Photographing my kids and whatever else strikes me
This is a space for me to display my budding photography skills and also brag a little (maybe a lot) about my kiddos!
Sarah’s girls’ prom was this past weekend, and I went to take pictures. I was so bummed that Hannah had a UIL competition on the other side of Houston, and so she was getting ready at her hotel. I didn’t get to take photos of her. But I did get to photograph Ruthie, Carson, and Ben. I also got to be a part of all the drama when they realized that Hannah took most of the hair tools and all of the hair spray with her!!! The horror!
We are finally working on our front and back fences. It’s been taking us forever since it’s pretty much only Josh, myself, and Wallace as a 3-person crew, but we’ve just about finished up the front and are now working on the back.
Starting up the generator.
Teaching Wallace how to weld.
Tacking on the panels.
I almost forgot that Hoss is part of our fence building crew. :)
It’s been a busy summer, at least for the kids, but I took a couple of weeks off and took them to the Frio and the beach.
Although Wallace claims his favorite place is the beach, I think he might have found a special place in his heart for the river as well this year. :)
I spent several days just relaxing in the river for hours and hours. It was fabulous!
And Meredith spent quite a bit of her time catching tiny fish.
And that pretty much sums up the river. :) I think the best part was that we took the kids’ bikes, and I’m pretty sure that Meredith was so motivated by seeing Leah’s kids riding her bike that she was finally able to put it all together and start riding her bike! Thank you so much for making this vacation possible Big Momma!
Then we went home, did a little laundry, and headed straight for Bolivar.
I had a couple of commissioned photo shoots while we were there this year! :)
And these were my favorites from each shoot.
We took a day trip to Galveston.
And everyone got VERY worn out!
But Wallace finally found the Zippo lighter he’s been wanting for so long at a smoke shop on the Strand. lol. I felt like such a responsible parent. I also never realized how cool Zippo lighters are!
Thanks for having us Granny. I needed the trip more than ever this year, and it did not disappoint.
What a senior year it’s been! It’s been so nice getting to be a part of it. :) I love when I get these calls asking for photos. And prom was so fun! I just couldn’t get enough of all the dresses! And seriously, the styles changed so much in just the 2 years since she went last time. Not so many flowers on the dresses this year. They honestly looked kind of similar to the dresses we wore when I went to prom!
You’d never believe from looking at her how incredibly humid it was that evening.
It took me a little while to get to editing these photos, but we had a wonderful trip to Gilmer to spend Easter with Josh’s family this year. I didn’t get any photos of it, but we (well…Josh and Sarah) even got to spend a day teaching his brother-in-law how to cook brisket, and Josh cooked up a bunch of ribs (my personal fav) while they were at it. It was so nice and relaxing.
Happy Easter yall!