My 16 year old…..

I now have a 16 year old. He is an officially licensed driver. He bought a truck today. I’m more than a little overwhelmed. I mean, how did I end up with a 16-year old that can drive and owns a truck and has a job? He’s just a rolly-polly fat baby that was just born two days ago, right? No? Huh. Interesting. But seriously, this kids of mine…the 16 year old one? He is a pretty great kid. Sure we fight and bicker and argue…show me a teenager and parent that doesn’t. But he is really a good kid. He helps around the house, has a job, has a hobby that won’t land him in jail, doesn’t drink or smoke or do drugs, goes where he says he’s going to and stays there, doesn’t abuse his phone, gets decent grades…. yep, I’m pretty darn lucky.

Dirt bike riders...

I'm not sure I have ever seen Nick have as much fun as he did on this little 4-wheeler! I didn't think we would ever get him off of it!



Kylie decided she wanted to learn to ride the dirt bike, so she started off on this little one...made for kids...



She did really, really well...


Till it was time to stop... Guess Chris forgot to tell her where the brakes were...


Showing off on the little bike...



All the little 4-wheeler was very popular...



Chris is getting more comfortable on the dirt bike...



Have no idea what was so funny but it made for a great picture...



Dirt...dirt...dirt...dirt...






Jumping.... fun for them, heart attack for me....









I have no idea....



cute cousins...

Gotta say that these dirt bike ridin' days are some of my favorites...

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He plays ball....

Where does he get these cheesy faces...


Nice stance!



He loves to play catcher!




What the hell is up with his arm? That can't be normal...



Ready to catch...


Ready to run...

This kid LOVES to play ball! I mean LOVES it! Lives it, breathes it, wants to wear the pants all the flipping time! I was seriously concerned that boredom was going to be an issue with him and baseball...and anyone who knows Nick, knows that when he gets bored, it's not. pretty. at. all. But he is amazingly "IN" the game - he knows everything that is going on and cheers for his teammates and loves his coach! So very proud of this skinny little nut-boy!

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A couple weeks ago I got a phone call from my cousin, Bryon...well I figured that out after he messed with me for a while because I had no idea who it was at first...I mean in 35 years, I have probably talked to him on the phone twice. Anyway, that's not the point... This is, he wanted me to take some pics of his kids for their mom for Mother's Day. Sure thing I said, haul them to Jackson and I will shoot them :) You know what I mean. Here are just a few of the 80-something shots we took that afternoon...



This is his oldest...Michayla (and yes, I know it's spelled wrong) - I think she is beautiful.


I just kept taking shots of her...



Here is one of the whole bunch...good looking group, huh? I'm not pleased with the picture though, too dark, or washed out, or colors are off or something...just looks wrong to me.



This was fun...and only three of them got wet/muddy :)



This ended up being one of my favorites...



Well, and this one...




This is Dalton. He looks like he is incredibly unhappy with this whole process, but in reality he was having a ball. The kid could seriously model for real - he is a natural. He will probably hate me for saying that :)



And then there was this one - Caleb. Good grief this kid is a ham! So much fun to shoot!



And Austin. He had fun too, he would never admit it though...

All in all a good shooting day, we had a lot of fun and got some really great pics I think. They were happy with them anyway :)

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