Ynnep

Penny LOVES kids.  She can't get enough of them. 

 Her favorite thing to do is go to the park (or any other place where kids might be) and just watch the other kids.  She just grins and laughs while watching them. 

 She loves all kids.  Regardless of age or anything else. 

But her favorite friend by far is "Ynnep". 

 She is such a girl, she could just look at herself all day long.

 Do you notice the shirt?  "Aunt" Rachel made it for her, it's definitely one of our favorites.

And of course, she loves to kiss herself.

 

First thing we do in the morning is go see how Ynnep is doing.

Gotta love the excited arms.

Easter

We had to take family photos yesterday, because everyone looked so nice in our new Easter clothes!

Penny's dress was a gift from Grandma Smith and I made my dress and Scott's tie. I thought about making a matching dress for Penny, but the dress her Grandma bought for her was so cute, and a perfect Easter dress.

I can't get enough of that sweet little lop-sided smile.

P.S. No, I'm not pregnant.

New Camera!

Sort of new. Anyone who follows this blog knows how badly I want a DSLR. But I haven't been able to justify buying one, since money is not exactly flowing, and I have a really awesome film SLR sitting in the closet (like I am ever going to use film again). And since I don't happen to have any wealthy admirers who would up and buy me one, I had resigned myself to crappy photos for at least a few years. But then I had a realization. My Grandpa passed away 2 years ago (we all miss him lots). He was a professional photographer. HELLO! So after talking to my mom, aunt and grandma, I confirmed his DSLR is sitting in his closet! And my grandma let me take it! (The reason it hadn't been claimed is because it is an older version and everyone in the family that would care for an SLR already had a better one- except me. True, it is not the BEST camera- but compared to my point-and-shoot it is!) So the last couple of weeks I have been playing around with it and these are a few of the shots that I like.