nikki matthews | photography

you forgot what my little darlings looked like….I know it has been forever since I added anything here.  It has been a bit busy now that he is back in school, and I am back at work.  I have a few more of them to add, so keep checking back, I am hoping to get them up soon!

we have been getting back into the school time groove. packing or buying lunch….check.  homework done and notebook signed….check. school uniform out and ready the night before….check.  mom needs coffee every morning…..check and mark!  this is the time of year i really start to enjoy our live-in-the-middle-of-the-desert-and-roast-for- the-entire-summer weather.  but it’s also the time of year when my friends start posting pictures of their kids in cute sweaters, jeans and scarves.  and then i get sad.  sad that it’s too hot for cute sweaters and scarves.  sad that the leaves don’t actually fall off the trees till somewhere around january.  sad that palm trees and cactus don’t look “fall-ish” at all.  then i remember, we can swim until october, and wear flip flops until halloween, and we don’t have to plan around snow boots when selecting halloween costumes.  so i make the best of it.  this year i am hoping to make a summer album, so that when we are all freezing in january we can remember how much fun we had this summer.  these images will definitely be in there!  we went to lake las vegas right before school started.  the white stuff is their man made beach….it is the exact same sand that is in our sandbox.  which is why i was fine with leaving her sitting there crying.  she was mad that we put her down in the sand…..apparently she thought we would hold her the whole time.  it’s a good thing her auntie kellie was there to rescue her.  my boy in his goggles makes me smile every time.  and the last image is from the “kiddie pool” at the hotel…the kids had a blast walking around the shallow pool on their hands like this!  good times this summer.  and although the weather is still plenty warm, it’s time to say good bye to summer and hello to school time schedules.