[portfolio_slideshow: thumbs, true] I flew out to Denver for a photography workshop (with CJ Nicolai) today. It has been amazing meeting and spending time with 9 of the most talented, kind and funny women I have ever met. We did a walk around Downtown Denver in the evening and saw some pretty sketchy characters. Apparently, […]

Trader Joe’s trip today :) I love how the petals are rolled into tubes. Just an extra kid pic.

What a brave kiddo. On the drive to base today Isaac asked “are we going to get shots?” Yes, in fact, we were. He told me “but I don’t want to get shots. I only need 2” (he had 2 shots during our last immunization visit.) When we got to the clinic he was such

I think I love you. In other news, Isaac is apparently mildly allergic to grass. After spending 2 minutes laying on the lawn he developed a rash. Poor guy.

The boys had been begging to play with sidewalk chalk for several days. …they really took advantage of their opportunity.      

Dada trapped in the office all day writing a paper + too late nap = a moody boy.

So this is a cheat. I actually didn’t take any pictures at all today. We hosted a 30th birthday party with a make your own pizza bar, complete with a dessert version, and I spent the day cleaning and chopping. I did play with processing a little bit today, though. Clickinmoms just released a new

[portfolio_slideshow; thumbs, true] The doorknobs in our house are egg shaped and it is driving me crazy. C.r.a.z.y. Grayden has figured out how to open them and there isn’t any readily available child-proofing solution on the market. I can seriously grab him out of the bathroom twenty times in a row and he’ll head back

I think we’re seriously working on the switch to 1 nap a day this time. For the past several days Grayden has been napping for 3-4 hours each morning. This morning he slept from 9:15- 1:45. Crazy!

Grayden is picking up words left and right these days. Yesterday he pulled out “b’oons!!” when we were ordering the balloons at the floral counter in Safeway. Isaac used to say “balloon” exactly the same way and I love that it’s now Grayden’s turn for the adorable pronunciation.

The man of the house turned 30 years old today. I turn 31 in October, and he rarely lets me forget how much older I am.  We had a nice dinner out with friends and cupcakes at home. Mmm.

Today I made a batch of marinara/pasta sauce. While I was cooking I was thinking… a jar of pasta sauce costs around $3.00. After the cost of the tomato and basil plants, the water to grow them to picking size, onions and garlic, not to mention my time… I think it’s cheaper to buy it

Climb on the table multiple times per day to check out the “ffff’s?” Roll on their back while eating crackers?

His current favorite breakfast: toast with almond butter.

[portfolio_slideshow: thumbs; true] We’ve been discussing how not only do we have negative consequences when we make bad choices, but also fun and enjoyable consequences when we make good choices. After a fabulous trip to Target (for Isaac…. Grayden seems bent on trying my patience. No, child, you can. not. stand up in the shopping

We visited TJ’s today :)

[portfolio_slideshow: thumbs, true] My family left today after a great visit. Noni (my mom) wanted some pictures with the kiddos… but it was past naptime and the boys would have rather been doing anything else but taking pictures. We did our best to make it work.

First dentist visit for the boys today. They did great! Grayden wasn’t exactly thrilled, but he hung with us. Isaac was a trooper and even went with the hygienist to have his x-rays done all by himself. He’s getting so big!! I love his little hands and posture here. A little nervous, but such a

Place holding until I get all of the editing done!

We attended another pool party today. This time for an adorable little 1  year old. The boys had a fabulous time in the pool and Isaac even mastered jumping into the pool without anyone holding his hand. Yah buddy!

[portfolio_slideshow: thumbs-true] Inspired by my friend, Ashley, I decided to do a series of images capturing Grayden as he woke up. He’s not the happiest of wakers… but after a few minutes he started having fun playing peekaboo and rewarded me with some smiles.

[portfolio_slideshow: thumbs, true] I spent some time out on the driveway this morning talking to a stucco contractor (boo to house issues) and noticed that the leftover water on the grass from the sprinklers was sparkling in the sunshine. And this pink grass was catching the early morning light in a gorgeous way.

[portfolio_slideshow: thumbs, true] Isaac is quite the expressive little dude. In this set we have “angry, surprised, excited, annoyed and happy.” Not in that order…