Helping sister

Alexis was doing her homework the other night and Beans was just tinkering with some things in the livingroom. Alexis said hummm bee, butterfly what else starts with a B..she was just thinking out loud and Beans chimmed in and never looked up...BOX,BRACELET,BELL......me and Alexis had to pick up one anothers jaws from the floor LOL It is 2 yrs before Beans starts kindergarten but if she keeps paying attention to her sister she should have an easy time of it.

Little Beauties

Beans doing her thing on stage in the lineup....myself and the mom of the little girl in purple were both laughing that our girls would much rather be out in a mud hole somewhere. She is in Jillians dance class...neither of them placed but were beautiful none the less!

Alexis and her winnings...She looked beautiful too and did an excellent job. She placed second and out of 12 girls we can't complain! She said "moma 2nd is better than nothin' huh" LOL and then she wanted the dress off so she could go ride rides LOL

photo shoot

Took some photos of Abby and Alexis over the weekend

PHOTO CHALLENGE~THINGS WITH WINGS

My things with wings....I had so many I didn't know what pics to choose. I picked some of my favorite ones. Also please see my previous post..I am a new grandma!

I am laboring AGAIN today

This is Ned Thomas....he is such a rotten boy!

And Moma Kitty the ol bitty LOL

LOL okay so not really me but my 9 yr old Moma Kitty is having babies this morning! She has kept me up all night. She prefers to have kittens on my lap but she is in her box and meowing for me right now. She has had one beautiful orange tabby boy.

James and I got Moma Kitty when she was a couple of months old in October 1999 when we were moving into our first home together. She is a great little gray tabby. But man for lack of better words she is such a whore. I have made attempt after attempt to have her spayed and by the time her appt. rolls around the girl is pregnant again! I could abort the babies and her spayed anyway but my heart just can't take that! We have always managed to find the kittens good homes and if by some chance we are unable to find a "home" for them there are 3 barns at the prison where James works and the inmates love the company! James took one from the last litter to live with him but Rambo was a wild fella and kept him up all the time so he lives there at the horse barn now LOL We go check on him when we go up. He is well loved by the inmates. He roams the grounds during the day and at night he goes in when the barn is locked up and snuggles up with the horses.

I let the girls keep Ned Thomas, a kitten from Moma's last litter and he is ROTTEN I tell ya! He is meowing at the door now but I don't want him to disturb her so he is outside. I will post pics of the babies when she is done.

I labored today

Hope you all had a super holiday! I spent the day laboring behind the camera with 3 gorgeous girls as my subjects. My niece Dallas was in town for the weekend and after a couple of days of moving my Grandma we decided to spend some photography time. We went downtown and a few hidden spots I know of and to the lake. Got some great shots (I think anyway LOL) Jillian got tired so we took her to my mom and Alexis wanted to stay and play so it was just me and Dallas for the second half of the photo shoot! Dallas, Alexis and Beans sitting on the river wall downtown

Dallas, Alexis and Beans on the tracks in a hidden area downtown

Dallas trying to get beans to smile for me

Teasing Beans with ice cream so that I could get a grin

Alexis on the tracks

This is my fave shot of Alexis! We were at the boardwalk at the river

Close up of Dallas

Dallas posing at the confederate cemetary, just a few minutes later beans got stung by a bee

Dallas posing at the lake

SO Busy

It has been a busy few days but I took a few minutes the past couple of days to sit on the patio and watch the hummers. I just love watching them. I have one I call the guardian because he always runs the others off when they come and then one (the one shown) that I call the showoff because she will literally fly inches from my lens but my camera never focuses fast enough to catch her. I am still working my way around the Sweets Challenge photos so if I leave a delayed comment that is why LOL

Alexis ready for school yesterday in her requested Raggedy Ann jeans. I am working on a raggedy Ann tote for Ms. Sally and I think that made her want some LOL. Back about a month ago or so we had a little outbreak of what the Doc says is pink eye ( I blogged about it LOL) well Alexis woke up yesterday and looked as if she was having a relapse but it looked better when I picked her up)

Beans at her Nanaw's house over the weekend. She can't fool me with that so innocent look.