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take a peek at the family behind Sweet Pea Photography...

Most of the time when I look through my viewfinder, I see someone else's family...  so this blog gives me a new reason/excuse/opportunity to pick up my camera and see the people I love most in this world... my family!  Thanks for joining me here - isn't the view beautiful?!

fun at the pool

Just some silliness at the pool this afternoon… it was a hot and windy day today, and the girls had lots of fun splashing in “the puddle” (the kiddie pool) at Sholem Aquatic Center with their friends Maggie, Gracie, and Maddie.

mud puddles

Last night we all slept in the basement, thanks to big thunderstorms and tornado watches all evening… which actually meant we all got a good night’s sleep (part of our basement is soundproofed, and it worked well last night).  So today we took advantage of the warm sun and big mud puddles over at Hessel park, where the girls played with their good friends Nolan and Natalie (we are going to miss them so much when they move to Oswego in 2 weeks!) Lots of splishy-splashy fun was had by all…

dance, dance, dance!

This weekend we drove over to Quincy, IL to celebrate the marriage of my cousin, Rita Muehling to Tim Wilcox. It was a very nice ceremony, simple and praising God throughout!  And as you can see, we had lots of fun… or at least it’s obvious that the girls had fun dancing the night away, and we had fun watching them!  Congrats Rita and Tim!!

June 7, 2008 - 4:28 pm Sky - Yep, that's Lili! She's a pretty little girl!

June 2, 2008 - 8:45 pm mema - Is the other little girl with Eden, Lily?

June 2, 2008 - 3:43 am mema - What fun and what beautiful girls. Thanks for sharing, Mema

just showing off…

Here are most of Eden’s newest tricks…

May 19, 2008 - 5:28 pm Mema - Too Cute and Too Smart. Love, Mema and Papa

a song for Aunt Melanie…

Happy Birthday Melanie!

May 3, 2008 - 11:00 am Aunt Melanie - Thank you sooooo much! Averhy, you can sing so well. I miss you all and can't wait to come see you. Love, aunt melanie

May 3, 2008 - 10:23 am Mema - Thank you Averhy and Eden for doing this for Aunt Melanie. I know she loved it. Mema

new teeth < fun

Yep, less than fun. After two fairly sleepless nights, Eden finally got some good sleep last night. Which means so did Mom and Dad – thank goodness. Monday and Tuesday were pretty rough days around here. You have to feel so bad for her… not knowing why her mouth hurts, or why her nose keeps running like crazy, or why we keep trying to put icky-tasting stuff on her gums (they say baby orajel is strawberry flavored, but I don’t think so!! She gobbled down 4 strawberries with breakfast today, but the orajel gets a definite “no!” shake of the head.) So now Eden is taking a nap and hopefully will have a happier day today. Averhy is at school, on a field trip to the Marble Slab Creamery to enjoy some ice cream. I had hoped that Eden and I could go with her, but again… new teeth < fun …so naptime wins out.

May 2, 2008 - 4:08 pm Randy - Such a mathy title. I love it. Sometimes it took two of us to get the Orajel in Gracie's mouth. Maddy thought it was strawberry jelly or something.

April 30, 2008 - 5:20 pm Mema - Can't wait to see her new teeth. Poor all of you during the teething days. For sure, no fun. And Averhy off enjoying ice cream. Papa will be so envious. See you soon, julie