the most amazing sky

when sean's brother was up visiting to celebrate the life of their gram

we took a boat cruise with grams ashes

it's what she would have wanted

she loved this lake and "camp" and going out on the boat

the sky was exceptionally beautiful that night

i'm sure she had something to do with it...

flowers

i love photographing nature
and especially flowers
here are a few shots of the beautiful flowers around now
and a bonus shot of my wild blackberries just starting to appear

which is your favorite?

passing of a special woman

we lost a very special woman in our family

sean's gram

i say she's sean's - but only by blood

she made me feel as much hers as sean was

after we got married she would tell me "you're mine now"

which was amazing as i was still feeling the loss of my own grandmother

and she loved duke just as much and she always asked about him....first

we love you grammie and will miss you dearly!

muddin'

spring is "mud season" in maine
which means big time fun on the atvs

notice the flooded road behind me?
that's where we were headed!
i also took time during the breaks to snap some pics of the beautiful maine countryside

thinking back about the situations i got myself into i question why i took my real camera!
i just couldn't get over this tree all toppled over

i was told a beaver did it
isn't that amazing?!?!
now, i don't always believe what they're telling me
cuz they tried to tell someone that moose hibernate - HA!
and the token duke pic
lickin' his chops, as usual!

baptism

we always enjoy seeing my brother and his family
it doesn't happen often as they live in kansas city
but what better reason than my niece and nephew getting baptized

uncle sean took some time to play baseball

i took some time to practice up on taking pictures
aren't they the cutest?

well, that is until you take the pacifier out...

easter with my family

headed up to kansas to see my family for easter

it's always so much fun to hang with the fam

and i laughed so hard i cried so many times over the weekend
and they're off
to find the eggs

the kids are getting old
so we had to hide them extra tough

on the drive back home i took a detour through oklahoma
to stop at miranda lamberts store
there's some great photo opportunities on the way

and, again, just because he's such a cutie...