It’s not good to start out the school year cheating, but that’s exactly what I did.  I took these pictures yesterday for two reasons.  A) I am not a procrastinator.  Just get ‘er dun!  B) Jill leaves for school at 7:00am.  The other two girlies aren’t even awake at that time and I’m pretty sure […]

Tomorrow school starts which officially signals the end of summer in our house.  Don’t get me wrong, I will not be crying a river when my darlings head off to the first day of classes tomorrow,  but we have had a ton of fun.  I’ve shared a lot of it on my blog already, but […]

One of my favorite Pinterest projects from this summer was Cake Pops.  These little gems are moist and cute and yummy!  I read tutorials on lot’s of different blogs, but the easiest to follow was from The Pioneer Woman.  I was honestly surprised at how easy they were to make, but I did learn a […]

Part of the wedding weekend included a sleepover with Jack and Henry.  Joelle and Stephen had tickets to the Phish concert so the boys came to stay with us.  I had to admit that I was more than a little nervous.  Not only because the last time they were here Henry put a metal lock […]

‘They are so lovely’ was what Jill exclaimed right after my cousin Ryan and his new bride Bre had their first kiss.  A few weeks ago we spent the weekend celebrating with 46 Jacksons (my maiden name) who descended upon the Seattle area.  There were the four brothers (my Dad and uncles) and THEIR four […]

Look at the chubby cheeks on little man Kyler.  It took all my supreme powers to not just kiss him all up one side and down the other. Apparently his big sister, Jayden used to have the same exact cheeks.  I am always happy when I capture stages that I know are fleeting.  Another one […]