Bath Tub Time

Playing catch up

So I finally got around to downloading my little camera and realized there is a lot of stuff I haven't blogged about. Like we did actually celebrate Easter. Josh was gone but we had fun coloring eggs and having our own little Easter Egg Hunt. We also went to a base Easter Egg Hunt that got rained out and it turned out to be totally lame but I got a picture of Arlie and her two good friends Libby and Alora while we waited for them to hand out eggs.


We also said goodbye to our friends the Clark's. My good friend Marin left for the summer but will hopefully be back by September. Her husband deployed to Iraq so she left to stay with family while he is gone. We miss them tons. Arlie misses Libby a lot too. She keeps asking about her and acts all surprised when I tell her she moved. So sad. We went out to dinner a couple nights before they left. Here are a couple pics from that.


Also we enjoyed a fun night a bowling with the Kingery's a while back and here are some pictures from that night. Arlie had a blast bowling and hanging out with Alora.



Josh and I celebrated my birthday a couple weeks ago as well. He surprised me by taking me shopping at the outlets on the other side of the Bay bridge about an hour away from here without kids. After shopping we went to dinner at a fancy steak and seafood resturant called Annies. It was delicious and had a beautiful view of the water.




After a wonderful dinner he surprised me with a hotel room! I was totally surprised that he was able to keep it a secret. He packed a small bag for us and made plans for his sister to watch the kids for us. Thank you Alyssa for letting us have this time away. It was so nice to spend the time with him alone since he had just gotten back from his deployment. The next morning we decided to stop at Sandy point beach on the way back home and take a walk along the beach. It was so much fun. I got some really pretty pictures of the beautiful bay bridge with my little camera and was able to turn them into awesome images.

There were tons of these in the water everywhere! Jellyfish.






In other news, I also took Deacon's Pictures today for his six month shoot. I can't believe he is already six months old. It has gone by so fast. He is such a joy to have in our little family. He is always so smiley and happy. Lately he has been enjoying the sound of his own voice and has gotten pretty loud. He probably learned it from Arlie. He is sitting up on his own now and rolling all over the place. He has recently started trying to scoot around a little too. So cute.

My Finished project

So I decided to make a tutu for Arlie and well for me too for my business. I just finished it this morning and Arlie was begging me to take her picture in it. So here is the finished project. I will have to take some more pictures so you can see more of the tutu. I looked it up on youtube on how to make it. Pretty simple and self explanitory. I have some material to make a top too but I haven't got that done yet.
Needless to say I am no longer spending $35.00 on a tutu for some boutique when I can make it myself for $5.00. Yay for me for saving money. Also I just bought that chair. Totally love it! Home Goods rocks!

Here is just another picture of Arlie that I thought was just precious. Had to post it.

Fun Flower pics

Here are a lot of pictures that I took of Arlie the other night. There were just so many good ones that I wanted to share. Josh and I took the kids on a walk that morning and found a really pretty open grassy area with all these really pretty yellow flowers. I had to go back and get some pics there before the flowers all got mowed away. So here they are.

Testing out my new background

So I got a new background for my studio and I wanted to test it out to see how it was going to look. I know you don't see much of it in these shots but I like how it looks. Very fun.

Pictures of Arlie

So I went to a Sandy Puc's Tots to Teens photography seminar last night and it got me all pumped up and excited to play around in my own studio. So I took some pictures of Arlie and practiced my techniques I learned on her. I think it worked pretty well. It was a lot of fun. Here are a few of my favorites. Also a quick pic of her painting. She loves to paint.




Josh is gone again. He will supposedly be back a day or two before my birthday. We will see. We miss him alot and can't wait till he comes home but it sure has been nice to have Alyssa around to talk to and help out with things. I don't know what I would do without her. Nothing much happening here besides that. We had a great Easter and Arlie enjoyed coloring eggs and going on an Easter Egg Hunt around our house. I will have to download those pics later.

So I decided to make a one year album of Deacon so I have been taking pictures of him every month for his book. Here are some of the images from our shoot today. Deacon is now 5 months old. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. He now has two teeth and he is the sweetest baby ever. He is so happy and laughs all the time. He is such a joy to have in our family. I am loving him more and more everyday.