Family Pictures...

I LOVE photography!!!! I mean LOVE it! I spend hours looking through photography blogs. I love taking a million pictures of my boys and I love my camera. I wish I knew more about how to work it, but SOMEDAY I will. It is one of my goals/dreams to take photography classes and or start teaching myself how to be better at this. I want to learn more and someday get an even better camera. I need to just do it instead of talking about all the time. All this to say...

We had our family pictures taken the Saturday before Easter. Our friends Justin (Buddy) and Amanda met us at Red Sunset Park in Gresham. Amanda too loves photography and has been teaching herself and testing out her skills. They started a blog, Garvin Photography.
She did an AMAZING job! Especially considering that the boys were practically bouncing off the walls the whole time, Jayce pretty much refused to be set down anywhere or look at the camera the whole shoot. Gabe actually did better than expected. He knew that there was a yummy Mickey Mouse sucker waiting for him at the end. It was a little crazy. Amanda, you are amazing!

Some of my favorites:

Random pictures

Jayce (3 months)

Jayce got his 3 month pictures done today (thanks Mama). He did excellent. He was so cute and had some hilarious faces in some of them. This was one of moms and my favorites.

Gabe 3 months

Do they look alike?

Best $1 Garage Sale purchase EVER

Went to the Happy Valley garage sales this last Friday. The last time I went to a garage sale was before I was married. It was fun hanging out with Kate and looking around. I got this colorful tunnel and Gabe LOVES it, well and so does Bryan. LOL
Gabe tried to climb in with daddy, got stuck, freaked out and had to have mommy help rescue him.

FUN in the SUN

Mom's Club end of the year BBQ at the C's

Washing his car in his whitey tighty's

Jr Rose Parade


105.1 the Buzz (Nelson, Stacy Lynn and Terry) Bryan Loves them!
YEA!!!!

Gabe's 2 yr Pictures

Lately...

Bryan has...

• had a daddy/Gabe weekend while mommy was away at the beach with the girls
• become an uncle x2
• had the flu
• been working at Nike
• been running every Saturday morning and working out
  
• started MMA training with Dave
• been looking for more freelance work

Jenny has...

• had a fabulous weekend at the beach with friends, great teaching from Jody and lots of processing and prayer time
• become an Auntie x2
• had a good b-day with Family (thank you mom for the fun party)
• got to hold her beautiful tiny niece
• been laid off from her job (time for change)
• been praying for direction
  
• had a fun b-day dinner with her good friend Marcia
• had an awesome time getting to be a SAHM for the time being
• been looking for opportunities to work from home
• been looking for jobs
• gotten a lot of cleaning and organizing done
  
• been doing a good job at meal planning and cooking dinners
• spent WAY too much time on Facebook
  

Gabe has...

• spent a weekend with daddy
• been talking a lot
• giving kisses
• been a stinker
• had lots of fun times with cousin Jaden
  
• met his new cousin Audrey
• got to have his mommy home with him full time
  
• gone to OMSI for a playdate

Beach trip (Women's Retreat 09)
Traditional dinner at Bill's on Friday night (No Kate wasn't drinking BTW lol)

(left to right: Jenny, Moo, Ronna, T and Laura)

Waiting for the session to start

Good times

Baby Audrey
Born Feb 14, 2009

Found Gabe sleeping like this one night

Gabe and Jaden Wrestling

Fun at OMSI