Thursday 31 July 2014

Me and Mine - July

Last July was swelteringly hot, the evenings were sweaty and it felt like summer was going on forever.  I remember watching it out the hospital window, consoling myself with the strong rays I was protecting my children's skin from.  We missed a whole month of sunshine, of being outdoors and this July we have tried to make up for it.

Our days have been spent outdoors as much as possible, with plenty of mornings at the beach, picnics at lunch time and afternoons in the park.  We have spent lazy evenings eating fish and chips out of paper cones watching the children build sandcastles on a deserted beach and if we need some quiet, we have driven motorbikes round the garden, enjoyed bbq's and played with the sandpit.

One evening we met a local photographer down at the local beach, and she took some lovely photos of our little family, capturing us now.  My not so little toddler who is excited and ready for new adventures.  My slightly crazy 17 month old, who would spend all day in the sea and loves to roar, and the bloke and I, enjoying the best side of the place where we grew up, and where we are bringing up our family.




Mummy is loving her new laptop, dinner time picnics, having a new baby niece to cuddle and the way Archie tells you back off if you tell him off first.


Daddy is loving our new sofa,  going out with his brothers and gaming buddies, cooking pulled pork in the slow cooker and when Dylan asks him about his day as soon as he walks through the front door after work.


Dylan is loving his first session at nursery summer club, doing pages in his phonics book, the excuse to eat ice cream far more than I would usually allow and having friends over and then dissappearing to his room to play together.


Archie is loving roaring, at everyone and everything, piling cushions on the floor and practising dramatic falls and other stunts, saying more words and when I let him walk rather than putting him in the buggy.



18 comments:

  1. Oh they're gorgeous pictures - you're so lucky to live so near to the beach; it's definitely the best way to do summer!

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  2. Love these photos, you all look so happy! :) xx #meandmine

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  3. Aww such lovely photos. I love beach shots as we are huge beach lovers. Your little dudes are growing so fast!

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  4. Beautiful photos! Your children are growing so fast and I am so envious of your beach! x

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  5. I absolutely love love your beach family portraits. They are truly stunning. I only wish I could get my own family to participate as much as yours does. These are gorgeous. The boys are really growing up before our very eyes I can't believe it. How fast does it really go? Love love the location too. You can't beat the beach! #me&mine

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  6. Love your pics, they're so summery! x

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  7. Fantastic photos Bex. Love them so much. The beach is such an awesome place - happy! :)

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  8. Aw what beautiful photos of your little family Bex, so lucky to live near a beach. We are hopefully having a family shoot in August and I can't wait- I love the photos I capture with my camera of the four of us but I hope that we will get some even nicer ones with someone else doing it. ;) x

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  9. Just gorgeous! And i am well jealous of the pulled pork - recipe please! x

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  10. Archie looks like he is a whole lot of fun right now, I love how toddler boys have all that crazy rough and tumble energy.

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  11. Such lovely photo's, perfectly capturing the lovely fun filled Summer I'm sure you guys are having :)

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  12. These photos are beautiful. I definitely have to get some similar ones done when we go on holiday next month - not sure I can rely on the British weather to cooperate!

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  13. Gorgeous photos Bex, so happy and relaxed. It definitely pays to get the pros on the case once in a while, I know I always love the results, and it's so much easier to get good ones when someone is doing the work behind the camera. x

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  14. These are absolutely gorgeous photos and it sounds like you are really making the most of the beautiful summer weather we've been having :) #meandmine

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  15. These are wonderful photos. So lucky to be down near the sea with the boys.

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