My big guy, Joshua

Carter’s big brother Evan was packin’ heat to stay cool!

Bathing beauties, Sophie:

and Celia’s girl, Ana:

The birthday boy looks like he’s up to something:

The kiddos get creative with the sprinkler:

The girls share a laugh (certainly at the boys’ expense!)

We had a great time at the party! Happy Birthday Carter!

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We had a wonderful time being together and in some of the prettiest mountains in the world! To see some more fab photos, check out the Weekly Winners HQ over at Lotus’ blog.

Joyful boy

Goldilocks

Silhouette

Water-melons

Windy twins

Pretty prickly

Making a splash

This old spigot

Loves the camera!

Fraternal triplets

Whew! That was a lot of photos! Thanks for hanging in there with me. To see everyone else’s Weekly Winners, head over to Lotus’ place.

They had a wooden play set that was in the shape of a train. Here’s Sophie driving the train!

Cortney’s little guy Evan and his cousin Kaiden gave each other some high-fives on the hayride:

On our hayride out to the pumpkin patch, we saw a rainbow in the sky! How cool is that? God is cool!

I caught this little face on the hayride, too! He was so precious.

Once we got out to the pumpkin patch, all Sophie wanted to do was RUN!

I finally managed to force her to pick a couple of pumpkins, and then we got back on the hay wagon for the ride back. We saw some great farm scenery like this beautiful old silo:

After the hay ride, Sophie and her pals Jack and Koen went straight for the big slide in the hay:

She and the boys slid down it again and again and again!

We had a great time! Can’t wait to do it again next year!

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A very fuzzy caterpillar. I wonder if he was Very Hungry?

Also? There was A LOT of corn there!

(I bet this one got made fun of a lot amongst his fellow ears. So sad. Corn can be so CRUEL!)

There were some cute kids, there too!

(Thanks Elizabeth for the sunglasses! Sheesh!)

It was a great day! Thanks again to Weight Watcher, Emily and Amy for the great party!

All lit up

Blue Bucket Hug

Taking a break from play

Ready, set, whee!

Sweet face

Pretty for a Party

Well, that’s all I’ve got this week! Thanks for indulging my Sophie-centric worldview. For more great photos, check out the Weekly Winners HQ at Sarcastic Mom.

Here’s Emily’s little Sammers. He was loving the bubbles!

And Cortney’s little guy Carter was loving the sidewalk chalk (in a slightly unconventional way):

My friend Andrea’s little guy Leland was keepin’ it real, ’cause he knows it ain’t a party until someone takes their clothes off!

My friend Beth’s little boys, Eban and Benji – I had to capture them while they were sitting still!

This is Joshua’s kindergarten buddy Ethan making some sweet bubbles!

And here are my own cuties playing with my father-in-law, their “Pop”:

It was lots of fun! For more Weekly Winners, go visit Lotus at Sarcastic Mom.

My graceful girl

Wink, wink!

We went to a wildflower farm. Even though many of the flowers were past season, it was still gorgeous!

My dad and my daughter:

Spinster sisters:

An ant encroaching on a blanket flower:

Two of my favorite guys in a field of flowers:

Past it’s prime:

We had a great vacation, and I loved taking photos of all the beauty in nature there!

Here we are Friday afternoon before the opening session:

And Friday night at the cocktail party:

I know there were some pictures taken of us during the day Saturday…but they must’ve been by other people, because they are not on my camera! So, other people, please email them to me!

Saturday night with keynote speaker and Emily’s girl crush Jen Lancaster. I seriously have NEVER (not an exaggeration) seen Emily SO EXCITED in my whole life. She was totally googly-eyed over Jen (who is totally awesome and funny – go buy her books!!)

Saturday night at the MOST FUN DINNER OUT EVER (story to come!) with AmyInOhio and Shannan from Mommy Bits:

And here with Julia from Hooked on Houses, whom we originally met in an elevator at IKEA 11 months ago:

And with Tricia and Cortney, our Dayton friends from Once A Month Mom (yay for co-bloggers!!!):

That’s a little taste of all the fun we had at BlissDom. Stay tuned for the whole story including the tales of the Best Bus Ride Ever, the Worst Elevator Ride Ever, and much, much, more! Oh and also what we learned about blogging. Yeah, that too!

Fore some photography that is amazing and NOT picture of Emily and me, visit the Weekly Winners HQ at Sarcastic Mom.

Did I mention we also had ice with our snow?

Sophie was less than impressed by the snow.

Joshua, however, was thrilled!

We had a great time, but I am looking forward to it melting now! For more Weekly Winners, go visit Lotus at Sarcastic Mom.