real quick

i haven't been able to post any of judey's newborn pics because my disc was cracked.
now i'm finally getting out his birth announcements.
i'll probably send you one, but if you think i don't have your address,
you can post it as a comment and i won't publish it.
{picture taken by studio lush}

the eggs get hunted

i thought i was sneaky hiding some eggs in trees.
then i could hide behind and wait with camera poised.

my dad is here again. mouth open and everything.

oh easter pictures. getting spiffy'd up, holding the kids hostage, dan's awkward stance,
the hysterics, the parents' waning smiles. i can't wait til family pics this month!

this one is a little better.

the only time caden is interested in having his picture taken,
is when i'm trying to get one of someone else.
someone younger and smaller.

the zoo gets visited

the boys had fun testing out the elephant scale.
please guys! i weigh more than both of you combined!

forgive me for being crude, but check out the rock behind the rhinos and tell me that doesn't look like what i think it looks like! coincidence? i don't think so.

one of many unsuccessful attempts to get a group photo.

it worked better when we broke them into smaller increments.

i took a few pictures of animals but apparently got bored because most of these are of kids.
they are more of a challenge to shoot anyway. with a camera.

parker and korbin at their favorite exhibit... the train.

my favorite exhibit.

i think he was hoping we were lunch. he lingered a little too long.

doesn't my mom look too young to have 5 grand kids?

tall, dark and handsome. why do the good ones always drool?

we made a perfect plane. unplanned.
my dad was the ONLY way i was getting out of there with a picture of caden.

aren't my kids so photogenic?

my baby bro. we have the same hairdo.
also unplanned.

they were so sweet to hold hands but i felt a pang of guilt that this took precedence after we accidentally left parker behind.

chloe LOVED the elephants. they had a new calf. no - i didn't get a picture.

parker was more than willing to let me hover around him like a desperate paparazzo.
{that's singular for paparazzi - kimiko taught me that.}

see what i mean? but i don't mind my dad being in the pics. he's caden's fave "grandma."

korbin sustained a wicked shiner when he tripped and smashed into a giant boulder meant to enhance the 'natural habitat' feeling.