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Pictures of my nephew

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Here are some pictures I've taken recently that I like.

Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY - old Downtown

Dad paying no attention as Jack reaches over half of the table to eat peach ice cream off his fork. Hilarious!

something about this picture grabs me. horizontal wood yet vertical picture. brightyellowbaby against somewhat dull background. composing in the bottom corner sort of drags you from left to right.

I love the flow of this picture from left to right, it's like you can see what the rider is seeing. there's a great flow in this picture that I love.

Doesn't helook content like nothing could possibly bother him. droopy eyes, ears slightly relaced. "hey buddy."

Great White Hunters...

a/k/a my husband and brother-in-law. This picture is hilarious, that's all I'm going to say about that.

my husband is very serious when it comes to hunting. very serious.

Auntie Jen the babysitter.

I told Michelle that I would watch Jack on Friday night so she could have some "alone time" with her husband. (p.s. she didn't even call me once to check on Jack...which is a good thing because I would have been insulted. :)

So here are some pictures of me and Jack. I set up my tri-pod and used my remote so the aren't the hottest pictures on the planet but at least it documents me and him.

J: Auntie Jen I'm climbing up on this thing and then looking back at you because I know I'm not supposed to. I'm hoping you'll bypass my naughtiness for the cute look on my face."

AJ: "Not, but nice try squeaky."

Jack loves it when I chase him around. He toddles around as fast as he can, sometimes he falls, that's how I know it's as fast as he can. Lately I've taken to start chasing him but then reverse and catch him running at me. He loves that, he just screams. It's pretty cute and it wears him down so he goes to bed good for his mom and dad. (I know not proper grammer but this is more phoenetic then literary.)

Me and the squeaky. He didn't really understand what my camera was doing on the tri-pod, in fact, he tried to knock it over. Oh, which reminds me. Last night he was so funny. He came over to where I was sitting on the couch and put a mini road cone on the tv try, took his little red plastic baseball bat and wacked it right off. He giggled when it went flying...it was cute but could be highly destructive. Mental note: take Jack outside to the backyard (go out the back door to avoid the lawnmower) and practice throwing the plastic ball at him and teach him how to hit it.

He likes baby kisses from his Auntie.

Lawnmower Boy

Jack loves the lawnmower, John Deere of course, he does. When I take him outside to play he makes a beeline for the garage where the lawnmower is stored. You can't even distract him with food he's so determined to get to the lawnmower. He immediately climbs up and wants to drive it and play with the levers and gears. It's pretty cute. He cries when you try to take him off.

Jack: "Let's see, this one controls the blade height?"

"vroom, vroom, vroom, hey, watch out!"

jackster

One of Jack's new things I've noticed lately isthat he likes to sit inside boxes, drawers, anything like that. This morning he was walking around in his little yellow wellies and hat saying, "dadedadeda" when he saw the new end table. he crawled in and sat down, taking his boots off because they got in the way.

Grandpa and Jack eating breakfast burritos as Sammy Jo's.

Graduation Pictures from the Weekend

Traci Danielle Meixner, my cousin at the Issak Walton League Building in Owatonna.

My favorite grad. picture of her and it's on her cake. Sweet huh? Literally and figuratively.

jamie and tara

tom, jack and michelle

lyndsay and rustin (getting married next weekend)

Jack: "Grandpa, that God you're here...nobody would let me eat the nuts and m&m's, they are so mean."

Samantha (Sammy) Jo Meixner at her Graduation. - I used to babysit her and her brother when they were little. Man I feel old.

Vegas - Day One - Part I

Some of my favorite pictures from day 1 in Vegas.

image from the plane.

yellow flowers at Bellgaio.

pretty flowers.

my fruit tart at the Jean Phillipe Patisserie. It was super yummy. I'm drooling thinking about it.

Eating an Easter Cookie

Here's Jack mauing on his cookie.

jack holding his cookie, for dear life...

piglet.

Easter & Tara's Birthday

at Old Country Buffet stuffing our faces...

hmmm...cookies.

How old are you again? ahh...12. :) I remember it like it was yesterday. I stayed over at Auntie Shelly's the night before to help Uncle Tim get chores done faster so he could be with Auntie Shelly during delivery.

The next morning I woke up early and did chores (milked the cows, fed them, cleaned barn, etc.) so that Tim could be at the hospital. Then I was late for school and had to explain to the principal why. He didn't quite get it at first but eventually he caught on. I don't know if he thought I was skipping to smoke pot or something (which baffled my mind as I was an upstanding student.) Anyway, that was the day you were born. I had a softball game so I didn't see you until later that evening. :)

 

traci danielle

playing pinochle.