Happy 3rd Birthday Emma! =)

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET LITTLE PRINCESS EMMA! =)

Look out there's a cute lil' cow poke in town and he's 1!!! =)

These are some photos I took for Wyatt's 1 year photo shoot. I took them outside in front of our barn. He didn't really want to pay attention to me though. I just LOVE them in the sepia brown color. They just fit the cowboy theme perfectly! I just love how he's holding his hat in the B&W photo but I wished he would have looked at me! My little cowboy is 1 and I can't believe it!! He's getting more and more like a little boy everyday and love to get into EVERYTHING!! He keeps me on my toes! He's such a little blessing!

I'll be posting pictures from his birthday parties. I'm a bit behind. =}

My lil' cowboy! =)

A few more pictures of my little boy! I did one smile out of the little stinker. He does have the sweetest little smile. He was so distracted and just checking out the neighbors dog that was over visiting than wanting to smile for my camera. I'm happy with how these turned out and now I'll tackle the indoor photos (I'm even going to do cake ones... my first try at this type of photo shoot).

Also I wanted to mention the cute horse Wyatt is on was made by one of David's best friends Josh. He made the horse for Dakota when he was a baby. All 3 kids love it! We'll always cherish this special gift made with so much love. He also gave this cowboy shirt to Dakota (Dakota also wore it for his 1 year photos... I'll have to try to find one and post it beside one of Wyatt). =)

Wyatt pumpkin patch college

This is a collage I made in Photoshop. I'm trying to build my skills with making collages in Photoshop (a big selling point I can add when I have my photography business hopefully in spring 2009.) I'm learning more and more everyday about Photoshop (there's A LOT to learn). I think this turned out cute! =)

One of my favorite days of the year!

One of my favorite days of the year is our trip to the pumpkin patch. Fall is my favorite season. I just love the cool weather, the fresh country fall air, the smells,the leaves changing, and the pumpkin patch. We went to 2 different pumpkin patches this year because the first one was only open to pick your own pumpkins on the weekend. (We like to pick our own out of the field.) We took our pictures in the cut out stands and picked a few gourds before we were off to the second farm. We had so much fun and just really enjoyed a great family day! =)

I LOVE the picture of Wyatt and I in the field of pumpkins! David took this picture and it's one of my all time favorites! Great job hubby and thanks so much for the awesome photo! =)

*Since this is my favorite day of the year I took tons of photos... so I'll be posting even more later in the week! Enjoy!! =)

Fun times together in the fall! =)

It isn't easy getting 3 young children to look at the camera at the same time to smile too. I'm happy with how these still turned out. The sun was bright and the weather perfect so I can't complain. A great fun time for us all! =) Wyatt is almost 1 in these photos, Emma 2 3/4, and Dakota 4 3/4 years old. It's hard to believe that last year at this time Wyatt wasn't even born. The year has flown by that's for sure! =)

Emma's special pumpkin =)

Emma has been using the work "special" for everything. She loves using the word. At the pumpkin patch she found her own little special baby pumpkin. She carried it all over the pumpkin patch. She was so cute! She had fun riding in the wagon with her baby brothertoo . She really enjoyed picking out the little bitty baby pumpkins. She was so cute just peeking over the edge of the wagon and just barely reaching the little bitty pumpkins (I love that photo of her). She liked having her own wagon and tried filling it up with all the little pumpkins and gourds. She had a great time! =)

As a side note I just love her orange sweater. She looks so adorable in it if I do say so myself! =)

Dakota's beauty of a pumpkin! =)

Dakota had fun running all over the place trying to pick up the big pumpkins. He'd point them out and say "this is a beauty mom." He had a blast! He was so excited after we picked out all of our pumpkins from the field (it was a hard choice because the selection was awesome this year) and he got to have his own little wagon. He tried to fill it up with lots of little pumpkins before we told him he could pick out just a few (nice try though little buddy). He's getting to be so big and that just makes our pumpkin patch day that much more fun because he enjoyes it so much too! =)

More sunflower family photos =)

Emma wasn't so thrilled about having her picture taken in the scarecrow man and woman photo. =}

Sunflower Family =)

Sunflower faces are always fun to do!! =) We had a good time becoming sunflowers at the pumpkin patch. Cheesy but cute! =)