Hung out to Dry!

This is my mad daughter helping me with the washing! Obviously I didn't start out there with my camera (washing is usually not an experience worth photographing!) but I quickly ran in to get it when Cassidy started hiding behind the sheets. We had a great game and this is one of the action shots!

Grandparents are much more fun!

Hanging out at Nanna and Pa's is always fun...especially with Pa who's sillier than the kids most of the time! (Love you Pa!!) I was never going to get a "everyone-smiling" kind of shot, but these are much more fun anyway.

Cute Family

It's not all that often that I'm completely happy with how a shoot goes, but these guys were lots of fun to photograph! The older boy was great at entertaining the two young girls and had them in giggles a lot of the time.

Redcliffe Lagoon

We took the kids down to Redcliffe Lagoon this morning for a swim. We haven't been down there for ages and it was really lovely. Aunty Em and Uncle Steve came along and everyone had a great time in the water (except me, the water has to be 30 degress before I'll get in).

Steve and Kate

I have started to collect photos for our Christmas DVD and I was quickly coming to the conclusion that I have no photos of Steve and I from this year...not a single one, not even a dodgy one! So I dragged Steve down to the studio last night to get a couple before he leaves on his big trip on Monday. We had a fun time - it was rather entertaining pressing the timer on the camera then taking our positions...there were some interesting results! We then took some of each other, which was even more interesting...Steve required a little coaching on how to make me look good... :-)

Cassidy's Curls

Cassidy was being a bit of a toad when I was trying to get the shot for our Christmas card, but I did manage to get this one nice shot of her. I love the way her curls are sticking out the sides! She is SLOWLY getting more hair, still nothing in the front on top....I think it will be quite a while before my girl has a fringe! Still, she has a couple of cute ringlets in the back so there's still hope for pigtails!

Make-Up Artist

Silly me....I was sitting on the couch having a cup of tea, thinking how peaceful it was - Isaac watching ABC Kids and Cassidy playing so quietly....hmmmm, Cassidy playing so quietly.....!! Yes, she was having a wonderful time in my make-up box in our bathroom, I think she had used most of the "products", luckily we seemed to escaped the mascara!! I think she better have a few lessons in application before she turns sixteen...

Fly Away

I caught these shots of Annaliese whilst I was meant to be taking photos of her mother! She was getting in the way so Heidi gave her a...what are those things called you blow and they float away?...anyway, that kept her busy for a few minutes so we could get some shots of Heidi!

Cassidy

WARNING: She's not as innocent as she looks!

Just Four

Isaac volunteered himself this afternoon for a couple of shots while I was tidying up the studio. I was wanting a nice "4 years old" shot of him anyway so I quickly grabbed my camera....he had his conditions though. He wanted to have a photo with his new Lightening McQueen Talkie Walkies (or Walkie Talkies to everyone else!) You wouldn't know it, but I actually kept him home sick today with a cold. Thanks to Photoshop, I softened the redness under his eyes and there you have it! Steve always jokes that our kids will never have any photos of them with snotty noses, scabs or sleep in the corners of their eyes....so what's wrong with that I ask you??!!

Isaac's 4th Birthday

Here are some more from Isaac's birthday. Unfortunately I couldn't get too many as the kids spent most of their time in the water fountain and I didn't want to get too close with the camera (hence the long distance shot of Isaac!). Isaac had a great time and was spoilt with his many presents with a distinctive "Cars" theme! He had a Cars cake (his favourite movie of late) and now has all the little models from his cake on his windowsill. I can't believe my baby is four...

Beach Babes

How cute are these two girls! Despite all the dramas of our week :-( the kids had a great time at King's Beach for Isaac's 4th Birthday. They had a ball running in and out of the fountain and we had a lovely spot under the trees. Cheyenne and Isabella looked gorgeous in their matching swimmers and Steve got this great shot of them striking a pose. I just need to get a shot of Cassidy with them as well as she has the same swimmers too! More pics of the birthday boy to follow soon...