Ryan is Eight! A Camping Party

My little Ryan turned Eight!  Eight!  Time is flying by!

He told me this year he wanted a "Real all boy camping party.  Non of that fu fu matching stuff"  lol!''

So we sat down and he told me all the stuff he wanted to do.  Just good ol' boy stuff.  :)



He did ok me on a camp shirt since that is actually what you get when you go to real camp.  lol!  So I made these cute invites and attached a "Camp Anderson" shirt  that I had made up along with a checklist of what to bring.  I delivered each boys invite to the home while they were at school.  I hear they were mighty excited to come home and find them.  :)




Campsite was our back yard.  The tent was up at check in.  The fire pit even had real wooden logs to sit on!




I gave out the Goody Bags first as each boy arrived since they would be needing it during camp.  I found these awesome real US Army Radio Pouches online and made them into backpacks.  I stuffed a water bottle, poncho, flashlight, glowstick necklace, parachord surival braclet & a fun army parachute guy.  They also got a bucket & net.   






As each boy arrived  they found their bag, signed the camp flag & started decorting their own hiking stick  (a 1/2in wooden dowel rod)  with sharpies, twine and wooden beads.


My sweet neighbor boy scout came over and gave the boys a lesson on reading a compass.  The boys filled up the water bottles and then they were off on a hike.  A trip to the to the pond to go exploring followed.  They found tadpoles,fish & frogs!








There was a 100% chance of rain that day.  lol!  Sure glad we had our ponchos! 





The boys made their way back to camp  for some yummy hamburgers & hotdogs followed by cake.  Then a dip in the swimming hole.








There was lots & lots of Army playing all night.  lol!  Boys will be boys!  The sporatic rain did not stop them one bit.





We settled down for campfire where we made some yummy s'mores.







The boys had fun taking turns telling stories and singing crazy songs around the fire.  haha!  It was so much fun!





About 11:30pm a Giant storm came though, so we moved inside to sleep.  My house had a lovely campsite oder the next morning.  haha!  It was well worth it though.  It was so much fun!  The kids had a great time at CAMP ANDERSON!

Happy birthday sweet Ryan!

The Kornreich Family

Sunday evening I met up with the awesome Kornreich Family. They came ready to smile! I loved how darling the boys were dressed! Great job! We got in some super cute shots. Thanks guys! Enjoy!










:)

Martha, Sammy & Nate

Sunday morning I met up with the Klie family. I can't believe the kids are growing up so fast! It seems just like yesterday they were in preschool with my kiddos! Wow!

They are such a stunning family! We had fun and got some great smiles! Thanks guys! Enjoy your sneaks!

The King Family

I met the sweet King Family this evening for a family shoot. These guys are great! A model family. I love their outfit choices as well - they rocked it! We had to dodge the homecoming crowd a bit at our location...they sure kept us entertained. haha! It was a perfect evening with a perfect family! Enjoy!














:)

The Schamberger Family

This morning I met up with the sweet Schamberger family. What a beautiful morning it was! Nice and cool. Finally! lol! Fall is on its way!

This sweet family is about grow by one! A new little miss will be here in November. Little Miss Eleanor can't wait! She will be a great big sister!

Thank you Schambergers. It was fun! Enjoy your sneaks!









I love these!







:)

The Penley Family

The fall season has begun! Through out the next few weeks/months, you will see lots of beautiful smiling families here on the blog. Christmas will be here before you know it and they will be all ready for their Christmas cards with new pictures. :) I love this time of year! I love to see the weather change as we get closer and closer to Thanksgiving. I am ready for cooler weather. This 100 degree is not cutting it for me anymore. lol!



Last night I met up with the stunning Penley Family. What a joy they are! It has been fun to watch their sweet family grow the past few years. :)


It was a little hot and the mosquitoes were bad, but we got in some great shots! Thank you Penley Family! It was fun! I just love your sweet family!












:)

Back to School

It is August. Can you believe it? Summer went by super fast! We still have 2 weeks left of summer break and we are packing in as much fun as we can. Lots of swimming, playing, river fun and zoo trips our in our future.

My kids know that I take tons of pictures of them - everywhere we go. lol! To ease the back to school jitters the first day I always take their back to school pictures before hand. I get more smiles, less mom (enter eyeroll) and it really gets them "ready" for school. Plus, on a already kinda hectic first day of school morning it is one last thing I have to worry about. I do snap that picture of them with their backpacks on going into school though...I just have to. :)



We had a great evening taking these. Miss K is super excited about entering Kindergarten. Mr. R has been prepping her all summer. haha! He is excited to see his friends again as he enters 2nd grade. I am ready to get back to a routine. My house is ready too. Finally when I clean it it will stay clean for more then 10 minutes. haha!


My babies are growing up! I will not cry on the first day of school. I will not cry on the first day of school. If I keep telling myself this maybe it will happen. :)





This is my love.   My world.  My everything.



































:)