Cousins...

Look they do actually LOVE each other...

80% of the time the girls are at each others throats - fighting over the typical 3 year old stuff.  But there are occassions when they play very nicely together and even stop for a minute and hug so we can capture that moment.  Samantha and Kamryn are more like sisters then cousins because they spend so much time together - I hope their friendship continues as they get older and only grows and gets stronger.



A Day In The Life of Grandma...

Grandma will soon have her hands full....with a 4 year old girl with a mind of her own, a 3 year old girl who follows what the 4 year old is doing and then a 3 month old boy (none-the-less).

After Samantha's Summer Camp program one day we stopped by Grandma's and hung out for a while.  The girls love playing with Kellen - boy he has no idea what he is getting into.  They were in his face any chance they could get and would try to fight over him. 

Grandma (a.k.a the protector of Kellen)

The Happy Crew

The First "Good" Cousins Group Picture

Well I wouldn't say it is a perfect group picture....I was dealing with an almost 4 year old who won't sit still for anything, a 3 year old who wants to follow and copy whatever the 4 year old is doing and then a 3 month old who just wanted to play by himself under his play gym but the two older children wouldn't let him.  The pictures are priceless though and I wouldn't have had it any other way - what a great memory.

Who do you think is enjoying the play gym more - the baby or the two children?

Kamryn (3), Kellen (3 months), Samantha (almost 4)

Kellen had enough but and was done but the girls kept being loud and silly

Poor Kellen - he wasn't a happy camper

Dedication....

So I am determined to learn Photoshop better than I do and today I downloaded these cool Polaroid Templates but was having so many issues trying to get a photo into the Polaroid.  Well Thanks to my friend Danielle and about an hour later this is what I came up with.....

Not so bad for my first try

(BTW....this was one of 3 Bunnies that was in my backyard this morning, there was also a Groundhog who got away before I could get a picture of him and about 10+ birds)

Dadda's Frog...

Every Summer we have a frog that visits our yard.  When Samantha was little she named the frog Dadda's Frog.  This afternoon while hanging out in our backyard we spotted the frog for the first time this year.  Who even knows if it is the same frog each year but Samantha gets so excited over it.  She is very into nature this year.

A Day With Nature...

The Husband and Daughter enjoy sitting on the front porch and throwing bread into our yard to "feed the birdies" (as Samantha calls it).  This is a typical ritual usaully on grocery shopping day because we clean out the fridge with all the "old" food and replace it with the "new" food and we usually have a couple of pieces of bread or bagels laying around that aren't good anymore.

One of our birdie friends that came to visit

While we were waiting patiently for the birds to come a Bluejay flew into the yard and just as quickly flew away so I couldn't get a picture of him eating the bread.  However with a little patients we finally spotted him again on the neighbors fence.  Very quietly Samantha and I made our way over by the fence to see if we could get a picture.

Our Bluejay friend...."we got him" (as Samantha said)

We also saw a pretty butterfly in our tree and....

Ants eating our piece of bread (can you see them?)

All in all it was a great morning with my Baby Girl enjoy the nice weather and checking out nature in our front yard.

Cedar Village @ East Brunswick

This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking pictures of the model homes at Cedar Village @ East Brunswick.  The Community is for 55+ and is gorgeous.  Take a look at some of the photos of available units.

 

Below are the units that are still in the process of being built - they are just as gorgeous.

I absolutely loved the high ceilings.

Monica's Bday pictures (Katlynn tagged along too...)

Monica needed a picture to go on her birthday invitation so off to the park we went to get some pictures.  Monica was very coordinated -her invitations are orange and pink so she went out to get an outfit that would work with the invitation colors - a girl after my own heart.  Monica's older sister Katlynn tagged along and we didn't want her to feel left out so we got a few pictures of her as well.  Here are some of my favorites...

Meet The Birthday Girl Monica

Meet Katlynn (the sister who tagged along)

Sisters

Danielle, Mark & Their Soon To Be Baby Girl

Spent the better part of this morning at Island Beach State Park with Danielle, her husband Mark and my family (plus the dog) to take Maternity Photos of Danielle.  Here are some of my favorites....

Sorry Everyone...the babies name is being kept a secret until she is born.

The proud Daddy...having a conversation with his little girl

Miss Diva Danielle

Strike a pose.....