I gotta brag on my boy for a minute

Hayley is my daredevil child. Nothing she does surprises me anymore, but I am sure with the amount of mini heart attacks she causes, I will die before I'm 35 from heart failure. Jaxon is my safety kid, he scares easily and he is overly cautious.

Less than a week ago, we went to my inlaws house where they have a 4' deep above ground pool. We got the kids life jackets and Jaxon was just fine treading above water, but he wanted to hold on to you.

As the days went by that we were there, they both learned how swim in their life jackets, Jaxon took a little longer than Hayley, but he got it. Then came jumping off the stairs. Hayley took right to it, so much so that she would jump and didn't care if she touched the bottom, at one point she jumped right over Mat who was apparently in her way.

Jaxon was a little more eh, maybe about it, but he would jump off the bottom step if someone was there to catch him.

So. Fast forward to today, I overhear the swim teachers saying that the kids will be down in the deep end of the pool, and eventually jumping off the diving board.

Knowing my kids I went, "Oh shit," silently to myself. I knew Hayley would have a blast which meant more heart attacks for me, but I knew Jaxon would have an issue. After a couple of jumps off the side where Jaxon would only jump in if the teacher held his hand, I went over and told him not to be afraid, it was just like jumping at grandma's house. He went back over to jump in and was ok as long as his teacher was there to catch him.
Then came the diving board.

Jaxon was first and I watched him walk slowly down the board. Then to my surprise, the boy jumped! HE JUMPED! Right off the board, no hesitation. 

Seriously, watching your kids do something new every day is amazing. This kid seriously impresses me each and every day. He has come a long way from my little small NICU baby. He's now my big boy who is constantly reaching new milestones and trying new things, all while being a little more cautious than this sister.

I am super proud of this kid today and can't wait to see what he does during his last week of swim class!

Now for a few more pictures from their swim class this week!

Rainy day

A few days ago, we had some rain.

Ok. We had a lot of rain.

For days.

And for two toddlers who love to play outside, they were tired of being cooped up.

I decided to open the back door and tell them to go play if they wanted to, in the rain.

Hayley told me she wanted her boots on so she could jump in muddy puddles and Jaxon, my safety guy, decided to just sit in my lap and watch.

So, Jaxon and I, armed with my camera, hung out on the dining room floor while we watched Miss Hayley have a blast!

Pure happiness.

In My Backyard

I know. I know.

I have been MIA.

But my photography business has seriously taken off the past couple of weeks. I have been buried in editing, uploading, messaging, etc. It has been amazing.

I also have another crazy couple of weeks coming up with travels and shoots so bare with me. Not a lot going on around here to write about anyway :)

So, I will leave you with these beauties that I snapped in my own yard :)

Weekend

Just dropping in for a minute...

Hope all of my readers are having a fabulous weekend.

It's pretty lazy around the house.

We made some brownies.

We licked bowels and played video games.

After a 4 day weekend, I'm not sure I'm ready for Monday...

A Texas Sunset

About 10 months ago, I was shooting a wedding out at BLORA lake, the part of Belton Lake that is run by the Army's MWR program.

It was an evening wedding and the light was gorgeous. It was giving me that hazy look that is extremely in and every picture I snapped, I oooh'd and aaah'd over how gorgeous my shots were.

Once the sun started to set, I couldn't help but just be amazed at the beauty that was happening across the lake.

I had to shoot it.

Stunning!

Another night, my family and I were out at Overlook Park near Belton, I was shooting our pre-deployment photos before my husband left. When we were finishing up, the sun was setting and I was able to get some great shots.

I am from Texas and I don't remember sunsets ever being this breathtaking.

The last sunset actually comes from my house. I shot this photo on the 4th of July last year, right before my family and I headed out to Fort Hood to watch the fireworks show.

One thing about me, I am extremely obsessed with shooting clouds, especially sunset clouds. I definitely did not let myself down with these shots!