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!

{Fall Mini Session Flyer}

It's that great picture taking time of year once again!

the fall weather makes it so nice to take outside pictures.

i sent this out via email to my contacts. 

feel free to share this link with your friends and family as well.

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Update the family photo.Perfect for Christmas cards!

i look forward to capturing your family, Amanda 

horseback riding

last Sunday the boy's got to go horseback riding...

their first time!

i'm so thankful for these pictures
since i was at the church giving my third africa presentation

looks like he is having a good time

such a pretty horse

i remember riding horses for the first time when i was closer to 10. 

they are so strong and brave!

 this boy is so handsome

thank you medlin's for a fun time riding your horses!

wednesday

i talked to my sister in law today

it had been too long

made me miss africa more

we have that bond now

i love love love that

i knew it was a good idea for her to go

with me

who is going next year?

hmmm, i wonder

we already have dates from kelly green global

for 2013

i kid you not

the trip is for one week or two

i wish it was 10 days long, but i could  

handle 14 days

someone has been a really good boy

at school

so he earned a BIG surprise

a new bigger bike

i think he likes it

golly he looks so grown up
he's tall
and a cutie pie

coloring in their room after school

i'm all for anything that isn't video games all afternoon

which is more typical then this

so i had to take a picture

it's been a good day!

furry friends

Animals are such agreeable friends

they ask no questions;

they pass no criticisms.

george eliot

 our guinea pig

PIG PIG

we adopted him from a friend moving back to Asia

he's pretty sweet, kinda noisy, and overall a pretty low maintenance pet

i always think of the guinea's in the movie G-Force when i look at him :)

and of course Coach

our labradoodle

half labrador, and half full size poodle

he turns two this month

we rescued him when he was 10 months old

he's got the good life around here

we're pretty crazy about him

weekend get away

we went on a long weekend getaway with the long's 
kids and mommies

first stop was brenham, tx 

 home of the first blue bell ice creamery 

we toured the facility, watching them package ice cream 

and ended the tour with a scoop of ice cream

 in the ice cream parlor 
{no pictures were allowed during the tour}

monkey 1 and 2

ericka and me

i love this girl

our little gang of kidlets

blue bell flowers

cooper and corbin got mint chocolate chip

noah and skyler got cotton candy 

dylann's is pink, must be strawberry something

then we ate lunch at the little nearby airport 

kids got to see lots of small planes take off and land

 the food was pretty good too

  then to officially wear them out
we hit the amazing brenham aquatic center.

very safe with lifeguards walking around everywhere by the pools and in the them.

 the kids could almost all touch anywhere they swam. 

 corbin and noah were even tall enough to go down the big water slide

he looks so little walking beside that big slide

i'm glad he was tall enough

 great place for family swimming! 

we will definitely try to go back next summer

 day 1 completely worn out 

 next day we hit the houston children's museum 
neat place with lots to see 


then we took the kids swimming again for a few hours 
had a yummy dinner at chili's
 compliments of auntie fee fee 
complete with a heavenly dessert 
then relaxed watching the olympics in bed 
next day we hung at home all day 
had a big family lunch then a late night DQ treat 
a great little weekend away 
we are blessed by our friends!
thank you long's :)

a visit to mom's

me and the boys went to my mom's for a week early last month

i thought the house looked so pretty.... i couldn't resist taking some photos

{and i had to try out my new camera}

 the windows in the front are my favorite feature

 i love all the natural light it let's inside... you'll see

the new landscape is a nice burst of greenery and color

it's a pretty house

they've done some recent renovations

to make things more accessible for my brother

i especially like the new front door

hello you!

{he enjoyed an early morning bike ride while i took pictures}

windows all across the front

love a lot

smaller lighter door

the red color is classic 

a new additional entrance/exit for safety purposes

a token rooster in the yard 

my mom loves roosters. 

i do too :)

i was so afraid the boy's would mess around, 

and accidently break one of these jugs

 thankfully we left them intact

way to go guys!

eating in the rooster filled breakfast room

the boy's counted like 20 or more :)

living room lounging around

they were so comfy at their grandma's house

hallway to Ronnie's room

so thankful Ronnie can stay with Mom and Ray for now

he is doing so well in his recovery

God is good! 

we miss you already!!