A little glimpse of Hallie's 2 year photos...

...sorry to disappoint, but this is what usually happens when professional photographers attempt to photograph their own children...

But sometimes you get lucky...

PHOTO FRIDAY!

Catching up on the last few weeks...

Our little Easter egg hunter

I found an egg Grammulls!

  Watering the plants with Daddy

We finally picked out a new couch for our living room and Finnley is a HUGE fan

Grandpa and the FIRST birthday girl at her family party
 

Special cupcakes for my special birthday girl :)  If you're looking for a light, lemony, fruity cupcake for this spring, check out the recipe here

 
She is a BIG fan of crackers and all things carbohydrate related :)





















Love her and her skinny little tummy!

PHOTO FRIDAY

Enjoy our photo recap of the last week...

Kate and Hallie enjoying the splish splash station at the Children's Museum.

Self-timer family picture before our Valentine's fondue.  The flowers in the background were a special gift to Hallie and Mommy from Daddy.

One of Hallie's favorite things to do these days is sneak into the bathroom and unravel the toilet paper or pull out the tissues one by one.

Sooooo big!

Kisses for Daddy during breakfast.

Kisses for Hallie during breakfast

Always making a silly face these days.

Stacking blocks with Daddy

Happy Valentine's Day from Hallie! {Paint Splash}

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY from the Jensen household!  This is Hal's first Valentine's Day, so we had to do it up big!  I got the idea to do a paint splash photo shoot to commemorate it.  My good friend Lia, of Lia Larson Photography had the same idea {something that seems to happen to us all the time these days :)} and I can't wait to see how her photos turned out!  I purchased an inexpensive canvas from Hobby Lobby along with some non-toxic finger paint and a roll of vinyl wall decal material.  I cut out a heart shape and stuck it to the canvas and then put dollops of pink, orange and red paints on the canvas.  Then I let Hallie do her thing.  Obviously, she was more interested in "tasting" the paint than actually painting with it.  But I think she had fun.  The painting turned out a great orangey-coral color, which works perfect in her nursery.  

Enjoy the photos and cherish your loved ones this Valentine's Day!  We're headed to the Children's Museum with Carla, Kate and Clete and then home for our Valentine's fondue with Daddy :)

PHOTO FRIDAY!

Once again, enjoy the photo recap of our week...

Taking a ride in the laundry basket

 
Saturday play date with Lia and Rose!  We had a great time sippin' wine and trying to plan our camping trip while wrangling the girls :)

My momma with Stef and the newest grandbaby, Liam, at his older brother Landon's 3rd birthday party.

My brother Josh and his son, Liam...matching blue eyes.

A meeting of the youngest minds in our family

Not a great quality picture, but I just love how happy my dad and Hallie look.  After she warms up to him, Grandpa always seems to make her giggle

 "Reading" the Very Hungry Catapillar.  I didn't bother pointing out to her that it was upside down :)

Eating snacks off the ground

Hal didn't appreciate being left out of Kate's photo shoot

All was forgiven when they got to take a bath in the big jacuzzi

Very attached to her Rudolph still

Kate is ONE!

My sweet little niece, Kate, turned the big ONE YEARS OLD last week!  I really enjoy photography and especially photographing the ones I love :)  So, Carla (Kate's momma) came up with a fun idea (read: found it on Pinterest) to do a paint splash theme.  We set up a little canvas with the initial "K" taped off and then put little dollops of bright colored, non-toxic paint on the canvas for Kate to finger-paint with.  Kate had fun, and in theory the paint idea works.  My only suggestion is to NOT use any green paint.  It started out cute, but by the end the whole painting was a nasty pea green color.  Oh, well.  I got some great photos anyway.  Enjoy!  xoxo