Forest Mini Session

In April we did a mini session with the talented Elena with Glass Lantern Photography. I'd been wanting some new pictures but prices have gone up significantly over the last few years (great for Elena and her growing business but bad for my wallet!) so I was planning to wait until fall. Anyway, I was excited when she announced she was doing mini sessions this spring. Here are just a few of our favorites.

The props were beautiful. Elena made the teepee herself in addition to many of the tiebacks and headbands available for the girls to wear.

We ended up purchasing a couple extra images and it was soooo hard to narrow things down. There were a couple that I really wanted but Kevin talked me out of. 

Our little family.

I LOVE this picture. These girls have my heart that's for sure. 

April phone favorites

Deanna Rose opened up for the season at the beginning of April and we made our first trip out there. In the past it's been free during the week ($2 each Friday-Sunday) but this year they are charging so we went ahead and bought a membership. I like taking the girls there during the week rather than the zoo. It's much closer, not as big, and the girls love going.

Their favorite part is feeding the goats. It was fun going early in the season and seeing so many babies. 

On this particular day we went over to some friends house. They had just put in a sandbox and the girls loved it.

It's been about a month and Anna has asked to go back over to play in the sandbox several times.

Picnic at a park!

Jane thinks Eric is cute :)

Smile!!!

One weekend we made a trip out to Holton to meet baby Jack. We're so happy for Carli and Trevor and the newest addition to the family.

Anna really really liked Jack and was pretty excited that she got to hold him. She's asked to go back and see him. Even Jane (who didn't like me holding Jack) randomly tells me "I love baby Jack" and "He's so cute". 

Theresa and Carli gave Anna this umbrella (a belated birthday present) and she absolutely loves it.

Fun at the park while Anna was at Young Explorers.

Eating dinner outside around the fire pit.

Anna is still playing soccer. She's improved slightly but her favorite part is still licking the orange slices. 

We had a fun month!

April fun

I'm finally getting some pictures loaded onto my computer so I can catch up on April before moving on with May. Overall April was a much healthier month than March and we had lots of fun. We started out with a show at Johnson County Community College. Daniel Tiger Live!

Jane was more excited than her face suggests.

The show was very close to Kevin's work so he was able to join us over his lunch break. The show was cute (the tickets were only $6 each so I didn't have huge expectations) and the girls enjoyed it. Jane cried when it was over "I want Daniel Tiger RIGHT NOW!"

We went to Topeka to pick up my Dad's pole saw and Kevin went about trimming some trees while we were there. While we were clearing all the branches away Hailie kept the girls entertained.

Checking out some Roly Polys 

 Jane kept telling us "I'm making dirt". Baths happened after all this :)

The girls love dancing to "pretty music". On this particular day they wanted to wear their swimsuits.

Kevin built a small fire pit with some stones that were underneath the deck and we've been burning all the branches Kevin has cut down from trees in our yard. The girls got to make their first s'mores!

Marshmallows!