An Afternoon at Two Parks

We're not even through September and the leaves are already changing.  I'm not ready for autumn yet.

The girl child wanted to play on the playground while Todd and Owen played catch on the nearby baseball fields.

This girl just loves to swing.

She is also a monkey and loves any kind of jungle gym there is.  Do you see her hiding from me here?

She climbed to the top and sat for awhile.  There was a little bit of pouting and grumping going on.

Todd got a good shoulder workout throwing the ball to Owen to both catch and hit.

We went home and cleaned up in new clothes (at least for the kids) to drive down to Sope Creek Farm to meet Tyler of Blue Lily for our first family portraits in years.

It was over a 20 minute hike through the woods from parking lot to the old mill ruins.

When we got to the spot, silliness was coming forth in massive quantities.

This boy loves rocks.  Not only does he search them out, save them, store them at home, he also needs to be photographed with his finds. Needs.

I should have known at this point this would be the mood for our family session.

More silliness and faces.

And very few natural smiles or cooperation.

Very few.  But I'm glad I caught these two.

She was full of energy and bouncing off the stone walls while we waited for Tyler to finish up the session before us.

We also had extreme seriousness, switched up with pouting, tears and possible toothaches.

I love these blue eyes.

We finished up after 7p and stopped at Ted's Montana Grill for dinner on our way home.  The kids menus have wax sticks instead of crayons.  Chloe reminded me of an Indian Princess with her long earrings.

If you want to see the family shots that Tyler got, you can click here.  I will tell you this one is my favorite.