The kiddies.

Happy boy!! He is constantly smiling and flaunting those dimples!

His pouty lips are so kissable.

I love these little fingers...

... and these little toes...

He's a lucky little man... check out this love. Completely genuine. She's smitten.

Such an amazing big sister.

Already best friends.

My two beautiful babies.

Cousins.

Kylie and Garin first met last summer. Garin was 6 months, Kylie was 21 months. Now, one year later, they are 2 very busy toddlers. Needless to say, they had a lot of fun together last week!

Here they are last June:

And, now:

Andie joined the fun at Tim & Pat's father's day picnic.

Playing in the future fire pit (AKA: "Hot Tub" according to Andie)

Gavin wanted to soak in the hot tub, too.

Ky & Garin enjoying some of Grandma Pat's yummy hummus.

And, running. They did this a lot!

Looking forward to seeing you again next summer, Eric, Angela & Garin!

Father's Day.

Since I am the spokesperson for The Schneider Journal, I will speak for Matt and say that he had a pretty great father's day.

He woke up early and went for a 40 mile bike ride with his buddies. He relaxed and watched golf. And then we finished the day at Tim and Pat's and ate some great food (as always).

Matt and his little guy.

Him and his 2 kiddos.

The whole fam!

Kylie Overload.

I finally had some uninterrupted camera time with Kylie a couple days ago. She was very excited to have a "photo shoot", especially sine she has watched me taking other little kids' photos lately, until we got outside and she realized the geese were out on the pond. Then, she wanted nothing to do with me, or the camera.

However, I did manage to get some eye contact and some Kylie smiles and giggles. These pics truly capture her essence at this age. Such a goofy little thing!

The goose whisperer...

Looking so old :(

Getting up close and personal with the ground. This is her new thing this summer... she LOVES playing in the dirt... collecting rocks, sticks, bugs, worms, etc.! I think it might have something to do with hanging out with the little neighbor boys and this is what they do. Monkey see, monkey do.

Crackin' up at mommy!

I bet you didn't know I was this hilarious... now you know.

Photo Fun

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of photographing adorable little Aidan. He just turned 2 and is so cute and fun. And FAST!!

Kylie enjoyed the company, as well. Someone to smell flowers with...

... to find worms with...

... and to hug. Or not.

This was the mutual reaction when we told them to hug. :)

Aidan creeped a little closer. "Does this count?"

We got some really cute photos... check out his rain gear!

And those eyes!

Thanks for the visit, Marissa and Aidan (and Pete and Terri, too)! :)