the meaning of summer.

sun. fireworks. bathing suits. and being lazy. that pretty much = summer, in my opinion.

splash park fun.

the 4th of july was so fun - first we went to the parade in downtown mckinney. the girls had a blast! that night we met up with family and friends and let the kids run around while we waited for the fireworks show. 

today we had a lazy day in the gameroom. too hot for anything else. and reese's teeth are healing. (p.s. she feels really good. kinda whiny, but good overall. thank God.) those red marks you see on her chest are just tape marks or scars, fyi.



see! happy post!!!

video on IG of miller (the laziest baby in town...) walking! haha as well as a reesey vampire pic!

what kids do.

reese has been so... normal, lately. its so fun to see her do what she's "supposed" to be doing as an almost 3 year old.

except walking. yeah yeah... we're re-learning ;)

so this just a normal blog post. something similar to things id post 6 months ago.

daily happenings.

and i love it.

gameroom lens trials.

this post will either interest you or bore you to tears lol

it has pics of the kids, though!

EJ is at the hospital with reese all day (hopefully they come home tonight - we are waiting on her to pee out and then give a diff dosage of ddavp... blah blah... i just want them to come home!!)

i have a tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens that i love. looooveeee. at least i did.

when i went full frame, i wasnt able to use this lens anymore bc its "only for crop frame bodies". ive been wanting to sell it, but then the version II came out and so my version (even though i just got it in march) dropped in price. lame.

a friend of mine told me that i could use it for a ultra wide at the 16mm mark. just as a prime. i googled to make sure it wouldnt somehow mess up my camera - and it seems a lot of people do this.

so today, while with ASM in the gameroom, i decided to play a bit.

as you can see - sawyer was in a cranky mood lol

anyway, im pleased, actually. its fun - and while not something id need to use very often, meh, its neat to have around. cons: it does vignette a bit, but i was able to crop out most of that. so thats not a huge issue.

then we hit up bathtime ;)

i have been slacking.

i have been bad. since this was my first year not doing photo 365 in a while (i did it in 2009, 2010, and 2011), i have been horribly bad about not taking photos of the girls just... being. just hanging out. the details and the fun. so i am trying to get back to that. and ill be doing 365 in 2013 for sure.

so here's some fun from upstairs. messing up bedrooms and the gameroom lol

and apparently, my kids hate clothes.