Family Photos {Gruwell Family}

Such a fun family to take pictures of! Their girls were so dang cute, especially the littlest one, until I tripped over her and made her fall and start crying, so sorry for that, I can be a little clumsy. :) Check out a preview of some of their pictures at photos by April!

St. Patricks Day Party Circles

I haven't usually done too much for the girls for St. Patricks day. It kinda gets forgotten in our house. So this year, I really wanna make an effort to at least do something. So to start, I made these little party circles, although I'm not quite sure what I'm going to use them for just yet. But I do think they're kinda cute!:)

If you like these and are interested in getting some for yourself, I've put them on my Taffy Apple Designs blog for free download! Enjoy!

Family Photos {Williams Famiy}

Yesterday I was able to get together with my cute sister-in-law Jamie and her family for a little photoshoot. It was so fun, and the kids did great, and looked amazing, as always!:) They are one photogenic family, so even though Greg was only for for about 15 minutes of the session, we were able to get some cute ones with the whole family.


Their little boy is about 9 months old, and it was so cute to see Greg loving on his son and wanting to take some pictures with him. Check out some more photos from their shoot on my photography blog! It was a tone of fun, can't wait to do it again!

Some days are just great!

Yesterday was just one of those days that are not supposed to be much, but turn out in the end to be a great day. I started out the day by actually exercising, something I haven't done in quite some time. The weather was BEAUTIFUL, finally! I just hope it sticks around now.

I got to take some pictures of this little cutie for her first birthday, I can't believe she's that old already, then me and her mom made a little invite for her party.
Peyton had preschool, and had a friend over for most of the day, and she was in heaven. Bonus for me, they played AWESOME together, so it was a pretty relaxing day.

Then when Halli got home she made a little picnic for the girls outside and they played out there till dinnertime when Kevin got home.

It's amazing what a little fresh air will do for ya! Very little fighting, lots of laughing, and playing and enjoying each other, just what a mom needs! Sometimes the day to day task of being a mom can get the better of you, then you have a day like this, and you feel refreshed and ready to take on another one.

Photos by April

Photography is something that I have loved for quite some time. I took a class in college, and learned a ton, then forgot it all when the class was over. Luckily with the prevelance of digital cameras I have had the chance to fall back in love with it again. Not only that, but I have some of the cutest subjects ever that make it tons of fun!

So, with spring just around the corner (hopefully), I am itching to get outside and take some photographs of some beautiful families and children, and capture them at their best.

So if you're interested, or just want to take a look at some of the pictures that I have taken throughout the last few months, check out my new photography blog here.

The verdict is in

It's official, the pink streak has ended and Kevin is beyond excited that there is finally a little boy joining our family, (I'm really excited too, but let's face it, I don't think I could ever be as excited about a little boy as he is!). Now we just need to figure out a name that we both like, something we have NEVER been able to do with boy names, so wish us luck!

Rodeo day

Today is Rodeo day at school. Yes, we are in Texas, and yes, the Houston rodeo is HUGE. So huge in fact, that they celebrate it in school.

Nevermind that I have still never been to the houston rodeo, for concerts or anything. Hopefully this year we'll change that and actually make an effort to head down there.

Yesterday actually the trailriders were coming through tomball and Peyton and Lexie enjoyed watching them through the window as we were driving around.

In honor of rodeo day, we went out and got the girls some cowboy hats, well, the older girls. Then guess what happened? This morning after she was dressed, a little girl that HATES having her picture taken couldn't stop posing for the camera?


Yep, she was coming up with poses, and just wanted more and more pictures taken. Luckily it's finally somewhat decent outside, so the girls weren't freezing while we were taking pictures.


Look how happy she is! And look at her snaggle tooth! I so want to pull that other front tooth, and she's been trying, but it's being stubborn and wont' come out. It's alright, she's dang cute anyway.


Peyton wanted in on the action too, but she loves the camera all the time, so that's no suprise!

Then look! all three, that's an accomplishement. Now I know the secret. Get Halli to act like she loves it and is having fun, and the other two will instinctively follow. I love these three amazing little girls, and I especially love it when they are being best friends, that'll make a mom's heart melt!