wildflowers

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(from May 29, 2012)

These were taken back in May on the morning of the day I had to ship back my D800 camera rental. I had to get in a few last shots with it! Unfortunately, I was by myself, and the ground was pretty muddy (and Caroline wasn't a walker at this point - I had her on my hip most of the time), so it was quite a challenge! 

These were the girls' Easter dresses...







Trying to blow the dandelion...



evening at the splash pad

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(from May 18, 2012)

These were taken on an evening when we met another family from our church LifeGroup for dinner and playing in the fountains. We stayed for the show, where the fountains are "choreographed" to a few songs. Kate loved the music and showed us some new dance moves...

PS- You can tell this was before I got my camera fixed on a couple of these, but I'm sharing anyway!

splash-pad

Caroline's Dedication

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I need to go back quite a ways to start catching up on the blog. Let's go back 5 months to Caroline's dedication at church... March 5.

I held Kate during the dedication, and she was SUCH a wiggle worm. During the prayer she was doing everything in her power to get out of my arms. Glad we have the video, because I really couldn't pay attention at the time! Also, Kate spotted Granddaddy down in the audience and started yelling, "Helloooo down there!" repeatedly to our family. Caroline did great. ;)



And a few photos taken outside the restaurant where we had brunch after the service.




friday phone dump 8.17.12

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I can't believe it's been so long (2 months!) since my last phone dump. The first one in this set was from Father's Day!


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Father's Day breakfast at Ikea | Caroline asleep at the zoo | Kate w/ zoo map
alone time! | official walker | fun with friends | diving rings as crowns
sick baby | Rangers game | ballpark fireworks | a gorgeous rainbow - could see the entire arc!
playground | another splash pad visit | riding the skylink train at the airport | at the MN farmhouse
both girls conked out - a rare sight! | airplane "fun" 1, 2, 3
a wonderful trip to Costco had to be documented - girls laughing and hugging and kissing
watching You Tube videos | building towers (notice the ponytail!) | one chair is better than two | swinging

iphone 4 + instagram (sarcar04) and/or VSCOcam


"Mastering Natural Light Indoors" week four

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Last week was the final week for my lighting course through Clickin' Moms. What a great experience and a push to grow technically and creatively.

There are definitely times I wish the girls were a little older so they would hold still and let me position them, but we'll be there soon enough! I'm pushing my luck with Kate as it is... she said to me the other day, "Mama, stop picturing!" I guess I'll have to take what I can get.


This first one was the one I submitted for my assignment.