Kiawah Island

Reliving the fun we had in October when we vacationed with my parents in South Carolina. Such a beautiful part of the world!

Christmas Card Time!

We had a fun family afternoon by the lake at Winter Park taking some snaps for this year's Kenyon Christmas Card. Where did the year go???!

Portland, Oregon

I had a ton of fun meeting these gorgeous kiddos at Skye Hardwick's Soulographer Workshop in Portland this weekend. http://workofheart.typepad.com/soulographer/

It was a double bonus beacuse I stayed with my best buddy while I was there and we had a blast! Check out HB's site - she's the greatest! http://www.bludomain6.com/boyles/

We got to meet and work with tons of great photographers - so a huge HI! to Bev, Candi, Pam, Michelle, Nicki, Darcie, Canadian Jen, She Saw Jen, Amanda, Wynona, Tarah, Sara, Melanie, Sandy, Erin, Jessica, Skye and our hostess with the mostest, Tracey. You girls seriously rock!

Thanks for such a fun weekend!

Happy Independence Day!

July 4th is also her Daddy's birthday so we have huge celebrations planned! Thank goodness someone else is in charge of the fireworks ;) ;)

Beach days

We were lucky enough to spend 5 sun-filled days at the glorious Ponte Vedra Inn & Club this week! http://www.pvresorts.com/PVR-FrameSets/InnFrameSets/f-PVICProfile.html
Such a pretty beach - one of our favorite places!

Down Under

We are home again after a wonderful month-long vacation in Australia. Of course there are plenty of vacation photos to share - here is Miss O enjoying the sunshine by Sydney Harbour!

An Outing with Thomas...

Thomas The Tank Engine visited Mt Dora again this weekend and the children had a blast!
Here's O checking her tickets before reluctantly handing them over to the conductor.

Cake-a-holic!

Here's little Miss Sweet-Tooth savoring the fruits of her labors! Today we baked a batch of cupcakes and used our new Wilton Silly Feet Silicone Baking Cups! They looks so cute, are a dream to clean up afterwards, and anything that's recyclable has to be good, right?!
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=188050D8-423B-522D-FFBBDCC0D17450AA

Learn to swim!

Miss O is taking weekly swimming lessons and likes to practice at every opportunity - including the bath!
Unlike her mother, she doesn't seem to mind getting her hair wet .....

Princess O

What little girl doesn't dream of playing princess every now and again? Friends told us about the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disney Marketplace. Sounds right up Miss O's alley! I know where we'll be visiting this summer ...

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/shoppingDetail?id=BibbidiBobbidiBoutiquePage

Happy Easter!

With all that promise of chocolate is it any wonder that Easter is my favorite holiday?!

The most delectable Easter treat of all? Lindt Gold Bunnies, of course!

http://www.lindor.de/2865/2870/3159.asp?navId=3178

Yum!

We ♥ Polka Dots!

Polka dots: they're so much fun and to me they just scream "Springtime!"

This year our closets seem to be full of them!

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Here's a 12% off coupon to get you started ;)

Yes! I am an enabler......

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First Ballet Recital

Tuesday afternoons are the most exciting time of the week at our house. That's when Olivia attends ballet lessons with Miss Beverly at the Orlando Ballet School.

http://www.orlandoballet.org/schoolhome.htm

Her first year of "Dress Up and Dance" is almost drawing to a close and this week the little ballerinas had a chance to try on their new pink recital costumes. Here's Olivia's friend Kate looking very gorgeous in hers!

Afternoon light ...

... is the absolute best time for picture taking! And all that nice new spring growth in the garden helps too!

From one extreme to another ....

Sometimes quiet and contemplative ......

... and sometimes not!