Meet the Courtney's

I had the pleasure of taking pictures of this amazing family Sunday.  For those of you who do not know them, this is the family that offers a CSA program here in Shelby County!!!!  So here are some of my favorite pictures from our session.

 Needless to say, my husband is in love
with this little lady.  However, if you know Sam
it should be of no surprise since he always
loves the little girls!

I think Gavin found a new friend!

Gavin even got to come out and play at the end of the shoot.  I have to say, they are all troopers
since it was spitting rain on us the whole time.

Is that Harry Potter????

Nope that would be my cousin Connor.  We just did his senior pictures over the weekend.  Gavin was a huge fan because that meant he go to play with Chase and Taylor.  Well enough talk, here are the pictures.  I did a few crazy things since he is as big of a Beatles fan as I am (guess it runs in the family).

What a Week

WOW, we had quite the week.  Lot of playing outside, playing in the leaves that are falling, and going to the doctor. 

Gavin got to play in the leaves on Monday night.  We do not have a great tree for fall leaves but he neighbors do.  Connie and Larry did not mow up the leaves until Tuesday so Gavin could play in them.  Larry raked the leaves and Gavin jumped.  We had a lot of fun. 

I don't know about anyone else but we still have flowers blooming!?!?!?!  I really don't understand how they are still blooming after a frost (specially because they are not mums) but more power to them! 

We played outside a lot this week until Thursday.  We needed the rain but I am kind of ok if we don't get any until right before I plant our bulbs...maybe a little rain after, but not enough to make the grass grow anymore.  We still have to mow but I am ready for it to be the last time we mow. 

 Last, we went to the doctor today for Eliza's check up and shots.  Any guesses as to how much she weighs????  I can tell you she is not a small kid...she loves to eat everything...and she is at the 90th percentile for her age.  Amazingly she is above the 50th percentile for height!!!!  Maybe we do have some of my dad's genes in us.  I hope we have a lot of his...I would love for my kids to have a little height to them. 

I did get a couple of shots of her the week before.  She had just gotten a bath...which she totally loves.  She kicks all of the water out.  The other one, she was working on rolling over, which she continued to prefect over the course of this week along with her pterodactyl shrill. 

Touch the Dirt Day

So as some of you know, we did not buy our veggies this year at the grocery.  We participated in a CSA program through a local farming family.  Each year toward the end of the harvest season they have a touch the dirt day.  We are big fans of farm life and country living that we knew we could not miss it.  They had a bee keeper out to talk to people about harvesting honey, hay rides, ponds to fish in, trails to walk, a cookout, you name, they had it.  We did not do much other than socialize and fish.  My big boy wanted to fish. 

Gavin caught three fish...one all by himself!  It was a great evening.  We stayed at the farm for around five hours, and still took a little man back crying that he did not want to go home. 

It was so nice to finally meet the people that are in charge of our vegetables.  How many people can say they know the farmers that grow their produce.  Ok so next year we will know exactly where our vegetables come from (because we are going to do the CSA again and we are converting part of the back yard into a garden). 

If you are interested at all in doing the CSA with the Courtney's please talk with me, we had such a great experience that I would love for everyone else to be able to have the same experience. 

 

 I think Gavin also got another set of grandparents out of going there.  Our friends Josh and Melissa Ballard were out there with their two kids Eli and Ruby and Melissa's parents. 

We also took our friends Shea and Anna out there with us since poor Jim had to work. 

Best part about the whole night, making seven dozen cupcakes to go out there with and only coming back with a dozen.  We only came back with the pumpkin.  All of the caramel apple cupcakes were gone very quickly, so I guess they were good.

A big thank you to the Courtney's for doing the CSA program.  It has been a hard year for farm crops, but they are doing such a wonderful thing.  We got so many veggies, I am scared to know what a good farm season looks like.

Baby Shower

So, we were supposed to host a baby shower last Saturday but we were not able to.

I guess I should have totally expected it, the time I try and throw a shower, the baby is born before we can have it.

We got to welcome Laell Jewel into the world a week ago.  I am so excited for Chelsie and David. 

Luckily they let us reschedule the shower for next Saturday.  I promise to have pictures of the baby after the shower.  Lets admit, when there is a baby at a baby shower...specially the baby it is for, the shower does not matter.  It becomes more of an baby oogling time.

Great day...

SO...

One would think we would be bouncing off the walls today.  We got the call about the house information we have been waiting for!!!!!  One relief for a bit. 

I got a call about an interview...it may be retail but it would be a great networking job and a really fun job!

BUT,

Then I remember that 3 years ago tomorrow Sam and I got married (ok seriously that is not a bad thing) BUT we have never taken a honeymoon let alone a trip together that did not involve going to Indiana to see family.  I really would like us to go somewhere but it just has never been possible.  Always a more practical way to spend or save the money.  We give up all the fun things just to make our family work and to get our house. 

This really is not a sap blog post, promise...I am just a little sad that a trip is not in our near future at all!!!!  We ALWAYS have some family trip to take (and we LOVE our family) but that eats up all the vacation time...so needless to say, we not only don't have the money, but we don't have the time. 

On the plus side, if I get this job, MAYBE we can take a family trip...and maybe not tell anyone until after we are back...hahaha

Also all of you reading this should be super proud of me that I actually remembered that our anniversary is tomorrow.  If you really know me, you know that I am really not good with remembering that.  I am great with birthdays and phone numbers but not really anything else (not that I still don't get birthday cards out late too).

Have a fabulous day...it is supposed to be an amazing week.  I have lots of posts to come after the weekend!!!!

Wedding

Meet Becka and Bradley.

I was asked to do cupcakes for their wedding.  Once I was told the circumstances I was game.  They are a young couple in the Air Force and were getting ready to get stationed.  They were going to two seperate places!!!  They had already planned a wedding for a little of a year from now so they just went ahead on got married.  If you have been in the military or have a loved one in the military you know that if you get married you stand a much better chance getting deployed to the same place (not guarenteed but likely).  So they had a shotgun wedding yesterday and are still having their big wedding in a little over a year. 

They are a cute couple!!!  I loved the fact that I was able to be a part of it.  I was only asked to do the cupcakes but I could not let them walk away from the day they actually got married without any pictures (and you all know that i am no where near a wedding photographer).  So I took cupcakes and I took the camera.  We got some very cute shots. 



Vanilla with Raspberry filling and
cream cheese icing!!!!!

Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts since they are getting their new assignments and they are newlyweds.  I hope the best for them.  Being newlyweds is hard enough...I can only imagine it when you are getting new assignements too. 

A huge thank you to our friends Chandra and Jeremiah for asking us to be a part of this lovely day.  You two are an inspiration.