because i cant stop

roxy

summer is nearing

"i believe in clean breaks"

goodbye may

and all the things you were 

hello june

and all you have to show for yourself

walk round the block

"never love someone fully, always one foot on the ground. i hear in my mind all of this music and it breaks my heart. i sing love songs just to break my own fall"

four amigos

carter insisted on a picture of all of us

im glad i listened

(its hard to explain self timer to little ones)

happy faces

it was long over due

i couldnt bear it any longer

i spent the evening with these three beautiful people tonight

take a look

fall in love

i know i have

hes quite the artist

today was his kindergarden graduation 

she has her brothers wrapped around her pretty little finger

can you blame them?

little mouse is missing - i see his smile

swing swing swing

she put those glasses on. and i saw a whole different side of her

"ashley, come on... take more pictures on our walk"

-carter-

not so complicated

"i showed up at your door so blue, thank god i have a friend like you"

reasons I love...summer

a} swing sets

b} sandy faces

c} sidewalk chalk 

d} sailboats

e} fires

f} cerulean blue skies

g} walks around the block

h} cedar point, OH

i} refreshing day in the lake

"there's an air of love and of happiness 

and this is fresh princes new definition of summer madness"

may 28th 2009

I feel about New York as a child whose father is a bank robber. Not perfect, but I still love him.

 Woody Allen

a morning spent in the park

i wish those were prettier feet

 it was hard to swing and shoot at the same time

im not good at balancing with no hands

who is

{ill put a real shoot up here soon.... i promise}

your the one they adore, the one they came to see

your a rock star

iphone sky

cause ill be there in the back of your mind...

things that make me happy

1. getting ready to go out with the girls, music loud, shouting from various rooms
2. packing for trips
3. staying up late
4. photobooths
5. the smell of books {old or new}
6. the simplicity of a smile
7. cities. country. {this is my list. okay}
8. moms fresh baked cookies
9. long car rides
10. developing photos
11. laying on the grass sharing secrets
12. old photos
13. postcards
14. stickers. quotes. magazine clippings. sharpie markers.
15. birds singing before its time to wake up
16. cowboy hats = taylor swift
17. reading old journals
18. dreams
19. surprises
20. that look from someone who knows what your thinking
21. my camera
22. post-it notes {nerd}
23. questions. even the ones that are hard to answer
24. picture mail
25. the sound, and smell of rain
26. rereading favorite books and noticing different sides to the stories. {kinda like real life}
27. show n' tell
28. lists like these
29. avoiding traffic
30. the morning X
31. bike rides
32. buying flowers
33. snail mail
34. mixes. dancing, driving, sleeping to mixes. but never, ever, analyzing mixes
35. new comments on my pictures {hint hint}
36. trees. green leaves. orange leaves. no leaves. trees. {i cant believe i nearly forgot}
37. warm sheets... sigh
38. the possibility of this list never ending

your turn

fyi i obviously couldnt stop at 10...

may 3rd 2009

beautiful day

beautiful wedding

let this wet your whistle 

"if the sky that we look upon, should tumble and fall, and the mountains should crumble to the sea, i wont cry, i wont cry, i wont shed a tear. just as long, as you stand, stand by me"

trampoline day

when its a nice day

you must jump

and take advantage of it

heres what it looks like

im disappointed coltons head... is well cut off

and this one makes me laugh

this picture was taken by alexa

i wanted to showcase her skills ;)

sorry for my face

spring is here, ring the bells