Life through a lens - Showcase Saturday, Family

Last year one of my sisters Frankie said she'd come round and model for me so I could get in some photography practice. It was great fun and she makes a perfect model. Of course Callum had to get in on the act. I really liked this shot of the two of them.

Life through a lens - Tribute Tuesday, my sister Eleanor

This week it is my sister Eleanor's turn to be under the spotlight. Well I say under the spotlight but as we found out on Boxing Day there really isn't anything humiliating any of us could come up with for Eleanor.




See how beautiful she is?!?! Well actually all my sisters are but Els I've always thought is the prettiest of us all... sorry rest of you. :D

Of course now we call her Goldilocks because a few months ago she went blond but you know what, it really suits her! So erm yeah Els...

• She did a degree in partying at Cheltenham Uni... or whatever its proper name was.

• She's a complete fashion victim but boy you want to take her shopping with you for clothes, she has fantastic taste.

• Els and our other sister Frankie fight over who is "Favourite Auntie" and try to bribe the kids. lol.

• Our birthdays are 5 days apart and when she was 11 years old I was 22 years old and that same yeah our Dad (who's birthday is the day before Els) was 44 years old.
  

• Daz always remembers when he first met Els, she was this shy 11 year old who hid in her room. She's not so shy these days.
  

• Although she doesn't believe she is she is beautiful and not just on the outside but the inside too. She is a blast to hang out with and when needs be and she needs to act like a big kid and get down with the youngsters she does. So cheers Els for being a great sis along with the others.

Life through a lens - Surprise Sunday, Bumpy

27 weeks and 1 day

Today marks three months until my due date. Yep apparently in three months time we will hopefully have a healthy beautiful baby. I can't believe how quick the time is going but also how different this pregnancy is to the one I had with Callum, hmmm maybe (fingers crossed) this one is a girl. I'm loving all the kicks and movements I get and being able to share those with Daz and Callum. I wonder how Callum will take his role as Big Brother, I know he is a caring and loving child but I do wonder how he'll cope with suddenly not being the only child. I also wonder how the dog will be, silly I know but I'm so intrigued to see what Dash makes of a baby, I reckon he'll like the smelly nappies. Of course I know that Daz will make a fantastic father, he already is to Callum and I know he will take everything in his stride and cope well and dote on Bumpy as much as he does Callum and I. This is going to be our last Christmas as a 3 person family, it's quite scary to think how different our lives will be this time next year but it's also exciting, so many thoughts and questions in my head.... but hopefully I'll have had some better nights sleep than what I get at the moment. lol.

Life through a lens - Showcase Saturday, Childhood

This is a photo of my son Callum and his cousins Eloise and Alex. The three of them have been brought up very close and apart from being family are the best of friends. This was just a by chance shot that I took and then did some selective colouring on and some other editing. It's one of my favourite photos of the three of them and to me speaks volumes about their love for each other and their childhood.

Life through a lens - Family

Sometimes a totally awful photo can sum up so much. This was taken yesterday. Callum wanted one of the scalectrix tracks out and it seemed unfair to keep the dog cooped up in the kitchen while we all had fun. This is what Dash made of Scalectrix. lol.

Today we had my in laws pay us a visit. I'm one of the lucky ones that has fantastic in laws, I love them like my own parents. Again the scalectrix came out but this time no dog, we set up a much bigger track and it would have been just too much chaos.



Callum however managed to find a novel way to play:



And yesterday marked 25 weeks pregnant. As you can tell Bumpy is getting bigger and with that the kicks stronger, it's been nice to occasionally share those kicks with Daz and Callum although Bumpy is a bit stubborn and only seems to like to kick for me. This photo was taken today by hubby, he hates using a camera and especially my Canon DSLR so not too bad a photo I think especially as it was the first (and only) one he took.



So even though not technically correct and perfect photos to me they are perfect. They sum up family life in the White House and how important family ... and fun are.

Life through a lens - Guy Fawkes Night

Happy Guy Fawkes, have fun and stay safe.

What is fireworks without Sparklers and a warm fire to stand by?

Callum and his cousin Alex have a sparkler battle

Brrr it's cold

Firelight glow



Don't get too close