Spring Break 2022!!!

Ummm... yeah... I've always said that these cousins are NOT allowed to go out all together as teenagers. I'm serious. Here's why:

I'm thinking this is what Spring Break 2022 could potentially look like if we let them out of the house together. Bikinis? Overloading the car? Riding on the hood? And the trunk? And, what is Maya even doing!?! Ay yi yi.

With that out of the way... Seriously, though, today we celebrated Camden & Kyden's birthdays. The big birthday bash was over at Jimmy & Heather's backyard. And, man, what a bash it was! Okay... think of just about every mother's nightmare, and, chances are, it was there. Cupcakes, candy, ice cream, play-doh, bubbles, a pinata, musical chairs, a sprinkler, a pool, soda, a jeep... Yeah, you get the point. It was super duper fun for the kiddos, and honestly, it wasn't so bad for mom & dad either. Since everything was outside, and the kids were running around in their swimsuits all day, all the mess stayed outside. These kids had a seriously good time.

I took tons of pictures, but I'm just gonna share a few of my favorites. :-)

Miss Maya-
Emma & Cam-the-three-year-old-man waiting for pinata time-
Jo takin' a bat to it-
Checkin' out the loot-
A little more Jeep fun-
A little play-doh fun-

Ky, Ky-the-two-year-old-guy waiting to start a game of musical chairs-
Maya waiting for the music to start-
Maya hauling herself around those chairs. Man, she looks quick-
Camden showing off his guns. Ha!
Emma. Jumping.
Again-
Blowing bubbles-
And, this next one... it's my MOST favorite picture of the day. Tell me it's not the cutest!
Happy Birthday, boys! I love you!!!

Can I EVER run on schedule?

Okay, so I told my Aunt Rob to be watching for this post on Monday night. It's Wednesday. Yep. I'm always, ALWAYS late. I hate that about myself, but I'm not sure I have the discipline to change it. Ha!

Anyway, so, I'm finally getting it blogged, though it's not even HALF the pictures that I WANTED to blog. I have many tales to tell about this photo shoot. No, seriously. If only you could see what I had to work with! Haha!

So, my cousin Alison graduated from college this past Saturday. Woooot! Congrats, Alison! Her sister Katie- the fourth of the fantastic four :-) - flew in from California with her two adorable kiddos. Their mom (my Aunt Rob) wanted photos of her three grandkids together, as well as her four children together. THAT'S the back story for this shoot.

I don't have any processed of the three grandkids together yet, so I'm just gonna share some individual shots. Here's sweet miss Callee: (did I spell that right? Why can't I remember this?)
Handsome Kru:Congrats again, Alison!

Sweet Jo & mama:

Luke, Katie, Alison & Jesse:

(Let me just note that the formatting of this post is ALL kinds of wonky, and I'm really irritated by it. HOWEVER, it was the ONLY way I could get it to post. Ugh.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thanks, you guys, for showering me with the comment lovin'! I'm always astounded & so encouraged by all the fabulously kind comments I get from you guys. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it! :-)

I'm trying to be better about posting more often, and, in fact, I tried to blog today. BUT... stinkin' Blogger!!! I tell ya... it makes me want to pull my hair out some days. I got my post together & started uploading pictures, and then what? It tells me it's taking longer than expected to upload my pictures, blah, blah, blah. Well, as you can see, they never actually loaded today. Maybe tomorrow...

Anyway, let me say thanks again! You guys are the absolute BEST!

OH. MY. GOSH.

I think I might be in trouble down the road with miss sassy-pants Maya. Good grief. Just look at her at barely four years old. What the heck am I gonna do with her when she's fourteen?






This is actually a little bit of commercial work. Anyone who knows Maya knows that she's not a cowgirl. BUT, she definitely has the real-life attitude! Ha!

I also needed some shots of some SERIOUS princess attire. I used Emma for that. It just suits her. Sweet little thing...




And, one final one of the red headed bandit modeling some froggy gear. I had about five minutes with him in the middle of the road, but I managed to snap one I love! :-) Plus, check out the awesome brick road! My parents just bought a house on this super cute little street.