A few weeks ago, I shared a few pictures from our trip to the Arboretum.  They were just simple iphone shots…mainly because I was backlogged with client images, and I didn’t have time to pull the ones from my professional camera and prep them for the blog.

Even as a photographer, I really embrace camera phones…because thank goodness, they catch the moments that you might not otherwise pull your fancy camera out for. Plus, can I get an amen for something that you can send  to Grandma in a blink of an eye!  Are they technical or perfect?  No.  But, are they precious memories that are to be cherished.  Yes!

However, I did have a few minutes to pull our Arboretum photos yesterday…and I am so glad that I did….because as precious as an iphone shot is…I often don’t get the “in-between” shots….

Like when Presley looked up at me with those sweet eyes after a million more posed smiles

Or that perfect mischevious look that gives away his silly personality under his shy exterior

The silly faces

The curious glances

 

and maybe a posed one for good measure 😉

 

A reminder of how she skips (or bounces) wherever she goes

and the REAL smiles 🙂

 

The “in-between” shots show that these two are normally up to something silly.

and that someday she won’t want to go on a fairy hunt

That look that she gets when she is thinking a big thought.  She has so many things to say and think since she started kinder!

The in between shots are my favorites. 🙂

These are the days.

Happy Thursday! Xoxo n