Not for the faint hearted

So the typical person when opening a door and seeing a huge spider would go and knock it down and get rid of it. Me on the other hand I ran and grabbed my camera. This is a Cat Face spider because of the 2 bumps on its back end that look like cat ears. The sun was just coming up and made all those hairs just glow. The spider web it made was big. It covered the top third of my doorway.

Oops...forgot one!

I shouldn't have forgotten this one! It's one of my favorites. We went to a pond down the road from us and the boys can't resist throwing rocks in water.

All in the same picture?!!

Out of who knows how many pictures I took of the boys together I was lucky to get one decent shot! Boys will definitely be boys in front of a camera, and even more so if their mom is using it to take the pictures! I could look at their beautiful smiles all day!

My sweet Joshua

Joshua usually is a happy go with the flow kind of kid, but when it comes to taking pictures all the brakes come out. I love to take his picture....but he does not like me taking his picture. Somehow I managed to get a couple smiles out of him playing in the grass and talking about star wars video games. I'm so lucky to have this sweet boy!

My handsome Caleb

I can't believe Caleb can look me straight in the eye now! Pretty soon I'm going to be the one looking up! Caleb was so cooperative for these pictures. I really appreciated it! (Maybe it was the ice cream at the end of the shoot that was motivating him. :)

I love his hazel eyes!

Gotta love the grass in the mouth...you'd think we live in Idaho or something.

That sign behind behind Caleb has meaning! :)

My Sweet Smiley Andrew

I can't ever get enough of Andrew's smile! It melts me...I think he knows it too!

A short lived experience

This year Caleb tried football. He came home from practice wiped out and soaking wet from sweat. The practices were tough. Caleb wasn't lovin' football like he thought he would. He wanted to quit but Jon and I encouraged him to try and make it to the first game and see if he liked the game. So he did and he really enjoyed the game. But then practice came around again the next week and Caleb was done. We always thought Caleb would love football because he loves to be rough and tough and he's a big boy, but looks like football is not meant for him. He would like to go back to soccer. So here are some pictures of the small window of football for Caleb.

He got to be a captain for the game. He's #29

Caleb's right up there in the front of the line!

Grandma Ruth's 60th Birthday Party

Jon's mom turned 60 and her kids threw her a big party at Jon's brother's house, Oliver. It was great! The grand kids played and ate, and ate and played and the adults talked and ate, and ate and talked. It was nice to be together.

Jon's sister Katie made these two beautiful cakes and they were scrumptious!!

We sure have cute kiddos!

Who can resist that cute ice cream beard!?

Don't worry...she's not pouting...just trying to catch all that yummy ice cream. :)

As you can tell I couldn't resist my cute niece and nephew, Evelyn and Porter.

There was a fire that caught the kids interest.

My beautiful Mom

I had the pleasure of having my mom with me at a wedding shoot earlier in the summer and she helped me out so I could figure out some spots. She's a natural in front of the camera...she used to model.

The lighting was so tricky that day. It was around 2pm and extremely windy! NOT ideal conditions.

I really appreciated my mom coming with me to support me that day. I had to drive kind of far (Rexburg) and it was so nice to visit together the whole time.

Can't say cute enough!

I just love this picture of Andrew. Graduation from Kindergarten. He's in 1st grade now and going to school everyday with his brothers. When did I go from a mom with babies to a mom with kids?! I love seeing my boys growing up!

Lemonade anyone?

Believe it or not it was Andrew who was the one to set up a lemonade stand and sell lemonade. He heard about a brother of a friend that did one and made some money. I guess the $$$ caught his attention because he was determined to get this thing going. He really enjoyed doing it and came out with a few dollars. He was pretty proud of himself. He teamed up with his cousin McKay too who sold cookies. I missed a picture of that.

The typical Andrew, camera face!

Can't sell it without testing it out, right?

The big flood in Inkom...in spring

Back in spring....(shows you how fast I am to post stuff!)...we had big flooding in our area from the snow melt. Luckily even with a river behind our house we were okay. The creeks and the rivers were maxed out! It was amazing to see that much water flowing! This picture really doesn't give the sight justice. This field has an old river bed running through it and you can't even see where it is. It was one big lake.

It was great to see how many birds discovered our little lake. There were so many birds enjoying the water. There was even this group of geese with babies. I spotted them when I drove by and quickly ran home for my camera. They were barely in sight when I got back so they are a little teeny in this picture (someday I would love to get a big zoom lens!)

What boredom creates

What is this? Bobbing for bananas?! Who ever heard of that? Well I guess that's what summer days brings out...creativity!

But hold your horses they also went traditional and mostly ended up bobbing for apples...in a cooler no less! Maybe the bananas weren't as challenging. Easier to sink your teeth into!

Go get 'em Caleb!

Josh's 1st attempt...

2nd attempt success!...with a goofy face, or maybe he's trying to wink at me... :)