The House

This is our house, inside and out. Check out Tim, lounging in front of the TV, iceing his boogie-boarding injury!

And now I am done! Thanks for looking!

More OBX

Just a few more to come...

Outer Banks, NC

I posted a few of these on my business blog, but wanted to post some more here. We had so much fun on our trip- it was SOOOO nice to not have to worry about emails and phone calls and my to-do list for a whole week! The only thing we thought or worried about was "Should we go to the beach in the morning, or afternoon? Or both?" Sounds stressful, I know. We loved our house too, it was in the perfect location. We stayed in Rodanthe- our house was maybe a quarter mile from the beach; just two houses away from being beachfront (see pictures above). You could litereally see or hear the beach from any of the three (no, four!) porches. It was a dream!

The kids did great, too! They didn't quite understand the concept of sleeping in on vacation, but knowing their regular sleeping habits, I wasn't suprised! And I didn't mind at all- I got to see several beautiful early morning sunrises! One morning in particular, Jace, who had been sleeping in our room, came up to me and said in his bright, annoyingly-too-cheery-for-so-early-in-the-morning-voice "Mom, it's 4-5-6 o'clock!" I rolled over to check the time on the alarm clock and, sure enough, it was 4:56. Very good, Jace! Now go back to bed (crazy kid!)! But once I am up in the morning, I usually can't fall back asleep. So at about 6, I took Jace down to the beach and we saw the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen! There were lots of puffy storm clouds and it made for some amazing colors! The sunrise picture on my businessblog was taken that morning, and the ones in my next post.

I think Tim or I will make a slideshow of all the pictures we took (using James Taylor's "Carolina On My Mind" because it would be oh so perfectly cheesy, and I just love cheese!) so let me know if you would like to see it and I will email it to you!

More pictures to follow...

Malfoy...

"The name's Malfoy, DRACO Malfoy."

Are we the only parents that get a kick out of doing funny things to our kids hair just for laughs? I remember doing this with Jace when he was a baby, too. The other night Tim got Ethan out of the tub while I finished up with Jace. When he brought Ethan back in, he said "Look, it's Draco Malfoy!" I just busted up laughing- check out that DO!! So of course I had to snap a few shots. Had some fun playing with different photoshop conversions too. I know a few are not tack sharp (taken inside at 7pm!), but I don't care! Enjoy!

National Zoo

Just some snaps of our trip to the zoo. I must say I felt pretty ridiculous taking these with my little 50mm lens next to some of the HUGE zoom lens and mono pods other photogs were carrying. Gave me some major lens envy! Oh well, I don't claim to be a wildlife photographer. Love how my little storyboard turned out though- those reptiles were pretty cool! And I have to give Tim credit for his awesome panda shot- don't you love how the panda is framed by the head silhouettes of little kids? I love it!