A Bug, A Princess, and A Biker Chick

On November 1, 2014November 1, 2014 By AngeliaIn Beautiful Life, Life..Camera...Action!16 Comments

Last Halloween, Averey is little bundle of joy not more than 7 lbs. Far too little to dress up and take around the neighborhood. Plus, the weather turned pretty chilly on Halloween and she mostly stayed in. But this Halloween, in 2014, Averey is walking (almost talking). She may not get it completely, but she knows what is going on.

Candy? Mmmmm.

Hey, this is all okay by me.

Averey gets her first treats.

Tried to get her to put her candy in the bucket and that was not happening.

End of the night and she still had the same two pieces of candy clutched in her fingers.

Her first treats she got when we arrived at the girl’s Mom’s house. Every year, they trick or treat in her neighborhood, no matter whose weekend it is. We have many reasons for doing this. But the main one is that her neighborhood gets into Halloween. There are LOTS of dressed up kids and parents. Many houses decked out in spooky wonder. It is the perfect Halloween neighborhood. The last few years, I had to work until late and didn’t get to take part in the festivities. This year I planned ahead. And? Sydney and Baby Averey got to come too!

I wasn’t expecting that.

To be part of her trick or treating this year brought joy to this Grammy’s heart.

And now I present the stars of our Halloween.

The oldest. She picked a Biker Chick costume.

Mom coloring her hair pink.

Pretty in pink.

My biker chick!

She is pretty tough.

I hope she doesn’t want a motorcycle soon.

The youngest decided on an Asian Princess. And ohmygoodness, be still my heart. She made a gorgeous princess (of course!).

A beautiful princess.

Pretty in pink as well.

Be still my heart.

And then, the youngest of the bunch, my little Lady Bug granddaughter.

Baby Averey and Sydney.

Little bug on a spooky bench.

I ain’t afraid of no ghost!

They all look so cute trooping through the neighborhood house to house. Averey randomly laughed at everything. Not sure if it was the costumes or the kids or just her having fun. Whatever it was that made her hysterical…well, it made us hysterical too.

Halloween 2014

A princess, a bug, and a biker chick.

Trick or Treat!

Spooky house.

Give me some treats!

The girls getting a boat load of candy.

Spooky house #2.

Mr. Bones.

Our favorite house was the hot dog house. One person handed out candy. The other person handed out hot dogs. No kidding! Hot of the grill dawgs. How awesome is that?

This Halloween meant a lot to me. Sharing our night with family and enjoying the little ones. Becoming a Grammy made me softer and more nostalgic. Am I complaining? Heck no. I love this time of treasure.

Today marks November 1st. How amazing! It shakes me up a little. November already? Where has the year gone?

To you all, I wish you a happy November 1st!

Hope your Halloween was extra good.

Happy Hallows Eve From the Pumpkin Farm

On October 31, 2014October 31, 2014 By AngeliaIn In the lives of children, Into the Blender we go- Wee!, Life..Camera...Action!14 Comments

First off, I have signed up for this…

Yes, really. It is time to write my heart out! Or at least share more photos. Like the ones from last weekend when we went to the pumpkin farm. And apparently, everyone else went to the pumpkin farm. And OHMYGOLLYWALLY so….many….people!

I wanted to rip my eyeballs out. A big part of me is very introverted and not a fan of crowds. I have to find a “real” pumpkin farm next year. One that is out in the country with lots of open space.

And the light? OHMYGOLLY The harsh rising sun light is just brutal to deal with. We had tiny slivers of shade that I could put a body in. So tiny.

But I did the best I could. I got lucky because the day Sydney and Baby Averey planned an outing with me is the same day the girl’s Mom was taking them. What an incredibly lucky break to have them all there together.

Here is a shot from the weekend before when Molly got her face painted scary.

Yikes!

Her stone look is chilling, right?

This last weekend was the farm and this was Averey’s first visit. She had so much fun, especially, when the girls showed up.

Baby Averey and a miracle that no one is in back of her.

