Day 210

Day 210, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

selfy in the mirror :)

Day 209

Day 209, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Playing on the trampoline at grammy and papa's house has been one of their favorite activities :)

Day 208

Day 208, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

My little monkey loves to "jump" on the trampoline :)

Day 207

Day 207, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

We had the most gorgeous weekend vacationing at Bear Lake! Not one drop of rain the 4 days we were there until we were leaving, perfect!

And let me tell you when the lake is moody, she is stunning!

7/26/09

Day 206

Day 206, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

My dad wake boarding :)

7/25/2010

Day 205

Day 205, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Boating at sunset :)

7/24/2010

Day 204

Day 204, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

One of my favorite places in the world is Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border. My family has a cabin there and it was the location of almost all of my family vacations growing up. I love that I was able to take my babies there :)

7/23/2010

Day 203

Day 203, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

My son is really good at supervising activities. He had his dad making all sorts of animals out of the play doh!

7/22/10

Day 202

Day 202, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Flying from Seattle to Utah.

Not the best shot, but at least I got one this day :)

7/21/2010

Day 201

Day 201, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Snuggling with his great grandma :)

Day 200

Day 200, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is jump

luckily this little man loves to jump off anything :)

And just for fun here are some of the uncles jumping into the pool together!  Sigh, I love family vacations :)

Day 199

Day 199, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

My beautiful sister in law is pregnant with my nephew. I am so very excited to meet this little man :)

Also she has to be the cutest pregnant person ever! And seeing her almost makes me want to be pregnant again... almost!

When I get back and have more time I am going to have to post more pictures because they are amazing!

Day 198

Day 198, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is visual interest.

We went to the Puget Sound in Seattle this afternoon. It was really wet, obviously, so I didn't want to lay on the ground. So I held my camera close to the ground and shot blind! It was pretty fun and I love the happy accidents!!!

Day 197

Day 197, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is Friday light.

This is my bro in law, he is pretty funny and I had fun time finding some flare :)

Day 196

Day 196, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

First time bowling :)

Day 195

Day 195, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

On the LONG airplane ride from Baltimore to Seattle, 6 hours to be in fact! Boy slept on the floor for a while and the girl snuggled with daddy :)

Day 194

Day 194, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is "juicy fruit"

Well this obviously isn't fruit. But it is the fruit of my labors!

I am leaving bright and early to get on a plane so there isn't one piece of fruit in the house.

Also I am going to be vacationing with family for ONE WHOLE month! I am so very excited! So I may be mia for the next little while. But I will keep taking pictures everyday and upload when I can. Most importantly I will be spending time with family so forgive me if I am not the best contact for a while!

Day 193

Day 193, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is "simple solitude"

That little flower was all my her lonesome compared to the others.

Kind of a stretch I had about 5 minutes to shoot today and took 11 pictures, woot!

Day 192

Day 192, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is "treat yourself"

And let me tell you, with 2 small children a nap is the best treat in the world!

Day 191

Day 191, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is making memories.

I am so grateful to have photography, so I can capture their sweet moments!

Day 190

Day 190, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is the shape of things.

This is my garbage bowl from making dinner. We had a fiesta :)

Day 189

Day 189, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is "treasure hunters"

I love little things! This is a tiny tea set I got in Japan. It sits in this little box on the wall in my baby girls room.

Day 188

Day 188, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Subtle color is the theme today for Tracey Clark's picture summer

Day 187

Day 187, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today's theme for Tracey Clark's picture summer class is wide open spaces!

Hubby fixed the ac today, hallelujah! Happy Tuesday to you :)

Day 186

Day 186, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today for picture summer the the was A Tall Drink of Water

The sun is my lemon :)

Happy Monday, I promise I will catch up soon!

Day 185

Day 185, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today for picture summer the theme was summer traditions.

Today was kind of crazy because my baby has a raging fever+church responsibilities+ our air conditioner broke right before the biggest heat wave in 20 years! So I am hot and tired :)

To cool us off we had some fresh raspberries, which reminded me of a summer tradition growing up. We would go to my grandma's garden, pick raspberries to our hearts delight come inside and my grandma would mash them up with sugar and serve heaven over angel food cake! YUMMY :)

Day 184

Day 184, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today for picture summer we were supposed to get centered:

I really tend to not center things, so it was fun to switch things up today :)

Day 183

Today's theme for picture summer is "splash"

Yes I am that mom that lets hubby dump water on our 1 year old baby. It's not that different than the bath right?

Here is one of the boy

Yes, we are awesome parents :)

Day 182

Day 182, originally uploaded by AprilMN.

Today is the first day of picture summer and I am really excited!

To me summer means, swimming, boating, BBQ, swinging, bare feet, Frisbee and sunsets!

I am going to be gone for part so it will be tricky to stay caught up, but I will do my best and finish when I get back :) For now I am here, enjoying summer days with my babies!