Abstract Photography By EJB#1

For Emy's second birthday my mom sent money with instructions to purchase Emy a child's digital camera. So off to Target we went money in hand. After much deliberation we decided on the orange one. . . vtech kidizoom. . . Since that day Emy has become quite the photographer and I can only categorize her pictures as works of art mostly abstract art but art just the same. Here is a sample of her latest work.

"Speed Reading Go Dogs Go "

"A good time"

Amelia Bedelia and Abby

I do like all of the red in this picture

It took me awhile to figure out what I was doing here and then I remembered that I was wiping off the front door. I do like the sunlight in this picture.

"Sunset Tree"

"Cat eyes"

"Half of me"

"Grass"

"There's Elly"

These are some of the first pictures she took on the way home from the store.

I don't know how she got this coloring but it's great.

Her favorite subject. There must be at least 50 pictures of her feet.

Memorial Weekend with Nanna and Pappa

So we had a surpirse return of Nanna this last weekend and this time, to the delight of the children, she brought Pappa. Who is a wonderful photographer and took a few pictures of the kids.

She is reading a book.

So this is Where the Wild Things Are. . .

A visit from Nanna

My mom came to visit a few weeks ago and here are a few fun shots from her time with us here.

Mom terrified that Emy is going to kick Elly in the head.

Emy would not leave this flower alone.

Here are the results of that.
And we are happy again.

My mom, sisters and our children.

On Saturday we went down to the Farmer's Market in Vancouver. We mostly played at Esther Short Park. They have a few water features that the children love to play in.

Ethan ended up stripped to his onesie and soaked through.

Emy didn't have a onesie so we just let her soak her dress instead. She loved it.

Back home this is where she likes to sit and "make soup" or throw rocks

Here we are visiting with G.G. and Grandpa Carlos at Jessica's house.

The kids (Dave included) had a great time in E.'s sandbox on the back deck.

We had a blast Mom come again soon and Emy requests that you bring Papa. :)

Eloise Josette

Here are some pictures of our new little one, Eloise Josette. She was born on April 14th and weighed . . . are you ready? 9 lbs and 1 oz!! She was 19 and 3/4 inches long.

The first few pictures here were taken at 3 weeks by Day by day....with the McCavour Family

Here are a few shots from the hospital shortly after she was born.


And here we are at home. . .

The first of MANY sister talks . . .

Snuggling with mom

Picnic / Belly Photos

The other day the weather looked decent and I was dying to use my picnic basket again. So we decided to take our lunch down to the water front in Vancouver and have a little picnic followed by a nice walk along the water.



While something came up and took too long and the weather report said it would start to rain and the clouds rolled in so I thought let's picnic on the back porch instead. And so that's what we did ;o). Of course the rain never came and the sun came back out but by then we were too committed to change plans. So after our lunch of macaroni and cheese, BLT or ELT's(hard boiled eggs, lettuce and tomato. . . I ran out of bacon), and Weinhard's root beer (pregnancy craving, I normally HATE root beer) we walked around our yard. Which my husband has made into a wonderful place to spend time. He is always hatching new ideas of how to make it even more beautiful and useful. I will have to show you the fire pit sometime.

He also took a few pictures of my basketball of a belly before it is gone by this weekend . . . wishful thinking? We'll see.