she is... we ALL have a huge place in our heart for DD

she's like the little sister the boy's don't have

the little girl we don't have

corbin looks out for her! adores her so much.

we all love her oodles and oodles!

but then again everyone loves D... she's sweeter than pie and prettier than a princess

hope you have a good week too!