50 years of marriage

Our friend "M's" parents were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, so "M,K,L&S" threw them a little surprise party. You should have seen the decorations, the set-up and the cake that "M" personalized! Everything looked absolutely amazing. We hope you all had a great time.

Happy 50th Anniversary!

Five under Two

Yes- we are crazy. :) Try getting pics of five kids all under the age of two... NOT easy!
Overall "L, L, D&A and D" did very well. It could have been worse!

First trick: ballooons on the boardwalk
The balloons were flying away, or keeping their attention a little too much, or strings were in front of their faces; the water on either side of the boardwalk was WAY more interesting than us- so many other things to look at!

Next trick: Lollipops

Lollipops seemed to do the trick- for a little while at least. Still hard to get 5 little ones all looking at the camera! This worked for a few minutes until little "D"wanted a lolli, too and took "A's"!

Mmm- nothing better than a big rainbow lolli!
We ended up at the playground and just took some candids as they played...

then they were happy! :)

Thanks, "D" for asking us again to take pics. It was nice meeting your sister and brother-in-law. Hope they didn't mind how dirty 'Dirt' got! :) The others will be coming shortly.

6 month old QT

Do you remember cute little "D" from this post?
http://brinkerfreedphotography.blogspot.com/2008/03/do-they-get-any-cuter.html

Well, she's 3 months older and even cuter!
"D" was so good again for her pics. We managed to get a few smirks and grins out of her, but didn't see the big cheesy grin mom and dad talked about. We were also trying to capture her 2 new teeth, but could only see them when she was crying- she DID NOT like the grass when we tried to sit/stand her in it for a few shots!

"L&P"- Thank you again for asking us back to take "D's" pics... we can't get over how stinkin cute she is!
Sorry again that one of us ran into your sliding glass door (we won't mention here which one of us it was!). :)
Just glad it didn't break! Make sure it's not so clean next time! :)

Three of a Kind

Taking pics of "M,N&M" was so easy. Didn't have to chase them around or make silly noises and jump up and down to get/keep their attention! Like all siblings, they have their moments when they are fighting, arguing and not getting along, but you would never know that looking at these pics. They either really love each other or they are really good at acting like it just for the pics. We'll bet on the first! :)