Mother's Day Weekend 2013

Although we were busy with sessions this past weekend , Mother's Day was still good to me. Darren was a doll and did the dishes and laundry, and got me a few gifts from him and Ryder. :-)
I have to touch on one of the gifts he got me:  the DVD "Magic Mike."  I laughed pretty hard when I opened it up, because that didn't strike me as a movie a husband would buy his wife for Mother's Day.  He said it was in the Mother's Day DVD section, so he figured why not.  I still haven't seen it....any good?  I heard you can see Matthew McConaughey's butthole in it....is that true?!  HAHA!
We had a small cookout at my parent's house Saturday evening.  We had just come from a session, so I was actually able to grab my camera and snap a few pics.


He loved watering the flowers.  He carried that watering can around for a good 15 minutes.

Darren and dad, watching the grill...enjoying beers...you know, doing "man" things.



Hey there stud. ;-)
Ryder loves running around with his aunt Kinzey.  :-)

I guess he just needed to lie down for a minute.
Nevermind, he's ready for more play time.

Inside joke, but long story short, my dad makes this face and expression on purpose as a joke. 
I crack up every time. :-)
It had been awhile since I had taken any sort of flower picture.  I wish the sun would have been just a bit lower, but I still think it's pretty. 
Love him. <3
Darren told me an interesting fact:  heroes are sometimes photographed or filmed at an upward angle.  Villains are the opposite, and are somtimes filmed or photographed at a downward angle.  So, of course, he determined this picture depicted him as a hero.
This is his "heroric face."  I guess we'll just go with it.


Yep, there's the face I normally get when I have my camera out.
I hope all of you mommas out there had a great Mother's Day! :-)