It’s nearly impossible to pull one over on my husband, but I think I did a pretty good job of planning a surprise 40th birthday get together. Joe thought we were just going out to dinner with the Mitchells, but when we followed our server to the table Joe found many of his good friends and family waiting for him in Bravo’s party room. Now, please don’t be offended if you weren’t invited to this affair - it’s nothing personal I promise. I only had a small space to work with so I stuck to local folks only (Brian and Mark stopped in on their way to Myrtle Beach). I think Joe was pretty surprised. It was the perfect little dinner party. Thanks so much to everyone who came! I had so much fun chatting that I took very few photos. We need to do this more often!
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SURPRISE!
Busy, busy
I’ve been so busy lately . . . and it shows. Miss Elle has been busy too. She finally figured out how to climb up onto Truitt’s bed. In this photo she is soaking up the view from the window beside his bed. It’s probably similar to sitting atop Mt. Everest and soaking in the view 
. Of course the braver she gets, the more bumps and bruises she accumulates. She’s already fallen off once today. This is only the beginning . . .
Have a question for me ?
My good friend Julie sent me a link to formspring.me a while back. One of our *favorite* photographers has a page there. It is a website that allows you to ask someone . . . well, anything you want. I’ve been following a couple of my fav photogs on formspring and it got me thinking that maybe some of you may have photography or life-related questions for me. Here is a link to one of my all-time favorite photographers formspring page so you can see how it works . . . www.formspring.me/tarawhitney Here is a link to my page in case you have a question for me . . . www.formspring.me/frecklephoto Feel free to ask me anything. I’ll try my best to answer in a timely manner (emphasis on the word “try”- we all know how that goes sometimes).
Oh, and I couldn’t post something without a photo or two. These photos of Owen were taken almost exactly three years ago. I was looking through some old images and came across these. I think I see a little resemblance to miss Elle . . . what do you think?
The ABC’s of Elle . . .
For Elle’s first birthday I made her an alphabet book with photos of familiar things. I know that many of you have seen the book already, but I also wanted to make a slideshow of the pages. I recently figured out how to create DVD’s of my slideshows that we can play on the TV, so I was excited to complete the ABC slideshow. I don’t think I ever shared the book on my blog so this will be new to some of you. Anyway, you can click HERE or on the image above to see A through Z. I was so happy with the book. Elle loves to look at it too which makes smile .
Fashionista
I think I have a girlie-girl on my hands. Elle loves to “accessorize”. She will wear sunglasses around the house, rubber bands on her wrists like bracelets, stuffed animal snakes as boas and anthing else she can find that’s wearable. She also loves to give kisses with her super puckered lips . . . daddy taught her that. Here she is giving kisses to Isaac while sitting in her doll stroller (she likes it when her brothers push her around in it). Can you see Isaac in Elle’s sunglasses? Love this girl so much .
Thriller!
Tonight was our SJHS Variety Show. The teachers always perform during the finale. This year we performed Thriller! The choreography was almost identical to the video . . . it was pretty incredible. I don’t have photos of the actual performance becuase I was in it . Do I have a great job or what?!
Here are some pics of my fabulous co-workers in action! Great job everyone! Can’t wait to do it again next year (however, this year will be hard to top!).
Sledding!
All of the boys went sledding at French Park on our *snow day*. Elle and I stopped by very briefly to watch them (seriously, like 10 minutes or less). I snapped a few quick pics . . . I couldn’t feel my fingers after watching just a couple of runs down the hill. I had Elle strapped to my back to keep her out of the snow so needless to say, these aren’t the best pics. However, the boys (all four) had a total blast. In fact, that first pic is Joe flying down the hill- he really looks just like one of the boys! Joe said he had the hardest time getting the boys to wake up for school Tuesday morning (note to self: want good sleepers . . . take ‘em sledding!).
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I just received the most beautiful flowers from my family as well as the sweetest card ever. Each of my boys (the BIG one included) wrote me a very heartfelt note that brought tears to my eyes. I’m such a lucky wife and mom!
