Today Brandon turns 3 years old, Happy Birthday Brandon! We wanted to take some pictures to mark another milestone for Brandon, it has sort of become a tradition of ours and we did a studio shoot for Owen’s 4th birthday. We started off at the Enjoy Centre in St. Albert but it was pretty busy inside and there was not much to work with outside, well at least not much where we could convince Brandon to sit still long enough to compose a shot. There was just too much room to roam.

This was my favorite shot from the Enjoy Centre, Brandon recently got these pair of boots that he is so proud of and loves wearing.

Next up was a quick stop at the Grain Elevator park in St. Albert. This place was awesome, we got a quick tour of a grain elevator that was built in the early 1900′s. It was pretty amazing to see and even Brandon was pretty interested in what the guide had to say! Of course walking around all the farm equipment Brandon noticed all the bugs and cobwebs and needed a little extra reassurance from mom, nothing a little hand holding could not help. Brandon loves holding mommy or daddy’s hand right now, so cool.

After the Enjoy Centre and Grain Elevator Park we headed into Red Willow Park also hoping to find something to keep Brandon occupied so I could sneek some photos. You see when you are 3 and you have an older brother who is 4 there is no way you can sit for a moment, you have got to make the most of your time… Luckily we found some trees that Brandon liked leaning on and peeking through to see what mom, dad, aunty, and brother Owen were up to! Cross the straight shot off the list. I give you the many faces of Brandon at 3.

Brandon has really grown into quite the little man, um I mean big man, these last few months. He uses words a lot more to express his feelings, he shares more with his friends, and he loves telling stories that can go on and on. He has such an amazing imagination!

And of course lets not forget his best friend in the whole world right now. Brandon loves to play dress up and role play and act out all kinds of things, and who better to share this with than his older brother Owen!

Check out Angela’s post for more pictures and details about Brandon at 3.

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We have had some spectacular sunsets as of late but this mornings sunrise is the most amazing I have seen in a long time. The last couple of nights have been different, albeit interesting, for sunsets. As seen from our deck.

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And then this morning Angela woke me about 5:30am and said you have to look outside at the orange sky. Through the window it looked like the sky was on fire, everything outside was orange from the rising sun reflecting off the approaching storm clouds. It was pure awesome. The power went out a few times and Owen and Brandon kept asking us to turn the lights back on. ha ha

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We did celebrate on our anniversary but I did not have a post up on the actual day. With 2 young kids it can get a little hectic. This year marks our 6th wedding anniversary, and we dated for 6 years before we got married. I guess this is the tipping point to where we have been married for more years than we dated.

The typical “gift” themes for 6 years are Iron (traditional) and Wood objects (modern) and the flower is the Calla. I thought the Calla was pretty cool as that was the flower Angela had in her wedding bouquet. I was covered for the flowers part courtesy of Wild Orchid in Edmonton.

I got 6 callas, one for each year. I hope that was not a mistake as what am I going to do for 20 years!

Next up was to make a “wood object”. I think paper should cover that! Check! A little sign to mark our occasion.

All we needed to do now was have ourselves a little photoshoot courtesy of Aunty Claudette! This is my fav of the two of us.

Our additions since we have been married. They keep us busy and we would not trade them for anything! They are so precious and they really look after each other, it is so cute.

The family…

Thanks again Aunty for coming and taking photos of us. You may be a rookie but with a little back end work everything turned out great!

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