Favorite Photos from Spring 2011

January 7th, 2012

Spring seemed to take forever to make it’s arrival in 2011. We had a lot of snow late in the season and so many snow days. We were all ready for Spring’s warmer weather, cool refreshing green,  and pretty flowers too.

Spring 2011

April:

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May:

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June:

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December Favorite Photos

January 4th, 2012

December flew by way too fast. There was so much going on all month, and I got a lot of unique photos too. Here are a few of my favorites from December.

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We shopped a bit downtown for some last minute Christmas presents.

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We got to visit the park on a warm Winter day.

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The sky was amazing at the park.

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Thade was extra excited on Christmas day.

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Dylan loves to have school @ home. He is practicing his handwriting.

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Agnes swiped my favorite beanie, it is now hers.

And here you go a double-dose of kitty cuteness…

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Awwww,

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he really is that cute.

4124 as of 12/26/2011

December 28th, 2011

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I’m planning a few year end posts, and one of them involves photos. I got a little curious as  to just  how many photos I take over the course of a year. I did the math and as of 12/26/2011 I had taken 4,124. I’m going to have a lot to sort through before I find a few favorites.

October came in as the month that I took the most photos with 655, and January came in with the least at 176.

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Now the real question… I wonder just how many of those photos were cat related?!?

The Christmas Photo Shoots

December 17th, 2011

Every year I like to give the grandmas photo albums filled with lots of pictures of the kiddos throughout the year. I also like to end the album with the kiddos Christmas pictures. Some years it goes great…

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This will not be one of those years.

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I have tried different times, places, outfits, bribery. All in pure desperation to get just one all 3 kids being cute in a photo, and nothing is working…

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Agnes refuses to look at the camera,

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she will make a mean face at her brother though…

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Seriously?!?

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I just need one,

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So not going to happen.

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On to the next day, new outfits, full night of sleep, plenty of coffee for me.

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Still not cooperating. Note the somber face on Agnes, and Dylan looks like he is going to jump up and run around at any second.

So I’ll try it one at a time.

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Yep, not happy.

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Really not happy,

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Completely over getting her picture taken.

Let’s try Dylan

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He blinked again,

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oh goodness…

Thade, want to jump in and coach the little ones on taking happy photos?

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And with that, I give up, here’s hoping 2012 brings a better Christmas photo…

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Kids 2 Mom 0, oh goodness my head hurts.

So yeah, Merry Christmas.