last "Family of Four" photo highlights [Part 1]

I wanted to share some of our last Family of Four photos with you from a recent session with Full Pockets Photography. It was megahot out the morning of these photos. But, thanks to a willing aunt & uncle to assist, the wonders of blowing bubbles and bribery of marshmallows, we had a blast!

It is crazy to imagine there are going to be two more little guys in our next family photo session!

I've broken this up into a couple posts along with some other updates you'll see this week from Blondes, Poop & Mascara. We love you, your photography gifts and your friendship, Katelin!



Love this one!!



We found a trail we'd never been down. So, of course, off the boys went.



LA lovin' on the twins. Not a posed photo. :)



Boatboy carrying a stick bigger than him. Again, not a posed photo.

More to come later this week. Hope you all are well!

Monster vs Dragon

We will dance...



...we will hug.

And, we will rule your world!

boys in a basket

Influenza: we're in this...

...together

pumpkin patch visit #1 pictorial

Saturday afternoon Papa, Nana and Mr. Blonde took LA and Boatboy to a local pumpkin patch. Mrs. Blonde couldn't make it as she got held up doing make-up for a bride who's schedule got pushed back three hours on her big day. In a couple weeks, we'll make our pilgrimage south for the real annual stop. But, we did have great fun at this one.

Less Naughty. More Nice.Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics (giveaway)

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a perfect Saturday morning for...

...some home movie viewing

Less Naughty. More Nice. UPrinting poster print (giveaway)

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UPrinting has been a leading online printing company for over 25 years. Their mission is to give back to the community by helping non-profit organizations achieve their charitable goals. And my favorite thing about the company is their ecological consciousness through FSC certification, SFI certification, use recycled papers and soy inks.

They are generously offering a high-gloss or semi-gloss 18x24 poster. This is the photo I selected for my poster. My two adorable boys as photographed by Full Pockets Photography!
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