Woodland Creature

I had the honor of teaching our Primary children the song "Beautiful Savior" it has become one of my absolute favorites through the process of teaching. The 2nd verse says..."fairer the woodlands" and for some reason every time I hear woodlands, I think of woodland creatures. Which then, small dwarfish elves come to mind. I know that is not the songs intent, but it has just stuck with me. I am also aware that these woodland creatures I have conjured up in my mind do not really exist, but the other day as I took Jaya to school I looked in my rear view mirror to find a small "woodland creature" in the back of my van. Doing a double take I laughed out loud and sang "fairer the woodlands". If these little people did exist I think this is how they would look. Do you agree?

This is me...

You know I have great intentions and ideas as a mother, I really do. It's just when it comes to executing those ideas the gap is much wider then I care to admit. So I have just accepted that I have good days and bad days. They say that a picture tells a story and frankly they are right, and this picture speaks volumes. So what is this picture telling you? Well, for starters, it shows that I was so excited to try a garage shoot that I didn't even bother to wipe off my kids face. How about the fact that I didn't even notice the food, the whole time I shot 35 pictures. It wasn't until I was editing the photos that I saw it. At that point, I was grateful that I neglected this fact because this picture speaks volumes about this boys mother. She has good days and bad days.

It's arrived

Fall has arrived, and I love it. I love the colors, the cooler weather, Halloween, carving pumpkins, and all that fall means.

Fun Festivities

My sister and her husband had a fun halloween party for all the kids. They had a cake walk, hay rides, and eating smores by the fire. It was a such a fun day.

boys will be boys

What do you get when 4 grown men play on a bump n' jump water slide?

A NEW ONE (apparently the weight capacity should be strictly followed)

cousins and cuties

Here are just a few more photos from the Summer...

Don't you love the doublemint twins in the middle (Jaya and Carli)

It just isn't Summer without naked babies crawling around, here's Kale and his cousin Keller

Trying to escape always leads to injury

Right after the injury

The next day, lovely coloring

A few months ago, I was trying to get Eden out of the bath, and with towel wrapped around her little arms, she started to run from me, and boom! She fell down and hit the knob on the cupboard door. It instantly swelled and turned colors.

The plus was...no stitches, and it was a beautiful purple color, almost as if she had put on her own makeup. The downside...when people would ask her what happened, she would mutter something about Mommy, I got a lot of strange looks.