Children's Museum of Winston Salem

We made the long trip to Old Salem to visit their children's museum on Tuesday. After about a month and a half of being trapped indoors because of snow, ice, and rain for days and days at a time, we thought a little romp around the big city would kick these winter blues!

My favorite part of the museum was the three bears cabin that I posted about on Tuesday. Haley found that pretty boring as climbing, running, and anything that involves potential injuries are her major hobbies as of late. I couldn't believe how brave she was while being up in the air without us beside her. I was also really impressed with how well she followed our directions on how to get down and how she inventive she was in reaching each level. I catch myself saying this all the time, but i`ll say it agian, our little girl is growing up!

I probably have about 100 other pictures to upload from the day- there was just so much to do and see and a million little details I wanted to remember. I'm sure I'll post them all on Flickr eventually, but I am pretty tuckered out as far as the computer goes.

If you have a children's museum in your area, I highly reccomend paying it a visit. And if you don't, the drive is totally worth it. You will leave with a pocketful of memories, some extremely happy rugrats, and the triumphant feeling of kicking winter's tail!

Happiest Weekend, love bugs!

Practice practice practice

Phew, have I been busy! I have so much on my plate to complete and so little time to do it in. 2 kids really takes it out of a person and as much as I want another now that Haley is out of the bed, I know my body, mind, and lady parts especially, need to rest.

Yesterday I had a practice photoshoot with my friend Brooke and her English Mastiff, Dually. It was definitley a challange and a change of pace, but something I wouldn't mind doing again.

I think dogs are so interesting to photograph. Their faces tell such a story if you look close enough and there is just so much character to be found in wrinkles and fur and big wet snouts. After awhile, all Dually's face could say was "Get that lense out of my way sister" but that is a dog for you! He must have thought I was some strange alien following him around with this big black contraption held up to my eye half the time.

My favorite shot of the day:

I still have several to sort through, but these are some of my favorites so far. I am working on my photography website and plan on opening up my services to the public in April. I am so excited for this new adventure and am so grateful for the support of friends and family along the way. I am getting more and more comfortable with my camera with every shoot and learning valuable lessons with each one as well.

It is one of the best feelings, I tell you...

Making your dreams come true ♥

gratitude tuesday: week six

Reclaiming our bed, a place to call their own

Nick and I have always co-slept with our girls, i love being able to kiss their cheeks and play with their toes in the middle of the night. Four bodies in a double is really toasty and a great birth control method, but it also causes a lot of backaches and grumpy mornings. We finally have moved Haley into her own bedroom and are in the process of finding the perfect beds to match the perfect quilts I found while off on one of our thrifting adventures. We went to the children's museum at winston salem today and I wanted to take these sweet bunks home with me. This just may have been the extra push I needed to get started on the girls room, I wish I could replicate this room in it's entirety. If it's good enough for goldilocks and the three bears, it is a storybook dream for us!

I haven't had a chance to post about our Up!-inspired Valentine's Day but I still wanted to pop in and wish everyone a happy week outside sans mittens, scarves, and snow boots. We are off grabbing this little blast of sunshine and warm weather by its toes and hoping to drag it home with us for keeps!

The girls are gone for the afternoon and I am left home alone to enjoy the sounds of the birds chirping amongst the silence of our house. They have found the little pine cone sunflower seed feeders we made them and are singing their happiest songs.

Days like this are so good for the soul

Love day, love day!

A little love day treat from our family to yours! :)

gratitude tuesday: week five

A little late for Tuesday, but I couldn't help but hold out for this sweet little addition to our extended family.

Welcome to the world,
Gracen Ruth Conner

It was so great to finally meet you! I am sure you are going to be the best of friends with my girls. We can't wait for play dates, sleepovers, ball games, birthday parties, proms and a million other sweet memories with you :)

We love you so very much already ♥