1-19-11

This is how I found Cooper this morning.  I set him on the table to get his coat on.  Then I went to get Peyton and get her ready.  When I came back to put him in the van, he had curled up and fell back to sleep.  He should be tired.  He never goes to bed before 1am!

1-18-11

All three boys fold and put away their own laundry.  I take that back, two of the boys fold their laundry & put it away.  The third one takes the basket of clothes and dumps it in his room. 

Now as you can see, Brodey does a good job folding laundry.  Making his bed, not so much! 

1-17-11

I wonder what he is thinking. 
I love the look of calm on his face. 
And the sleepy eyes while snuggling a new
little stuffed turtle that he received for Christmas.

1-16-11

Drew is playing on the 7th grade boys basketball team this year at school. He loves basketball and football. He also likes baseball. But not as much as basketball & football. Baseball seems to be more about having something to do in the spring time. Neither Drew or Brodey enjoy sitting around in the off season. Always looking for something to keep themselves occupied.

1-15-11

The kids were out on the front porch on New Year's Day playing with poppers. Peyton was playing with all the streamers that were flying around as the kids were setting the poppers off. Even though she couldn't pull the string on the poppers, she found a way to still have fun with the older kids.

1-14-11

In case you are wondering, I do have other children besides Cooper and Peyton!  But the boys won't let me take pictures of them very often.  And definitely not in the shower!  Cooper & Peyton on the other hand, they are quite the hams for the camera most of the time.

Ok, so I know these pictures are not really very good pictures.  The color is ucky, the lighting is bad, they are out of focus and fogging.  Yes I could have grabbed my grey card and set a custom white balance to make the color right.  Yes I could have went and got my flash to make the exposure right.  The focus and fog were really out of my control.  Why was the focus out of my control you ask?  Because I  had my camera hanging over the shower rod shooting blindly.

If I had taken the time to set up my camera with all the things I mentioned above, I would have completely missed the moment.  Yes I am always trying to take the best pictures possible when I am shooting.  And I am definitely not usually going to post anything online that is bad quality.  I feel like I have to post good quality images in case potential clients stumble upon them.  But sometimes, you have to do what you have to do and just post 'em.

 Sometimes, the moment is way more important than the photo quality. 

This was one of those times for sure!

1-13-11

I know this is a little bit of an old picture, but I just came across it and I love the look on their faces while looking inside to see what treasures were in the box.