George...

George came to the studio for his birthday shoot. He was fun, full of smiles, and cooperative!! Thanks so much, buddy! Love you! I just can't believe my Godchild is 7!!

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My Music Man...

Tonight, Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae...Jake's Version. 

He cracks us up!

 

Friday Fun Day...

Last Friday we visited a farm with some of our buddies. I had never heard of it, but we will definitely be going back every year. Jake had a blast! There was a little bit of everything. I think the zip line was Jake's favorite.

Kate's friend, Tom, was in town from Miami this weekend. He joined us for the annual Harvest Moon Festival, so I got a few shots there.

 

We were all very impressed with the pumpkin they carved this weekend. This is a change for us. We usually do a pretty standard jack-o-lantern around here.

I've been very busy editing pictures of George and a senior twins shoot that I did last week. I can't wait to share!!

Dan, Kathy and the boys...

Kathy asked me to take family pictures with the focus being pictures of the boys together. We knew this could be tricky because they know me too well. I'm their Gigi!!  I must say that we totally rocked this session! I don't know how Kathy will pick which ones to hang. We got SO many great shots of the boys. I want to hire Dan as my assistant because he had them laughing the entire time.

This is my favorite shot.

Boys...thanks for doing such a great job for Gigi and for testing out my goody bag! ;)  I love you!

We picked it!

The giant pumpkin is ready! This is the pumpkin we grew in our backyard this summer. Jake brought home one pumpkin seed for Mother's Day, and we stuck it in the ground next to a rose bush in our backyard. The plant went crazy! We had to cut it back a number of times. It had lots of flowers but only grew one pumpkin. That's ok...because the pumpkin it grew is amazing!! Jake's teacher told us to keep turning it. We did, and it's perfect! I wish our area had a contest!

We are saving the seeds for next year, so give me a yell if you want one.

Other big news....Jake scored his first goal in soccer last weekend! Of course, it was the time I didn't bring a camera!! It was a fantastic goal. He moved the ball down the field and took it all the way in for a goal. We were beyond excited!

I just loved how he was sleeping snuggling his dog, Bob. The quilt in the top picture is the one my grandma made for my children. I love that it's become his favorite cozy.

We celebrated Gracie's 10th birthday last weekend. I remember Kate's 10th like it was yesterday. It's a big deal birthday! 

Before Gracie's party, I spent some time at the pumpkin patch with the sweetest family. It was Zachary's first birthday, and the family asked me to join them to take pictures. It was such a welcoming and kind group of family and friends. There were lots of smiles and lots of laughs...very special. Zach is a lucky boy!

Happy Birthday, sweet boy!