a little of this & a little of that...in pictures

Feeding the ducks at Brackenridge Park last Friday...

C's first trip to the beach in July 2006...



C holding seeds from a Mountain Laurel tree...

C helping shovel mulch...



C feeding a dolphin at Sea World in April 2008...

I realized most of the above pictures are of C. So, just for fun, here are Baby P and L...a while back.

Can you guess who is who? :)

July.13.2009 photo shoot

Instead of going to a local portrait studio to get our boys' pictures taken (Baby P's 9 month and C and L's long overdue 4 and 2 year photos), I thought I would give it a try myself. Well, not quite all by myself! A friend and I went to the Japanese Tea Gardens and took a lot of pictures of our precious kiddos. Here are some of my favorites.

I'm looking forward to doing some editing with Photoshop Elements!

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Some things I learned when photographing small children:

• Instead of asking them to smile, you tell them (jokingly), "Whatever you do, don't smile or laugh!"
• Loud animals noises are often successful in extracting smiles...not only from your children, but from passersby.
• Take about 200 pictures to get maybe 10-20 really good ones.
• And the #1 thing I learned today...don't forget the M&M's!!!

welcome to San Antonio!!!

My brother and sister-in-law are officially residents of San Antonio! WooHoo!!! We are thrilled to have them so near to us!


Here are some photos to recap the weekend.


C & L excited to see a truck so close up!





On our way to eat dinner.










Dinner at Sarika's Thai Restaurant - Yum!














Spending time with family on Sunday.











Ricardo and Jennifer - Welcome to San Antonio!!!

I dare you not to smile

Here is a super cute video of C making L laugh. C is about 2 1/2 years old and L is 8 months old. Go ahead and watch...and I dare you not to smile or even laugh.

Oh, and by the way, L still has the same wonderful belly laugh! And C continues to take pleasure in making his brothers laugh.

pool fun

oh, what fun...with photoshop

Thanks to a friend of mine, I've discovered this wonderful website - http://www.jessicasprague.com/ - an really cool photography/ scrapbooking website offering classes. Thanks K!

I am in the middle of taking a class and have learned some neato techniques. Here are some photos I've edited using Photoshop Elements.

Oh, what fun! Okay, I'm getting closer to my digital scrapbooking goal. :)

s'mores, a frog, and a cowboy

Don't you just love C's cowboy ensemble?! I opened my eyes this morning to see him in his cowboy hat standing next to our bed. What a sight! In this picture, he's got his hat, lasso (the red strap from a toy drum), and a cape.

I just love our little boys!