handstands and birthday

The weather in midwest has been pretty mild, but we just havent been able to get out and get some pictures.

we have had a lot of indoor activities, the girls have wanting to do gymnastics and the basement is a great place to practice.

Malia achieving the handstand

It has been so long that I had the opportunity to get a good picture of Malia and today she was willing to participate:)

She looks so grown up in this pic and I love how the light has given this a hazy effect.

Then we were off to the east side of the state for Ethan's birthday, he was so excited for another day of birthday gifts.

The littlest hams

always willing try out a game from the Xbox kinect

Gamers were gaming it up

iHeart Faces ~ Tickled Pink

This weeks theme for iheartfaces is Tickled Pink in honor of Breast care awareness month.

My girls are tickled with pink in this photo shoot.

For the longest time, I have always wanted to take pictures of the girls in front of an old broken down barn to get that 'vintage look'

so when I heard about this barn that is open to the public.
I need I had to go check it out.

The barn was so old we captured so many beautiful shots
Just look at this tree, so many treasured memories I presumed by an old man that once owned this property
He passed away with no family....so the city now owns this property.




It has a beautiful farm field trail along with old furniture was left on the property.

We will definately be back to capture more photos.

Malia posed with her 'Rocky' look from Disney's Shake it up

of course, with their treasured parsol from China

Ava never misses a beat with her 'put together' look

so jump over to Lisa's blog to see more beautiful black & White pictures.

{Black & White Wednesday} ~ Summer Days

Summer
long nights

sunsets

beach

fun

friends

family

togetherness

What more do need. We love the days of Summer.

Check out more B&W pictures at Lisa Blog

{Strawberry pickin...}

Strawberry season is in bloom...

What a yummy treat, the girls could eat a whole quart of strawberry in one sitting.

We made a yummy strawberry pie

put it on top of vanilla ice cream

made a fruit salad

dipped in chocolate

we get to eat it while we are picking

hard at work, trying to find the "perfect" red juicy one

then it was shadow cougar coming out of its cage

none the least the shadow rabbit pops out.

Hope you have a yummy strawberry picking time!

{Black & White} ~ Wednesday a little summer dance

What a nice weekend, sat outside on the deck had a nice dinner by the water.

The girls loved listening to the music.

of course little miss diva starting her moves.

lost her 2 front tooth

shaking and twirling


how do I look?




sisterly love, this does not happen often.



see more Black & White on Lisa's blog.