Seriously.....

You have to check out this link to Howard Stern's radio show. I'm NOT a Stern supporter...but LOVE this! He is proving that our country doesn't have a CLUE who they are voting for next week. We need to do some serious prayer!!!

Howard Stern on Politics

Pumpkin Patch

I have spent the past 2 days at the Pumpkin Patch with my kiddos! Yesterday after we dropped Reid off at school, I took Cole and Ella to meet some of Cole's school friends at the pumpkin patch. I loved doing this since Cole's friends are usually Reid's age. Cole was excited to meet up with his 2 buddies from school. The fun thing is that both of these little boys have big brothers that are in Kindergarten as well. Anyway, I wanted to post some pictures of Ella and Cole. I have only posted one here. You can go to my Photography blog to view the rest.

I went back to the patch today with Reid's class for his field trip! I will have more pics later of his trip. The bad thing about being a photographer is that you can't just take a point and shoot camera to these events and just post the pics...nope....since everyone knows you are a photographer, they expect the big ole camera! Seriously, my fav pics are the pumpkin patch pics...so I can't help myself!

More to come....I hope!

Trip to the Zoo

Last week, Reid had a day off from school, so Daddy took off and we went to the zoo! Reid's most favorite field trip of the year is the zoo!!! He LOVES the animals. All 3 of the kids really had a great time. This was the first year that Ella enjoyed the zoo as well. They would run from animal to animal with such great excitement. It was really cute to see. And they were thrilled that Daddy was there with us (and so was I). It's much more fun for mom too with some help!

They were all exhausted by the time we left. They all fell asleep by the time we got to the freeway and slept the whole way home. It was a wonderful family day!

Reid may follow in his mom's footsteps in that he wanted to take pictures of the animals! He loves to take pictures...but then again, he may have just wanted to take pictures of them so that he can look at them any time he wants!

Never mind the girl in the background picking her nose!! LOL!!

Ella's modeling debut!!!

Hey, I wanted to share with you that Ella has been featured on Little Heiress Blog Website. If you aren't familiar with Little Heiress...it is a children's boutique in Frisco! I had to share...isn't she just precious? Course I know that most of you have seen this picture, but it must have grabbed the attention of the owners in order for it to be featured. They are going to start featuring a child I think each week and Ella started it off! I'm so excited!!!!

Click on Little Heiress....

Enjoy.

Looking for Christmas Cards???

It’s that time of year…The holiday season! There is so much hustle and bustle already going on…whether you are finding the perfect Halloween costume or making Thanksgiving plans, in the back of your mind, you might be thinking: “What am I going to do for Christmas cards this year?”

Glad you asked! First, you need to set up your family portrait session (if you haven’t done this, know that availability is limited). Then choose your favorite picture from your gallery. Next, you will visit the website Cherry Hill Designs to choose your card. And the best part….

Right now through November 30th, you can purchase your Christmas cards at a 20% discount through Cherry Hill Designs. Just enter the code photobyaw at the checkout. This discount is only good for clients who have had a portrait session with Photography by April Williams.

How does this work? You let me know what image from your gallery you want to use for your Christmas cards and I will submit that image directly to Cherry Hill Designs and they will make and print your cards.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Otherwise, hit the malls for those perfect outfits for your family, set up your photoshoot, pick your card and take one thing off of your to do list!

To set up your photoshoot, go to Photography by April Williams and click on the Contact Me section!! Looking forward to hearing from you.

Our door

Here is the door that me and the other room mom helped the kiddos decorate! The kids feathered the Eagle and they made the stars and of course smiled for the pictures! How cute is this door?

Also, here is a picture of Reid and Emma. Emma is in his class. Her mommy is a room mom with me. They seem to really enjoy playing with each other. Course it could be that they have been stuck up at school together a few times after school while we were decorating or planning things for the class. Isn't she cute though?

Bet Ya didn't hear about this on NBC

Family with Down Syndrome Child Meets John McCain and Sarah Palin

September 9, 2008

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Kurt in Pittsburgh , hello, sir. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, and how about the Steelers defense?

CALLER: How about those Steelers, huh?

RUSH: How about that?

CALLER: Hey, listen, Rush, longtime listener, first-time caller, one of those Bible, family, gun clingers from western
Pennsylvania .

RUSH: Thank you.

CALLER: And I wanted to share a story with you. A week ago last Saturday we went to the Palin-McCain rally in
Washington , Pennsylvania , was the day after he announced her, and we have a five-year-old daughter with
Down syndrome, and we made a sign that said: "We Love Kids with Down Syndrome." So when they pulled in
their bus the sign did catch their, McCain and Palin and the rest of their family, it caught their eye, we could tell,
they gave us a thumbs-up from the bus, so we were all excited just by that --

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. Who gave you the thumbs up, McCain and Palin?

