The Land of Bubbles

One afternoon in the land of bubbles their was a beautiful little girl named......... Kinley Ava.

what is it about bubbles that are so whimsy and magical?

...................that make children swoon for endless summer days of bubble fun!!

...............Kinley, loves, loves playing with her bubbles.

.....................Her Nonna' (that's me :) loves to watch her have fun in bubble land.


So I grabbed Kinley and her bottle of pink bubbles and


.......POOF........ off to bubble land we went.

Can you see her excitement?



I love memories of bubble land.....



I wanted to have and share those special moments for a lifetime..........


.........so I decided to take pictures of all her cute bubbly expressions....

Expressions that only come from the joy a child experiences when blowing bubbles in



......this fairy tale land

It's magical seeing the colors of the rainbow in each bubble as the wind catches them


and carries them into the sunlight





 ................................ getting lucky enough to let the bubble rest on your nose

She would laugh and play and go for another dip in the pink bubble jar.



watching for the magical bubbles to appear all from her breath...........



.................do it again she would say!!!!!

As Kinley romped through the yard playing with her bubbles.........



................................ I would try ever so quickly to catch her blowing them and chasing them with my new Canon T3I .

...............As she blew and blew she would stop look at me and say FUN!! 

She would spin a few circles and say FUN!...............

...............................She would dance in the sunlight going round and round blowing and chasing


making fun bubble memories.

then stop to reach into the bubble jar for another chance at making that big bubble......

Really!  you would have thought we were at Disney World  having a day of fun with all the excitement

she displayed over her $1.00 bottle of pink bubbles.

Here is a video I made of my sunshine ......

This is of another day of fun we had in bubble land

............... but this time with the bubble blower

After the bubble making fun.......


........Kinley and I strolled through the wooded yard

to pick beautiful wildflowers for mommy and the dinner table.


a perfect ending to a perfect day in the land of BUBBLES.

Tell me your bubble stories?




Until next time,


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Sophie Ella's Newborn Pictures

My son, Sophie's daddy does photography as a hobby and side job.  These are the pictures he took of his beautiful daughter when she was 4 days old. She was born June 19th, 2012

Aaron Rooks Photography on FaceBook

Do you recognize the name sign??

Remember this post About to POP where I shared the sign I made for their baby shower.

Well, this is her name off the sign use in the pictures....It is so cute don't ya think?

 Aaron did such a fantastic job in taking these.

This vintage suitcase was a great find.  My son had told me to be on the look out for one and the day before her photo-shoot I found this beauty at a yard sale for 5 bucks.

I snatched it up........ 

Does she not look so adorable in the suitcase!!

Honestly guys I never knew how much work went into taking newborn photos until I spent the afternoon with Aaron helping him with her shoot.

ladies this calls for lots of patience.....I mean watching him position her so gently......

then rocking her in place with white noise playing in the back ground to make sure she is in REM sleep.....

The babies have to be in this deep sleep so they can be put into all these cute positions. It takes a lot of hands, assistance  and patience to pull this off ......

and a baby that is in deep sleep of course.

Oh my heavens, is this not sweeeet.  Big sister holding her baby sister all dressed up in the cutest rose colored matching rompers.

Our Sophie love.......

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Until next time,

Welcome to the world sweet baby Sophie Ella!!

Our new addition to the family

June 19th 2012 3:21 pm 
8lbs 1 oz 20 1/2 inches long 

Oh happy day, when Sophie arrived.....

I got a call, 10:30 am from my son Aaron.  He was preparing to take mommy to be to the hospital.

He and I had arranged for me to keep Kinley Ava (big sis) on the big day.  

Kinley will be 2 years old in July so mommy and daddy will have their hands full with two small ones.  

Kinley Ava (big sister)

Ashley (mommy) had been having contraction for the better part of a week (poor thing) 


......BUT on this special day they were harder and more frequent.  The excitement was building!!


My son called me and siad "MOM today is the day!....woot, I was so excited.


The plan....ya know we all have to have a PLAN......It was to head over to their house and pick up Kinley.


As I prepared to get ready to leave to go get her, I got another call from my son......


He said, Change of plans.....The doctor told them to go straight to the hospital NOW.....her contractions wer consistently 3 mins apart.


So off I went to the hospital, me and Grand-Barry (aka my hubby) for the handoff.

It was around 12:00 noon when all the family started to arrive for the waiting game. 

Then at 3:21pm our gift arrived.


Here are some pictures a few hours after her birth.

 Aaron and Sophie bonding

 Mommy and daddy and Sophie

The family...sweet

Kinley was so excited to Hold her baby sister.....all she did was say AWWWW....... CUTE then she would kiss her, then say AWWWW....... CUTE, and then kiss her....It made me tear up!!

The sweetest thing ever.

Thank you Father God for the blessings of children they are a precious gift from you.




Until next time,