My little grandbaby lady bug.

My hearts..the littlest girls.

Showing off her two teeth and her love of clapping. So cute.

We found a baby pumpkin just her size.

Wiping off the dirt.

Grabbing her little pumpkin.

We are hilarious, right?

My first year to get Mom and Baby together in the pumpkins.

Sydney and Averey – 2014

Her shirt says, Cutest Pumpkin in the patch. Awh!

My pumpkins!

I did a few photos of the girls too. They are growing so fast. My goodness, they will be teens soon. Where has the time gone?

My oldest step girl who is 10.

My youngest step girl is 8.

Little beauties.

We didn’t get photos on the tractor, but I have to tell you. It was near 90 degrees and the sun was beating down. Not to mention a billion people trying to take pictures, corral kids, and maybe buy a pumpkin.

So….yeah. Maybe next year I will have find a new venue.

Wishing you all have a very HAPPY and SAFE Halloween!

Oh, Halloween with Your Scary Movies and Pesky Treaters

On November 1, 2013November 2, 2013 By AngeliaIn In the lives of children, Life..Camera...Action!, Posessed by Nikon18 Comments

I just had to share some cuteness from the holiday. Technically pre-holiday since some I took on Averey’s two month photo shoot.

Halloween night Jason went trick or treating with the girls (and Fred the Cat) while I worked til dark. And after work, I tackled some photo edits. The all-women’s photography group I started with five other women over a year ago called, Chics Who Click, sponsored the photography for The North Texas Buddy Walk. I got back into town on a Friday night from Milwaukee and shot the event the next morning. *That* is a whole ‘nother blog post, but one of the reasons I was on the computer and not handing out candy (a very good reason!).

Finally, I get to sit in the living room for the first time about 8pm. I flipped on the TV for some non-thinking time and somehow get sucked in to watching Mama – in the dark – all by myself. My daughter so kindly texted me her advice to NOT watch it alone. *cry!*

Too late.

So now, I get to sleep with the flashlight next to my bed. Thanks Mama!

And now for that cuteness I promised you….

I warned you about her cuteness. I could barely stand to put her down to take her photos. I’d rather hold her and talk to her, but someone has to photograph this baby. Might as well be Grammy.

On the same day as her two-month old photo shoot, we stopped at a little pumpkin patch off the side of the road. I thought…wouldn’t it be cute to get her photo with lots of pumpkins?

Oh sure……

It is absolutely darling and Bridget is such a good little Auntie and holds her just perfectly.

After a few clicks, the show was over and baby wanted nothing to do with any pumpkins. Or Halloween. Or Pirate ladies that worked there wanting some baby snuggles. Or buying pumpkins. Or being held over a pumpkin. Or letting both Aunties hold her while I got a picture in the pumpkins of all of them. Nope none of that.

And when the talent is not happy, ain’t nobody happy.

Not to worry. I picked her right up and held her close. A little rock and little sway and this grand girl was just fine.

And no more pumpkin patches…..for a year anyway.

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. We are heading to Oklahoma tomorrow to see my Mom and take a four generational photo. Any guesses on who will be the star of the shoot?

All I can say is…… more baby time for Grammy!

The Mustache Family Halloween Portraits

On October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 By AngeliaIn Life..Camera...Action!67 Comments

It’s not every day the Mustache Family takes a photo.

Normally a shy family, mustaches and all, we have to be careful who we show our mugs to.

I mean, we like us….

And we don’t think we are weird…..at all.

We are, simply, one big happy mustache family (with a bit of googly-eyed-secret-agent-pirate-mixed-in).

We are us.

And being us? It’s not soooo bad.

The new normal they speak of?

And maybe, we don’t share our great googly madness often enough.

But, when we do? It’s on this holiday. I think we are worth the wait, right?

At this very moment, we are prepping our fur family to join the mustache clan.
They are working extremely hard to adapt to our ~~strange ways~~ art of mustache coolness (with a twist). Heh.

They have the look.