Found them!

I have been searching for these pictures for a while and found them in my April archives. Dean loves to be poked in the eye by Ella Reese....I am not sure why.
It is too cute!
And of course Ella Reese equally loves to poke him in the eye....

Rest of July : Summer Summary Series

Wow is it almost October?!! Before I go on I must announce that we officially have a home!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!
We close Oct 16th. Long story short the house we have been waiting all summer on fell through. Thankfully God is sovereign and orchestrated all of this. We looked at a house last Sunday and by Tuesday night we had a contract settled! The new crib will be in Farrington subdivision off of Ebeneezer. Hip Hip Hooray! So until then I will be packing( and it will most likely take me until then to find everything here and pack it all up ...sippy cups and those annoying inserts in the sippy cups,..lost toys under furniture,...missing shoes etc...). October will be a busy month. Fall is my crazy busy season for the photo biz. But a good happy busy!

Here are pics all from one day when we were living with Sharon. I love these pics.
Dean and Ella were snacking side by side, which they do all the time. It is so cute. They just plop somewhere next to each other. Well, this time ER was noticing the dust in the air that you see when the sun beams in. She starting swatting at them and Dean- the copy cat- did the same. Then they just started laughing at each other. Melts my heart it is so adorable....
Ella Reese sinks down to the ground and Dean immediately follows...

ER's version of a cartwheel. She saw Alyson Hughes do one and immediately did this. Dean of course does the same thing, But his looks more like a dog lifting his hind leg to pee.jump jump jump

giggle giggle..tickle tickle..These are from another day when Dean was napping...

She is at the window and I tell her to please not play with the blind cord. So what does she do?...play with it .

This one cracks me up. She did this on her own.

I have pictures I took of her last summer with this same dress. Just reminds me how fast she is growing up....

This is a pic of an injury in action. She was going up the brick stairs and trips. Scraps her leg in several places. Poor ella...

We are inside now and she is telling me about her boo boo.

I don't know why but this picture make me laugh every time I see it. Maybe it is the weird way her eyes are in mid blink...but is is just such a pitiful and yet adorable little ella face.

Ryan comes home from work and she starts to tell and show him. Ryan leans over to kiss it ....

...which she stops him and tells him that she has a bloody boo boo and did not want him to have a bloody mouth if he kisses it. I wish I could remember exactly how she said it. It was so cute!

Random pic of Ryan washing his hands. My hard working hubby!

July preview....

Here is a sneak peek from our July fun....
Ryan and I took the kids to the zoo one day. I brought my camera but we decided to not bring it into the zoo. I have too many zoo pics. So instead I took pictures of us on the way to the zoo. We were riding in Ryan's truck, which ER LOVES because she gets to roll down "her" window. Dean has never rode in the truck in the summer and thus never experienced the fun of being blown away by wind.
So get ready to see a lot of hair flying around!

Dean's reaction to full wind in the face : Liking it...

Ryan intermission...no hair action going on here...

We were living at Sharon's for most of July. Here are some pics I took of Dean one day. He loves to cover himself with blankets then walk around until you run up and snatch him up ...or until he bumps into something. I love these pictures because I can just hear him laughing when I see them. He breaks into this adorable hysterical belly laugh. I love it!

Walking blindly around searching for me or a wall...

Peek a boo.....
There you are mom!

Ahhhhh....fun times!

Jumpin June : Summer Summary Series

June was super busy. We sold our house, went the beach, and the week we returned we closed on the house and moved in with Sharon and Lon.
We went to Myrtle Beach with Ryan's family and it was awesome! The kids had a blast and Ryan and I were able to sneak away a few evenings for dates.

I did not bring my camera to the beach except for family group pictures. I really did not take that many pictures at all. But I did get an occasional snap here and there....

The kids eating lunch on the porch beach view...

ER's princess smile~ love it!

The boys playing cards and betting with unused water balloons....

Pappy getting a trim from Brenda Ryan had planned out a date for us at The Broadway. It is this enormous( and I mean ginourmous. It was huge). It has this boardwalk feel and there are stores and restaurants right off the water. We went on a picture taking spree....of course since I love that I had so much fun. My husband, my camera and some night air.....perfection!

This pic was taken at dark lit only with a street lamp thing. I was pretty impressed what how well the pic turned out with no flash.Ryan doing a skater move

This was so weird. People would pay $35 for 10 minutes to get inside this ball and run in it on the water. And everyone we watched looked like so silly. We just could not believe that someone would pay to do it.

I had to take this...I have never seen one in real life and after he zoomed by I snapped it. Some people on a bench nearby saw Ryan and I laughing and snap the pic very secret service like...and I told them " We are from out of town . ".

We ate dinner right off the water. I like these of Ryan,

Ryan had planned for us to eat dinner right next to water where they were to be this huge fireworks show. Once the time came and passed for it to begin, he found out it was canceled due to weather. So he was bummed when he told me that surprise grand finale to his date night was canceled. So we hung around longer and took pictures of random things.

When we got back we parked the car and saw this frog on the hood of our van! Who knows how long it was there. We passed an area on the way back that sounded like a symphony of frogs.

So here are pictures of us actually on the beach.

ER's princess smile again *

Dean adores his cousins. He calls Owen "Owie" and runs and gives him hugs when we see him.

I have always wanted to try this look on a picture. Brenda bought them all matching outfits by the way. Cute huh!?

Bill and Brenda with all the grand kids

Matt ( Ryan's bro) and Lauren's family

And then it was our turn. I had to tickle Dean to death to get him to stay with me. So in the next two these he is laughing hysterically although he looks like he is crying.

Lauren took these and I think we got some goodies!