kissin'

a big smooch

dress

some of our sweet summer staff gave this dress to chap for her birthday. so stinkin' cute. since summer is long gone here, we have adapted to our 25 degree mornings - long sleeves.

lookin'

the world at their fingertips

16

peyton manning made an appearance in our sand box this afternoon. that's a pretty big deal, folks.

dog

rowe's new favorite thing is an 'underdog.' "momma, please more und-dawg." here is sweet paula giving him a good one. he looks pretty happy with the results.

pushin'

this was our morning activity. rowe pushin' chap around in a storage bin. she didn't seem to mind.

another

rowe and andy had another successful venture up at the pond yesterday. don't ask about the helmet 'cause i don't have an answer.

cowboy

some friends from town got married last weekend and they let andy and i shoot their wedding. super simple, super them. it's hard to take a bad picture of a cowboy, let alone one getting married to this gorgeous of a bride. congrats ya'll.

backseat

takin' some shots of the backseat. that's a shout out for you, liv:-)

traffic

rush hour in creede, colorado








so, we were coming home from the valley last night about 8 and somebody flashed their lights, so, assuming there was some sort of wildlife, andy slowed down a bit. the elk have been moving down because of the cold weather so we were looking, looking, looking, and then we came around the corner and saw this....only in creede would you come across 500 sheep in the middle of the road at 8 o' clock at night.

explanation - the sheep herders from the valley use the BLM land up here in the summer for their sheep to graze, but once the weather cools off, just like the elk, they move 'em down for the winter.

it was actually really neat.

sweet

sweet little one

jumpin'

after wrestlin', pics below, serious jumpin' followed:-)

family

andy was off yesterday & the kiddos were lovin' it. a little wrestlin' does a body good.

warm

22 degrees this morning. the winter gear is comin' out. thanks, stacy girls for giving chap a non-camo winter wear option:-) how stinkin' cute is this hat.

fall

i can't believe this, but fall is officially here. what is the date?

stinker

here is stinker pants hanging on the fence.

movin

sorry about the bright, but here she is a 'movin.' it's a little harder to get exposure now that she is crusin' :-)

fast

this year has gone by so fast. what a difference this little one has made in our lives, such sweet joy.

sprint

this kid has one speed and this is it.

cute

cutie tootie gettin' a free lift.

other

in other big news, chap is walking! crazy. this is her preferred method of transportation though - via mower:-) she is gone with this thing. (it's coming in handy, second time around, momma lee!) i'll try and get some walkin' pics asap.