these warm winter days.

these photos are from before Christmas on one of those crazy warm winter days that we seem to have more and more of over the past couple years! i usually absolutely despise winter. i don't do well without light and warmth i guess. the past two winters though have been AMAZING! i realized yesterday that i actually don't even mind winter that much this year! there have been so many random warm days that it really breaks things up and doesn't make me feel like i have just been holed up inside freezing for months at a time. i think another reason that winter is tolerable this year is that we have gas heat and our house is actually pleasantly warm as opposed to last year!

my boys LOVE to be outside. especially asher. when we open up the front door he bolts outs with a picture of pure happiness on his face! i am so blessed to have aaron who is always willing to take the boys out to play on days that are warmish but still too cold for me to want to go outside. during our big snow after Christmas he took roman out a few times and they explored while asher and i stayed nice and warm inside.  just last night roman was rambling on about someday when he'll go on camping trips with dad and i know that there will be lots of outdoors adventures in the future for 

aaron and my boys :)

naptime.

my little napping 17 month babe :)

so sweet, and peaceful and pretty.

roman of course was my little assistant during this photo shoot, 

taking photos by my side with the cell phone.

school starts tomorrow! and i finally just finished up everything on my to do list.

well no, not really at all. i don't even have a to do list, and if i did it would be horribly depressing to look at. but i have finished everything i needed to do online finally such as book ordering and form filling out. shew. i sorted through and edited a lot of photos today.

look forward to sharing.

my babies are growing and changing everyday.

one of a kind.

haven't really shared anything lately, although i have so many photos to share. and i guess thoughts and things to share as well. 

but i've been busy just not wanting to share anything at all, if that makes sense.

i've just been working at school work, and doing some with my photography business as well.

not been in the best of moods either.

trying to hang on and learn and grow and keep it together, but it is hard for me.

that's putting it mildly, hah.

but here's a little photo of our littlest, who i always call "teeny boy".

he is such a teeny boy, he just feels so little and teeny and special and warm.

he has the craziest little spirit and takes a lot of energy to deal with some days, or most days rather.

 lately,  i have just been noticing all the special things about him.

i thank God for blessing us with this little teeny boy who

has these spunky little qualities about him that came from who knows where.

i thank God for asher's surprises and specialness.

he is truly
 one of a kind.

happy friday.

  so far today has been filled with morning coffee + waffles + photo editing, haircuts + baths for the babes ( + ross of course ), an attempt at a photoshoot with the boys outside that ended in everyone cranky, shipping my lens back from borrowed lenses + hoping that mine will be fixed soon,  andgreen tea + homework at the coffee shop.

now i'm preparing myself for the next 24 hours which I always hate because aaron works 17 hours and I'm whiny and pathetic as ever every weekend when he does. 

here's to hoping you all have a good weekend

and that I will survive (as I always do) until tomorrow evening!

roman + ross.

roman right now:

always wearing a scarf and gloves, even inside.

carrying "ross" (his stuffed dog) around everywhere with him.

reading his new bible at night with mama.

playing basketball outside with daddy and asher.

looking through the pages of calvin and hobbes.

eating with chopsticks.

jumping on the beds and jumping off the ledges in the living room.

saying "i don't want asher to grow up!"

yelling out, "halloween!" whenever we pass halloween decorations.

just being our little halloween-loving, growing-every-day, unique + creative little boy

and making us smile everyday :)

life right now.

 

we are in our new house now. some things are unpacked, a lot of things aren't. i feel a bit  overwhelmed because i have realized that we have too much junk and it bothers me. i mean my dream is to live in a one room teepee or a tiny tree house, but my reality is that i live in a three bedroom home filled with boxes upon boxes of STUFF that has nowhere to go but that i somehow feel the need to hold onto. sigh. comparatively we live very minimally and my husband and i feel very strongly about not owning lots of stuff. however, we have TOO much. i feel overwhelmed and stuck in our unpacking venture right now. blah. i took these photos of the boys a couple weeks ago before we took a family walk to the park. it was a very fun family fall-ish night. stress levels have gone down significantly by living in town. ahh the beauty of quick trips to the store! 

 

and in further news, my little ashey-pie was featured on spearmintbaby which made my day, so check it out!

4.

you have no idea how many times i have ideas for photos and i wait too long and the flowers die or the field changes. everything beautiful out  in the country is only the same for an instant and then everything is changing, changing.
but i caught the soybeans at just the right time while they were golden yellow,  a little bit green still but also turning brown. and i caught roman in a good mood right after asher fell asleep for his nap, and he told me i could take a few photos of him across the street. the soybean field has now completely changed to brown, and our little four year old is ever so quickly growing and changing as well, his "4" shirt is just a little too short in the arms and he looks a little too much like a big boy since i gave his hair a little trim last week. luckily, he is still wonderfully little and cuddles and kisses and hugs and melts my mama heart each day.