A LONG time friend!

We've known each other for 12 years or so and I'm so glad we've remained such great friends.  I love her and look forward to her phone calls.  Our lives are so similar.  We always seem to share similar frustrations, and struggles with everyday life and between the two of us one of us has seen an Oprah or heard some great advice to share and help the other.  And no matter how long between phone calls or play dates, it's always the same.  This weekend we battled the chilly, Autumn air and tried for that ever so desired family picture to put on this years Christmas card.  It was chilly and the kids were not excited to be there, to say the least.  It was a tough go.  BUT...we managed and with the ever so inspired idea to throw the toy horse into the air and watch him fall to his death over and over, we got some smiles.  This is my favorite!  If you know me, you know I love candid more than anything. 

They don't get cuter than this!

And I seriously believe this!  I would steal these little girls just so I could take their picture all the time.  They are so stinkin' adorable!  Remember the cookie picture?  And the little girl squishing her sisters cheeks, well here she is again.  I am so glad I was asked to take their family pictures.  I had so much fun and it was like Christmas for me going through ALL their adorable pictures!  I oohed and awed through the hundreds of pictures I took of them!  Thanks J family, you guys were AWESOME to hang out with!

 

    
 

My own little guy!

Life has been a little busy, but thank goodness for my friend Suzanne who realized it's been over a month since my little guy turned 4 and that I hadn't done 4 year old pictures of him.  So, with a follow up phone call to make sure we were going to go do pictures, we were off.  I had to do some major convincing to get him to go, but well... it was worth it.  And like any 4 year old boy, it came with some convincing the whole time we were out.  I figured out the best method for getting him to work with me was to ask him to take let me take three pictures that I wanted and then he could do whatever he wanted for three more.  His choices were the jumping and climbing, and guess what... those are some of my favorites!  It's him being the total boy that he is.  I love it!

   
  
 
   
 

A cute little family of four...