Saturday was the Aunt's meeting at a restaurant and afterwards we went to Portrait Innovations armed with a coupon for an extra poster with their basic package. Of course they tried their upsell but I stuck to my guns and coupon and picked the one pose for $14.99 package. Don't get me wrong if I was using a credit card I would have totally done the big package because the photos were AWESOME. Baylor is always good at photo shoots but we always end up with a ton of left over photos for a lot of money. I do like the photo they did and it was worth it. Heather did not think I could do it and I had to call her and tell her I only left with the one pose package. She was impressed.
Sunday we were finally able to rake leaves for him to play in. Ever since he heard it was fall, he has been waiting to jump in leaves. So we raked, he jumped, and I took photos. While he was playing I used the camera editing tools to jazz them up a bit. I really love how they turned out!
Lori and Baylor took the old hay from last year to the bank and Baylor had a mini hay ride.
While they were gone I brought Eddy out for her own photo shoot. I love my kids.
Here are the before photos of us getting ready to play in the leaves. With five maples we get a lot of leaves.
He picked his clothes, shorts and a long shirt. Most of the day he looked like he was just wearing the shirt because it was longer than his shorts.
When I was getting another load of leaves Baylor started hollaring he found a matis in the leaf pile. That is the fourth one he has found this fall. Last year he found five and used all he luck on the fall off the deck. We keep hoping that he will continue to collect the luck this year and not cash it all in.
We moved her off to the side so she would not get hurt and continued piling.
And then the leaping began! He loved it. He loved jumping, tornadoing, running, swishing, and rolling.
There is not much going on in the garden. I have been moving plants when I can to get them out of the way for the construction in a few weeks. I do not have much extra space but things have been going well. I found this lone volunteer sunflower in the side garden.
And some gorgeous burgundy and yellow marigolds. We always had marigolds growing up so they always make me think of childhood memories.
For most of the afternoon all three girls were over playing. While they play in the alley, I was sitting editing photos on the camera. It was a much more seasonal fall day and just beautiful day to be with my son, my wife and my dog. And the neighbor girls to play with Baylor!
(See the sled gets towed often.)
