Declan's GA Birthday Party! (Part 1 Professional Pictures)

 Hey guys,

So in case anyone is confused, (Declan's birthday is actually September 22) we decided to do two parties this year since it was his first birthday. For those who don't know we have family in Georgia and Virginia and we reside in North Carolina.

So here are just a few photos from the big day! :) Be warned there are A LOT and it was hard to narrow even these down! ;)

Triple G and Little D! :)

That grin melts my heart!

D's birthday cake!

My beautiful niece, Miya.

"It's my party...and I do what I want." Lol

My sister and her fiance! This is new and very exciting news! I can't wait for the big day! :)

Pickle face!

We did a circus theme! :)

The next day we did a 1 year session for D. We took a few family photos, but mostly had pictures of him done. Here are some from that day:

***Special Thank You, once again, to Christie Campbell of Capturing Special Memories!!! (Click the link and like her on Facebook guys! :) ***

<3 anna

Art and Science

Hey guys,

Last week, John and I visited the Hickory Art Museum and Catawba Science Center. The Hickory Art Museum is open free to the public and the Catawba Science Center was only $4 for us, because of John's work discount...yay! It was a fun day and I thought I would share with you some of the pictures from the trip. :)

The following are some of our favorites from the art museum. I took several pictures of paintings of cardinals (they make me think of my gg. Here's two of them. :)

This mural was used in a restaurant.

I love this artist, Minnie Reinhardt.

These wooden sculptures were pretty neat!

And here starts the Science Center pics. I just loved the turtles!

and the rays...one cool dude! 

"sun" bathing

hermit crab!

Just love this colorful tank!

It's Nemo!

Sea horse...my favorite <3 td="td">

Quick pic while we wait for the planetarium show---"Summer Star Series"

I thought this was an appropriate pic considering I'm always hot...not sure if you can read the sign but it says "Mars may look like a hot desert but it's cold, cold, cold." I'm thinking Mars sounds nice, right about now...lol. I'm 35 weeks here!

The dinosaur exhibit---this will sadly end in September, but I'm very curious about what will come next!

John digging for fossils. I look forward to bringing Declan here, it was a great place for kids.

horse shoe crab

John playing with the rocket.

He's one big kid! lol

We had a great time and look forward to returning, especially with Declan! :)

<3 anna PS. Please check out this post also! :)