Happy Birthday, Little Man

My littlest man turns 3 today.  Happy Birthday, Nikolas Lee!!!  Gam's loves you bunches!

I think Niko would make a great fireman...he was very concerned that the candles were left burning while we sang happy birthday! He is saying, "We need to blow out the candles first!"

My Sister's Babies

I spent the day with my sister's family this last week. My oldest nephew was home from Purdue so I took the opportunity to visit and take a few photos. My baby sis and her hubby have a 4-acre "spread" 30 minutes north of me with many beautiful backdrops for photos. Some of my favorite shots over the years have been taken there. It's difficult to believe that I used to change the diapers of these 3...where does the time go?!

Meet Nathan, Caleb and Shelby.  3 of my favorite people :)

A St Louis Easter

I spent Easter weekend in St Louis with my Monkeys Jump.  The weather was gorgeous so we strapped on our cameras and headed to The Missouri Botanical Gardens on Saturday and then to the St Louis Zoo on Sunday.  Below are a few of my favorite shots of the weekend. To view the full size image, click on the photo. Blogger has cut the left side of the images off... grrrrrrrrrrr... and I can't figure how to fix it!


The Lake at the Japanese Garden


The lake is filled with gorgeous Koi.








Beautiful Tulips


One of the many trees in full bloom. Such a treat for the senses!




I got to play with Leia's new macro lens!


The lions were given paper mache' eggs filled with grass and spices. Catnip for big kitties!

Moody

This week at I Heart Faces, the theme is dramatic black and white.  My entry is of one of the "moodiest" lil guys I know.  He can go from happy to pi**ed in 2 seconds flat! He skipped right over the terrible twos and landed smack dab in the middle of the trying threes (although he's not quite three just yet).  He is seen in this shot contemplating whether to smile or scream!  Thank all that is good that this phase generally doesn't last for long. I think the moods of a toddler are one of the most "dramatic" things life holds.
Just click the button below to check out all the other drama!

Mr Concweet

Had the nickname not been given by someone I admire greatly, I would contemplate changing "Mr Concweet" to "Mr Sticks."  Can someone tell me what the fascination little boys have with sticks is all about?  All sticks, twigs, branches etc are quickly turned into weapons becoming swords or "swipe baybers" (bless his heart he still can't say light saber) used to slay all munsters and bad guys in the Indianapolis Metropolitan area.  At least I can sleep peacefully knowing the dragons have been slain by my littlest knight!

Long Time No See

I have been absent from my blog for way too long.  There have been many changes in the land of Gams and now that life is settling into a more comfortable routine, I can finally pick up my camera and blog once more.

My daughter, Monkeys Jump (aka  Leia) and I recently attended and photographed the wedding of her dear friend Megan from high school.  Leia was also a bridesmaid - talk about multi-tasking!  Brian and I took the shots of the ceremony and any that Leia had to be in while she took the gorgeous posed photos (we had 4 Nikon cameras between us not mention misc lenses).  I am including a few of the photos below.  Leia did all post-processing as she is the Photoshop guru of the family (and has a much better eye than me) while the shots are a mixture of those taken between the three of us.

I'll be visiting with Dejah and the boys later today so will hopefully have a few shots of my fellas posted soon.  They are getting to be so big!  "Mr Concweet's" fan club has done without news of his shenanigans for far too long!

Good to be back... I've missed you all !

The Pioneer Woman Loves my Monkeys Jump!!

Check out The Pioneer Woman's Photography Page - you will notice a certain young, mohawked, bespectacled young man sticking his tongue out (you can't help but notice the cuteness)!  Tis a photo of Jalen taken by my Monkeys Jump (aka Leia).
Way to go Leia for an awesome shot and way to go Dejah for an awesome kid!!  Gams is one proud mama :)