January 2017

 I set up my light and backdrop to practice. I'm really out of practice. I rarely have time to go shoot photos any more. Wouldn't change that though. Sure do love to take photos of my kids though!

 This is Bay's 13 year old picture. I love it.

 We didn't really have a theme for her birthday. Just happy polka dots!

 She wanted to do the puzzle room, so that's what we did. We ALMOST got out on time. We had ONE puzzle left to do.

 Craziness with friends.

 Breccan at hard work in 5th grade.

 The kids did a group ski deal...I think it was called Free Riders. It wasn't lessons, really, although there was an instructor there. The goal was to get the kids familiar with the mountain, so that they could ski Powderhorn without mom freaking out. They did some black runs, and they are pretty solid skiers now.

This was the first day of Free Riders. From then on, the kids had ski poles.

June...at the Cabin, Father's day and in Mexico

 We had a weekend at the cabin with Uncle Josh, Uncle Jason, and Ethan. Of course, Mimi and Pa were there too.

 Breccan did some fishing.

 BayLea did some driving.

 After an afternoon of swimming, BayLea let her hair naturally dry without combing it. She had also put on these shorts and shirt. I looked at her and thought, "Man, she looks beautiful!" So I begged her to let me take pictures. She finally relented and we had a great time, taking beautiful photos of my girl.

 Father's Day...Daddy wanted to golf, so we did that in the early afternoon.

 Then we went to the pool to cool off.

 And then he put together the Treager we bought for him. :)

 On Memorial Day, I took the kids to the Veteran's Graveyard to place flags on random grave stones. Breccan got a little emotional about it...finding it to be pretty sad.

 The kids and I went to the cabin just for a night...Daddy had to work the next day. We had a nice, relaxing time. BayLea and I watched a movie, while Breccan read for three hours.

 The baseball end of season party was up at our pool. Had a great time...

 We always stop in Phoenix for a few days on our way to Mexico. Tried to get Auntie Jill, Lacey and Uncle Scott to come to Mexico with us, but Jill let her passport expire! :/

 Reading in Mexico...this boy of mine.

 Virgin pina coladas.

 The ocean was a little rough the first part of our week there.

 Flying a kite.

 These two... <3 p="">

 A little soccer playing on the beach at low tide.

Goodbye Mexico. See you next year!