CALLER: McCain, Palin, Cindy McCain, we could see them from the bus. We were in a position where we had eye
contact with them --

RUSH: Oh, cool!

CALLER: My wife was holding our daughter.

RUSH: Very, very, very cool.

CALLER: It was really cool, Rush. I was like, "Wow, that's awesome," because I love Governor Palin and so I thought
that's really neat. So then we moved around as the bus was getting ready to pull out, we kind of positioned ourselves
so we could just wave them on and a Secret Service agent came up to us and said, "Hey, can you come with us?"
I was like, "Do we have a choice?"

RUSH: (laughing) You shouldn't have worried. It's not the Clinton administration.

CALLER: Right. So we accompanied them up the hill, we went right to the bus, where it was, and Governor Palin, Senator
McCain, Cindy, Todd Palin, they're all standing there. We're in this inner circle with just us and them, and the Secret
Service agent, and they came right up to us and thanked us for coming out, said they loved our sign, and Governor Palin
immediately said, "May I hold your daughter?" and our daughter Chloe, who's five, went right to her, and I have some
pictures I'd love to send you maybe when I'm done here, but Governor Palin was hugging Chloe, and then her little
daughter brought their baby Trig who has Down syndrome from the bus, he was napping, and Chloe went right over
and kissed him on the cheek, and my son Nolan who's nine, he thanked her.

RUSH: This is amazing.

CALLER: I will send you all the stuff, Senator McCain was talking to my son, and we thanked him for his service, and
he asked my son if he wanted to see the bus, and we were hanging out and it was very surreal. I felt like we could have
had a pizza and a beer with them, they were so warm.

RUSH: You know what? I want to put you on hold. I want Snerdley to give you our super-secret, known-only-to-three-people
here, e-mail address.

CALLER: I will send you everything, Rush.

RUSH: And then could you send us these pictures? Would you mind if we put them on the website?

CALLER: I would be honored, and my main thing is they are warm, kind, genuine people, and they represent the best of this country.

RUSH: That's right. And when you send these pictures, make sure you identify them. I mean, we'll know Palin and McCain,
of course. Identify yourselves.

CALLER: I will, I will identify everybody in the picture, Rush, and God bless you for being a beacon of hope and truth in
this country.

RUSH: Oh, no, no. It's nothing, it's nothing. You're doing the Lord's work.

CALLER: Well, we're very blessed and I want people to know what a blessing it is to have a child with Down syndrome.
These kids, they're angels.

RUSH: That's the thing. There's always good to be found in everything that happens. It may be a while before it reveals itself.

CALLER: Absolutely and when she hugged my daughter I said, here's the difference, this candidate embraces life and
all its limitless possibilities.

RUSH: All right.

CALLER: That's what she is.

RUSH: Terrific, okay, I gotta run here, but I'm going to put you on hold.

CALLER: Thank you, Rush.

RUSH: Thank you, Kurt. I really appreciate it.

END TRANSCRIPT

More Dance pictures

I can't help but keep sharing these cute pics of Ella in her dance gear! It's by far my most favorite thing to do with her. She actually really loves dance as well. Plus, she gets to do it with one of her bestest little friends, Haley aka Kaley. Ella calls her Kaley instead of Haley. Anyway, don't you just want to eat her up in this??? I can't wait for the first dance recital!!!!

In the last picture above, she is showing me her dance moves! Too cute.

Homecoming Week

I wanted to post a few pictures of Reid's homecoming week at school. Each day the lower school students were able to participate in some of the fun. They had a different theme for dress each day. As you will see below, you know that I was proud of my son for the shirt he picked on Tuesday!!! Can't help myself.

Mommy's Favorite!!! Go Cowboys! More pics of the boys to come soon with both of them in jerseys.

Ella and Cole wanted in on the action as well. Poor Cole's class only got to wear green this day! Bummer because he has a Barber jersey! I know...I'm out of control!

Thursday was Cowboy day! They were very excited to wear their boots to school!

And of course, Ella wanted a picture with her boys. I'm laughing because all 3 of them needed their hair at least brushed for the day! ;-)

We will be hitting the homecoming game tonight! So fun.

I Do Again by Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs

"Jeff and Cheryl are living proof that God can bring even dead marriages back to life" -Gary Thomas, best-selling author of Sacred Marriage
Ten disappointing years of marriage. Seven painful years of divorce. One remarkable, true-life story of a love rescued by God."

I had to share this video of a dear couple I know. I have heard their testimony and I still cried. God is truly the Healer of all things and of all people, IF we allow Him to come in and work in our hearts! I can't wait for their book to come out. What a beautiful testimony of what it means to persevere and walk with Christ even when it's truly painful.