parker // impromptu photo shoot

this kid is just the cutest.  he's home for the summer & we've settled in to a pretty nice little lazy routine of no routine.  both kids have a couple camps & swimming lessons this summer but for the most part we're taking it easy breezy.  the other day i found him just laying on my bed staring at the ceiling so i snuggled up for a sec which turned into tickles & then i was standing on the bed looking down on him & realized, this is a photo op.  ha!  such is life as a photographer.  i told him not to move & i ran to grab my camera.

i love these so much.

elliot came in towards the end & wasn't into pictures... he just wanted to wrestle.  i mean, that's just kinda how it is around here.  ya take what you can get.

late spring // early summer

i don't know how else to blog if not to just pop in after six months & randomly drop recent photos.  i never did post our hawaii photos & i haven't been super diligent these last couple months at taking p365 photos but it's always been a project by my own rules.  so anywho, here are a few from late spring & early summer.  we had a lot of baseball, a little soccer, the end of another year of preK & first grade, a ton of rain (which probably had a lot to do with my loss of photo taking motivation, per the uge) & now, summer break.  we're all looking forward to easy breezy summer life.

january // in pictures

the first half of january can be summarized by one word: "snow."  so many snow days i don't even remember how many days of school the boys missed but it was a lot.  it was a blast but we're ready for spring.

here's how we spent the first couple weeks of the month.

our august in photos

our august was a pretty amazing end to a great summer.  there are a few parts of the month that could be posts in themselves but in the interest in someday trying to blog present day events, we're just gonna photo dump here.

august was full of beach trips, ice cream cones, hikes, a week long visit from my mom, elliot's fourth birthday, countless bike rides to the park & parker starting first grade.  we had lots of hot weather & trips to the pool & running through the hose.  we got a lot in this summer & were just about ready for school to start by the end.  i mean at least i was.

i'm gonna try to start posting my p365 photos every now & then as the weeks go by... we'll see how this goes.  here are my favorites from august!