Our trip....

Mia in the airport waiting for our rental car. She was WIPED out. She did pretty well on her first flight. She was tired of sitting in our laps though......we were pretty tired of it too.

This is Mia with Saylor's aunt Debbie. Mia just loved her and Debbie spoiled her rotten. Mia didn't sleep very well in the evenings while we were there, but Debbie had the magic touch of getting her to sleep. I didn't pack very many toys for Mia so she had to make do with what she could find to play with. Saylor's aunt Kathy taught her to roll cans across the floor. It was hours of fun.....and we kept finding cans in odd places. :)

We took Mia to the city park on Sat. and they had a merry-go-round. We just had to take pictures on it while it was going around.
She LOVED it.

Our trip continued.....

The drive to Gettysburg.....BEAUTIFUL. The museum
Some reenactors. This will look good in Sepia.
Me on top of a monument. Yes....I climbed the spiral staircase.

Some of the national cemetary at Gettysburg. I couldn't resist taking this with the flag.

The big monument that we climed the stairs to get to the top of. Saylor took this picture. He's getting pretty good!!!
On the drive BACK from Gettysburg. There was a lot of beautiful trees, rocks and....MOSS.
The Marine Memorial. It's HUGE.
Arlington National Cemetary

Saylor and Mia in front of the Washinton Monument


and finally........after hours of looking for a parking spot and a LONG, LONG walk and a short downpour of rain........THE WHITE HOUSE.

It's hard to believe that we were just here on Monday and today (WED.) the city is flooded and the Mayor has called a state of emergency.

Sand.....

Saturday we went to our friend's farm. Their parent's live there part of the time and they have a nice little farm house. On the porch there is a screened in area just for the kids and it has a SAND TABLE. Mia had the best time playing with her friend Emory in the sand. They were so cute playing together. Mia really liked the country and evidently has NO fear of donkeys.....Unfortunately I had left the camera at the house when we walked out to see them. She ran after the donkeys like they were a tiny dog or something. She didn't even get scared when they started running back at us. I did though and that was enough of visiting the farm animals. We had a great time at the Oldham's farm!





Mia and Emory on the Tractor

Handsome Blaine....

I FINALLY finished proofing these photos of my friend Zac & Ronna's newest addition. He is precious. I loved taking his pictures and had a great time hanging out with my friends too. You can see the rest here.....http://cindymillsphotos.photosite.com/

For the past 3 days we have been living and breathing VBS pictures. It was a fun, but extremely tiring job. I'm glad it's a whole year until I have to do it again. Mia had a great time. She was wiped out though and I don't think she got enough mommy time from me. I didn't realize just how much work taking the pictures for VBS would be, but I'm really glad I did it. It was a great opportunity for me to practice portraits of children. Lots, and lots of children. Here are some of my favorites.

Movie Star....

I have had so many problems with uploading photos recently!!! I'm sorry this one is SO tiny. Click on it to see it bigger...I hope.

I took these yesterday. Mia's sitting on her new purple IKEA chair. It was FINALLY on sale. I have never seen a kid that likes chairs so much. Our house is becoming overrun with them.
Doesn't she look just like a little movie star? I tried to get her the black sunglasses, but NO...she HAD TO HAVE the pink ones with the rhinestones. Diva in the making.

Today Mia and I are off to Grapevine to Auntie's Beads to buy supplies to make jewelry samples. A friend of mine is going to host a home party for me for my photo jewelry. I am so excited. I hope it goes well. I have a lot of work to do before next month. I have been working on my website also. I have a "real" domain name now and can't wait to get it all updated and "go live." I have so many things going on right now I can barely keep up. I ordered postcards to promote my photography business and they should be here any day. I am very excited to see if we can't get this business off the ground. I have been corresponding with a local photographer who is giving me some advice. She's great. Her website is really great too you can see it here SUGAR PHOTOGRAPHY. She is currently the featured photographer for Dallas Child magazine. Very impressive!!!

Well that's all. Off to jewelry parts land with an 18 mo. old should be an adventure!