pictures

i feel like i've been slacking on taking pictures lateley - and i really have! i think i'm going overboard now though, but i wanted to take some cute pictures of the kids to send with valentines. i never got around to the whole christmas card thing, so i'm hoping to get something done in time for valentines. anyway, here's what i ended up with. these funny kiddos are precious and adorable, but when it comes to taking their pictures... hmmm... how to phrase it...? you get the point. :) i love them so much and want to remember every minute i have with them. they make me so happy! family truly is the greatest blessing anyone could ever have!

a couple of these pictures are a little different than anything i would usually do - i'm feeling a lack of "artisticness" in my life, so i gave a few attempts at "more artsy" in an attempt to expand my photography horizons. i'm not sure what i think yet, but i do love the material! :) thanks cute kiddos for letting me practice on you!

p.s. if i don't get valentines sent out, WE DO LOVE YOU! happy valentines wonderful family and friends!

xoxo

i couldn't decide which of these three i liked best. brookie has the cutest expressions - i can't decide which is my favorite. :)

as close as a brother and sister can be (literally) it took me forever to get them to sit together w/o crawling away. :) these little kiddos really do love each other. :) it makes me so happy to see it every day!

another "closeness" picture

my favorite "close" picture - coleman's favorite too. he says "i falled over, mom."

quick - run away - mom's got the camera :)

not so "close" but together nonetheless :)

coleman - the only way to get him to smile for the camera in a certain location was to pick this tree. he is facinated by the bark. :)

backs of heads are probably not the most interesting, but i thing she's pretty cute from all sides :)

every kids dream - eating the wood chips, grass and leaves...

curious about all the organic everything on the ground. this is brookie's first outside crawling experience. she got really dirty, but i think she had a fun time. :) there's so much to see and experience (taste) for this little scientist/explorer

yep - she's eating more grass

another 2-yr-old pose :)

cole's doing our stairs alone now - they're kinda bruital stairs, so he's been really careful (after having a few near death experiences trying to navigate them previously...) he's growing up so fast!!

peeking back to make sure mom and brookie are coming

best buds - besides dad, buzz is cole's best bud lateley :)

he has to have two of them :)

more buzz

i've gotta go get dinner ready for the missionaries - i'll post the rest of my attempted artsy pictures later. :)