Captain Bennett's 3rd Birthday

Mr. B turned 3 recently, and that meant we needed a party.  His birthday happens to be right smack in the middle of the summer heat so the obvious answer was a pool party.  Lucky for me I have a mother and father in law with a beautiful pool!  What a coincidence ;)  We threw in a little pirate theme and we were good to go.  We had a treasure hunt, walked the plank enjoyed some Captain B's Baaaaaar-B-Que and called it a day.  The little Captain was happy (for most of the event), so we consider this a success.  Thanks to all that came out to celebrate and make this day extra special for Mr. B, he sure did ring in his 3rd year in style!

Hall Family

I recently met up with the Hall Family.  Barbie called and asked if we could do family pics at their house this year and thought we could go back in their woods.  I had never been to their house so I really didn't know what these "woods" consisted of but I'm always up for a new location.  Boy am I glad I said yes.  They have an AWESOME area behind their house that would be any kid's dream.  These kids were not strangers to the woods either, they knew exactly where they wanted to take me and all of the secret places to show off.  So cool.  Barbie, don't be surprised if you see me tromping through your woods one day with my boys :)  

Evan and Whitney never let me down, they have THE BEST personalities and they bring their smiles along with them.  Always fun to see this family and capture some of their memories.  Here is your sneak peak...

Botanical Gardens

A while back my Brother, Sister in law and nephew came for the weekend to visit.  We had an awesome time and managed to pack quite a bit in to our short weekend.  On Saturday we headed down to the Botanical Gardens to take in the scenery and let the kiddos burn some energy.  I never really thought of the Botanical Gardens as a kid activity, but boy was I wrong.  They have an awesome kids area and the boys all loved it.  They also have a big fountain you can run around in, they also loved that.  I was ill prepared for that event, but let them partake nonetheless!  Good times good times, we will most definitely be making a return trip to the gardens.

 Bennett insisted on wearing a cape the ENTIRE day and I could not resist taking his picture one million times.  There is nothing I love more than a little boy in Super Hero attire.  I could have said no to this ridiculousness, but where is the fun in that?  Let them be little (and adorable) right?