The school year is winding down here and both my kids and I have been busy with lots of extra things going on. We’re all ready for summer, for sure!

Sasha is feeling right at home. As I type this, my husband is off to grab some breakfast for us and both dogs are in the back of the Jeep with the top down. I’d say they have very little to complain about!

Molly sees Sasha as more of a mother, I think. It’s kind of an interesting dynamic. She’s still a spaz.

We’ve been doing some work in the garage to make it ready for a new car. It’s time. My Honda Accord has 110,000 miles on it, and it needs some major work, so we’re deciding still what to do – fix the Honda or buy something new – and if it’s something new, I want to park in the garage, which isn’t possible at this point (two car garage and too much ‘stuff’). So that’s been a fun weekend project that has spanned many weekends. It’s a good thing we have a refrigerator out there with beer and pretty setting sun light…

I took this nifty little self portrait which was done with a Lensbaby, and as a result, was very kind to my wrinkles ;)

I went through a couple more pictures of our weekend away at our friends’ house several weeks ago. I took too many pictures. This is always my problem.

When we got there, Avery heard a kitten meowing (they had gotten on the day before and we weren’t aware) — and said, “It’s too good to be true!” That poor little kitten didn’t walk on his own much that weekend…

All these toys and the cardboard box was the best one of all…

Just a couple portrait type photos of my girls :) They are getting so big and so wise and so much like teenagers that occasionally talk back. Sigh…

A little stab at an idea I’ve seen before…

And who could forget the Dom. He’s the one who is truly in charge of this household.

Hope all of you out there reading this are having a great weekend so far :)

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…when you don’t post on your blog for two weeks? Well, only two things here. I got 11 spam replies to posts I’ve made, and one friend who asked when I was going to get off of my behind and post something. So, all in all, not much happens ;)

I have a bonafide excuse. I’ve been busy! I shot a wedding and have been slowly editing those photos. We adopted another dog, too. Let me tell you, it’s a lot like going from one child to two. It’s double the work. So now I have two children AND two dogs. That’s a lot of responsibility that I brought upon myself voluntarily ;)

I’ve still been clicking away here and there, but with this wedding I’m editing, I don’t have much gusto for going out and shooting my own stuff. I’ll get there eventually!

Add that to my failed harddrive and it was just a crappy month of April. Or a busy one. Or both.

So, first things first, here’s Sasha. We rescued her from the animal shelter and she’s been here for a week today :) She’s such a dope, which makes me love her all the more.

We had a family sleepover (after having a Girl Scout sleepover the night prior) and it was more or less one crazy moment after another with lots of children and animals and adults who were all starved for some much needed family-friendly(ish) fun…

This little guy was pretty popular on Flickr one day — #7 for the day! And yes, after being on Flickr for this many years, I still get a little excited when my photo makes Explore :)

And then my sorority sisters and I had an adventurous day in my town one Saturday that allowed me to photograph this parking garage that I’ve been wondering how I could get access to when it’s empty for many, many years. Too bad I wasn’t really prepared for it… but, at least I had my d300 with me that day…

I woke up early to take this very important picture of discarded fruit in my backyard one Saturday (I think it was a Saturday)

There was this one night where my husband and I went for a date. One of our favorite places and occasions (the Palm Springs Market Night, love it!)

And I paid this dude $2 to take his picture…

On the occasion of Avery’s 8 1/2th birthday (yes, I know 1/2th is not a real number)

Pre new dog times:

I walked through mud in flip flops for this, and I’m not even really sure it was worth it:

The harddrive from my computer that got swapped out. So far so good on the new one that is in there…

So, that’s it. I wonder often who visits here, and then I realize at least ONE friend asked why I had nothing new, so I guess that’s reason enough to make sure I post more often!

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