Snips and Snails

My boys love to catch and play with snails.  They swing with them, ride their bikes with them and occasionally and unfortunately, Westy will smash them.  Ugh, that always makes a nice mess to clean off the concrete.

On this day I was just about to tell the kids to get in the car when I saw my photo op.  I grabbed the camera and snapped a few photos before we had to leave. 

The first two are my favorites.  I love how West has so much wonder and amazement.  On Ryker's, I think that little tiny snail is too cute.

I'm linking up here today......

Goofball and Lollipop Cookies

Hello and happy Sunday =)  

I failed at snapping new photos this week.. what the heck!?  But, I did find this one among all the birthday photos I have from West's party.  It called to me.  This is classic West.  That lil' lippy turned down and hiding from the camera... don't let him fool you he is just being silly.  He is trying his best to make it a challenge for me to get a photo of him.  Little does he know this is what I look for.  Those non-posed pictures that show the real story.  I win again Westy.

On a side note, that cute lollipop cookie in the photo was super easy to make (after one failed trial run). 

I got the idea from Pinterest HERE and I used the recipe from HERE.  I don't think they tasted that hot but they sure were adorable!

Linking up to these pretty sites--

Eeeek and I just saw that last weeks photo was shared on Simple things Sunday today =)  So happy.

Cherry Trick

 The other night Ryker wanted to "invent" a new dessert for us to try.  He had me place 3 or so cherries at the bottom of a sugar cone and then top it off with ice cream and a couple more cherries.

His idea actually seemed to be very helpful for our little West.  

EVERY TIME time I give this kid an ice cream cone I say "eat it from the top".  He never listens.  First thing he does is takes a hunk right off the bottom.  This leads to a melty, dripping mess of stickiness. 

 Not this time.  Ryker's cherry concoction saved us...... 

 The cherries acted like a plug.  No messy drips here.

He may have been a sticky mess all over his face and hands but hey, at least the ice cream wasn't pouring out the bottom like usual =)

Thank you Ryker for our new cherry trick!

Happy Sunday. I'm linking up here today...

Aiden Turns the big O.N.E.!

I had the pleasure of snapping some photos of my friends little man to celebrate his first birthday.  You might remember his sweet face from THIS post.  Oh my how he has grown.  His little teeth are to die for don't ya think?

 He obviously loves his little snuggle blanket.  I kept trying to hide it from him ha.

 His mama was singing to him here.  It was the cutest thing ever.  He was so happy just listening to her.

This was my first attempt at a "cake smash".  I am pretty pleased with the results.  I used some wrapping paper from Target for the background.  It sure did turn out cute.

Oh man, these letters were the hardest.  His mom made them so I really wanted to get it right.  Aiden wanted nothing to do with them at first.  He hated that "o"!  I'm happy we got something.  

I can't wait till more of my friends have babies so I can play photographer with them =)

Snuffaluffagus

 Some days I am quite certain Sesame Street sent me my very own Sunuffaluffagus............

Needless to say, those lashes make me swoon!

Happy Sunday friends =)  Today I am busy preparing a circus party for the little man above... one week and counting!  I don't have much in the works so far.  I have the ideas, I just need to get them all organized and created! It is going to be pretty fabulous I hope... think "vintage circus".  Eeek, so many cute possibilities!

I'm linking up here today......

Simple Things Sunday {he loves music}

Ryker tracked down his old music player the other day.  I think it has a total of 6 songs on it.  His favorites are Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and Owl City's "Fireflies".

I have totally spotted him singing out loud to the music and dancing around.  He is really shy about it so he waits until he thinks no one is watching and then he really cuts loose =)  I'm not talking a little jig either... this kid full on moves to the music!  He might have a future in backup dancing.  Maybe we will see him on stage with his favorite gal Lady Gaga one day.  

Yesterday I got the camcorder out and tried to crawl on the floor and sneak up behind the couch to catch him in his groove.  He saw me though.  He instantly stopped and screamed ha ha ha.  I will get it recorded one day so we can look back and giggle at how cute he was.

I am linking up to this lovely blog...

Simple Things Suday {feeding the duckies}

On Monday I made the kiddos suffer through a family photo session I helped out with.  After 2 hours of wandering around and being told to "go play over there" they were elated to feed the ducks!  Thank goodness for my sister in law who thinks ahead and brought the food!  It was such a good reward for them after being so patient with me.

I am trying something new and linking up to Simple as That  "Simple Things Sunday".  I adore Rebeccas's  photography and little blog.  I have been following her for years.  I learned my first photo fixing action from her... CURVES!  
Happy Sunday and Father's day =)

My sweet niece Ella

Like I have said before I am no pro at all when it comes to photography.  I find myself in awe when I brows around on facebook fan pages and when customers post sweet photos for me to see.  Being surrounded by darling photos makes me want to take great photos too.  

I have A LOT to learn.  Just the other day I noticed something on my camera  that I didn't know how to adjust. When I figured it out I wanted to kick myself for not learning about it sooner.  I have had my camera for 5 years now and I still don't really understand it all ha!  I kind of want a new, better one now too... YIKES!  I am horrible.

Anyways, this is my newest niece Ella.  She was 1 month old when these were taken and still slept like a champ.  One of my favorites is her in the buggy.  I am so excited I finally got to put that thing to good use! It was about time!  

These are just a few of my favs.... it is always so hard to choose which ones to post.

I got to take pictures of Ella's 1 year old cousin today too =)  I am excited to dig into Photoshop and play!  Happy Friday friends.  I hope you have a fun weekend!