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New Year's Eve!
The 31st was a beautiful day, with temps in the 60's. We
spent much of the evening in our backyard. Sam wanted
to roast marshmallows, but all we had in the pantry were the
tiny ones for cocoa. The boys made the best of it, tho...
Sam's big day!
We have Sam's "real" party coming up in a few weeks, so he
chose pancakes as his birthday meal for Monday. And, what
better place than IHOP? I was so amazed at how grown-up
he is now. Definitely bittersweet for this mom.
Then, we went home to try out a gift...the rubber-band shooter!
The shooter was a ton of fun, but Luke was a bit gun-shy...
And, finally...we had another stink-bug visit...
This guy's legs were easily 2-inches long, and his shell was metallic.
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They have the sweetest eyes!!!!!!
Those tiny marshmallows on skewers crack me up! Pancakes for a birthday dinner...that's an easy one to make happen!
Guns are loud. Luke is right!
Cool macro shot! And I love Luke's eyes in that last shot of him!
Oh my goodness.... those pictures are great!
Love these...even your stinking bug.
Tiny marshmellows...hilarious! Looks like you've had a good week. It too was warm here on New Year's Eve! Loved it!! Speaking of warm, maybe me having spring fever... :) Are you doing a garden again this year?
Great photos. Love the one of Luke covering his ears.
Roasting tiny marshmallows made me laugh.
Last Christmas we found a couple of stink bugs in our Christmas decorations. This past summer we were swarmed. There were hundreds of thousands; they swarmed our doors and flew inside whenever we or the children opened the door. We still find a couple here and there. I know there are many more in our attic, because I found several in our Christmas stuff. They could be a precursor to many more showing up at your house when it gets warm. :0(
I think your boys should be "eye talents"... Maybe you should start looking for an agent! =)
I love Luke's sweet smile.
IHOP is one of my favorite places to eat. Good choice Sam :-)
I love the marshmallow shot! I was laughing so hard at that one! How did you even get those tiny marshmallows on a stick? THAT would have been a great macro!
Like the one of Luke covering his ears.
Lovely pics! That bug one is giving me the creeps though :D
So many many lovely captures. Even the bug ;)
Love the pictures! Love your chiminea. Roasting the tiny marshmallows made me laugh. Great shot of the bug, although he gives me the creepies. :)
One treat after another...from a tiny marshmallow party...to a big boy pancake meal (happy belated!)...to cuties out having fun (and, yay, Luke for being gun shy! LOL) Ok...the bug was beautifully captured....but not a treat in the same sense ;D
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You are great at capturing candid moments! Enjoyed the photos!
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Oh the roasting teenie marshmallows was too cute! And happy bday to Sam! Those pancakes looked scrumptious! OH and I want a rubber band shooter! Looks like fun! LOL
Beautiful pictures. Gorgeous eyes
Really gorgeous. I love the colors in the pancake eating picture. Sam looks so mature now! And of course Luke is as cute as ever!
What beautiful photos!
What a cutie! Nice macro too!
Beautiful photos - your boys are adorable! The stinkbug shot is really cool - but boy do they smell.....hence the name huh? :)
What cutie pies! Oh, and I am insanely jealous that you could spend your NYE outside with only a long sleeve shirt, btw. ;)
So jealous of that weather!! how can you have snow on Christmas and sun on NYE?? am I dreaming or did that happen?? ha ha!
My kids loving picking a dinner out on their birthdays... we did IHop for Abby's birthday this year! ;)
Love the little gun shy guy!! too cute!
Oh man, my kids love IHOP and I love the kids eat free days :)
Roasting marshmallows is so fun - can you believe we may get more snow though? Crazy - I've been enjoying these warm afternoons too much!
Your boys are so cute! and I'm sooo jealous of your weather. Its cold and wet in the UK! Love your macro shot. I've never seen one of these before.
awesome macro shot! I love those little metallic shiny bugs lol. We have a lot of them here in Japan but they are usually huuuuge lol.
I love photogaphing bugs!!!! Awesome macro
ACK! That is one huge stink bug! I can't believe that I still occasionally find them wandering around the inside of my house!
You have the best family. I love your day together with your boys : ) The roasting of the marshmallows looks delicious. I am TOTALLY jealous of your weather. Nice!
I've never seen nor heard of a stink bug before but that macro is great - oh what long legs they have.
Belated birthday greetings to your eldest too.
Great photos. Love the close up of the bug.
haha! how fun!
love this bug... great shot!
Ok, that's soooooo not nice to put in all those cute boy shots, and then end with that (eeeeeeeek) giant stink bug!!!!! Great shot, though. Bet the boys loved him. :-)
What a fun day!!! Charlie got Stanley back yesterday! Thank you so much Dina! He was so thrilled! I'll let you know when I post about it. :)
i LOVE IHOP! i even have one of their coffee mugs. i drink my tea in it every night! happy birthday to sam and happy new year to you guys!
Great photos! Love the shot of him shooting!
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