Sutton & Ren and a Little Video

Look at all these blog posts I'm doing lately! Craziness.

Adam has put together an awesome video for my business about what I do and what inspires me. I will post it at the end of this post. Part of the video was him going with me on some shoots for behind the scenes footage. Well...my biggest inspiration is my two boys, so of course part of the video had to have them in it. We went out on the homestead one evening and I took some photos and played with them while Adam videoed...here are the results from that shoot! (You're getting a sneak peek of the photos here before I post them on my photo blog!) :)

We walked out the door and found a turtle in our driveway!

This is a cute baby:

You see how Ren looks at Sutton to see what he's doing? It's my favorite. He does this all the time and I captured it in several instances on this shoot.

Sutton will be 6 on Friday, so these are serving as his 6-year-old photos too! He's got such a handsome smile.

They aren't used to me making them touch each other so much. Haha. And it was hooooooootttttttt.

He's gotta see what Sutton is doing again:

They're just the best!!

And now here's the amazing video that Adam made me! He has started a little video company called Adler Grey Videography (our boys' middle names) and is already doing great things with it! Click here to see more of his stuff.

Funks Visit from Colorado

My brother Michael, his wife Sara, and their two kids Carson and Selah came to visit this weekend. We planned Sutton's party to coincide with their visit and had a great time! They arrived Thursday night to my parents' house, and I happened to have a photo shoot in a nearby town, so I stopped in and pulled into the driveway at the same second they did.

I was so excited because I hadn't met my new niece Selah. She was born in April. I got to snuggle her a bit and even got some smiles, but the second we went to take a photo together, she started crying. Gah.

So I had to take a non-crying photo while her momma was holding her.

The next morning, I brought Ren back to my parents house to visit. I walked in and Selah was sleeping in just a diaper in Sara's arms, so I took her and held her while Sara finished getting ready. She is the sweetest thing. Naked little babies are the best.

Sutton had VBS in Wichita, so he and Adam did that. The rest of us drove to visit my grandparents (Ren, Carson, and Selah's great grandparents) at their house. My grandpa had surgery a few weeks ago so he was still mostly bedridden.

We always seem to put someone in this tin toy can while we're there.

Grandpa was able to get up for awhile, so we arranged a great grandbaby photo with them, minus Sutton.

This was their first time meeting Selah too.

My other Grandma lives right close, so she came over to visit as well. And she got her great grandbaby photo too.

Ren and Carson had a tough time with each other most of the time. Putting two 2-year-olds together is apparently not always a good time, haha. So Ren chilled on the couch with the iPad at the end.

We went back to our own house for naps and then we had Sutton's party out at our house that evening (see the last post). The plan was for Michael and Carson to camp out in our woods with Adam and Sutton, but due to heat and and impending storm, Michael and Carson ended up sleeping in the studio with Sara and Selah. Adam and Sutton camped with some friends until about 1am when the storm rolled in. They all rushed inside and slept on the couch.

I woke up with Ren Saturday morning and made a big breakfast. Then we hung out outside, played, my parents came over, and we gushed over Selah, of course. Our little town had a city wide picnic, so we biked over and there was a bounce house, some water guns and kiddie pools. The kids had a blast and we ate some hamburgers and hot dogs. It was cloudy which was perfect because if the sun had been beating down on us it would've been way too hot.



                    



Sutton won a mini water gun and a 2 liter at the ring toss.

                 

When it was nap time for the two-year-olds, the rest of us just chilled and I held a sleeping baby for awhile.

We made hobo dinners for dinner that were really good. Papa and Renny had a moment looking out the window while they were cooking.

Shadow was sleeping with an airplane meanwhile...

My parents left after awhile and we just hung out and had the boys all take a bath together. Super cute, but obviously no photos. The next morning, we got up and played outside. We found a turtle, a snake, a lizard, and a caterpillar!

We came back in and the little boys watched the iPad with Diesel while Michael and Sara packed up. They left before lunch and we already miss them! Although I think Ren is just glad he doesn't have to share his toys with Carson anymore, haha!

So that was the first annual Dreher-Funk campout and it failed. We plan to try the second one next summer in Colorado!

Sutton's 6th Birthday Party

We celebrated Sutton's 6th birthday a week early. He doesn't turn 6 until this Friday, but my brother and his family were coming to town this past weekend, so we decided to have his party while they were here. Since they live in Colorado, they don't usually get to come to these kinds of things.

We had a bunch of friends out here to our place, and we set up a little pool, a slip n slide, some giant bubble mix, lawn bowling, and then of course we had our awesome treehouse with a zip line that Adam has been building. I was so busy the whole evening that I never even thought to get out my nice camera! Additionally, Ren was having an emotional meltdown from being overwhelmed by so many people so he wouldn't leave my side. So phone pics it is. And my friend Tara was nice enough to send me some of the photos she took of the festivities.

Baby Selah was a hit with our family who hadn't met her yet.

After a long time of water play for the kids, and visiting for the adults, we ate hot dogs and chips for dinner. Then the kiddos gathered around Sutton to watch him open presents.

I stayed nearby to help with the trash and gift organization. I was so proud of how Sutton took the time to tell each of his friends thank you for their gift. He got lots of legos, ninja things, notebooks, and some water guns.

Everyone took a walk around the trail while I started putting cake on plates. When they got back, we all sang Happy Birthday to Sutton.

I had to light the candles about 5 times because the wind kept blowing them out. I finally had the men form a wall to my left to block the wind.

Sutton sat stone-faced while everyone sang. :)

I finally told him to SMILE for a photo.

We ended up having over 40 people over, so luckily I had made 2 cakes! After everyone had a piece, they got back to playing. The zipline was a huge hit. There was always a line of kids waiting for their turn, and all the little kids were begging their parents to help them go on it.

Grandma got to hold Selah for awhile and she was almost asleep when I took this!

Sutton had a great time at his party, and it was fun to have a bunch of our friends out to the homestead. So excited for many more parties out here, and to celebrate Sutton some more on Friday!