building bros

building bros

The boys decided that they wanted to start their own website dedicated to all the building that they've done recently. Seeing the perfect opportunity to get them involved in some project based learning, I encouraged them to come up with a name and take some photos to...

Weekend in Austin

Weekend in Austin

Remember my post about #projectselfcare?? Well, I fell in love with doing YWA in person during July's community event so I decided that I *had* to go again in August. This time, though, I took the family along and we had a fun family weekend exploring Austin! We...

Logan lost his first tooth!

Logan lost his first tooth!

Today, at the ripe old age of 6, Logan lost his first tooth! I knew that it was coming because the tooth had been hanging by a thread, so we took a few photos of his sweet little smile before he got his first hole.        Then Logan decided to let Chris...

#projectselfcare

#projectselfcare

***Most of our blog is a collection of photos from our adventures and daily life with little spurts of commentary here and there. Today, I'm going to pretend that I'm a writer instead of a photographer and try to explain a little about my recent #projectselfcare...

4th of July Party

4th of July Party

We threw a little 4th of July party and had a few friends over. Blowing stuff up is more fun when you have friends to cheer you on! Hooray for living in the kinda country! Sarah brought some amazing cupcakes and I had to take a photo of them because they were so darn...

We went to Lake Travis for Gram’s birthday!

We went to Lake Travis for Gram’s birthday!

Last weekend the kids and I headed down to Lake Travis (near Austin) to celebrate Gram's birthday. Chris wasn't able to come along because he had to work since he had already taken a long vacation in June (Gulf Shores). We were really sad that he couldn't come with us...

Gulf Shores: Day 7

Gulf Shores: Day 7

We spent our last morning in Gulf Shores at the Nature Center.     We got to see a baby alligator. He was pretty adorable!     The kids were really nervous about sticking their hands in this box. Luckily, it was filled with antlers and nothing that...

Gulf Shores: Day 6

Gulf Shores: Day 6

On day 6 we rented bikes! At Gulf State Park there are some amazing bike trails that we wanted to check out! Chris and I don't have bikes, but luckily we usually travel with Logan's because he likes to ride around the campsite. We were able to rent bikes for us and a...

Gulf Shores: Day 5

Gulf Shores: Day 5

Day 5 started with some snuggles...     And then we played at the beach with our friends!     We took family photos in the evening. I'm not finished editing those... but wanted to get the rest of the trip posted so I can mark it off my to do list!...