Family photo shoot in May

 

We had a professional photo session in May, generously gifted by a group of friends.  Thank you Sandy, Leon, Nick, Lorianne, Pam,Tom, Peter and Ann!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

It has taken me a while to post these because it has taken me a while to get over the fact that Hank ran in the opposite direction THE.ENTIRE.TIME. and left me with only one photo of the three of my children.  Only one!  And it looks like this:

I kinda get all kinds of uptight just looking at that picture.
This is no joke.  She took hundreds of photos that day and this is the only one where he actually stayed in the frame with his sisters long enough to be captured on film.

Beforehand, I had told myself it might go down like this so at the actual shoot I wasn't too frazzled.  Thankfully, we brought our beloved babysitter Katie (Lorianne's cousin) with us anticipating that we might need help wrangling Hank.  We needed her every minute.  She was a lifesaver.  The kid just lost his ever loving mind.  It was as if he had never been outdoors before.  We even bribed him with candy.  He outsmarted us and would come grab every piece we offered and just run away.   He was happy the entire time, not acting out or throwing a tantrum or anything like that, but he was just in his own world and could not be convinced to come near us at all.  It was just one big hilarious game to him.

Oh to be two years old...
 

On this day it was unseasonably cold!  I had the cutest little coral dresses for the girls but it was too cold so I put on their cardigans and jeggings so you can barely see any of the sweet little ruffles.  There was no way they could have lasted out there without layers.  They would have turned blue!  

Moving on now.   I will stop being a downer.  :)

On the bright side, Hank looked cute in his seersucker pants that I made him.  Ha! 

There are many shots that I am extremely happy with and we will always cherish them!  We have some pretty fabulous friends to give us this gift!!  Here are some of my favorites.  Enjoy!

Charlotte with her Dad

Ruby and Charlotte

Char (L)  Ruby (R).  If it looks like I am holding on to Hank for dear life in these, it is because I was.

 

 

Ruby and her Mom

  

Engagement photo.

  

 

 

 

Gorgeous Katie!

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Finally lost the rest of my mind

This week has been a busy one for us as we get prepared for tomorrow night's Paulson Spooooooktacular. We are excited about the party and to see all of our biz school friends all costumed up. We've been running around all week and crossing things off the long to-do list and in the process I realize I have finally lost the rest of my mind. Here's the evidence to prove it:

Evidence #1: Earlier this week I was at the store doing some shopping for the party and when I got home I realized I had left part of my purchases at the store. I have yet to go back and get it.

Evidence #2: Last night, I stayed up way too late working on my to-do list and this morning we overslept. I remember setting the alarm last night for 6:30am but this morning we never heard it. I told Brett I must have set it for 6:30pm and when I checked the alarm it didn't appear to even have been set at all!

Evidence #3: Each morning, I drive Brett to school. Today as we approached the car, I got in the passenger seat and just sat there holding the car keys. Brett stood outside the passenger side and looked at me like I had lost my mind (this act does not count as evidence because he looks at me like that often). It was very funny once I snapped out of my trance and realized...um, hello, what I am I doing, I have to drive him to school! I couldn't even blame it on being tired because I had been up for over 30 minutes.

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