Homeschool Happenings: Pictures with Cousins

About a month ago, my family and I took a trip to visit my sister. We had fun hanging out, and playing and watching movies, and of course, I had to try to get a lot of pictures. I was really struggling with the light, and I got frustrated. I didn't get nearly as many pictures as I wanted to, but here are a few of my favorites.

My niece is almost nine, and she and Makenzie had a blast playing together. They spent most of their time playing in their "fort" in the lilac bush. (Of course I didn't get a single picture of that.) Makenzie LOVED having another girl to play with, and it was so much fun to see the two of them being creative together.

I love the Jack-O-Lantern smile that so many elementary kids have. My niece is getting braces soon, so this smile will no longer be the same. She is such a cutie, and she reminds me so much of her mom.

My nephew is the only boy in his family. Hopefully he enjoyed having some boys around to play with. I love his big, blue eyes! All of my sister's kids got her eyes. The kids were all watching TV when we first got there, and so I took the opportunity to get some pictures.

And finally, my youngest niece. She has me wrapped around her little finger, and she knows it! I asked if I could bring her home, and I was told I could if I didn't spoil her. It would never work. She is tiny, and so very full of spunk! My sister's first comment when I showed her these pictures was, "Oh, and of course I didn't do her hair today." I think she is adorable.

I had to get a picture of her cheezy smile!

This is one of my favorites! I love my sister's smile. (She has always had a great smile!)

And of course, I have to have some pictures of my kids, because, well. . . it is my blog.

Allen was helping me out with the technical stuff. We noticed that when things were in the shade, I could kinda see them, so he shaded his face to help me try to figure out the lighting.

I have realized that each of my kids have a very unnatural face that they pull when they are having pictures taken. Michael has "the wave".

And Makenzie had many, many pictures of her flowers. (If you look closely, you can see she has a smudge of yellow under her nose. She loves smelling the dandelions, and she loves painting herself yellow.)