following grace

there's a whole in the bottom of the sea.. oh wait sorry, wrong words.. there's a HOLE in this little munchkin's mouth. all of these pictures are terrible.. you got the pizza sauce, the closed eyes, the giant t-rex looking face.. ahh well, you get what you get. and the purpose is to document. for WEEKS stephen has been trying to pull this one tooth out. after trying and trying and trying and trying until we just about gave up the other night when he went to eat an apple before dinner he screamed at my mom "MOM, there's blood on my apple!" she knew right away what had happened.. and not only did the one fall out, but TWO came out. and of course the school pictures were the next day. How adorable. We will never forget this little 1st grader with a hole the size of China in his mouth. Cutie patootie! and what a PROUD toothless cutie is he! I love you my snaggle tooth! -Austyn :)

Today is a BIG day for my dad and his company and admist my praying for him and his decisions today and every day.. i just stopped to think about how much of a blessing he is to me. I love him so much. And goodness just look at him, how couldn't you? He's the biggest goober i've ever seen. Oh daddy you sure know how to make me smile. :) I love youu. -Austyn :)

FREE as i'll ever beee.. {good song} anywho, today. was a special day. i am now FREE as a bird. taking flight from her nest. I passed my drivers test and now i have a LICENSE. Ya know, i've only been waiting for this day for 16 years and 17 days.. but who's counting? Happy doesn't even BEGIN to describe. those words came out of little ole Mr. Avery's mouth.. "well, i guess you passed." Pppuhh puhhh puhhh passs? PARTYY!!!!! I'm telling ya if i had a car i might leave and not come back for a long while. Momma knows. I think i might just be the happiest person on the entire PLANET. I have been approaching this day with countdowns, calendars, texts, emails, phone calls, and its HERE. I made it. i survived and i'm ELATED. and much to my mother's dismay i went off to get my brother from school in NO need of her help, her driving "assistance" or any form of presence. And we made it. He thought he was THE cool...

After months and months of pleading and scheduling, this weekend i FINALLY got to take the protested pictures of my dear friend and her beloved babies.. It was my first "real" photoshoot. and i was using a new lens. You win some you lose some. Here are a few of my favs.. She's beyond happy and that makes me happy! {I was happy just to have a model that actually cooperates! ha!} Glad you like them Eureka!! love you! -Austyn :)

Every Thursday afternoon/ evening i go to spend time with Double E. {Ethan and Elijah} I decided to bring my camera and see if i could get some cooperation.. glad the dog loves him, because little Ella surely hated me. Little Ethan,, he stole my heart. He might be the most precious thing i've ever seen. All 3 years of his raspy voiced, curly cued, crazy little self. I mean look at him.. the cutest little pudding maker you've ever seen! and he made some GOOD pudding! After big bro was done with his beloved homework, we tested out the pull up bar.. We had a lovely afternoon! Thanks for being up for fun sweet boys! And ever so coincidentally today is Elijah's birthdayy! Happy Birthday sweet boy!! I hope you have a fabulous day!! -Austyn :)

As i mentioned a few weeks ago. Our little prince has started soccer. I'm pretty sure this kid was MADE for soccer. Good grief. And he's by far the cutest i've seen! the way he swipes those balls and kicks them right into the goal without a worry in the world. Runs like grease lightening down the field. waits ever so patiently for his moment to make his move. steals the ball from the other team. comes flying off the defense line trying to run the field when he's supposed to guard the goal. guards that ball like its worth his life. makes his every move with precision and deep thought. begging his coach to play every quarter and volunteering ever so happily to play goalie. and doing a FINE job at it. {may be bias, but by far the BEST goalie i've seen} and to see the joy on his face when he gets to run through the tunnel knowing his team won the game.. Oh it makes my heart so happy! I love my little socce...