Spring makes my heart Sing!

Probably one of my cheesiest blog titles I have ever come up with.  But, it's sometimes really hard to come up with a fun title for every post. Oh well! We had a lot of fun during our spring break! But we are now back and getting back to our day to day.  Loads of laundry, dishes, bills, 5:00 a.m morning workouts (excited for the day when I can work out again when there is sun out), parent teacher conferences, laundry ( I know I said it twice but the amount that I have to do merits a double mention.) At least I have these pictures to provide a brief escape from the unpacking and decluttering that always presents itself after a fun getaway. Spring break only made me more excited about Summer break. I can't wait!! By the way I love Micah's face in the pic with all three kids.  He looks so confused! I feel like if I had to describe their personalities I would only have to you show that picture. I heart my kids!

Flowers or Weeds?

  Wasn't I just talking about snow the other week?  And here I am seeing the signs of spring.  It's suppose to hit 90 this weekend (that I consider to be more of a sign of summer).  Ariana has her spring break this next week, and I never thought I would have that itching feeling for vacation like I did when I was a kid, but I feel like I am reliving it through my kids.  I am so ready for some lazy fun non sick days.  I think we will be breaking out the sprinkler and some water guns and Popsicle's this weekend. 

So, if you don't already know I live in a desert.  I am pretty lucky in that my home backs up to a desert wash, which surprisingly looks pretty green, and has some of the coolest sunsets I have ever seen.  But my backyard is made up of rock.  No green, just rock.  In these past few weeks green started sprouting in between all the rock. When I moved out to Arizona I was surprised how much weeding you have to do.  You would think a place made out of dirt and rock wouldn't get weeds.... but you do.  Anyways, so all this green was sprouting out and I new I should pluck them but I was enjoying the color (and I was being lazy about it), but then all of a sudden these flowers bloomed.  They are not Dandelion weeds.  They look like real flowers.  Are they weeds?  I kinda don't want to pluck them because they look so pretty! I was thinking maybe some seeds blew in from the wash and landed in my yard.  If they are real flowers I would be so happy.  Maybe I am just trying to fool myself. What do you think, flowers or weeds? 

Non Flashy Flash Pictures

It's 11:30 at night and I am still awake.  My hubby is studying anatomy and physiology right next to me.  I noticed him falling asleep so I decided I would keep him awake with the sound of my typing.  He may find it more annoying than helpful but oh well. I can't sleep. And I really don't have any pictures to post on facebook. I sometimes wonder if it's annoying to people how many pictures I post.  I try to only do it like twice a week.  But it's so hard.  It's just the easiest way for me to keep my my family posted.  They find it so hard to get to this corner of the web unless I re-post this to facebook.  Which, I am sure is even more annoying than my facebook pictures.  Oh well I love pictures and I love my kids.  They are both a great love in my life.

Micah I believe is my future assistant.  He is so funny.  When I was taking pictures of Viggo this morning he saw I had the camera out and assumed I wanted to take some pictures of him.  He kept walking up to the lens and showing off his best smile.  It was pretty funny.  I had my tripod out and all I could see out of the corner of my shot was his little blond hair.  And then I would swivel my head out from behind and see him standing there ready for me to snap his shot.  Turns out he isn't just a pretty face.  He also later tried capping my lens for me.  He also played with my flash. He is going to be wonderful in the future.  He loved how I could make my flash go off.  I love natural light photography, but sometimes in really hard spots I have used this handy speed-light.  At first I was not a big fan, but once I learned to control it I have found that I can use the flash and most times people can't really tell I used it.  I use it more like a filler light I guess.  I am not a big fan of flash looking pictures. (You know the one's that look like people saw a ghost.) But I am a fan of flash pictures that don't look flashy. 

It's been fun using it off the foot on my camera. and using it on an external foot.  It's pretty cool how it can sync up to your camera. K, I think I am tired now.  So there you have it.  You now know three things about me, you know who my future assistant is, and you know that at times I am guilty of NON FLASHY FLASH pictures. And the third thing you may have noticed is that I am messing around with creating a new watermark.  You may be seeing these around here.  Not because I think anyone wants to steal my pictures but because I want to see how they look out there.  And, if you are still awake I hope you are having a lovely Friday night.  Maybe on a fun date, or allowing yourself to indulge in a not so healthy dessert.  Mmmmm like strawberries and chocolate.  I digress I better go.  Goodnight!

Conversations that come up on a Stormy Friday

Today we were suppose to go to the park.  But we have been having crazy weather over here and it rained and hailed this morning.  So I told Viggo we couldn't.  He preceded to tell me he wanted to show me what he had dreamed about.  Turns out he dreamed that he was the best Spiderman ever. I have to totally agree after the show he put on for me.  

I don't what has happened this week.  Literally this week!! But he has been so good lately.  He has always been a Daddies boy but lately he just loves me.  Last night he told me what a great cook I was.  And how he would always eat my food because it is soooo good.  The other morning he said I was a beautiful cleaner lady.  He has been listening so well.  He loves our little preschool we do every morning. He loves reading books.  He pretend reads all the time to himself, when I can't read to him. And to top it off he has been so concerned with being a good older brother.  And he has some pretty gnarly Spiderman moves.  It is too cute. He has just been so awesome.  I don't mean to brag, but you would understand after the two years he and I have been through.  The terrible two's did not happen till he was 2 1/2 but then they went into his 3's.  Dare I say we our entering a new stage.  A stage where his first reaction is not to just throw a fit.  That you may actually be able to reason with him.  That we may actually be coming close to understanding each other.  Oh Happy Day!! I can see light at the end of the tunnel.  This is what parents must feel when their kids become teenagers. 

I am just so happy we had a Stormy Friday today.  Without the rain he may have never made the time to tell me about his wonderful Spiderman Dreams.  I love it when they share tid bits of what goes on through their little minds.  Their worlds seem so rich and full of adventure!