Easter Photos

4.3.10
I was scheduled to shoot a senior the week following Easter and wanted to go to a new location. I had expressed my interest to take the family to this new location, *possibly* get some pictures of the boys in their Easter outfits, and make it a family event. Justin, being the sweetest man I know and love, got us all in the car and out to our location. I love him!

The boys loved the geese the most. I loved watching them hunt the geese down snapping a few pictures as we searched.

Here is sweet Justin, the man who can do it all. Chase after two crazy boys and do it all with a smile upon his face. Oh Tian, all he wanted were those geese.


Our Easter Egg hunting resulted in a few broken eggs, Geese Eggs that is!



Doesn't Trey look scared? He really wanted a picture with a goose but would only get so close. I don't blame him, those geese are noisy!

easter morning

4.3.10
Easter landed on General Conference Weekend, which meant a pretty quiet morning at our home. Usually, we would be moving quite quickly Sunday morning, getting ready for church! I enjoyed watching the boys play with their Easter Basket goods and eat a quick bowl of cereal before heading off to "the cousins" for an Easter Breakfast and egg hunt.

A HUGE thank you to Auntie Sommers. She really outdid her self by showering our boys with so many goodies. Some goodies the boys enjoyed were bottles of rub on cologne, a play watch for Tian which Sommers sewed (oh so cute), candy, stickers, and a belt for Trey! (Shaydon has the same belt and I have been envying it ever since I first saw him wear it. You know you have a true friend when not only does your friend not mind you stealing their idea but when they actually go out and FIND it for you! She is the greatest!) Thank you Sommers!

Each boy got a pair of sun glasses and a Zhu Zhu pet.

These daisy's were picked out by Trey on Friday, while I was still at work. There is a funny thing about these daisies. As I was walking out to my car on Friday, I was thinking about the days I would come from school or clinicals and I would be surprised by a bouqet of flowers from Justin. Low and behold, on their way home from work/daycare, Justin, Trey and Tian picked up some flowers for me. What a sweet, sweet surprise.

The Easter Bunny brought me a People Magazine (how did the Easter Bunny know how much I loved People Magazines?!) and Tic Tacs. The Easter Bunny knew my New Year's Resolution and swore these were only breath mints, not candy!

Tian enjoyed stickers and jelly beans from the Easter Bunny's friend Auntie Sommers.

The boys in their sunglasses. Like Trey's popped collar?!

4.3.10
Easter morning's activity continued at "the cousin's" home with an Easter Egg hunt and an Easter Breakfast potluck. We all ate, hunted, and played for a bit, and then went back to our home to watch the morning session of General Conference.

Gerratt Maternity

4.1.10
So, I have this amazing friend. You might have heard about her once or twice. Her name is Sommers, and she is expecting a baby boy at the end of May. Months and months ago, I asked her if I could take some maternity pictures of her, and possibly family pictures! She offered her belly, her cute boy Shaydon and her ultra nice and thoughtful husband for a night of pictures! I couldn't have had a better person to pose for me for my second maternity photoshoot! (My first maternity photoshoot was my other amazing friend Chelsea Ann. Chelsea Ann is due June 11th with a boy and a girl. Yes, twins!) Sommers was the first to offer me not only a husband, but a little boy to mix it up just a tad.

See, isn't she beautiful?

Sommers, you are so beautiful and made my experience so easy. You are a modeling queen and a perfect little mommy!

And how could you resist Mr. Shaydon. He is going to be the greatest big brother I know!


Shaydon is standing at the foot of his parents bed, those are his legs that are framing Scott and Sommers faces.

April Fool's Day

4.1.10

Trey is definitely at the age where he can enjoy traditions; especially trick playing traditions. This April Fool's Day I decided to play a few tricks on he and Tian.



The first trick began at breakfast with oatmeal and some of these little critters.....

Trey thought it was the coolest thing ever, and then the whole rest of the day it was "stuff food with weird things" day.




For a snack, I spread some peanut butter between two halves of a banana.

And then Trey decided to treat me to a "Strawberry Surprise." Can you see what was in it?

A nut!

I can't wait for the year I can short sheet his bed, put cellophane on the toilet seat or even better, embarrass him at school!

penguins

3.30.10
As the weather began warming up, be began feeling unorganized. I buy the boys clothes 1 year in advance and at this time of year, I usually have the boys summer clothes ready to go, in their drawers and hanging in their closets. This spring, I hadn't gotten there quite yet.

So, I pulled out the Penguin game we inherrited from my youngest brother Derek, and the boys played the Penguin game while I went through the boys rubbermaid totes finding all of their summer clothes and swim wear.






It was really sweet watching these two play so contently with each other as I got some serious organizing done! I love organizing clothes, but more importantly, I love watching these boys grow up becoming great friends.

stacking

3.30.10
I have a candle holder center piece on my kitchen table that Tian thinks is the greatest toy to play with. This morning he began stacking all of those candles. Miraculously, none of the candles broke.

terrible tantrum

3.30.10

Who needs to wait until the age of two to throw a tantrum? DEFINITELY not Tian! We usually walk away and ignore him, but this time I just had to catch it on film.

This usually occurs when he wants something that Trey has, when I put the "wrong" bib on him, when he wants to eat by himself but it is too dangerous to let him, when he needs to have his diaper changed OR when he is either hungry or tired.

jealous much

3.30.10
Today was one of the first times I have actually heard and seen Trey outwardly jealous of Tian. We were on a long walk and Trey asked, "How come Tian has eye brows and I don't?" I asked him what he was talking about. He said, "You know, those long eye brows on his eyes." He was talking about Tian's eyelashes and he wondered why he didn't have any. I said, "Trey, those are eyelashes. And you have eyelashes, just like me," and I took off my sunglasses to show him my eyelashes. He took one look at me and said, "You don't have eyelashes either. Just Tian does."

I remembered I hadn't put on makeup yet, which led into a whole other conversation about mascara and eye make-up.

After our walk, I looked at sweet Tian sleeping in the stroller, all bundled up in his snow coat, and was amazed at just how long his eyelashes really are.

hugs

3.30.10
This is one of the boys favorite things to do these days.....



... hug!


Tian will run up to Trey and give him a huge hug. Then, almost always Trey will yell, "Go quick mom, get your camera!" He thinks it is the coolest thing, and so do I!