Wednesday Whimsy: What's in your Lunch?

This is part of Tayden's lunch yesterday.  We have been doing fun, creative lunches.  I bought some Bento Box supplies to make our lunches more exciting. I made a sandwich with white bread on one side and wheat on the other.  I used a train cookie cutter and then some small circle cutters for the wheels.  I flipped the wheels over so the wheat side showed to give it some contrast.  With the leftover sandwich bits I cut a rectangle for a smoke stack and some flower shapes for smoke.  The little bear is an animal pick for Bento box lunches.  We also cut out some fruit for him in fun shapes and made a star shaped boiled egg.  I will post more about those later.   

I have a pinterest board with other fun ideas here if you are interested.  There are some awesome ideas!

Enjoy!

Our Family Photo Shoot

In July we had our first family photo shoot as a family of 6.  A friend of mine, Brooke,  has recently started her own photography business, so I hired her to take them.  It was so fun to catch up with an old friend and to have our pictures taken.  She did a fantastic job!  She spent so much time with us and tried to meet all my crazy demands.  She was so flexible and easy to work with too.  Thank you so much Brooke!  

I was really hoping for an orchard setting, so Brooke suggested Apple Works which is close to where I grew up.  It was a bit of a drive for us, but it was fun to be back in my hometown and see how things have changed.  

 

 

It ended up being a super hot day unfortunately, so Evy was pretty grumpy.  

In the past, our family has usually done pictures in the fall, so I wanted to change things up a bit.  I didn't really think about how incredibly hot it would be though!   We were pretty sweaty by the end of the day.

I felt bad that I dragged everyone out on such a sticky hot day so we ended up abandoning the orchard backdrop for some shade.  

Apple Works has some lovely gardens and sitting areas that are shady and worked out nicely for our pictures.

Kyler

Tayden

 

Ady 

Evy

All in all I am really pleased with how the day turned out.  We had a lot of fun and have some wonderful pictures to put up.  Thank you so much, Brooke, for humoring me :)

More of the Photo Shoot

Here are some more of the pictures from our photo shoot in July with  Brooke.

 

I ♥ this one so much!  I love how it really captures a moment.

Here are some fun ones of the older kids.  I love Ady giving some sass!

 The sun was coming through the gazebo roof in a fun pattern.  The kids thought it looked like a jail cell, so we went with it.

Here are some sweet ones of Dave with Ady and of me with the boys.

We did some really fun pictures of Dave with the boys and of me with the girls too.

A few more of the kids

I love how these turned out of Dave and I

Thanks again Brooke!  We had so much fun and I love, love, love how they all turned out!  ♥♥♥

Spring Picture Walk - Part 4: Kyler's POV

 

Kyler's Point of View