Crystal Springs

I met up with a couple fellow-photographers at Crystal Spring Rhododendron in Portland - a beautiful, 10 acre park with paths, a lake, waterfalls, ducks...... It was so great to be able to take pictures of your kiddos, Heather and Tracie, and spend some time with you gals!

These ducks were so brave - they would follow the kids along, just waiting for

them to toss some seeds their direction.

Maddie fell down on a step and scraped her knee pretty good - her little bro gave her some hugs to make it feel better - awwwww..... :)

Heather behind the camera! :)

Sharing some seeds to feed the ducks.
Elijah is such a handsome young man!
The girls became the best of friends - like two peas in a pod! ;)

Emma is one of the prettiest models I've seen! :)

We'll have to get together again soon! :)

Fuzzy Ducklings

The ducklings out at the Sunshine farm recently hatched!

They are just so cute and soft and snuggly!!

Just a few days old and swimming already! :)

Some of the eggs hadn't hatched yet, so they were under the warming light.

Siblings....I love how one of them is sneaking a little snooze... :)

Heidi holding two ducklings.
and another one!
so soft.....
The kids had set up a cool jump for their new bikes!
Stephen and his rooster!

School Pictures

While Mom and Bethany and Matthew were visiting, we went to downtown

Vancouver to take their school pictures. Thought I'd share a few of them. :)

In this picture of Bethany, she was leaning one of her shoulders on an old-looking garage door, when all of a sudden it started to go up! We all shot out of there and down the street as fast as we could because it scared up so bad! :)

Bethany will be 15 in October! We found a neat parking lot where each parking space had been numbered. :)

I love this picture! There are several WWII murals painted downtown, so we had a little bit of fun with it! :)

Matthew is 11 years old!

Check out the words carved into the stone - this is what Matthew likes to do all day long! :)

More fun with the mural. :)

Baby Emy

Jeny, here's a sneek peek at Emy's pictures from this afternoon!

She is one beautiful baby - you done good! ;)

Emy was a perfect baby the whole time, slept most of it, and just took

a couple breaks to get some food from her mama. :)

We even got several smiles from her while she was asleep. Awww... :)