My sweet friend Nan and her adorable boys came over on Sunday to hang out and grab some family pictures. Although, the boys were less than cooperative we were still able to grab some frame worthy shots. I love this time of year, it’s SO pretty outside. Thanks friend for letting me pass off my camera!
my favorite from the day
my whole crew
the knight crew
I keep hoping that it is possible to turn a black thumb green, or at least partially green, a sliver of green or maybe for it to just look slightly green when held in the correct lighting. You see I kill plants, yup it’s a truth that I am ashamed to admit. I love them in all of their beautiful spring time glory, I get excited that they are in my house and then one day when I walk into the kitchen I think oh crud I killed another one! Either way I keep trying to get them to survive in our house and outside on our front step, maybe one day I will be successful…
Take a look at one of my latest victims so pretty in both morning light and full sun…
tulips in the morning sun
full sun
this one is not a victim of anything but my camera; he can make anything cute!!
Feel free to offer up any suggestions you have on my whole thumb situation :-)
things have been pretty sleepy around here lately but I promise to be much better soon. We are currently trying to get our sleep patterns under control around here and hopefully when that happens this Mommy will have a little more time on her hands. Aside from the lack of sleep we don’t have any complaints- life is just peachy right now. Thanks for continuing to check in, really we do love you all and miss you when we are away!
and with one look at this face I am sure you can tell why. Seriously folks, it doesn’t get any better than this!
my little Jay Bird :-)
This little fella has been the keeper of my time lately… I have been kind of smitten, can you see why??
James “Jay” Vickers Perreault Jr
01-27-2010 3:39 pm
7lbs 2oz and 20 inches long
After leafing (pun intended) Asheville, Jamie and I took two days to explore the Blue Ridge Parkway. The leaves were GORGEOUS and soo very colorful and it was great to just drive with no destination in mind…
My sister-in-law Nicole is a big time hooper, hula-hooping that is. She has multiple hula-hoops and when we were visiting with her in Asheville she added an LED hoop to her collection. Before we left, she did all of her tricks for us and Jamie and I played around with some long exposures. We did get some really cool shots but this one is by far my favorite, talk about really loving what you do…
While waiting for our little one to make his grand entrance I have been trying to update some of my older image galleries; or at least doing what my back will allow me to sit for…
In the fall we took a relaxing road trip through North Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. We had a wonderful time and were able to stop in Asheville to visit with Jamie’s sister Nicole and her boyfriend, Nathan. While we were there they took us rock climbing- don’t worry I didn’t stumble up any rock faces 6 1/2 months pregnant but I did go along for the ride and waited at the bottom camera in hand. Jamie LOVED it and well so did I- what’s not to love about fresh air, colorful leaves, and time with great people?
love this shot
my hubby, Jamie
Nathan setting the line- really, this was amazing to watch him do
my sister-in-law, Nicole
both Jamie and Nathan climbing
Jamie and Nathan again
view from the top- amazing!
looking down- me, camera in hand and bundled up
one of my favorites of Nicole
MySpace style picture at the top
view from the "bottom"
Nicole and Nathan's friend, Tueday
a long way up
Just for posterity’s sake I though that I would post a few of our most recent “family” pictures; me, Jamie and the bump. Man do I love my boys…
2009 was filled with lots of good memories…
January: We went to the Winter Park Farmers Market, took some “surprise” pictures for my Mom and enjoyed the cooler weather.
February: Jamie and I traveled traveled to St. Augustine to celebrate my Mom’s 50th birthday in style with the help of my brother and sister-in-law.
March: We went canoeing, spent lots of time with Piper outside and in the water and traveled to Chicago to vist our dear friends Aimee and Marc where we ate good food, visited the “bean”, and relished in the joy of good company.
April: We colored eggs, always had fresh flowers in the house, enjoyed time in the hammock, hosted our annual Shrimp Boil and celebrated Pipers 2nd Birthday…
May: We traveled to California, celebrated Kenny’s graduation, and found out that we were expecting!!
June: I finished my last year of teaching, said goodbye to dear school friends and we shared the exciting news with our families.
July: We (I) rested a lot (first tri-mester sleepy style), baked a whole bunch and spent a ton of time pool side!
August: We swam some more, went through old photo albums, organized and cleaned out our once spare rooms in preparation for the baby.
September: We announced officially that we were having a boy, started setting things up in his room, and continued to document the progress of my ever growing bump.
October: We celebrated Jamie’s birthday, said goodbye to my feet, hosted a pumpkin carving party and took a two week road trip that included stops in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Asheville, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Raleigh and Charleston.
November: We counted our blessings and all that we are thankful for with a large group of Jamie’s family, continued with our baby preparations and I baked some more.
December: We visited friends in Tallahassee, celebrated a very special little boys first birthday, decorated the house for the holidays, attended a shower thrown in our little guys honor and celebrated the holidays with family and friends.
I love to look back and see just how blessed we have been throughout the past year but I am also really looking forward to all that 2010 is going to bring. Hope your 2009 was as wonderful as ours…