Saturday, May 11, 2013

Swim Lessons

The kids started swim lessons with Coach Stephanie this week. Carter is in a "big kid" class, and Ella gets in with Momma! Eric came with us on Friday, and I was able to stay dry and snap pics!
 
Carter picked right up where he left off at the end of last summer, and I was glad to see that. I was afraid he'd forget all he learned and lose progress, but he did great!!
 

 
 




Look at that cute little ruffle butt!
 Snacking, watching Carter, and patiently waiting her turn!


 His favorite part.... diving to the bottom for the toys. :)
 Ella's turn!! She loves every minute of her lessons, as you can tell in these pictures! She goes under water briefly, kicks her feet, blows bubbles, grabs the wall and walks along it with her hands, and floats on her back, all with a smile!
 Getting ready to go under....
 ..... big girl!







 Carter gave me some silly faces while we watched Ella.





Excited for lots of swimming to come this summer!

Friday, May 3, 2013

Family Pictures 2013

Time for annual family pictures! Spring time, a 4th birthday for Carter and a half birthday for Ella meant lots of pictures needed to be taken!! Thanks to my sweet and very talented friend Laura for all these images. Love them all, and we'll cherish them forever!
 
I'm impressed that we ended up with so many good family shots!!




  Love my boys.
 
 

 


  This one in particular captures their relationship so well right now...
He's silly, loud and always messing with her.... and she's usually looking at him like he's crazy!
 Big, handsome 4 year old boy!






 
And happy 1/2 birthday to our little miss!!



 




 (I know I'm biased, but seriously, how stunning is she in this picture?!)