my little candy corns…

had a ball at the pumpkin patch. It was a gorgeous fall day with temperatures in the mid 60’s. There was sunshine, farm animals, playground equipment, hay rides, picnic tables, pumpkins, lots of smiles and fun.
I don’t think it’s a secret that I love photography, but I might be a teeny-tiny tad-bit borderline obsessive. Maybe. [...]

we got whacked…

but it’s still standing! Mailbox karma I suppose. Not that I went on any bashing sprees in my youth but maybe a certain other individual in this household might could have possibly done something of the sort. :)

The other night, or shall I say in the wee morning hours, I heard what sounded like an [...]

photo of the week #12…

was Halloween night 2005. Initially Jadon was going to be Bashful but he insisted on being Grumpy instead. Poor guy…he was in tights.

this is the look…

you often get when you are a camera-happy Mom.

photos of the week #11…

couldn’t be passed up in view of the fact we are planning to go to the pumpkin patch this week, if everyone is over their cold that is.
These pictures were taken at an amazing FREE pumpkin patch in Flower Mound, TX in 2006. There were hay rides, farm animals, bounce houses, wagon rides, picnic tables, [...]

experience the nostalgia…

evoked by antique barns and the simplicity of black and white.
After some friends of ours took some great black and white pictures of our barns I decided I had to go photo hunting myself! These barns are just a remnant of the history this land tells. But what a striking reminder of the hard work [...]

if you look past those beautiful faces…

you can see a little of the progress we’ve made out here on our place. I tried to get as close as I could to the original but it never is quite the same. I have this tractor picture set as my computer wallpaper and as I walked past it the other day I noticed [...]

things like this…

don’t tend to scare me AS MUCH as they used to. Of course my story might be different if he was coming at me or acting defensively; but he was behaving as if he was more scared of us than we were of him and I knew that he wasn’t poisonous.

During our science exploration time [...]

ahhhh…

MUCH BETTER!
In my haste, sometimes I forget that presentation IS everything. Our pumpkin carving evening was so much more fun than I previously depicted. Please oblige an old friend and give our fun-filled evening another look.
Just click on the picture below for the slide show (it has music too!)…please?

tooth #2…

doesn’t need any further commentary.