Bella

Here are a few photos of Bella. I hope to get them uploaded to facebook when facebook lets me!

Just some pictures

Here are a few pictures from the last week. Parker is getting so big! It hard to believe she's 8 months old already! I'm sure she will be 1 before we know it! Tanner has been having a blast on his 4 wheeler and can't wait for it to warm up so we can finish his swing set.

I just wanna crawl!

Sorry it's been a awhile since I posted. I just don't know where the time goes. Yesterday it was 70 degrees so we spent a good deal of time outside. Tanner needed a chance to run and vent some pent up energy. We also worked on cutting and burning some trees and limbs that had fallen since last summer. Parker is 7 months now and REALLY wants to crawl. She can getup on her hand and knees and then falls to her face when she tries to move. She tried to pull herself up the other day and ended up pulling the toy table on top of herself. One of these days I'm sure I'll look over and she's taken off across the living room...then we will be in trouble.

New Pages

Just a Cute Clip

Parker saying Mama

Parker has just started saying Mama. Here's little clip

from yesterday...it's pretty cute! Don't you just love her

crazy-out of control hair?

Project 365

Here are a few photos I've taken this week as part of my Project 365.

Parker is now sitting up all by herself! Such a big girl now. It does make for easier picture taking though!

Project 365

Tanner

Parker's Eye

Being silly

Just plain cute

Maggie Rose

I joined a group the is doing Project 365. It is a project that encourages you to take a photo a day. I am starting February 1st but since I take a lot of pictures I tried to pick one a day since January 1. Here are a few pictures I chose for the project. I'll keep posting throughout the year. Hope you enjoy!

My baby is a big boy

Today Tanner attended children's church for the first time. He has finally outgrown the nursery and now attends class with the big kids. Okay, I can handle this. What caught me off guard was that I now was the mother of a hot chocolate drinker. In between church and sunday school we have a short coffee time. Looking around, you will notice adults with coffee and donuts and kids carrying around there little cups of hot chocolate. I now have a boy big enough to carry around a cup of hot chocolate in church! I don't know why this event stuck me. Maybe it's because I remember drinking hot chocolate in the same church when I was younger. I can't help but smile at his little face covered in chocolate donut and hot chocolate! I only wish I'd had my camera with me!

Scrapbook pages

Here are a few recent pages I've scraped. I have found new inspiration from a designer...TaylorMade. I follow her blog so feel free to click her link and then looked at her personal scrapbook pages. They are beautiful and a little different from the traditional scrapbook pages. I started the second course from jessicasprague.com and am learning a lot. Anyone interested in learning the secrets to photoshop should take her class! Enjoy the photos!

6 month old comparison

Parker will be 6months old next week so I thought I'd post 6 month pictures of both of them. I've been going through pictures and have noticed that Tanner was sitting up by now. Parker is really close and can sit up for 10-15 seconds but is not near as steady as Tanner was at 6 months. Don't they have the cutest little noses?

Just the kids

Here are a few pictures of the kids from last week. They are getting bigger every day!


Tanner was "pretending" it was his birthday...he just wanted a candle on his cupcake!
Parker is so close to sitting up on her own. Right now she has mastered leaning over!

Our sweet little babies...

The Honesty of a Three Year Old

This morning Tanner was playing with his toys in the living room and I had turned PBS on. Curious George had been playing and Tanner was entertaining himself with his coloring books. A few minutues later, Tanner comes looking for me. With a speed and enthusiasm which only Tanner can manage, he starts describing a new show that had just come on. After a big presentation, he stops and calmly asks me "Is that a nice show Mom?" Trying not to laugh over the sudden seriousness of his question I asked him if he needed me to come and see if it was a "nice show" or not. Pulling me by the hand, I go "check" the show and give him my approval. Happily, he goes back to his coloring/show watching. I couldn't help but be proud of him since there are shows that we say are "not a nice show". He could have continued watching and never questioned it, but he wanted to make sure I thought it was okay. Of course, on PBS there wasn't anything to worry about.

Family reunion

The whole crew (Bonnie left early)

Tanner, Avery, and Keeba (Papoppie) wrestling

Cassy, Peyton, Jessie, and Parker

Parker telling Zack a secret

This is baby Zachary...Rach's little boy...a big boy!

This is my third post tonight only because it's been a busy few days. I thought Abby would want to see pictures of tonights get-together since she wasn't able to by there. We missed you and the kids!..and Shane too..:)

Children's Museum

We visited the children's museum this week which is always a blast for Tanner. It was very busy and therefore not quite as fun as times in the past just due to the large amount of people everywhere! Parker really seemed to enjoy the blown glass display while Tanner liked the dinosaurs and the merry-go-round! Parker was fascinated with the colored lights and we tried to get a picture for you to see.

Mommy, Tanner, and Parker

Here are a few pictures of me and the kids. I realized I have very little pictures of me with them because it seems like I'm always the one behind the camera!

The kids at Christmas

Here are a few pictures of Tanner, Parker, and Peyton from Christmas. Doesn't little Peyton look like a baby doll? She's so cute!