family photos.

so we recently got together with pete and emily 

to take eachothers family photos. 

 i was pretty pumped with the results. 

im thinking maybe some kids pics with cousins for their room.

so in case i slack on getting a card out, here is a wee taste. 

there are like 5 million other to share. 

cheers to the jolliest of seasons. 

its officially cold here!!

{all photos taken by the talented emily}

happy birthday declan!

 the big no. 2 

was shared by lots of wonderful family. 

nothing like the joy of turning two

and being surrounded by cousins, 

love, presents, cake, and cheer!

Thank you all for coming...it was perfect!

saturday morning walk.

we had this really perfectly cold, cozy and incredibly long walk 

to the market a couple of saturdays ago. 

the lighting was just so lovely and so i snapped some fun photos.

it was nice to just take our time and let the kids just be for a bit. 

very much enjoyed by all. 

this is indeed the best time of year in phoenix for long walks!

halloween.

 halloween was pretty lovely this year...gorgeous weather

and lots of fun. we attempted some pumpkin carving, 

which basically was more like drawing all over pumkins

with black markers and then carving it out really quickly.

 Ruby was "Annie" and played the part gloriously

as she does most days.

and Declan was a leprechaun who refused to wear his 

giant hat. how about that beard painted by Ed?

pretty awesome. 

he really didnt want any photos taken. oops. 

and he was all too into trick or treating. 

once he saw his house at the end of the trip

 he cried and wouldnt come home. 

apparently the idea of going to doors for candy  

was just too good to be true the the little lad.

hope you had a happy halloween! 

capes for christmas.

ive been meaning to post this for a bit

as i've been thinking seriously about making

one of these and i thought sara (ahem...therese)

might enjoy a circle skirt spiced up for the 

holidays. looks pretty easy right?

find the tutorial here

super heroes.

 some pretty fancy stuff going on here. 

let me tell you.

ruby was overlooking my martha stewart 

magazine and spotted these super heroes

for halloween, which led to some spontaneous

capes, and many a damsel in distress being 

rescued by some very cute little heroes.

 some intense consulting going on here.

so behind.

 so ive been a pretty horrible slacker when it comes 

to blogging...or more precisely being online in general.

i just usually feel like i can always find something better 

to do...dishes, picking up, sleeping, soaking up my kids, 

reoganizing, sewing, and the list goes on. 

so on that note, a little while back i really felt inspired 

to buy some patterns and make girlie dresses...

working up to maybe making myself another dress 

(we'll see shall we).

so ruby helped me to pick out the pattern and fabric

which was half of the fun. 

we ended up with this 'annie' dress

which i am just happy she likes to wear,

b/c there is nothing worse than all that work and effort

and the honesty of a 3 yr old not really liking it. 

so here a some fun pics to share of one of our downtown 

adventures recently. a trip to the market for a few things.

and a surprise pink apple. 

quelle surprise!

oh, and for some reason the water was still on.

oh yeah, it was still kind of hot.

so declan had no problem getting totally soaked.

that crazy guy.