Beach Trip

We got back last night from our beach trip with Kelli and Ben. So much fun! Kelli and Ben, thank you so much for inviting us...we had a wonderful time and can't wait to do it again! :-) I have over 200 pictures (and that's after trashing half of them) so it's going to take me a while to go through them all. Here's one until the rest come in the next couple of days. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Baby Stroller

Look at my sweet girl playing with a baby stroller! I am so excited! Why all the excitement? Because when I was a little girl I loved babies and strollers and baby things. I always imagined my daughter enjoying those things too. Well...for the first 13 months of her life, Ella hated baby dolls and just threw them when we tried to give them to her. Now she's picking up the babydoll, giving it some love, and putting it in the stroller to push around. Too cute! Oh and a cute story...we were all in the living room watching TV and Ella was playing around with her toys. I looked over and she had sat herself down in her baby stroller and was drinking from her sippy and swinging her feet. So content! :-)

The other night I had my first girls night out in a long time...and it was at the tattoo parlor!! :-) I went with 3 other girls so one of them could get her nose pierced and by the time we left another of them had a gotten a new, unplanned tatttoo! :-) It was so much fun spending some time out with the girls. And keep in mind that we're all church-going wives and mothers!

Finally, here are a couple more pictures from Father's Day. Ella is becoming quite the little basketball player in the water. It makes Keith so proud!

One more thing...

Since my first post was kind of for our fathers, I just wanted to add a couple things about Keith. We're doing a marriage biblestudy for couples at our church this summer. In our first meeting, the leader was kind of giving a description of a stereotypical husband. A man who comes home, asks what is for dinner and then spends the rest of the night in his recliner. After listening to that and thinking for awhile, I realized that my husband does not fit that stereotype at all! I am so blessed to have a man that not only works all week to support our family so I can stay home, but then pitches in to do all the yard work, help me with the cooking and cleaning, and is a terrific father to Ella. Wow! I am such a lucky girl! In addition to all that, he constantly surprises me with little gifts and sweet things (which I LOVE!), makes me and Ella laugh (a lot), and is always willing to put our needs before his. I am amazed daily at what a good dad he is to Ella and love it when I catch them in special moments like playing on the floor with her toys or shooting basketball at the park down the street. Ella is going to adore having Keith for a dad as she gets older!

Anyways, enough of the mushy stuff. But on this special day I just want to let everyone know how special Keith is to Ella and me! I love you Keith! :-)

PS - No children were harmed in the making of that picture...she actually thinks that's really funny!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the daddies out there. We hope you had a wonderful day. And a special happy day to Keith's and my dad. We love you! Here's some pictures from our Father's Day celebration. More to come later...

Sunday School Pool Playdate

On Friday we had our Sunday School playdate at my parents pool. It was so much fun! All the kids were great and had a really fun time in the water. Here's just a few of the many pictures I took.

Photography News

Just a quick Suzanne Williams Photography note; I'm going to have a pricing change/re-structure on July 1st. If you book a session with me before then (it doesn't have to take place before July 1st, just book it before then) I will still give you my old pricing.

This doesn't apply to anyone who already has a session booked or is waiting on images...I will of course honor my old pricing for you.

Thanks y'all! :-)

More Pictures

Ok...sorry I didn't post pictures yesterday like I said I would. I had my LTG in the morning and then a meeting at church last night so it cut into my photo editing time. Anyways, I've got lots of pictures today!

Here are the rest of the overall pictures:

On Saturday we attended Taylor's 3rd birthday party at Looney's Skating rink. It's pretty cool...all the kids bring their riding toys (Ella had her little red car) and they ride around the rink instead of skate. They also have big bouncey's set up. Their bouncey was much better for Ella's age because it was uncovered and short enough that I could look over the edge and help her bounce. The bad thing is that I used my little camera at the end to get some quick snapshots of Ella and somehow lost it. It probably fell out of my purse or diaper bag. :-( Boo hoo...oh well...it's only stuff. Here's some pictures from the party:

Finally, Ella is a fish now!! On Saturday she got some great swim time in. She's enjoying "swimming" back and forth between people, jumping off the edge, and...get this...sitting in her raft! Yippeee!!! :-)