pictures by the blooming tree

Back in May when the trees were blooming, I made my family walk over near one for pictures... Not a huge success, but I still have a ton of pictures to share from it.

they first got in the tree



Zoey is at the age where she doesn't like seeing pictures of herself, so she also doesn't like taking them. I get a lot of photos like this...


the tree branches were so pretty though


















Of course, Leo was with us and he had to be in the pictures.











the only real smile I get from Max, is when he is getting in the way of Zoey's picture.










I read this quote the other day and liked it. Couldn't find who said though. Let me know if you know!





And, although I went for the pretty background, I like how these are in BW better...




Couldn't decide with this one though...



love.



And Max being goofy on the other side of the camera. He thought it was funny to walk towards us as he took the picture.









the end. phew

Our Cinco de Mayo

So, the past couple years, we have always had a Cinco de Mayo gathering of sorts. It is such a fun time of year with the weather turning nice and end of school coming! Even though we weren't around our old friends, we still wanted to have some fun with it! We tried our best anyway. The food was good (fajitas!) and we played the Cinco de Mayo station on Pandora, too.

We made whole fruit margaritas in the Vitamix... I cut the sugar in half, and they were really tasty. different, but in a good way.



We had the margaritas while sitting on the patio, as Ross got the grill ready. Here are pictures from that... Just sitting around, playing frisbee, with a few flowers mixed in (we had just bought them).

little delicate petals...


and a close up...




Someone just got a haircut!



Someone else did too!
















Look at Max's left arm here. He is double jointed so it looks funky...

Summer and backtracking

This week was the kids first official week of summer! Hooray! Although the kids definitely tolerate school and do well, they do not love it. So, we try and find the good and fun and humor in each day, but also, look forward to weekends and summer! So, we are glad it is here! In the beginning of the week, they were up early, but now they are already sleeping in. I had a low key week planned this week to just decompress and also clean a little. May just gets crazy and busy and so we needed a good spring/summer cleaning before we dive into summer plans!

But, blogging needs to back up to the beginning of May a bit...

Leo could play all day, constantly. And then, he gets tired and falls asleep with his toy. He is about to here with this ball...


Some warmer nights allowed for ice cream outside! We love sitting on our patio in the evenings.














While we are on the patio, he likes to peek out at the other dogs walking by...


this is the back view, for some perspective...

Flowers - a different way...

So, sometimes I like to take flower pictures in their natural surroundings, and other times, I set things up a little bit. When I was doing one of the Pictures for May, I took a flower picture that I thought was interesting, so I tried again for fun. Sometimes I like to make cards or prints out of pictures like this for people. maybe I will try and sell them one day. Let me know what you think.

Pretty Spring Flowers

I noticed this blooming tree on the way to Zoey's school the other day, so Leo and I stopped for a while to take some pictures on our walk.