** WAITING FOR BABY SISTER **

Starting to panic... I have just 2 weeks from tomorrow before our baby girl arrives. I feel like I have a gazillion things to do before she gets here. One thing that I really, really, wanted to do was capture the boys waiting for their sister. Jackson has actually tried to call baby sister on the telephone several times and JB loves hugging and kissing my belly. I wanted to capture these images while I can because we are DONE having babies!

** STORYBOARD FOR GRANDMA **

As I said in my previous entry, this past Saturday was HOT! These little cousins toughed it out though to get some photos for their Grandma. Aren't they so cute in their matching outfits?

** SUMMER FUN **

This past Saturday was SO hot! The boys wanted to play outside on their swingset, however, I was able to divert their attention to POPSICLES! Eventually, the pops melted and the boys became ant magnets. We had to hose them down in the pop-up pool before they could come back in the house. Talk about STICKY!

** LIFE'S A BEACH ** STORYBOARD **

Below is a 20x20 storyboard of the fun family I photographed back in June at the beach. I can't wait to see this one printed out!

** NEW BABY ANNOUNCEMENT **

I am trying different birth announcement layouts. Below is one of a recent newborn. I have also included a picture of his adorable big brother.

** NANNY CAM **

For the summer we have a nanny that comes for a few hours each day to keep the boys from injuring each other play with the boys while I nap and shop work on post photo processing, decorate the nursery, and run necessary errands.

She is a beautiful girl and I especially the boys love it when she comes over.

** COUSINS **

We had a visit last week from my husband's brother and his children. While they were being eaten by mosquitos playing in the yard, I snapped a few photos of them.

** BELEWS BLAST 2008 **

If you were wondering where I've been, I forgot my blogspot login was in the Triad area for an extended 4th of July. My brother, cousin, and my dad have been putting on a Fireworks show for the past couple of years. Each year the show has gotten more dangerous bigger and bigger. Two years ago, they each attended a class to allow them to be licensed to shoot fireworks. They have since gone from blowing up roman candles with a lighter now shoot 6 inch shells from electronic panels timed perfectly to music. The guys spend months choosing the right fireworks, selecting music, and creating racks to house the "rocket tubes". The day before the show is a mad rush to attach fuses to panels, insert the shells into tubes, and cover the tubes with tin foil in the event of rain showers. Below are some photos taken hours before the show.

Please visit http://www.belewsblast.com/pictures.htm to view the Belews Blast website complete with a 15 minute video from this year's show. If you watch the video, the first 20 seconds are a little blurry as I was video taping the show and had no idea what I was doing.