The Cousins @ Winter Green Gorge!

One nice day this month, Shane and I went to the Winter Green Gorge (Cemetery) to take some pictures of my cousins and their kids! At first, the youngest, Tyler, was a little shy, but we decided to get right into taking some pictures so it would loosen him up.


Didn't take too long.


This was their favorite part of the photo shoot. Throwing up leaves.


Tommy, Austin, Ava, Tyler, & Gerri


Love these ones . . .


The lighting was so good and they are so cute loving on their parents!


I was surprised how many different spots there were to take pictures (without getting tombstones in the pictures)!


Tom & Gerri


This was actually kinda nerve wrecking for me because it was my first "official photo shoot". I thought it would be harder to pose them and what not, but they worked so well with me! (I am not by any means a professional photographer nor do I consider myself a good photographer, but I do love taking pictures, especially for family, so I had a blast!)


Cutie Ava


I love the boys faces in this one.


This is about when all the geese started plopping down into the pond. It was pretty cool to see. We got a little distracted.


They are the cutest family!


It's just so crazy to see my big cousins and my little 2nd cousins (their kids) all grow up. Time sure does fly by.

More Babies!

Went to my grandma's last Thursday to catch up with some out of town family that was in town! This cute little boy is Kevin Titus!

And here is my cousin Carrissa's baby girl, Lily! I can't believe she's 2 months old already! Such a doll!

And a bunch of my little cousins on the hill before the big lightning storm came!

I always love getting to spend time with family!

Grandma's 80th!

My Grandma's 80th Birthday was on Monday, but we all celebrated it on Sunday!

It started off with some brunch at the Golden Corral! I love when you can get such a smorgasbord of things, but I am not a big fan of "everything you can eat" . . because I eat A LOT!! And then I'm sooooo stuffed!

Here are my cute cousins back from their trip to Disney World!! Ava has on her princess dress, and Tyler just cracks me up b/c whenever you say to smile, he gets super excited and almost shakes because he smiles so hard!
Austin is such a cutie!! The big brother of the group!! He made Shane and I carry him around all day!
The whole gang!! Notice how my dad and Shane are the only two who don't turn around! Ugh! Are you sick and tired of me taking pictures of you, or what?!
My Grandma is a gal after my own heart. Dessert, dessert, dessert. Yum!And more dessert! We went back to Grandma's to eat some yummy Giant Eagle cake!
I just can't get over how cute Ava is!! Getting ready to help Grandma blow out the candles!
Yay!! Happy 80th Grandma!! She told me that this was her best birthday yet! That makes me feel so good that she's still happy @ 80!!

Inflatable Birthdays are Always Fun!

My fun, crazy, cute cousin, Austin, celebrated his 5th birthday last weekend, and we got to celebrate with him in Erie at the "All Seasons" place behind the Millcreek Mall. There is an inflatable play land in the back for kids. (Man! The only time I have things to blog about is when we go home to Erie! See how much more exciting it is there! No offense Fredericksburg.)

Austin, Ava, & Tyler's grandma just started face painting and painted all the kids faces for fun for his birthday party. She was quite talented!

All the kids were going crazy on the inflatable stuff! I probs could've gone on them, but felt too old. :-( So depressing. I would've loved running around like that!! Can't wait until I have kids so I have an excuse!! ;-)

The littliest sibling, Tyler, was fun too! He didn't go on the inflatables, so we kept him occupied in other ways.

My Grandma and I knew where the party was at though!

Ahh! It was just so great to see everyone! You have no idea how much it means to me to be with my family and friends.

Cute Cousins!

After the Wattsburg Fair last weekend, we meandered over to my cousin's house to see my little cousins!

Ava & Tyler! Their brother, Austin, was at camp w/my aunt & uncle.

Ava being her cute self in the play house!

Tyler and his big, beautiful blue eyes! This kid is a little over one, but is doing stuff a three year old would do! I think he's going to be a football player! He's a big boy! Tyler was born the day my grandpa died. So weird and so cool at the same time. I miss my grampy . . . . and my aunt . . . and everyone that I have lost.


This is "upside down Ava" . . . Ava kept having me take pictures of her and then wanted to see them on my digi cam. I loved it! Usually peepz get angry that I take so many pics!


This is "say cheese Ava".


And this is "she wasn't paying attention Ava."

This is my fav . . "do you want a flower Ava".

Love my little cousins! And my big cousins!! I just love my entire family! So blessed!