Great family - great photos

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This is Paige with my mom's cousin, Margie Murillo.

This is Ashley with Tia Maria.

I admit the quality isn't what I prefer, but one thing's for sure; the people in them are near and dear to my heart. This is a picture of Ashley and Paige with my great Aunt Maria (or Tia Maria as we call her). She is my grandma's little sister. These were taken last week at the funeral and I would have had these few pictures posted sooner except I'm still on a learning curve with the new computer and uploading pics from my iPhone...so you'll have to bear with me. Ashley took some pictures with her digital camera, so I may add more pictures to this once I get that software added.

Ashley's 12th birthday!

Ashley turned twelve on Friday, April 25 - sorry it took so long to get this posted!

LEMME SQUEEZE IN SOME BIRTHDAY PICTURES I TOOK.
NEIL AND I ARE PRETTY BIG STICKLERS ABOUT FOLLOWING RULES, SO WE MADE ASHLEY WAIT UNTIL HER 12TH BIRTHDAY TO SIT IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR. WE MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT AND WENT TO SONIC AFTER SCHOOL TO GET SOME NICE COLD DRINKS TO MAKE THE EVENT SPECIAL!

It's official!

Triple play Thursday

Anatomy of a photo shoot:

I thought I would share how I came up with Drew's five month photo. So, here we go:

1. Find cute subject - check

2. Find nice location - check

3. Feed subject so he is ready to smile like a crrrrazy.

4. Take a bazillion photos.

5. Pick one (ooh, easier said than done!)

6. Do a little fine tuning in photoshop.

7. Upload to scrapblog and create new header.

8. Share 'leftovers' with friends and family in a post.

9. Voila! there you have it!

Triple play Thursday - part II

Here's to Grandma and Paka

{this post is for Grandma & Paka who gave Paige this pretty necklace for her birthday}

Paige loves wearing this every Sunday to church
it's the perfect accessory for a pretty princess

Triple play Thursday - part III

I give you: St. William's Spring Festival
**WARNING: VERY pic heavy!**

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Sorry all, things have been incredibly hectic. It all started last mmm, last Thursday I think when we got a call from Neil's brother who said he would be in town on business and would get in Saturday evening. It was a really nice, but short visit - I'm pretty sure fun was had by all. Earlier on Saturday we spent some time at our church's spring festival. The kids had a blast. Ashley was not with us since she spent the weekend at a retreat put on by Challenge, a Catholic girls' group that helps them discern vocations. Sunday morning we found out my great Aunt Josie passed and we made the trek up to Waco to pay our respects on Wednesday. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, we all had a lovely time visiting with family. The kids even got to meet some new cousins! It was nice hearing the priest reflect on my Aunt Josie's life and how incredibly kind and wonderful she was. My memories of her were mostly from my childhood and I remember she had the most sweet and melodic voice. Always had a smile on her face. Never an unkind word.

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